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Date Posted: 14:13:22 01/30/00 Sun
Author: nic
Subject: zzzzzzz.... hmmm? Wha..??!
In reply to: Mat 's message, "A Huge Leap" on 07:39:54 01/30/00 Sun

Just kidding. ;o) LOL

Great reviews everyone. There's really not a huge amount for me to add now - I think I used up my year's quota of bandwidth on my lengthy tome about Triangle last week!

I completely agree with everything you said, Mat and dev. Some people have mentioned (on other boards too) that they were surprised how long it took Scully to cotton on to the fact that Mulder wasn't Mulder. I wasn't surprised at all. I was a little surprised that Mulder couldn't come up with something that only he could have known about Scully - the bee pollen/yoghurt thing seemed a little lame, considering all the things they've gone through together! Actually, I may just make a separate thread to continue this line of thought... I just thought of a fun game for us! :o)

GA was fantastic with her responses to Morris/Mulder - she managed to convey the gradually changing levels of disbelief in his behaviour excellently. That scene that you picked out, Mat, where she wonders whether to have Mulder tested for head injury, was just fantastic. But what about the scene just before that, when she saw Kersh's secretary coming out of Mulder's apartment all a-fluster? The emotions which flashed across her face, from utter astonishment to hurt to confusion to anger, in just a few seconds, was a fantastic piece of acting. Poor Scully!

The final scene was nice too. With Mulder apologising and thanking Scully. That doesn't really happen very often, does it! He does have a tendency to take her for granted at times. Maybe that's why she was whining a bit at the beginning about a normal life. No one likes to be taken for granted.

The other thing I loved about this ep, was seeing more of Mulder's apartment. Although it didn't quite seem to match up with what we've seen before, it was nice to get more of an insight into his home. Glad to see that the continuity from last week's carried on with more of a glimpse at the new work set-up that the two of them are having to put up with now. From the loneliness/claustrophobia of the basement to that office crammed full of other Fibbies. That must have been a real culture shock for the pair of them!

hmmm, I thought I said I was going to keep it short...

LOL!

nic

#> Excellent review, Devlin! I could make my reply on
> your post a very short one, 'cos "ITA" sums up my
> thoughts on your review quite nicely. I'll add a
> little more of my own though, and I hope I'll manage
> to do half as good as you! A little word to all you
> other old eps peeps out there: I'm still very much
> amazed at the things you guys notice. And Chantal, I
> don't think you really need a guy around, you girls
> are doing a much better job than I ever could.
> (Fortunately, I can blame part of it on the language
> problem. It's still quite hard for me to phrase my
> thoughts in another language.)
>
> Back to Dreamland. This ep has become one of my all
> time favourites. The reason for that is something you
> (Devlin) have already mentioned. I addition to it
> being very humourous, it also makes a lot of sense as
> an X-file. I really get a kick out of those scientific
> bits. I love to speculate about such things. While
> we're on that subject, did anyone get a good look at
> that map? Did that anomaly propagate (is that the
> correct word?) in the same way the riples in the water
> do when you throw a stone in a pond? If so, isn't it
> kinda strange that someone at ground zero would switch
> bodies with someone 35 miles away? BTW, I loved that
> Grandma Topgun line, classic!
>
> I loved the 'Sunflower Seed' scene too. It's so
> typical of the MSR. Very intimite, and yet... It never
> becomes 'mushy' like so many other 'love' scenes in
> other TV series do. ITA with you, Devlin, that this is
> one of the nicest MSR moments to date. I kinda
> expected Scully to hug Mulder too, but I don't think
> it was his looks that held her back, I'd hate to
> believe she is that shallow.
>
> A thought that occurred to me this morning was whether
> M&S's little chat in the car at the beginning of this
> ep was inspired by the events in Triangle. Was Scully
> testing Mulder? Was she trying to find out how he
> really feels? Was she disappointed by his reaction,
> maybe? And was that why she kept her distance later?
> Is she, after all this time, after all that's happened
> and said, still afraid of letting *her* feelings show?
> Personally, I'm convinced that she loves Mulder as
> much as she loves her. (For those of you who wonder: I
> still don't want them to get together in the series,
> in that respect I'm still a noromo).
>
> I thought everyone played their roles very well. As
> usual, I was very impressed with GA's performance. I
> loved the looks of horror at 'Mulder's behaviour. Lots
> of great facial expresions from Mulder too, BTW. I
> thought DD and the actor who played Morris Fletcher
> did an excellent job. I was ROTFLMAO during the Dance
> scene. Don't know how they managed that, but it looked
> absolutely real. I was completely in stitches
> throughout most of the scenes that featured 'Mulder
> the married man and father'. He did a *lousy* job,
> didn't he?! Can't really blame him though. Who'd do
> better adjusting overnight to married life and two
> kids going through the worst of puberty? Remember that
> in, for example, Emily, Mulder seemed to do a lot
> better with kids.
>
> There's so many great moments that it hard to pick a
> specific one, but what really stood out for me in this
> ep was how involved Scully has become in Mulder's
> work, how much it has become a part of her life as
> well. I loved those moments where we got to see the
> evidence of this, like when Scully was in Mulder's
> appartment and says (so mad she can barely speak) "Am
> I out of my mind? Mulder, you are out of your mind!
> What is up with you?! I'm thinking about having you
> examined for mental illness or-or drug use or... Or
> maybe a massive head injury! This is an X-File your
> life's work, your crusade!" It's even more clear later
> on in the ep, in the Sunflower Seed scene.
>
> I guess the waterbed scene is among everyone's
> favourites. Great move, Scully!! *LOL* Just as you
> Devlin, I think it was a huge leap for Scully to
> accept the body switching on no more than her own
> feelings and her knowledge of the real Mulder. I think
> that was very significant. Do you remember our recent
> discussion about Scully's believes? I think this is an
> excellent example of an ep where Scully seems able and
> willing to belief without having all the scientific
> proof.
>
> This is getting really long (for me anyway). I hope
> someone makes it to the end of this post without
> falling asleep!
>
> Mat

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