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An A-Z encyclopedia (well, from A to S anyway) to understand why Finnish
x-philes are so proud of being Finnish x-philes. And I'm not talking only
about Finnish finish'shippers here. ;)
Finland, and our capital city, Helsinki
have been mentioned a few times during the series. And there are other
ways to connect people... err sorry, connect Finland and The X-Files, too.
No, she does not have scandinavian roots like that other Andersson. (Please notice the difference, only one s !) And we're sorry about that. But Gillian Anderson did a commercial for Digital Satellite TV in Finland. Pictures above are from it. To dowload the two versions of the commercial, visit Mikko's Gillian Anderson site.
(Another tape of Max is playing. He is still talking next
to his camper.)
MAX FENIG:
There are scientists in Finland right now who say that they've detected antigravity over the surface of a, a spinning superconducting disc...(He laughs.)
Technology that is supposedly twenty or thirty years down the road like over-unity energy, um, massless displacement current from cold fusion that we need for space travel. I know, thanks to my inside sources, that this technology, in fact, exists.Max was right. The researchers at Tampere University of Technology in Finland really discovered antigravity. Here you can read an article about it. And by the way, I am a very proud citizen of Tampere! =)
So what? Are we supposed to charge him with assaulting a cellular phone ?-Scully, D.P.O.
Mulder, if you had to do without a cell-phone for two minutes you'd lapse into catatonic schizophrenia.-Scully, Home
Here's an uncopleted and ever-growing list of Nokia cell phone appearances during the series.
The X-Files came about at a very opportune time, or should I say the time was right for it, because one of our greatest fears now is technology, and we've exploited our fears of technology in every which way. So, technology is important to the show, not only as a storytelling vehicle, but I've wondered how we would do the show if Mulder and Scully didn't have those cell phones.
It was, until two years ago. You remember Helsinki, the first time that a chess playing computer ever beat a Grand Master?(MULDER nods.)
That was Wilczeks program. And the rumor was that he did it by developing the first adaptive network.
Folie à Deux? It's not that, Scully. It's not Helsinki Syndrome either. What I saw was real, and there may be a way to prove it.Helsinki syndrome. Actually, it is originally named Stockholm-syndrome. Stockholm is the capital city of Sweden, our neighbouring country. It's a syndrome in which a delusion is shared by two people with a close emotional connection. It is often referenced in entertainment (for e.g. in one Die Hard-movie) in situations where a hostage and a capturer experience same delusions.
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(Picture from Finnish TV-guide Katso!) |
One of the three Ss. The other two are sauna and sisu (perseverance). These three are the most well-known things about Finland and Finnish people. Or they say these are. I don't know. I think some of you might say Hakkinen, polar bears and igloos. One of them is right. =) OK, back to the topic. Sibelius is known as a world famous Finnish composer, and there's a picture of him at the wall in Agent Craig Willmore's apartment in TXF Game.
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Here's the map from "Død Kalm" which -unfortunately- took place in Norway, not in Finland. ;) Anyway, it's here to demonstrate where the places mentioned above really are. The picture is from Arianne's cool The X Files pictures site. |
Huge thanks to Mikko, Garin, Mika R. and Jaska; without you I'd be still lost in the
Net searching for this info. Thanks!
Something to add or correct?
The pieces of scripts here are from the fabulous TD's site.
Check out also: [Finnish X-files sites] [Finnish TXF mailing list] [Finnish X-files site ring]
