Scully just up and decides to leave (which has always struck me as pure contrivance and quite OOC), without much motivation, in comparison to everything they've been through up to that point. That choice made perfect sense to me, actually, because at that point they aren't together. They're separating them and shipping her off to Utah, and seeing as she has no professional connection to the things she's invested in at the FBI -- Mulder and the X-Files -- it's a perfectly logical decision. And then Mulder reminds her that it isn't an entirely professional decision and she changes her mind. But by then she's also not being forced to uproot her life and move to my crappy time zone.
I don't see how "all they've been through" makes it make more sense this time around, though. After all they've weathered, I found it really hard to buy that something like this would be something that would really, truly threatened than big Mulder/Scully thing.
And yes, the mytharc did end up sucking, but it was so MUCH of their lives. I guess I just have a really hard time buying that, with the date of colonization bearing down upon them, Mulder's sitting in an out-of-the-way house obsessing over his sister and Scully's off pediatricianing and neither of them is doing anything. I don't mean this should've been a mytharc movie, but I guess I feel like they shouldn't've left that hanging. I mean, I know this movie was a standalone and it should've have had too much history weighing down, but it already did. I can't imagine understanding and appreciating the wonderful things about this story from a non-fan perspective (although one reviewer did despite never having seen anything! Uh, yeah, I had to read all the good ones on rottentomatoes to make myself feel better.). In a weird way, I think Fight the Future stood alone better than this does. (Although I totally agree that it didn't make sense? Um? I'm not sure I can explain this feeling? I think it's just that FtF was meant to deceive, inveigle, obfuscate and confuse while drawing new audiences in, and it's specifically set up in a way... JESUS, I CAN'T EVEN GET MY THOUGHTS STRAIGHT. I GIVE UP.)
I guess I shouldn't worry about the non-fan segment, though? Anyway I don't know. I know I'm being a downer :( I really didn't hate it! Scully made a penis joke! THE SCENE LEADING UP TO THE KISS! Skinner! I really just need to see it again.
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Date: 2008-07-26 04:28 am (UTC)That choice made perfect sense to me, actually, because at that point they aren't together. They're separating them and shipping her off to Utah, and seeing as she has no professional connection to the things she's invested in at the FBI -- Mulder and the X-Files -- it's a perfectly logical decision. And then Mulder reminds her that it isn't an entirely professional decision and she changes her mind. But by then she's also not being forced to uproot her life and move to my crappy time zone.
I don't see how "all they've been through" makes it make more sense this time around, though. After all they've weathered, I found it really hard to buy that something like this would be something that would really, truly threatened than big Mulder/Scully thing.
And yes, the mytharc did end up sucking, but it was so MUCH of their lives. I guess I just have a really hard time buying that, with the date of colonization bearing down upon them, Mulder's sitting in an out-of-the-way house obsessing over his sister and Scully's off pediatricianing and neither of them is doing anything. I don't mean this should've been a mytharc movie, but I guess I feel like they shouldn't've left that hanging. I mean, I know this movie was a standalone and it should've have had too much history weighing down, but it already did. I can't imagine understanding and appreciating the wonderful things about this story from a non-fan perspective (although one reviewer did despite never having seen anything! Uh, yeah, I had to read all the good ones on rottentomatoes to make myself feel better.). In a weird way, I think Fight the Future stood alone better than this does. (Although I totally agree that it didn't make sense? Um? I'm not sure I can explain this feeling? I think it's just that FtF was meant to deceive, inveigle, obfuscate and confuse while drawing new audiences in, and it's specifically set up in a way... JESUS, I CAN'T EVEN GET MY THOUGHTS STRAIGHT. I GIVE UP.)
I guess I shouldn't worry about the non-fan segment, though? Anyway I don't know. I know I'm being a downer :( I really didn't hate it! Scully made a penis joke! THE SCENE LEADING UP TO THE KISS! Skinner! I really just need to see it again.