X-Files

[osprey_archer]

We had a power outage at work today, which made it impossible to make lattes, so I ended up going home half an hour early. This is not so very early, but nonetheless it made me feel energized: some extra time!

I used it to watch an episode of the X-Files, which I have been enjoying so far - I'm four or five episodes into the first season. I think it would benefit from Mulder being proven wrong occasionally, though.

Like, the last episode I watched involves a person (or is it???) living in the woods. Mulder is all "CLEARLY THIS CREATURE IS NEANDERTHAL THROWBACK TO PALEOLITHIC TIMES, A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ENTIRE SPECIES THAT HAS SOMEHOW REMAINED HIDDEN FROM HUMANITY." Everyone else is like, "Mulder, don't be ridiculous, there's nothing living in the woods."

But then they discover there is someone living in the woods! But no one points out that, sorry Mulder, but this person is still probably a garden variety human being. Maybe an escaped criminal, hiding out in the woods so the fuzz doesn't catch him. Maybe someone decided to reenact My Side of the Mountain, except somehow it ended in cannibalism. Maybe a camping trip went horribly wrong...

No. Either there is nothing in the woods at all, or there is a Neanderthal person living there. NO OTHER OPTIONS.

Having said all that, I do enjoy the show a lot so far. Mulder and Scully have good rapport, and it's spooky enough to be fun without being so spooky as to give me nightmares. (Yet.)

Comments

[littlerhymes]

It is pretty hilarious how right Mulder is all the time. The show gets around to lampshading this at times in the later seasons but yeah, it's a thing.

I loved TXF. It was my gateway to fandom and fanfiction, actually. I discovered slash through TXF! (Have you met Krycek yet? Ahahahaha.)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I'm only on episode five, so I think I've got a season to go before Krycek shows up. I've heard he's Russian, though, so I'm pretty excited about him. Does he have an accent? Please tell me he has an accent. I was so disappointed in the 1960s Man from UNCLE because Illya's accent was not particularly Russian.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I forget if he has an accent, but he and Mulder are one of the all-time great hatesex pairings. You can cut the subtext with a knife.

[littlerhymes]

Sorry! I don't think he has an accent - he's an American who speaks Russian and has a Russian background, rather than a Russian in America. (I agree with Rachel about that subtext though. Talk about formative slash pairings...)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Well that's just tragic. I'll probably like him anyway, though.