From: ubuntu4@jt.net   
      
   >> How do people get trapped inside a computer program?   
   >   
   > How does the Enterprise warp the space-time continuum to travel at many   
   > times the speed of light?   
   >   
   > Answer: It's called 'science fiction'.   
      
   That's a simplistic thing to say.   
      
   X-Files has a continuity running through the seasons called "reality".   
   So while it's dealing with sci-fi, monsters, the paranormal etc, it's   
   style isn't one of fantasy - the normal rules of living on planet Earth   
   apply.   
      
   People going into a room, putting on 3d goggles and then literally   
   "vanishing inside a computer" is fantasy.   
      
   I'd welcome it in a show like The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits,   
   where there isn't a continuity of "this program is set on planet Earth,   
   as we know it".  But The X-Files?  No way.   
      
   It would be like an episode of MacGyver where the title character   
   swallows a pill that makes him invisible or can make him fly.  It's   
   melding two different formats together.   
      
   The episode actually wasn't a bad episode - it was just a ridiculous   
   premise for an *X-Files* episode.   
      
   I've been watching every ep in order over the past few years (certainly   
   not at the rate of one a day, unlike some people), to me this is the   
   first time that I've said "Jesus ... JUMP THE SHARK".   
      
      
   ......... now I return you to your regularly scheduled fanboi "reviews"   
   talking about ties and "how cute Mulder was in this ep!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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