ALT.SF4M

  X-Files episode was terrible!

   • Glen
     28/02/2000 00:00:000 UTC

     What happened? They had both William Gibson and Tom Maddox write the

     episode and I thought it was terrible. I was expecting a real cool

     VR story but I've seen better Outer Limits VR episodes. This story

     reminded me of all the bad Star Trek holodeck plots. Ack!

     --Glen

       • j********o@***.com
         02/03/2000 00:00:000 UTC

         In article <B4DF603E.29E9>, Glen writes:</B4DF603E.29E9>

         >What happened? They had both William Gibson and Tom Maddox write
         the

         >episode and I thought it was terrible. I was expecting a real cool

         >VR story but I've seen better Outer Limits VR episodes. This story

         >reminded me of all the bad Star Trek holodeck plots. Ack!

         I wasn't too impressed with Gibson's last episode either - this was
         one of the

         weaker fantasy-turns-deadly stories I've seen. (I liked that cute
         little

         programmer better than the "Killer App.") It occured to me that we
         don't know

         Skinner's motivation in allowing them to investigate non-arc
         stories: does he

         regard them as legitimate public safety issues? He seems to have
         given them a

         blank check: normal FBI agents can't just fly off to California to
         investigate

         non-jurisdictional crimes because they're curious - and these aren't
         exactly

         agents who can be left to their own recognizance. ("Mulder, what on
         Earth are

         we doing at the World Adult Entertainment Convention?" "There's a
         monster,

         Scully... in my pants!" "Oh, JESUS...") It would be interesting if
         he

         disallowed an investigation some day because he doesn't want them
         risking their

         lives chasing a sewer monster! I'm also curious about their
         relationship with

         other agents in the Washington Bureau - the old assumption is that
         they're a

         joke, but the boss treats them like stars - I'd imagine there are
         other people

         who want to try themselves against the supernatural, maybe show how
         a *real*

         FBI agent handles a werewolf. And what of Scully - does she *enjoy*

         volunteering to do autopsies? (There are people who get paid to do
         them.) It

         would be amusing if we saw an episode where Mulder were out of the
         picture, and

         we see that she's also curious about the unknown, but likes to use
         him as her

         straight man so she can pretend to be aloof and skeptical. Also, an

         explanation of her putting up with his crudities - women of her
         social status

         are pretty uncool about such behaviour (and most everything else):
         there must

         be some form of love involved, if not some sick psychological
         dependancy on a

         needy but ultimately non-threatening male in her life...

         Gorno