Fight the Future

I rewatched the X-Files movie over the weekend. The first X-Files episode I saw was "Jose Chung's from Outer Space," but I think the second thing I saw was Fight the Future. Needless to say, it didn't make a whole lot of sense (take that, Frank "it's a good story even for people who've never heard of the X-Files" Spotnitz). I distinctly remember my brother telling me that the Lone Gunmen were recurring characters.

( Fight the Future )

See, I do like fucked up characters

It is a slow day at work, so…meta.

I've been catching up on Boston Legal, which always surprises with its combination of sympathetic open-mindedness to difference and its perverse exploitation and voyeurism. It's like watching Jerry Springer, which attempts to balance out an hour of sideshow theatrics with a populist moral message at the end, only much better written.

( On Alan Shore )

From week to week, it's fascinating to watch this push-pull of Alan's nature, sometimes reveling in the profane, sometimes reaching for something better, and is the main reason I keep coming back. Of course, watching him kick the verbal crap out of scientologists, pro-death penalty judges and the NRA isn't half bad either.