That was a clever bit of meta, and quite fun! That said, I don't like Diana any better than I did. I thought the introduction of a long-standing distrust-mixed-with-sexual-jealousy element into the plot was a bad idea, period, whether from the perspective of a 'shipper, a noromo, or a fence-sitter. Basically, the relationship between Mulder and Scully was the heart of the show (regardless of how one conceptualized/wanted that relationship). There was plenty of room to complicate it, but a full season's worth of Mulder's seeing Scully as a jealous shrew while an obviously untrustworthy, and tedious, caricature of a femme fatale leads him around by his dick... not the way to do it. Chris Carter was right when he said Mulder and Scully's dating lives didn't have a big place on the show - he shouldn't have second-guessed himself, IMO.
I also thing Mimi Rogers is a terrible actress. She's got that Scientology practice of maintaining a direct stare and flat, commanding tone at all times (yes, that's something that Scientology trains its followers to do), which really doesn't make for a good dramatic performance - cf. many of Cruise's and nearly all of Travolta's movies post-1990-ish. I'm guessing that, had she played a completely different character, I would feel pretty much the same way.
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Date: 2010-08-17 12:11 am (UTC)I also thing Mimi Rogers is a terrible actress. She's got that Scientology practice of maintaining a direct stare and flat, commanding tone at all times (yes, that's something that Scientology trains its followers to do), which really doesn't make for a good dramatic performance - cf. many of Cruise's and nearly all of Travolta's movies post-1990-ish. I'm guessing that, had she played a completely different character, I would feel pretty much the same way.