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RE: New X-Files mini series discussion
February 17, 2016 at 1:52 pm
(February 17, 2016 at 12:45 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Can anyone tell me how a guy with an explosive vest can survive it blowing up?
[don't think poca! it's TV!!]
Also, I kept thinking that Mulder already had some shrooms with him and didn't take the one that Einstein gave him...
The power of suggestion is strong... but not that strong!  2 minutes into the thing and already having a ball?
My understanding was that he did not blow up his vest, but his buddy did. That is what the mother said, that when he saw all the innocents around, he could not go through with it. How he survived when he was 2 feet from the guy who did blow up, well, the answer is he barely did, and only briefly. His head was caved in (freaky) and he'd lost his arm and ribs on the side where the bomb was.
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RE: New X-Files mini series discussion
February 17, 2016 at 3:07 pm
(February 17, 2016 at 12:45 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Can anyone tell me how a guy with an explosive vest can survive it blowing up?
[don't think poca! it's TV!!]
Riiiiight - same kind of problem I have with TWD's mid-season premiere but Imma just go with it... 
Quote:Also, I kept thinking that Mulder already had some shrooms with him and didn't take the one that Einstein gave him...
The power of suggestion is strong... but not that strong! 2 minutes into the thing and already having a ball?
I got the impression that Einstein gave him the real stuff but played it off like a placebo so she wouldn't get in trouble with Skinner for administering an illegal substance to a fellow federal officer...
But it was hard to tell one way or the other.
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RE: New X-Files mini series discussion
February 17, 2016 at 4:25 pm
(February 17, 2016 at 1:52 pm)Aroura Wrote: (February 17, 2016 at 12:45 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Can anyone tell me how a guy with an explosive vest can survive it blowing up?
[don't think poca! it's TV!!]
Also, I kept thinking that Mulder already had some shrooms with him and didn't take the one that Einstein gave him...
The power of suggestion is strong... but not that strong! 2 minutes into the thing and already having a ball?
My understanding was that he did not blow up his vest, but his buddy did. That is what the mother said, that when he saw all the innocents around, he could not go through with it. How he survived when he was 2 feet from the guy who did blow up, well, the answer is he barely did, and only briefly. His head was caved in (freaky) and he'd lost his arm and ribs on the side where the bomb was.
Could be...could be...
(February 17, 2016 at 3:07 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: (February 17, 2016 at 12:45 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Can anyone tell me how a guy with an explosive vest can survive it blowing up?
[don't think poca! it's TV!!]
Riiiiight - same kind of problem I have with TWD's mid-season premiere but Imma just go with it...
Quote:Also, I kept thinking that Mulder already had some shrooms with him and didn't take the one that Einstein gave him...
The power of suggestion is strong... but not that strong! 2 minutes into the thing and already having a ball?
I got the impression that Einstein gave him the real stuff but played it off like a placebo so she wouldn't get in trouble with Skinner for administering an illegal substance to a fellow federal officer...
But it was hard to tell one way or the other.
Ooh... That's so much better than my theory.
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RE: New X-Files mini series discussion
February 17, 2016 at 8:13 pm
(February 17, 2016 at 1:52 pm)Aroura Wrote: (February 17, 2016 at 12:45 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Can anyone tell me how a guy with an explosive vest can survive it blowing up?
[don't think poca! it's TV!!]
My understanding was that he did not blow up his vest, but his buddy did. That is what the mother said, that when he saw all the innocents around, he could not go through with it. How he survived when he was 2 feet from the guy who did blow up, well, the answer is he barely did, and only briefly. His head was caved in (freaky) and he'd lost his arm and ribs on the side where the bomb was.
that's one thing I wasn't thrilled about with this episode - the whole suicide bomber stereotype felt very heavy handed and was very cliche to me in its plotting. I felt like it was playing right into the "all Muslims are terrorists" crap and was rather disappointed when the story ended up going in that direction.
At the beginning when the guy was praying and then he and his friend walked into the art show, I was hoping that the show would pull a fast one and say that they were actually there for the art show and the bombing was done by someone else but no... 
It also felt a little like the terrorism angle was just a means to an end to get Mulder and Scully working with Fake-Mulder (can't remember the character's name ) and Einstein on the same patient and trying different methods of communication. In that respect it felt like lazy writing that they reached for the cliche like they did.
Besides that, it always amuses me when Mulder and Scully switch places in strange ways. Scully is the theist and Mulder is, for all intents and purposes, functionally atheistic most of the time (he seems to only reference gods and theism metaphorically) - but he's the paranormal phenomenon-believer and she's the staunch skeptic. 
Anyway, I also appreciated that that weird coin thing came back, so hopefully it'll be resolved in this last episode.
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RE: New X-Files mini series discussion
February 22, 2016 at 4:17 pm
Tonight is the last episode.
So sad.
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New X-Files mini series discussion
February 22, 2016 at 4:56 pm
Hated last week's episode, especially that eye roll-worthy scene with Mulder line dancing...ugh. Hoping the finale will be better, but C. Carter penned that script too, so I'm not holding my breath. Overall, other than M&S Meet the Were-monster, I've been pretty underwhelmed by the revival. If C.C would stop insisting on writing scripts I feel the quality of story telling could improve immensely. He's simply awful. That being said, I know the scripts were rushed for this first round of episodes, so I'm hoping if they do move forward with a season 11, the stories will be more carefully thought out.
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RE: New X-Files mini series discussion
February 22, 2016 at 10:41 pm
Tonight's ending. Boo, hiss!
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RE: New X-Files mini series discussion
February 23, 2016 at 12:32 am
Watching the episode right now.
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RE: New X-Files mini series discussion
February 23, 2016 at 12:43 am
I'm watching too! 
This show is hilarious to watch as an adult 
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RE: New X-Files mini series discussion
February 23, 2016 at 12:46 am
My theory, since they brought the dopplegangers back in the last episode, is that perhaps those two will be the new faces for a potential new X-Files series?
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