It's always going to feel very dated when you make an episode that's so focused on technology.
At first I was intrigued with the opener, but as the episode progressed I found myself totally zoning out every time they went on a ramble about AI and computers. This is because I can pretty much guarantee that whatever they were saying would make no kind of sense - and therefore it's not worth wasting my time trying to understand it. I still don't care why the AI thought it was necessary to find itself a physical body. I just want to move on.
The idea of them being able to upload their consciousnesses into an AI feels like a massive stretch. It's just not believable. I can't suspend my disbelief that far. I mean it's 1998 - look at the ridiculously clunky tech they're using ! This was back when it took hours just to download an mp3. Completely ridiculous. Looking where we are now in 2020 with this kind of technology only makes the notion more laughable.
Invisigoth in her emo outfit might have looked cool back in 1998 - but now it comes off as extremely cringe and try hard. Also, they never develop the relationship between her and David? So I couldn't care at all about them finding each other in the AI or merging their consciousnesses. I felt no emotional connection to their story.
I was getting ready to rate the episode lower, but then Scully started performing hand-to-hand combat against the evil nurses in Mulder's cyber dream. I have to give points to that. The way he was looking on in aroused excitement was just too precious.
Overall I would say this episode needs to be seriously debugged.
At first I was intrigued with the opener, but as the episode progressed I found myself totally zoning out every time they went on a ramble about AI and computers. This is because I can pretty much guarantee that whatever they were saying would make no kind of sense - and therefore it's not worth wasting my time trying to understand it. I still don't care why the AI thought it was necessary to find itself a physical body. I just want to move on.
The idea of them being able to upload their consciousnesses into an AI feels like a massive stretch. It's just not believable. I can't suspend my disbelief that far. I mean it's 1998 - look at the ridiculously clunky tech they're using ! This was back when it took hours just to download an mp3. Completely ridiculous. Looking where we are now in 2020 with this kind of technology only makes the notion more laughable.
Invisigoth in her emo outfit might have looked cool back in 1998 - but now it comes off as extremely cringe and try hard. Also, they never develop the relationship between her and David? So I couldn't care at all about them finding each other in the AI or merging their consciousnesses. I felt no emotional connection to their story.
I was getting ready to rate the episode lower, but then Scully started performing hand-to-hand combat against the evil nurses in Mulder's cyber dream. I have to give points to that. The way he was looking on in aroused excitement was just too precious.
Overall I would say this episode needs to be seriously debugged.