I missed the first 20 minutes or so... But I liked what I did see. I was especially impressed with the fact that they remembered that he had been exposed to the disease in the future, and had brought it back with him.
NANJAO - I hope he and Olga DON'T get together... First, it's too early in the show for that sort of thing... Second the "unresolved sexual tension" (UST) thing is usually better than the resolution -- anyone remember Moonlighting?
Speaking of UST, what about Mulder and Scully?
My question was did he bring the virus back with him from the future or did he get it when the vial broke in front of him.
Parker's comments to himself in the bar (when he starts bleeding from the nose) indicate that he brought the virus back from the future.
Matt, Scott, haven't I met you before on the
X-Files official site? I was 'Alexandra to you'
for a while, then 'XC-phile'.
KND, I'm The Twelfth Man
I don't think I've ever been to the X-files official site.
Kudos, Scott! Matt, you're missing out on a great
thing. I hate to get off topic, but, Scott, do you
remember a little game we play on the X-Files
official site? Someone starts with a nitpick (i.e.
a camera boom reflected in a mirror) some one else
refutes it (the camera boom was actually the
Consortium's. They were taping Mulder and Scully)
and so it goes, each explanation and subsequent
nitpick-defense getting sillier and sillier.
Wouldn't that be cool to start here? Well, not
*here* cause i don't want to clutter up this board
with non-relevant postings. Maybe we could email
Phil and ask him to put up a Kitchen Sink board on
it. We'll see if the idea picks up momentum. Post
me at the the X-Files: The Movie site 'cause I
don't usually come here. And yes, I was ob-
noxious to Omar, and I said so, and I'm
**sorry**... agghh, I'm a horrible person!! :-(
Just saw a rerun of this. Cool! I liked it! But when they throw the anti-contam suit
down to Sick!Parker, wouldn't he have to touch the outside of the suit as he puts it
on, thereby contaminating the outside and nulling the point of it?
By the way, where did everone go? (voice echoing) It's empty in here! Just for the
heck of it, since I'm feeling slightly loony, here's an interesting metaphor i read the
other day: "He gaped at her like a stunned fish." Sounds like one of my would-be
boyfriends.
I believe Lt. Frank Parker was not dominantly infected with the virus due to the helicopter's distance from him and the propellers' dissipative distribution of the virus itself. To put it another way, I believe he was infected as soon as Nate Ramsey appeared with the helicopter but had not reacted to it until later on because of the above explanation.
This series has only just started showing on British terrestrial television (oh, the joys of living in the UK!). I enjoyed the pilot episode last week but this episode made me sigh deeply and shake my head towards the end.
Frank has poured petrol over himself, then lights a match/lighter to illuminate a danger sign that he's painted on the grass - but he doesn't burst into flames himself?! And when he put the contamination suit on afterwards, wouldn't he almost suffocate on the petrol fumes inside the suit? I also groaned at the blase comment along the lines of "Oh hey, somehow you managed to keep the virus to yourself and didn't contaminate anyone else." Yeah, right.
Towards the end, how could Parker be the only one infected? Olga was right next to him when she put the virus out with the flare. If he brought it back from the future, wouldn't everyone near him be infected? Isn't that how it spread in the old timeline?
This is the second episode I've seen (late 2004 here), did they explain where Parker goes when he travels back in time? Does he just flash out of existence when his future self arrives?
Also, if he travles back 7 days then hypothetically he could travel back ANOTHER 7 days from that point, making the whole suspense of only having 7 days impossible.
I think. ~_-
Both of these (serial jumping, and "where does he go") have been discussed over in the Space-Time Wash (the 7 Days sink). Go take a look, have fun, reignite some discussions!
Going back about 20 years or so...
quote:By K.N.D. on Sunday, December 06, 1998 - 3:35 pm:
But when they throw the anti-contam suit
down to Sick!Parker, wouldn't he have to touch the outside of the suit as he puts it
on, thereby contaminating the outside and nulling the point of it