Now that you mention it, that episode did seem a bit X-Files!
I know! Secret military bases! Secret experiments! Using someone else's id to get into a secret military base...getting caught. Of course, if it had been Mulder, he'd been thrown into the clink. The original story seemed to have supernatural overtones, too. I'm just rereading it now.
This could be a great fic, even though the episode was sort of rubbish...
The episode was total rubbish. It was disappointing because I know they can do better. Shit, I think I could have written a better script.
I think this could make a great fic too. You'd have to get rid of the stupid elements and invent new stuff but you could do that, no problem. You're very inventive. Let's see. Getting Mulder and Scully to England. A vacation? Mulder hears about the local legend and can't resist investigating? Maybe he's booked them into the local bed and breakfast because of the legend. That does sound like something Mulder would do. Then he hears about the secret military base somehow... Now what really happened and why are Sherlock and Watson investigating? That plot is the harder part, and was one of my issues with the episode.
...The original story seemed to have supernatural overtones, too. I'm just rereading it now.
But in the end it turned out to be no more than a man with a dog. And that's why Sherlock and X-Files, despite superficial similarities, are ultimately two very different things with totally different approaches to reality.
But in the end it turned out to be no more than a man with a dog.
SPOILER ALERT! No, it's okay, I remembered the ending, more or less.
And that's why Sherlock and X-Files, despite superficial similarities, are ultimately two very different things with totally different approaches to reality.
Oh, certainly. That's what was so disappointing about the Sherlock episode. It's all supposed to fit together logically and make sense in the real world, and it didn't. The intersection of the two worlds is with the secret military base and the scientist who is illegally experimenting on human subjects, who murdered a witness to said experiments. The supernatural legend is just the hook to get Mulder and Scully to the bed and breakfast. Kind of a Mulder-led tour of the Myths and Legends of Great Britain? By adding in the x-file elements, ideally tying the human experimentation aspect into the mytharc, you eleminate the need for it to make sense! It's perfect!
LOL, "spoiler alert". Sorry but I thought it's pretty impossible to spoil something that's been in (pop)culture for over 100 years.
Hmm, I rather liked that Sherlock episode - wasn't disappointed at all and thought it actually did make sense. Granted, I saw it a few months ago so I don't remember everything, but the explanations and the "big reveal" were quite logical and consistent with the reality of the series. Which, BTW, doesn't have to be the reality of "our world" - take CSI series for example. The only one that's closest to "our world" is Las Vegas, the rest drifts further and further apart from it (that techonology *eyeroll*)
Heh, what you wrote there sounds like a really nice plot bunny (needs more Krycek, tho) :)
Sorry but I thought it's pretty impossible to spoil something that's been in (pop)culture for over 100 years. Yes, indeed. It feels like I last read the story around 100 years ago, in fact.
I don't watch CSI so I can't comment on the reality or lack of therein. I find I'm better at suspending disbelief watching a fantasy series, like Doctor Who.
The truth is there were a lot things in that episode I disliked. The plot was just one of the issues.
As for the lack of Krycek, that is a problem I am unable to overcome, thanks to 1013, not if I want to do a cross-over with Sherlock BBC set in the present day.
I wonder if there is a transcript site for Sherlock like there is for TXF?
And I, in turn, don't watch Doctor Who, but with those totally "out there" series it's always easier to suspend disbelief because you know you have to.
I could overcome the Krycek problem for you. Let's see, he can't be really dead since he was hauntingcomforting speaking to Mulder in his cell and during the trial. So, he was probably projecting himself astrally because he's... he's... one of the Sidhe! British folklore to the rescue *nudge nudge wink wink*.
Huh, I really don't know but such a transcript site would be quite useful.
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I know! Secret military bases! Secret experiments! Using someone else's id to get into a secret military base...getting caught. Of course, if it had been Mulder, he'd been thrown into the clink. The original story seemed to have supernatural overtones, too. I'm just rereading it now.
This could be a great fic, even though the episode was sort of rubbish...
The episode was total rubbish. It was disappointing because I know they can do better. Shit, I think I could have written a better script.
I think this could make a great fic too. You'd have to get rid of the stupid elements and invent new stuff but you could do that, no problem. You're very inventive. Let's see. Getting Mulder and Scully to England. A vacation? Mulder hears about the local legend and can't resist investigating? Maybe he's booked them into the local bed and breakfast because of the legend. That does sound like something Mulder would do. Then he hears about the secret military base somehow... Now what really happened and why are Sherlock and Watson investigating? That plot is the harder part, and was one of my issues with the episode.
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But in the end it turned out to be no more than a man with a dog. And that's why Sherlock and X-Files, despite superficial similarities, are ultimately two very different things with totally different approaches to reality.
Still, a crossover fic could be interesting.
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SPOILER ALERT! No, it's okay, I remembered the ending, more or less.
And that's why Sherlock and X-Files, despite superficial similarities, are ultimately two very different things with totally different approaches to reality.
Oh, certainly. That's what was so disappointing about the Sherlock episode. It's all supposed to fit together logically and make sense in the real world, and it didn't. The intersection of the two worlds is with the secret military base and the scientist who is illegally experimenting on human subjects, who murdered a witness to said experiments. The supernatural legend is just the hook to get Mulder and Scully to the bed and breakfast. Kind of a Mulder-led tour of the Myths and Legends of Great Britain? By adding in the x-file elements, ideally tying the human experimentation aspect into the mytharc, you eleminate the need for it to make sense! It's perfect!
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Hmm, I rather liked that Sherlock episode - wasn't disappointed at all and thought it actually did make sense. Granted, I saw it a few months ago so I don't remember everything, but the explanations and the "big reveal" were quite logical and consistent with the reality of the series. Which, BTW, doesn't have to be the reality of "our world" - take CSI series for example. The only one that's closest to "our world" is Las Vegas, the rest drifts further and further apart from it (that techonology *eyeroll*)
Heh, what you wrote there sounds like a really nice plot bunny (needs more Krycek, tho) :)
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I don't watch CSI so I can't comment on the reality or lack of therein. I find I'm better at suspending disbelief watching a fantasy series, like Doctor Who.
The truth is there were a lot things in that episode I disliked. The plot was just one of the issues.
As for the lack of Krycek, that is a problem I am unable to overcome, thanks to 1013, not if I want to do a cross-over with Sherlock BBC set in the present day.
I wonder if there is a transcript site for Sherlock like there is for TXF?
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I could overcome the Krycek problem for you. Let's see, he can't be really dead since he was
hauntingcomfortingspeaking to Mulder in his cell and during the trial. So, he was probably projecting himself astrally because he's... he's... one of the Sidhe! British folklore to the rescue *nudge nudge wink wink*.Huh, I really don't know but such a transcript site would be quite useful.
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