the ex-x-files

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o magnum mysterium
et admirabile sacramentum
ut alienia viderent dominum natum...

yep, I finally got around to watching my tape of that X-Files finale (after rewatching The Sopranos in an attempt to determine Tony's degree of responsibility in Jackie Jr.'s death).

I have to say, I don't know what people are upset about (and it seems that a number of people are upset about the ending). It's something that's been patently obviously foreshadowed for at least a few years. The show has been a delicate romance for a long time, and if you didn't believe it, you apparently have a co-worker who almost kissed you in your hallway and then chased your semi-lifeless body to the South Pole. Or else you just weren't paying attention during the movie or most of the episodes that followed...

Can you tell I am a fence-rider with my feet clearly on the Shipper side? the only thing that keeps me from being a Shipper (rather than one of the smooch-and-baby-protesting-NoRoMos) is that I don't think Mulder is really good enough for Scully... he doesn't deserve her.

so I was happy. with the ending. it wasn't as good as mulder smooching Scully's head during the whole cancer incident, but it was a pretty good liplock nonetheless. the cockles of my heart blah blah blah.

**you'll have to forgive me for my bastardization of Tomas Luis de la Victoria's "O Magnum Mysterium". The word should really be "animalia". hee. It translates to something like "o great mystery and admirable sacrament, that animals should see our savior's birth." or aliens. whatever.

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The show, probably worried about the potential loss in viewers due to Duchovny's departure, seemed to really kick in this year, and got back to something basic it had lost for a few seasons. I found myself really digging it, up to and including the finale (even though it centered around all the alien bullshit, which is my least favorite part of the whole deal). After the very first season, where Scully's role was mainly to undress and get menaced by the weekly beast, they've swung wide to compensate, writing her into a full saint (perhaps literally, depending on what stock you put in this episode). Sexy Skirt-Suited Pistol-Packing Virgin-Mother, MD. Mulder may not be worthy of her, but who could be?

There was a good little non-fanboy discussion of the show over at this cinephile BBS I visit periodically. I agree with almost everything written, including the contradictions and arguments:

http://www.mhvf.net/forum/scifihorror/posts/17566.html