I want to believe... in the 'Ship

[campylobacter]

[Extreme Spoilers for X-Files 2 movie]

First, a few Easter Eggs! My spouse and I saw the movie opening night and Saturday night, so I was able to catch more XF in-jokes the 2nd time 'round.

1. Christ Carter was sitting morosely in the hallway after Mulder's car crash scene and before Scully prints out the research on dog heads. He was holding a cinerary urn -- probably in memoriam for Randy Stone, the casting director who found him Anderson and Duchovny. Randy Stone was gay. Not sure what Stone would've thought about all the bad guys in Carter's movie being homosexuals.

2. The contact list in Mulder's mobile phone (we see this before the car crash scene -- please don't phone and drive, people) listed Gilligan (Vince), Scully, and Shiban (John). I didn't catch the entire list because I forgot my glasses, but I'm sure you'll tell me.

3. BEAUTIFUL WASPS HAVING SEX by Dori Carter, next to Scully's side of the bed. If WASP = white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, then Scully's Catholicism and Mulder's murky (possibly Jewish, more likely agnostic) upbringing may be a Unitarian Universalist conspiracy.

4. Stay for the closing credits. Gillian Anderson in a black bikini is SO worth it. I thought I'd die.

5. I kept expecting the 3 nuns at the end of the movie to be Spotsy, Vince, and Shiban in drag. But they weren't. They were just creepy.

I want to believe in the 'Ship, and now I do. Skinner loves Mulder. Tenderly cradling Mulder near the end of the movie, Skinner looked like an angel. I now believe. Everyone in the cinema heard my squeeing, so they will believe, too.

Comments

[bcfan.livejournal.com]

I kept expecting the 3 nuns at the end of the movie to be Spotsy, Vince, and Shiban in drag
I believe the idea came up pre-filming, but Spotsy voted against when asked to shave off his facial hair.

The whole 'staying for the end of the closing credits' really separated the casual viewer from the more obsessive focused fan, didn't it. Second time I saw it, there were only a half dozen still waiting in the theatre.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

> Spotsy voted against when asked to shave off his facial hair

LOL! And that movie was all about MORE hair. In Scully's case: past her shoulders. In Mulder's case: on his face. I could tell both of theirs were dyed to cover GRAY.

I'm the type of "focused" fan who turns around when the closing titles start and commands everyone stay. In a very loud voice.

PS: Missed you! I've had a looooong hiatus from LJ.

[bcfan.livejournal.com]

It was a long hiatus, but I understand why Cybertron would have poor internet connectivity. How's your new 'pet' operating?