Like I said last weekend, I so didn't need to discover that Netflix is currently streaming every single episode of The X-Files. I haven't exactly been watching them nonstop, but I've probably watched a few more than is really good for my productivity.
Mostly I've been watching the humorous ones, like "Humbug," "Rain King," "Jose Chung," etc. (For some reason I really disliked "Jose Chung" when it first aired. Perhaps at 12, I was not sophisticated enough to appreciate POV-reliant stories?) I always forget how quirky--and hilarious--Moose & Squirrel are. Especially Scully! Scully is funny as hell. I think I especially love her "You rebel!" when Mulder rips the page out of the FBI bound periodical in "The Unnatural."
Plus, watching episodes from various seasons all at once makes it really bleeding obvious how close M&S grew throughout the series. I thought Scully in "War of the Coprophages"* was adorable, with her little "No trouble, Mulder *adorable smile*," over the phone when he called her with the nine millionth update on the case. You could practically hear the "Especially not for you. Call me any time! Hint, hint!" she was obviously thinking right there. Awww, so flirty and cute. And then by the sixth season they totally have this settled, old-married-couple vibe going on (and not just in "Arcadia"). Despite the fact that CC couldn't plot his way out of a paper bag (I will NEVER get over the "beams of starlight" thing), he had a deft hand with character development. So did GA and DD.
I went on a screencap search recently (and found the cap for my icon--hee!). I found other things, too, some of them more horrifying than fluke monsters or detachable conjoined twins. I know there were unforgivable hair and fashion disasters for both of them, especially Scully, because early 90s businesswear was a cruel mistress,** but I didn't think it was possible to make Mulder look quite this bad. The hair would be awful enough on its own. Add in that ugly tie and the pastel stripes on the shirt, and just...wow.
* "Her name is Bambi?"
** Although I totally dig the flannel many of the guest stars seemed to wear when they still filmed up in Vancouver. My personal fashion concept as a teenager could pretty much be summed up in "flannel shirts and high-waisted baggy jeans," so it has sentimental value.
Mostly I've been watching the humorous ones, like "Humbug," "Rain King," "Jose Chung," etc. (For some reason I really disliked "Jose Chung" when it first aired. Perhaps at 12, I was not sophisticated enough to appreciate POV-reliant stories?) I always forget how quirky--and hilarious--Moose & Squirrel are. Especially Scully! Scully is funny as hell. I think I especially love her "You rebel!" when Mulder rips the page out of the FBI bound periodical in "The Unnatural."
Plus, watching episodes from various seasons all at once makes it really bleeding obvious how close M&S grew throughout the series. I thought Scully in "War of the Coprophages"* was adorable, with her little "No trouble, Mulder *adorable smile*," over the phone when he called her with the nine millionth update on the case. You could practically hear the "Especially not for you. Call me any time! Hint, hint!" she was obviously thinking right there. Awww, so flirty and cute. And then by the sixth season they totally have this settled, old-married-couple vibe going on (and not just in "Arcadia"). Despite the fact that CC couldn't plot his way out of a paper bag (I will NEVER get over the "beams of starlight" thing), he had a deft hand with character development. So did GA and DD.
I went on a screencap search recently (and found the cap for my icon--hee!). I found other things, too, some of them more horrifying than fluke monsters or detachable conjoined twins. I know there were unforgivable hair and fashion disasters for both of them, especially Scully, because early 90s businesswear was a cruel mistress,** but I didn't think it was possible to make Mulder look quite this bad. The hair would be awful enough on its own. Add in that ugly tie and the pastel stripes on the shirt, and just...wow.
* "Her name is Bambi?"
** Although I totally dig the flannel many of the guest stars seemed to wear when they still filmed up in Vancouver. My personal fashion concept as a teenager could pretty much be summed up in "flannel shirts and high-waisted baggy jeans," so it has sentimental value.
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