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[sabotabby]

I saw the X-Files movie with utterly no expectations. I don't know if a lot of you know this, but I was—surprise!—completely obsessed with the X-Files when it was on the air, right up until it really went downhill and my eyes were starting to hurt from rolling so often.


Anyway, this movie was even worse than the other one, which is a pretty big accomplishment. And given that it had three significant female characters, one of whom is sort of classic for breaking all sorts of TV conventions*, it completely failed the Bechdel Test. Le sigh.

So I liked the little Bush joke, because I'm predictable, and I liked that even though they were doin' it, they still called each other by their last names.

Otherwise, though, who cares? We need another movie about a gay serial killer?

It also drummed into my head how much better TV writing has gotten since I was a kid. At the time, the only show I knew of that had long-running, interesting, weird stories was Twin Peaks—long off the air by the time I was old enough to appreciate it. I was willing to put up with all sorts of silliness to see stories with some sort of intelligent commentary (though, granted, of a subtly libertarian bent—keep in mind that I was a teenager, and also mostly rooting for the bad guys). But looking back, it was pretty terribly written. The movie's like that—all of this cringeworthy dialogue about faith and belief.

Yawn. Also, gay marriage in Massachusetts will result in Russians cutting off your body parts and grafting them on to—uh, what were they trying to do anyway?

* Yes, I wanted to be Scully when I was 17.

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[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

....I want to be Scully NOW, dammit.

-- I hung on to the BITTER BITTER BITTER end (I actually developed an affection for Doggett) and actually sort of liked the first movie, kinda, after seeing it half-a-dozen times on a crappy videotape (what, I'm a fan), but...noooooooooo, that ship has long sailed, Carter. You ain't getting me back in that easy.

[sabotabby]

I thought Doggett was okay and Reyes wasn't bad but I lost interest after they decided the conspiracy stories were too convoluted and just, well, screw it. It sort of lost me post-California move, actually, when the entire tone of the show shifted from dark and brooding to "we'll put in more cheesy comedy episodes 'cause everyone likes those better."

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

....oh God yeah, post-CA was bad, except we did get Drive, and Shirtless John Doggett in Mexico. I liked that one. Butyeah, first it was all -- we're going to sub in CSM's kid and Mulder's old squeeze! No, we're going to sub in Doggett and Reyes! and it was like they tried to go back to S1 and just no, no no no NO NO NO no no.

And I HATED the way he killed off the Lone Gunmen. And Krycek (my favourite woobie!). DIE, Carter.

[sabotabby]

I forgot how awesome Drive was. And I'd much preferred they sub in CSM's kid and Mulder's old squeeze, because they were totally interesting and fucked-up characters.

And I HATED the way he killed off the Lone Gunmen. And Krycek (my favourite woobie!). DIE, Carter.

Oh God, yeah. I think that was actually the point where I was like, "no, if I don't get teh pretty, I'm not even going to bother." Plus it had the bonus of assassinating Skinner's character too, because ZOMG way to kill a literally unarmed man.

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

YEAH! Diana thingum, Fowley, and, ohh man....damn, had to look it up. JEFFREY SPENDER. Who was so good! And they sent him away and only brought him back because HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MULDER WITH A BURNT FACE, AND SCULLY COULDN'T TELL WHO IT WAS, and oh, just no. No no no no no. No.

Yeah! and I LOVED Skinner. Mitch Pileggi was so freaking awesome. And Mr X! (Altho why was the char named MARITA COVARRUBIAS so blonde? Boo.)

Hmmm, looking at the ep guides, I forgot there were some damn good late ones, or at least I liked them anyway....Triangle, Dreamland/Dreamland II, How The Ghosts Stole Christmas, Two Fathers/One Son, Arcadia, Monday, The Amazing Maleeni, X-Cops, First Person Shooter, Je Souhaite....AAAAAAAAAAH AND THEN SEASONS EIGHT AND NINE, NO, NO, NO. AAAAAAAH. I think I kinda liked 4D and that was about IT. -- OH GOD, THE ONE WITH BURT REYNOLDS....

[maukatt.livejournal.com]

Yanno, the one with Burt Reynolds was just so damned goofy that I kinda liked it... in the wierd way one likes the demented relative that is kept hidden away in the rest home but who has some interesting (if bizarre and inconsistent) stories to tell, interspersed with lots of random profanity.