It's hard for me to even believe it now, but I came to XF pretty late. (About S6.) Maybe I'd seen bits here and there, but not regularly.
So this is an episode that I didn't get to see for the longest time. For whatever reasons, it didn't seem to come on reruns very often. And I didn't own the tapes/DVDs until way later.
Nitpick: Is it too much to ask that you get a reference correct? How in the world do you write John 52:54, when the correct reference is 6:54? I can see maybe putting the chapter or verse directly after or before... but 52? Errors like that make me cringe in embarrassment. And they did that sort of thing several times in this series!
In this post-Twilight world, it's good to have vampires portrayed as what they are - hideous monsters. I've never understood the "vampires are sexy" thing. Blood squicks me out in general, so I've never found anything remotely appealing about the genre. And this ep had needles too, which doubles the squick factor for me!
I'd almost forgotten how dark early episodes were. (Visually as well as thematically.)
The Son: Don't you want to live forever? Mulder: Not if drawstring pants come back into style.
LOL! Oh, Mulder. We love you so.
It's been a long time since I'd seen this. So Mulder... for once in his life, DIDN'T believe someone? He didn't believe Son was a vampire? Hm. Isn't that completely unlike him? Do we just chalk it up to exhaustion and grief?
Tho' he can't be grieving too much since he's off chasing monsters instead of, y'know, looking for his partner.
THIS (http://www.chrisnu.com/s2/index.php?spgmGal=3&spgmPic=55#spgmPicture/)
reminded me so much of THIS (http://youtu.be/svpqmV1iY9g/)!
I'm not sure I ever fully understood this episode. I guess it's just what it is - creepy and dark.
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Date: 2014-10-08 04:54 am (UTC)So this is an episode that I didn't get to see for the longest time. For whatever reasons, it didn't seem to come on reruns very often. And I didn't own the tapes/DVDs until way later.
Nitpick: Is it too much to ask that you get a reference correct? How in the world do you write John 52:54, when the correct reference is 6:54? I can see maybe putting the chapter or verse directly after or before... but 52? Errors like that make me cringe in embarrassment. And they did that sort of thing several times in this series!
In this post-Twilight world, it's good to have vampires portrayed as what they are - hideous monsters. I've never understood the "vampires are sexy" thing. Blood squicks me out in general, so I've never found anything remotely appealing about the genre. And this ep had needles too, which doubles the squick factor for me!
I'd almost forgotten how dark early episodes were. (Visually as well as thematically.)
The Son: Don't you want to live forever?
Mulder: Not if drawstring pants come back into style.
LOL! Oh, Mulder. We love you so.
It's been a long time since I'd seen this. So Mulder... for once in his life, DIDN'T believe someone? He didn't believe Son was a vampire? Hm. Isn't that completely unlike him? Do we just chalk it up to exhaustion and grief?
Tho' he can't be grieving too much since he's off chasing monsters instead of, y'know, looking for his partner.
THIS (http://www.chrisnu.com/s2/index.php?spgmGal=3&spgmPic=55#spgmPicture/)
reminded me so much of THIS (http://youtu.be/svpqmV1iY9g/)!
I'm not sure I ever fully understood this episode. I guess it's just what it is - creepy and dark.