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Date Posted: 01:45:35 05/01/00 Mon
Author: hairytoes
Subject: This just in- DD hired as spokesman by National Council for Tofu/Tofu Products

Tofurkey! If there is a season 8 and if DD hangs around to write another ep, I'm willing to bet money that tofu-cheese will be mentioned. Nonfat Tofutti Rice Dreamsicle, Tofurkey... this is what I call continuity!

As for the ep, I think I liked it, but I'm having kind of a Mulder-like reaction to it. Gary Shandling as Mulder? The X-files reduced to some silly Hollywood movie? My beloved CSM called a "Cigarette-Smoking Mackerel-Snapper?" Blasphemy!! Sacrilege!!!.... ah, but wasn't it clever that DD had Mulder, a man after my own heart, have the same reaction to the movie? And wasn't it clever that the episode addressed Rev. O'Connell's feelings that he couldn't handle what Hoffman's document's said about Christ?-- when O'Connell discovered a Christ "different from the one he had come to know and love" he couldn't handle it. When Mulder saw himself, his work, and the people whom his work involves misrepresented, he stormed out. And I think DD predicted that some fans would be a little ruffled to see a show they take seriously (and to which they spend hours of internet time a week proving this, hmmm) trivialized. Is this my cue to lighten up? Sacred cows are meant to be dressed up and then laughed at.... right? HAD was definitely clever and funny, but is that enough to make a good episode?

The teaser was great. I laughed out loud when I saw all the red dots on the back of "Mulder's" head. And CC in the audience!... though sometimes I'd like to put a red dot on the back of his head. I read detoured's post about similarities between all things and the unnatural, and because of this I was a teeny bit bothered that HAD started out the same way. For a minute I thought "enough with the flashbacks! don't you guys have any other techniques?" but HAD turned out to be really cool.

The bubble bath scene- hilarious! I especially loved when the screen was three-split to show each person in their respective bubble bath. Forgive me, but I couldn't help but noticing that Mulder's right hand wasn't visible when he was on the phone with Scully. :-0 Actually, after Mulder told her that Skinner had called him from the bath I though she was going to tell Mulder that she wasn't really packing.

I know this is a nit, but I was a little bit surprised that the character loosely based on Mulder was named "Mulder" and the character loosely based on Scully was named "Scully." Surely in real life, M&S would have gotten to know more about the movie before signing their names away. Besides, "Mulker and Scuffy" could have been really funny. They changed CSM's name- from "man" to "mackerel-snapper," why couldn't M&S change theirs? Also, isn't Scully the one who was so concerned about looking foolish on Ntnl TV in X-Cops? Isn't Scully the one who's more concerned with self-image? Why the change of heart? All those visions she's been having. Yep, she's going crazy.

I absolutely loved the last scene. We got to hang around past the "zombies eat everyone stage" and got to see them dancing. And I'm POSITIVE that this scene was meant to make fun of the stupid transparent children scene in "Closure."

So is "clever" and "funny" enough to make a good episode? Considering there was an actual X-file in Hollywood A.D., eh why not?

hairytoes, who wishes she were "at the computer" with Mulder

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I happen to like Tofurkey! -- kande, 05:16:42 05/01/00 Mon
- Oh, he was definitely making fun of you... -- hairytoes, 11:35:41 05/01/00 Mon
  - I'm very sensitive, you know. -- kande, 13:21:34 05/01/00 Mon
HT, you said...stupid, transparent children scene in Closure? I beg to take issue with that...I loved it...so, let's say we can both agree to disagree, ok? thanks! nim (NT) -- G-WW, 12:51:41 05/01/00 Mon
- Joking, sweetheart, joking! I'm sorry that was offensive. Hmm, I guess I'm not used to being taken seriously, NIM. (NT) -- hairytoes, 14:25:22 05/01/00 Mon
  - Sorry, HT...my bad, for not realizing you were joking!! I take it all back! But yes, I do believe EVERYTHING you tell me!! ;-) nimalmost! (NT) -- G-WW, 07:46:06 05/02/00 Tue
Does anyone else think 'tofurkey' sounds like a swear word?... -- detoured, 23:28:01 05/01/00 Mon
- It's turkey....the people are made of turkey! -- Athenaxphile, 12:53:19 05/04/00 Thu
  - About that autopsy... -- kande, 13:56:01 05/04/00 Thu
    - Good catch Dr. Kande! -- detoured, 18:17:41 05/05/00 Fri
  - Speaking of Mr. Smarty Pants... -- Rab-id, 14:42:01 05/04/00 Thu
  - Turkey=turkey? I think I got it! -- detoured, 18:13:34 05/05/00 Fri