That was when the world premiere of 'Pearly Dewdrops' Drops' aired, though it would be a couple of months until the full significance of that would be known.
Not even close to coincidentally, it’s also the 36th anniversary of the day Agent Dale Cooper first rolled into Twin Peaks.
Yesterday was also the 62nd birthday of Special Agent DNA Scully.
Her surname's too appropriate, since this latest act of cultural vandalism is already dead on arrival. Disney has long been dragging their feet on this boondoggle, and is now trying to save face by pawning it off on Hulu (Disney+'s poor relation) with just a lousy pilot order.
You know this thing is dead, because even Ryan Coogler himself is trying to pawn off responsibility for its inevitable failure.
Jennifer Yale (See, The Copenhagen Test) will serve as showrunner. The X-Files‘ original creator and showrunner, Chris Carter, will be a non-writing executive producer on the series. Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler, who are Coogler’s partners at their Proximity Media banner, are also non-writing EPs on the show.
The only selling point here was supposed to be Coogler himself, so what’s the point with the D-team taking his place?
None whatsoever.
Few cared about the final X-Files season - with the original stars and staff - so why would anyone care about this counterfeit?
Answer: literally not one single soul actually does. Anyone who says they do is a filthy liar.
The X-Files definitively ends with I Want to Believe, which is currently being prepared for a new director’s cut release. I love the film as is, but am interested to see what Carter has in store.
And if you understand what is at work beneath the surface of our so-called reality, you know nothing after this scene really matters anyway. This completed the supernova circle.
However, even the X-Fake can't escape the web of sync that permeates the original: note that Deadwyler previously appeared in I Saw the TV Glow…
… speaking of Pearly Dewdrops’ Drop.
Even though the cinematography looks impressive, I have only the slightest of passing interests in TV Glow. But I do wonder if the people who made it have a more than passing interest in The Secret Sun...
...the Shimmer and the star map are two possible clues here.
And as I’ve told you many times, the Shimmer is inextricably linked to both 'Pearly' and SN1987A, as the swamp scenes in Annihilation (where the wee armed pixies enter the Shimmer) were shot on the same location as the exteriors for the 'Pearly' video.
The link is further strengthened by the release date for Annihilation.
Not to mention another take, Tarkovsky's Stalker, which in turned inspired the record cover for The Pink Opaque (and Head Over Heels).
The cover photograph, captured by Nigel Grierson, was staged by pouring motor oil and other substances into a tub of water, then lighting and shooting the swirling liquids. This technique was intended to mimic the "Zone" in Tarkovsky’s film—a place that exists "on the threshold between dreams and reality."
As it turns out, Brother Brandon (the Ninja of Twinja) discovered that Color Out of Space too has a Pearly Dewdrops’ sync, aside from the obvious. In this case, the ritual performed by the Betty Fraser-eyed actress, Madeleine Arthur.
She invokes thusly:
Madeleine Arthur also played William’s girlfriend in the final episode of the (non-canonical) X-Files revival series.
Before me, Raphael.
Behind me, Gabriel.
To my left... Uriel.
And to my right, Michael.
All of whom we see in the 'Pearly Dewdrops' video...
Madeleine Arthur also played William’s girlfriend in the final episode of the (non-canonical) X-Files revival series.
"William" again.
What else could it be? Nothing, of course.
Remembering that Stalker was seen by some as a prophecy of Chernobyl, note that today is also the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which resulted in a quagmire with no end in sight.
Remembering that Stalker was seen by some as a prophecy of Chernobyl, note that today is also the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which resulted in a quagmire with no end in sight.
And as you'd expect, the invasion was heralded by the Herald:
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February 20, 2022: Elizabeth and her common-law husband announce the release of their Sun's Signature EP, the first release of new music from her in 13 years.
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