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Date Posted: 12:03:10 11/28/00 Tue
Author: Sig
Subject: Re: Biogenesis/Sixth Extinction Pts 1 &2
In reply to: devlin 's message, "Biogenesis/Sixth Extinction Pts 1 &2" on 18:01:49 11/26/00 Sun

I totally agree with you devlin, the plot of this trilogy was fairly congested with information.
Biogenesis started off with a discovery that took us into similar territory as Gethsemane, but as Mulder starts to reveal the nature of the discovery we know that this is going to be an eventful journey for M & S. When Mulder's condition begins to seriously take hold, we know that it will be left to Scully to make sure the truth isn't buried beneath a pile of Morley ash.
Once again Scully's integrity was absolutely unwavering. She was there with one purpose; to discover the truth & hope that that truth contained a cure for Mulder's condition. This condition, brought on by the activation of his junk DNA, gave CSM another opportunity to transplant the alien brain tissue to himself. Something he tried with Gibson, but couldn't complete.
The passive life that Mulder experienced in his dreams came from his own subconcious, I think CSM's only input was asking him to imagine a life without the X Files, without that responsibility; Mulder was left to fill in the blanks. So Mulder dreamt of a life where he didn't have to fight for every step forward. Where he no longer had to bear the guilt of his sisters abduction or the deaths of his father & Deep Throat. Diana Fowley appeared as his wife because Mulder has strong feelings for her, but also that she had always agreed with him, never questioning his theories or actions. If he had allowed Scully into these dreams, she would have soon questioned the bullshit nature of this passive life. And on his fantasy deathbed this is exactly what she does. This is where I see the significance of the beach scenes. I think the boy is Mulder; the sand spaceship is a symbol of his work on the X Files, each bucket of sand is a step nearer the truth & when there is a danger of him accepting the passive life, he can see himself destroying the nine years he has put into it. Only when Scully brings him back, both physically & psychologically, from the brink do we see Mulder rebuilding the spaceship with new energy & seeing that it is the only way.

An all-round excellent trilogy that gets better with repeat viewing.
Also, Amor Fati bears more than a passing resemblence to Nikos Kazantzakis' 'The Last Temptation of Christ', brilliantly brought to the screen by Martin Scorsese. Has anyone heard DD or CC state that this was an intentional homage to Kazantzakis's book/Scorsese's film?

XXX Sig:)

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