Gymnastics In The Yard

I watched a video about how Lost suffered from being a network tv show and I think a lot of the same issues can be applied to the X-Files. The point of the video was that to write a good mystery, you really need to know the conclusion going in because everything about a mystery should be leading to the conclusion. But on a network show where the executives won't let the writers clearly define how long it's going to be, you can't plan a conclusion. Lost kept being extended, which forced the writers to constantly add new twists and elements to the show without really being able to actually answer the questions raised, ultimately leading to an unsatisfying conclusion.

I think this is exactly the same reason I like the X-Files monster of the week episodes but don't really care about the myth arc. The alien invasion plotline had the same problem as Lost in that they constantly had to draw it out as the show kept getting continued and newer, poorly thought out plot points had to be constantly added instead of answering question (for example, the like 7 different answers about what happened to Mulder's sister). The monster of the week episodes, being mostly self-contained, didn't have that problem. The writers knew where the mystery would conclude: at the end of the episode. This ended up making the monster of the week episodes often much more satisfying to watch than a myth arc episode whose questions just wouldn't be answered.

David directing: “Scully is so precious and funny and I think she should laugh more 👉🏻👈🏻”

Gillian directing: “AND she FUCKSS!”

When the plot so good you start skipping the smut

we need more pathetic female characters written by authors who don't hate women

this reductress headline fit mulder perfectly

So, Gillian Anderson is slightly taller than me and every time they have a scene where she stands next to David Duchovny without the Scully box, this is all I can think of:

#mulder moments ⤷ 2.20 — “Humbug”

Imagine going through your whole life looking like that.

I stumbled upon the deleted fight the future kiss in my files and couldn't resist the urge to try my usual editing tricks on it. Yet another scene (and not even a canon one!!) that fell victim to Chris Carter and his hatred of good lighting. Now we can finally observe the exact amount of tongue that was used.

You can find the masterpost for all the edits I have done as part of this series right here.

Anything you want to see? Feel free to suggest it and I'll do my best.

Lastly, a little before/after comparison. Most scenes are so much darker than one tends to remember, and this is probably the best lit one I've done so far.

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