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X-FILES Is An Ex-Show!!
Hot on the heels of ABC’s announcement that it had already renewed “Alias” for a second season, Chris Carter told The Hollywood Reporter late yesterday that this season would be the last for “The X-Files.”
Read the whole Hollywood Reporter story here.
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Do I get a prize?
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Oh, but there is! First! Gurharhgghgh!!! *shoots himself in the head*
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Zender your prize is to be the retard of the day. Darth Boner, you get to suck him off for calling false first.
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Oh wait, that was Freakylinks. X-Files was lame in comparison.
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This could just be another tactic of Chris Carter's to try to weasel a better deal from FOX. Like Joey FatOne's remark about he and his fellow N*Syncers being edited out of AotC, the person with the final say on this decision has yet to speak. So don't get your hopes up quite yet.
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I just read Daily Variety's article on this and they report that both FOX and Chris Carter are letting this season be the last. Furthermore, Carter says that he would "love" to have David Duchovny return for the final episode, which will be a two-parter. Maybe this indicates that Carter and FOX are going to try to negotiate with Duchovny. I hope so. This series needs to close out with Mulder somehow, and in a satisfying way. Here's my suggestion to Carter if he wants to make amends with Duchovny: Have Mulder appear only in the final scene of Part 1, yet throughout Part 2 of the two-parter. FOX will probably need to give Duchovny a development deal to produce his own TV series pilot or something. Carter may also need to allow Duchovny to have input in the script. I say give both to him if that's what it takes. Now as for the story itself and what happens to the characters by the end: Mulder should be reinstated into the FBI. Doggett should be promoted to an assistant director position within the Bureau. Reyes should get killed off (for dramatic reasons, of course). Scully should remain at Quantico, teaching FBI recruits. The X-Files unit itself should not be "closed" but put into "inactive" status since its overall objective (whatever the fuck Carter finally decides what it actually was) has been accomplished. The final scene should be Scully entering the X-Files office where Mulder is boxing up paperwork in the office for storage -- their words should reflect, and recall, the first time they met 9 years ago in that office.
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I would call myself one of the true Die-Hard Xphiles.....even I still really enjoyed last year and the whole missing Mulder arc, but this year the show is VERY weak. I'm glad that they are putting this dying dog to sleep, it's the only humane thing to do. And also I'm glad that they are making this descision NOW, instead of like the past two years where they make the descision the week of the season finale....so now they have the chance ot devote the last half of the year to going out with a bang and trying to tie up all of the loose ends....
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Now they have an extra hour to replay "The Chamber"! Whoopie!
Maybe they can make a That 90s show or even the 1870s show. That would be a hoot.
Or how about zap Malcolm into a computer (like Tron) and call it Malcolm Inside. Yeah, tons of ideas out there. -
Jan 17, 2002 8:02:12 AM CST
Well, at least now we know how many DVD box sets there are going
by exit272
I'm happy about the news. Although I thought Doggett gave the show the shot in the arm it needed in season 8, frankly I haven't been irresistibly compelled to stay tuned to season 9 (well, to be honest, I haven't watched it at all, even the one with Xena). I'm glad it's not simply going to be dragged out forever just to keep the trademark going. Trying to continue the show without Scully would have been pure folly.
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What he has done on the past two seasons of the X-Files has been the best hard-boiled character I have seen in a long time. With the X-Files ending its run Robert Patrick should go to a cop show (NYPD Blue seems to get a new cast every year), or better yet bring back Mike Hammer with Patrick as Hammer.
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You mean the x-files are still on?
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Not many shows can survive and keep consistent quality for more than 5-7 years. Let's face it, X-files is one of those shows that had a limited run built into it. The show is still entertaining, but isn't nearly as good as it used to be. They should have ended it last year, nine seasons for this show, let alone ten, is just too much.
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There will be zippy demand for another X-Files movie. The first one didn't exactly set the world on fire and that was what, five years ago? It sure as shit doesn't get made without Mulder on board, which will take coin the studio won't want to commit to. Carter wants a big payday too, and Anderson won' be cheap. Plus there is the fact that Whorywood just is not interested in making gov't conspiracy flicks in the current environment of yes-I-packed-my-own-bag, officer, no-sir-no-metal-plates-or-limbs, officer, why-yes-please-do-roto-rooter-my-rectum, officer. MAYBE if some cliffhanger storyline was in place and the film in the can for a June release you could get some traction from a Mulder family on the run. But some lame shit for the summer of 04 just won't get done.
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If it were set at Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems. Perhaps Mulder stole the Oscillation Overthruster from Lord John Whorfin, and has been languishing in the 8th Dimension this entire season. Remember: The future starts tomorrow! Yoyodyne, a growing, excited company.
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I've watched a few of the new ones and they were good, but frankly X-files is my 3rd choice behind Alias and a Sopranos re-runs. People would have watched on Fridays again. And they wonder why they didn't get any ratings? Oh well... let's hope the finale doesn't suck.
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Actually, the first X-Files movie came out in summer 1998, so that's only 3 1/2 years ago. The current conspiracy-flick 'mood' is why the Fox network still hasn't gotten around to giving the movie its U.S. broadcast premiere (especially that scene with the building ripped in half), but it seems to me that the situation is already changing at the cinemas. The other day, before Vanilla Sky, every coming attraction ad I sat through was for either a war movie or a CIA movie. Hollywood clearly feels that action flicks are okay again and is moving ahead at full steam. Too bad the movies (Hart's War, We Were Warriors, etc.) look to be cliche-ridden pap we've all seen before. Anyway, if Fox plays its cards right, there could well be audience demand after a while for a Mulder-Scully big-screen reunion. Cancelling the show this May is a good first step.
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I haven't even bothered watching the thing since about the Season after the movie (Season 7? 8? I can't even remember). Don't get me wrong, I used to love it, but for the past few years it's been like Ali at the end of his boxing career: a sad shadow of it's former self. Why can't Hollywood know when to say "When?" Why must they try to just *milk* everything long past it's prime? Oh well, here's hoping that Gillian Anderson at least has a long non-X-Files movie career head of her. She's too talented to be chained to this boat anchor one second longer then she has to be. As for Duchovny, well. . .
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Television is such a flawed form of entertainment. Most shows go on too long as it is and some don't go on long enough; "Twin Peaks," "Millennium."
"X-Files" was a great show for many years but should have hung its hat after the movie.
I think most television series should be mini-series`, and if they have more stories, tell them, if not, quit while the stories are still good.
The good, original shows usually become long commercials after they have some success and the story rarely moves.
I like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and would say its one of my favorite shows, but if the people involved had any foresight, this would be the last year of that show too. Once you go through the motions with every character, what else is there to do?
It's all about money vs. art, and as much as I love Robert Patrick, the "X-Files" was no longer without Duchovny.
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I'll say it: the trouble began once the show left Vancouver. That said, I'm seriously hoping they'll take the rest of the season, and use the upcoming movie, to finally, mercifully address all of those mythology issues which were thrown by the wayside over the past few seasons. Is an alien invasion in the offing? What's the story with the faceless rebels/mutant corn/bees/black oil/bounty hunters? And don't forget to bring back CSM and Marita!
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You know Carter is going to f**K us over and not tie up all the loose ends. He will come up with some incredibly lame excuse like "nothing in life has all the loose ends tied up".
Carter it's not life, it's a f**king TV show and you owe the fans who watched the show for 9 years closure. -
By the way, howcome when I post I end up in the middle instead of at the end. As a programmer I can tell you Harry- It aint that hard to fix
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I still maintain that the movie should have signaled the end of the TV series. Have a movie come out every year or two (or whatever).
When that movie came out, X-Files was at this amazing height of popularity. It quickly lost its focus and point after that.
When those original writers left sometime after season 3 or 4 (can't remember their names right now, one I think was named Wong?)
it really made itself painfully obvious.
I am sad to see the turn this show takes.
Alias is good in its own right, but it can't light a candle to when X-Files was doing its thing right.
This is a sad and ignominous end to a spluttering franchise. I am just waiting to finally see the death knell end for Star Trek. That's been even slower and more painful to watch over the recent years. -
X-Files was NEVER about the stories, it was about the relationship between Mulder and Scully. With no Mulder, it's not the X-Files. I don't care about an alien conspiracy--you can get that from a whole host of sci-fi sources. What always interested me most was the relationship between the fanatic and the sceptic and their sacrificing of their abiding love for each other in the pursuit of a higher calling--i.e., "The Truth Is Out There." I like Robert Patrick as an actor, and I think John Doggett is a great character. But he would have been more interesting as say, a disgraced ex-agent who was wrongly accused of some indiscretion who uses his considerable skills to help M&S. And don't even mention Agent Reyes. PUH-LEEZE! I will just pretend that the X-Files TV show ended last season with the M&S kiss and wait for the next movie, starring Duchovny and Anderson, to come out. And if you don't think DD will jump at the chance to make another X-Files movie, well, then you didn't see the box office receipts for "Evolution," did you?
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I lost all hope for this show when they brought Terry O'Quinn back as a completely different character than the one from the movie. I mean c'mon, Scully saw him die in the building explosion. Then a guy who looks very similar gives her clothes in the desert, and she doesn't even resemble him. What the fuck.
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Right when the new characters were finally coming into their own. I, for one, was gladly ready to give the show a shot after Gillian Anderson leaves. It's too bad...
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Don't get me wrong here, I have loved this show - but I still believe that it should have ended with the fifth season and then moved on to a motion picture series. This season has been painful to watch and last season was just annoying.
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I want to thank the man who pulled CC's and Grushow's heads out of their asses and slapped them around enough to make them realize TXF needs to be euthanized. I've been a die-hard fan since Season 1, but last season was hard to endure, and I refused to watch this season. The King of Self-Delusion (AKA Chris Carter) never fucking got it that you can't drag out a saga without hurting its popularity and quality of stories, but I think that had to be a poor cover-up for the fact that he was making it up as he went. He hardly had a fucking clue as to which way to go, which is pretty god-damned pathetic, considering the scope of this series. He also overdid that, as witnessed by the movie. ******* Unlike some fans, I don't think the series really faltered until last year. Seasons 6 & 7 were pretty damned good, different but very innovative in the stories they told, and the way they told them. HOWEVER...if 1013 wasn't going to deal with the alien-takeover conspiracy as much, then they should have by-God dealt with the Mulder-Scully relationship, and let it evolve reasonably and fairly to the characters. Carter was a purblind idiot to haul rein on them all the time, or else he was just too chickenshit to deal with a romantic relationship, being fixated on his platonic ideal. Only Anderson's amazingly complex episode kicked the relationship in the ass to help move it along, but Carter dragged it back in the end, leaving us scratching our heads. Did they or didn't they? Shee-yut, more deliberate misdirection for the fans. Like we hadn't seen that time and time and time again. At least we fans and the actors don't have to suffer much longer, although I really do hope they can coax Duchovny back for the finale. He'd probably insist on having a hand in writing it though, and Carter might not be willing. He should be, however, if he ever hopes to lay the groundwork for another movie, or there will be little interest in it.
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when Terry O'Quinn seem to appear in every Chris Carter project. OK he was good as Peter Watts in Millennium, when I saw him in
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Ah well, it's a shame it petered off, but when the X-Files rocked, it rocked the house. And somebody explain to me why people hate Chris Carter so much? Yeah, he doesn't understand the word closure, often writes unbelievably stilted and pretentious dialogue, and can't keep track of his plot threads or continuity, but this doesn't make him a) Satan or b) a moron. I'm grateful I got the X-Files. They were great, and unlike movies, I watched them for FREE. Even lousy early - mid season X-Files were 99% better than most of the shit on TV.
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Well, the best show on television is 'The Sopranos'. It is three seasons old and there has not been a weak episode yet. However, it was supposed to finish at the end of season three, but the creator was persuaded to write two more seasons. This is the big problem - dragging a show on even though it has a limited reserve of ideas. I hope it does not affect 'The Sopranos', but it killed 'The X-Files' dead.
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God it is about time. This show jump the shark after the release of the movie and never looked back. It has been just one long non-premature ending. Good riddance. Now maybe we will free up that time space and get something interesting.
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I was an X-Files fan literally from day one, but this show has totally lost me. After the fifth season, the show really lost it. The movie stunk, the plot threads became increasingly random and discontiguous (with various characters and storylines being randomly abandoned like in a bad comic book), and the absence of Mulder more or less betrayed the show's entire hook. This show's curtain call is long overdue.
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First off i'm pleased it's ending. Relieved. It's been a long time coming that we just tie this one to a tree, bash it in the head with a shovel and tell the kids it ran away. I do, however, have my doubts as to whether they can warp up the mess they've made in the past two seasons in ten more episodes. They spent seven years building this massive, layered storyline around an equally massive and layered conspiracy to fight/assist an impending alien conspiracy. Then Mulder vanished. Then they spent a year looking for Mulder and after finding him insteading of getting back to the impedning invasion they decide to go off on tangents about super soldiers and Scully's baby. I'm sure all of this is supposed to lead up to the inpending colonization but it's all just moving to slowly. There is no sense of urgency one would associate with preparing for and alien invasion. Everything that happened in the last two seasons could have happened in one. There is no motivation behind the X Files anymore. All they do is react. Mulder used to act. He seeked out the truth. Dogget, Scully, and Reyes just wait for shit to happen, they react to it and inadvertently inch closer to the truth at a snail's pace. The time for slow moving mystery is over. At this stage in the game everyone of consequence is perfectly aware of the existence of aliens and their inpending colonization. If they don't get their asses in gear now I don't see how they can satifactorily resolve this show by the end of the season.
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Considering that guy's been in at least three separate episodes as three different people, Scully's probably used to seeing him by now :P
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Take the old sickly dog that is The X-Files out back and shoot it...it's about time. I truly loved this show for the first 5 seasons or so...right up to the movie. I still have an X-files poster hanging at my place even.. but this show has been dying a long prolonged painful death..and its about time. Duchovny's bitching and Chris Carter's craptastic (mis)handling of the mythology brought the show to its current sorry-ass state. The mythology was f-ed up three years ago on that lame ass "full disclosure" two-parter..this was the same season where it was lamely revealed that Mulder's sister had been murdered years ago..and the same season where Cancer Man was killed off by being thrown down a flight of steps.. three downright awful plot developments. The writing continued solidly mediocre after that..not even Robert Patrick's good character acting is enough to save this show. Part me of is glad its over...You just can't stand it when a show you once loved goes to such crap..As for another movie--I don't think it'll fly. Too little.. Too late.
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I stopped watching 2 1/2 years ago. I feel the same as most of you do. The damn show is rudderless. It's all over the place and everytime they explain something, a couple of episodes later it's "un-explained" and nothing means anything. Maybe they should just have the aliens take over earth and enslave everyone. End the show and the human race all in one fell sweep. That'll learn em to touch my potater!
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"Millennium's first two seasons were better than the entire run of the "X-Files", but if Carter and Fox had any brains, "Millennium" would have aired after "X-Files" and it would have been the two best hours of television ever.
Good ideas that went bad.
I vowed after "Twin Peaks" was cancelled in mid-stride that I would never get involved in another show again because I hated not having that closure.
After watching "X-Files" faihtfully since the beginning, I gave it up for good after "Millennium" was cancelled because I felt like Carter and Fox never really gave it chance.
Each episode was better than most movies.
I know I can never hope for a movie for "Millennium" because season three of "Millennium killed the potential for great mythology that the first two seasons set up and that horrible, non-climatic tie-in with Frank Black in the "X-Files" episode made me wish they had just left it alone.
I just want a nice "Millennium" DVD boxed set so I can watch the finale of season two where Frank's hair has turned white and the world has basically ended.
In the year "2525" indeed.
Chilling television that the "X-Files" rarely came close to achieving.
Chris Carter should invest his millions and go away.
He screwed with our heads and gave us little resolution for almost ten years. I used to think he was a genius, but he either overextended himself or just couldn't sustain his ideas.
The pattern should be, have a couple of good seasons, make a movie and cancel the show.
Make movies every couple of years and make new shows.
"Alias" is the best show on television now. They should do two seasons and switch to movies.
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At the end of season 6, everything was wrapped up. The Syndicate was destroyed, the alien invasion was stopped, Mulder finally had Scully believing in aliens. All they still had to do was have Mulder find his sister...which they should have done on the last episode of the season, and then ended it. But instead, the last episode of season 6 (IMO) was where it jumped the shark. What was the deal with that alien ship Scully found on the beach, and then they never mentioned again? What was the deal with that aliens-wrote-the-bible plotline that they never mentioned again? What was the deal with killing off that woman at the end, and then on the next episode pretending like nothing happened? I watched season 7 because I thought that at the end they would go back to the story that they began at the end of season 6, and somehow tie it in with the first 6 seasons. But they didn't. They just never mentioned it again. Then Mulder found his sister, it was cheesy as hell and made no sense....and they STILL didn't end it! Then at the end of season 7, the show practically STARTED OVER. After 6 seasons, and after finally stopping the alien invasion, what do they do? They start it all over again!! And on top of that, after Scully has FINALLY started to believe in aliens, what do they do? They make her Mulder, and give her a new partner who's a non-believer, so it's just like starting over from episode 1 again!! I actually walked out halfway through the first episode of season 9, and I haven't watched the show since....
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There are going to be 21 episodes this season. Part 1 of the two-parter will be episode 201 and Part 2 will be 202. I say cut back the episode order to 19, use the money saved to put into the production values of the finale two-parter -- and to get Duchovny back. This would make Part 2 episode 200, which would be a nice, significant number. The viewers really don't give a shit if there are two fewer episodes this season, Chris........I agree that they gotta get Duchovny back to wrap things up. Do whatever it takes to get him to return for the finale episode. FOX MUST get Duchovny back in order to set up interest for another possible movie. This is IMPERATIVE for the sake of the parent company's investment into a movie franchise........If Duchovny returns, Mulder MUST be reinstated into the FBI. The general public thinks of Mulder and Scully as FBI agents, and this needs to be re-established before another movie is made.......If they fail at getting Duchovny back but a movie still goes into production with him starring, they'll probably have to ignore the existence of Season 9 and most of Season 8 in terms of continuity. Oh, well................Doubtful that Carter will wrap up anything in the finale in a way that'll be happy with most people. I don't have faith in him pulling this off. Ever wondered how Glen Morgan and James Wong (who, in my opinion, were the ones who developed X-Files beyond its episodic format during its early years) would have wrapped up the alien conspiracy arc? Watch the two-parter finale of the second season of Millennium. It would have been bees (instead of birds) infecting the population with the alien virus (instead of the Marsburg virus) which causes people to mutate, while the Federal agencies scramble to contain what they think is a non-alien-related outbreak. (If they did this storyline today, it would be natural for the Federal government to assume that the spread of the alien virus is a massive terrorist attack.) Replace the Millennium Group with the CDC and the FBI. Replace Frank, Catherine and Jordan with Mulder, Scully and baby William, and have Mulder escape with Scully and William to a cabin in the mountains when all hope seems to be lost. THIS is exactly how the X-Files' conclusion would have been -- and should probably still be wrapped up. Fuck, even the weak-as-fuck "supah soldjahs" arc of this season could be tied into all of this -- the Federal government created them in order to battle against the alien invaders, DUH! Chris Carter: You CAN tie everything together within the last couple of episodes! (You've decided to end the series, so screw the episodic format now. Just go for a continuous arc till the end.) You just need to do some fuckin' RESEARCH into YOUR OWN show's mythology to see how everything could tie together...........Ultimately, I think the most logical final scene would be to have Mulder and Scully on the beach with their son, happily enjoying an afternoon out in the soon. (This moment would neatly tie into the Season 6 finale and Season 7 two-parter premiere.)............My bet is that Dark Angel will be renewed for a 3rd season and will take over X-Files' timeslot to go up against Alias.
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In contrast to a show like Buffy, The X-Files has always suffered from having an underlining story arc that was obviously never really thought out beforehand. The result was a continous string of clues that ended up building no momentum, as they never really went anywhere, much like the dramatic structure of a soap opera. If the alien invasion storyline had steadily grew to be more and more of a threat, each season would have been more gripping than the last. And of course, losing Mulder threw the character interplay into chaos. But the show's real strength has always been it's creepy, cinematic mood, and on that level it's still fairly entertaining. Just forgettable afterwords.
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With so few good shows on this season, I have been watching X-Files while taping Alias. There have been three bad episodes so far, the opening two parter and the not quite return of mulder ep from a couple of weeks ago, all "series arc" episodes. The stand alone episodes this season are exceptional, especially compared to the last couple of seasons. Especially cool were the killer from an alternate universe, and last weeks amnesia in Mexico episode. Both four star eps in my book. They should have just ended the "X-Files" last season and put Robert Patrick and Anabeth Gish in their own spinoff. Doggett and Reyes are stuck in the shadow of Mulder and Scully.
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I have called myself a fan of The X-Files ever since Season 3, and have mourned the waning quality of the show ever since Smoking Man and Krycek died. But now that Carter is ending the show it gives the show more suspense than it's had in years. Was the decision made with enough time to film a good finale, instead of finishing this Super Soldier nonsense then using the "we're gonna make more movies" excuse? Have they actually filmed a good finale instead of just hyping a normal season-ender as the series-ender? Will Skinner finally come out from wherever he is and do something? Questions like these rival the ones I had years ago, like "Did Mulder kill himself?," "Is the Smoking Man Mulder's father?," "How is it that Gillian Andersom keeps getting more beautiful as she ages?" It's sad that the show is ending, but at least now they can count on good enough ratings for the finale to keep making good movies every couple of years for a long time.
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Jan 17, 2002 1:23:58 PM CST
And who knows what other wacky adventures our agents may have be
by bigw
I stopped watching a few years ago, but they had a good run. Hopefully, when we look back, people will remember the good old days, and not the last few seasons.
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of that 'show'? >shudders< That show officially went nowhere, they say they want a film series to last possibly 20 years. LOL. Oooh, there's something behind this corner, but you'll never find out what it is!
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the full text of the Hollywood Reporter article? I'd love to see it, but I'm too much of a cheapskate to pay $14.99!
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This makes, what, the fourth time in four years that we've had "the last season?" We can trust CC exactly HOW far on stuff like this? Of course, considering the ratings are down, it makes sense to end it instead of trying to squeeze a tenth season out of the thing.
But if there's a ratings turnaround (I'm not holding my breath, personally, but it might happen; XF has more lives than a cat and better skills at avoiding murder attempts than a cockroach), expect this to evaporate, ASAP. -
This makes, what, the fourth time in four years that we've had "the last season?" We can trust CC exactly HOW far on stuff like this? Of course, considering the ratings are down, it makes sense to end it instead of trying to squeeze a tenth season out of the thing.
But if there's a ratings turnaround (I'm not holding my breath, personally, but it might happen; XF has more lives than a cat and better skills at avoiding murder attempts than a cockroach), expect this to evaporate, ASAP. -
It's about time that FOX decided to support the best show on the network. I know it's too much to ask that they stop pre-empting, so why not simply move the show to a time that doesn't conflict with football? Instead of developing an hour of new crap like The Chamber,or an hour of reruns from the utterly wretched Mike Scully-era Simpsons (as I suspect they'll do initially) why not just give the time slot to an existing, high quality show?
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DD has to come back for the finale. If not, it was all a waste.
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'cause those are some pretty cool ideas. I say Carter and Fox should do whatever they can to get Duchovny back for the finale and try to make some amends with the fans for jerking us around. I've been a fan ever since Season 2 and defended the show, even through last season. With Mulder, gone, though, there was no focus, no point to continue. The show was about his quest and the relationship between Mulder and Scully. I got the ending I wanted when Mulder and Scully kissed, holding the baby. I did feel cheated at how it was still presented so ambiguously, but what do you expect from the man who gave us such a lame resolution to the Samantha story arc? I have not watched AT ALL this season. I now watch "Alias", which is very good, but nowhere near what "The X-Files" once was. I remember getting depressed watching some of the FX "X-Files" marathon this Thanksgiving, thinking of how great this show once was. If I hear that it seems CC is going to do right by the show's fans with the finale, I may tune in for that. RIP, "X-Files". You entertained me on many a dull Friday (Sunday) night and I will remember you as the amazing show you once were.
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They were REALLY good characters at the end of Season 3. Seasons 4 and 5 were pretty good, and then the slow death began. The man is rich, though. What can I say? These characters would still be going strong if he'd let the show go after the movie.
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Jan 17, 2002 3:52:03 PM CST
The show died the moment everyone realised that there was NO ans
by cash bailey
It just kept spinning it's wheels and pissed people off. The fucking movie was supposed to reveal the answer to everything. Fuck this show. I lost interest in it after Toomes returned.
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To those who keep saying "Thank God it's over" - go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut. I love this show. It's one of the few shows that I look forward to watching every week. No, I don't think it's as good as it was last season. Yes, I know that the show has to end sometime, especially with Gillian Anderson leaving after this year. I would rather see the show end strong than weak. But that doesn't mean I'm happy to see it go. I'm sure as hell not happy to see people who have cancelled the show by not watching it praising its demise. Let's see some more posts from those who are sad to see the show go, not just those shit-eaters that are glad to see it go.
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The show was alright. I was kind of offended when a first-season episode suggested the Jersey Devil was just a regular human. I liked the movie, the end of the alien invasion, the origin story of the Lone Gunman, the episode with the bleepin-UFO, and the Playstation game. But I was never sucked in to the point of watching it religously.
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Jan 17, 2002 4:23:54 PM CST
And everything will be wrapped up by the last episode ? Bwahahah
by nonkel bob
If you think one single second that when the credits roll on the very last episode you're gonna know THE TRUTH, you are going to be very sorely disappointed !!! Carter is going to milk this thing for years and years to come in TV specials, try to revive the series some years from now, do comics, books or any other property he can cash in on and milk it for the duration and three days !!! Believe me the series will end on such a nasty, stupid, abrasive, annoying cliffhanger most people will want Carter's head on a lance !
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But I lived and died by Seasons 1-3. They were creative and fresh, and the actors were wonderful. Carter dragged it out too long.
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Dark Angel...another show that should be terminated. "From James Cameron" my ass. The series doesn't exhibit any signs that Cameron is taking a look at the scripts. Getting rid of the bicycle messenger setting...Getting rid of her friends..Making John Savage's Leideker into a good guy then diminishing his role--bad bad story decisions. I watched the entire first season..thought it was strong...but after watching two episodes of season two.. I think Jessica Alba's character should be pushed by Manticore off the Space Needle and get it over with!
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keinpliink: The very reason why there aren't many writing to say how sad they are to see this show go is the point! The series should have arrived at a natural end at Season 7, but didn't due to greed and the FOX network's amazing ineptitude at nurturing other hour-long drama series which might have replaced it. Thanks to this, 20th Century Fox films (the sister division) may not be as willing to go with another movie. Face it, people: Seasons 8 and 9 have singlehandedly eroded interest by the public for another movie. If I were Rupert Murdoch himself and had time to keep track of these things, I would have ordered FOX to end the series at Season 7 in order to preserve the value of the brand for more movies. The FOX network, along with Chris Carter, destroyed the movie franchise, to the detriment of the entire parent company's financial bottomline. Oh, well, they still have X-Men to count on, at least.
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like some of you, it is obvious that the show should end. I do agree that they have to get Duchovny for the finale and one more movie wouldn't hurt either. But they'd better do the movie soon, in another year or two, even the die-hards aren't going to care anymore. Peace.
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and since the 7th season has just been an automatic paycheck for a certain Chris Carter. It's just a damn shame. With eps like "Beyond the Sea" (my personal favorite), "Clyde Bruckman's Last Repose", the ep about cockroaches, and other wickedly witty and creative episodes. And memorable characters like "Cancer Man", Krycek (aka Ratboy), Asst. Director Skinner, Flukie, Agent X, Deep Throat, Lone Gunmen (and that alien dude played by Brian Thompson, creepy!)- I can go on and on. But The X-Files created a mythology all its own and sometimes it seemed so realistic, it was frightening and very entertaining at the same time. The ep about the inbreeding - whoa. That was a great one. I remember reading how Chris Carter would clip out newspaper articles and just bring them in and hand them to the writers and say "build a story on this..." - and they'd do it. Fun, fun stuff - and it's sad that it's turned into some mediocre television show - because at one time (for almost 7-seasons) it was MORE than that.
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I agree it's high time for The X-Files to take its leave. But I've been amazed at my emotional reaction to learning that the plug has been pulled. While I haven't been able to force myself to watch an episode since the last season's finale (which I thought ridiculous), I still have deep feelings for the series and for its characters. I lived happily without a TV for years. Then, by chance, I saw the "Tooms" episode the night it aired, and ventured off to an electronics store the next day. It's been a joy to travel through the X-Files' particular plane of existence, through the creative highs and lows alike. The X-Files has had its impact on our pop-culture, and in some minor way, knowing its being removed from the airwaves is like losing a friend. Sure, there's always reruns... sure, there's bound to be more films... but personally, I'd just like to lift my glass in memory for a moment, in recognition of the passing of this old friend.
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A few people doubted the sincerity of this news. There were rumors that previous seasons may be the last (4,7, and 8 I think were the ones), but Carter never came out and said that it was over. There is even a story on www.thex-files.com saying it is over.
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Quite frankly, I agree that it is time for the show to end. I haven't watched since this season 's premiere because it just isn't the same show anymore. I always watched more for Mulder & Scully's character interaction. With Mulder gone, there was no point for me to watch. I will see the finale, though.
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Re: Terry O'Quinn. Terry is not the only one that has been on the X-Files more than once. He was in an episode before the movie (I forget which, but I remember he played a sherrif). Heck, even Nick Lea was in the show as more than one character. Before he got his "big break" as Krycek, Nick played a guy in the episode "Genderbender" (the one about the Amish-like people who could change their sex). He was a guy that was getting it on in the car with the Amish Man/Chick near the end of the episode. There are a lot more reasons not to watch the show besides using the same actors for more than one role. -
i don't give all of my expectations over to a television to challenge my imagination and intelligence, so i simply watch tv and enjoy it or not. i enjoyed the x-files. i am sorry it will end, but all things must end, and my world will not shatter because my favorite series has concluded. thanks to chris carter for entertaining me. ps. i liked millennium, too.
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Jan 17, 2002 8:23:32 PM CST
Robert Patrick seems to be the only one who shows up to work
by saintx99
Initially, I avoided last week's episode, simply due to the one before it. Terry O'Quinn, Mulder maybe, etc. etc. *YAWN*
But my friend taped last sunday's, and I saw it, and MAN, it was the strongest episode, in my opinion since DD left for his very successful movie career. If they had been giving us episodes like the last one, this show would still be interesting. Everyone else is boring except for Patrick. Man, he's doing his best to carry this show, but it's an ensemble, and Annabeth Gish's performance thus far has been not up to par. Hopefully this thing can be wrapped up, and Doggett will be in the next movie to, um, try to SAVE IT. I'd like to see a show that revolves around him. -
that likes to see shows go on forever. I have only a few shows I watch all the time and x files always was one of them. I think Carter has done a great job keeping things going and really hate to see things go away. The movie was excellent and I'm looking forward to another one. It is a sad day in television.
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In my eyes, the XFiles is the best long-running show on TV. It may have had hills and valleys in its quality, but even the worst XF episodes are better than Alias' best. Alias is nothing but a P.O.S.S. because: 1) Garner is not an engrossing actress 2) It is a copycat of Nikita is some areas, and 3) Something like this is not realistic (a college girl serving as an undercover agent who kills badasses and travels the world and seems to live an ordinary life? Yikes!).
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If Carter hadn't insisted on dragging the show out for so many years, Duchovny never would have grown tired of the role and started demanding all of the tings that killed the show (moving to LA, fewer Mulder episodes, etc.). By now, he's so sick of it that it may be impossible to get him to come back for the finale. The series should have ended with either season 5 and moved on to a movie series, or with season 7 (Mulder getting abducted, Scully getting preggers) and moved on to a movie that would have resolved the plot threads in a more dramatic (read: faster) way.
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Jan 17, 2002 9:41:13 PM CST
Sorry I hold no hope that Carter will wrap things up in the fina
by varietywriter
Prepare to be ass-raped once again, people! Just say no to watching this season and you'll be happier. Remember, trust no one.
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What will Chris Carter do next? Every other series he's tried has failed. If an X-Files movie series isn't in the future (and I doubt that Duchovny would want to be a part of it, so what would be the point?), Carter will have to live off his X-Files money for the rest of his life. Bet that low-ball syndication offer they took from FX doesn't look so hot now, does it?
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Let me say I LOVED this show...John Bartley and Bill Roe's lighting alone made me tune in every week...However that being said I must say the time has comefor it to end...I'll tell I have not watched any of season nine I turned it off during the teaser of 9X01...I mean it was good creepy show for the 90's untill Sept. 11th came and the world changed (ergo: Its hard to be scared about alien invasion when you can watch terrorsts crash planes into buildings...) You watch it now and you sadly do not care....So alas I'm glad its being put to sleep....Now many on this talk back are ripping CC for dragging out the show...I think your anger is being misplaced. We should not be ripping CC but rather rpping Sandy Gurshow and the Fox Netwrok...Why? Heres a little history: The reason why Seasons 1-4 kicked ass so much was after the Start of season 2 FOX told Carter that the show would be on for THREE more years. CC knew he could lay out a multi-layered conspriacy and could hold his writers (Lets face it kids if you knew where your next meal was comming from garenteed for the next five years you can afford to take risks...) However trouble was brewing Fox Signed the cast up to the end of a seventh season...(Carter was signed only up to season five) Cause chris carter knew the show would hit a creative black hole (as he told cinecape magizine in 1994) after season five. He planned on ending the sohw after season five and jumping to features...However while TXF was kicking ass in the ratings, Fox network ratings as a whole was begining to slide and Fox Netwrok NEEDED the X-files more than CC needed it...So they began talking about a sixth and seven season going so far as to proceed with out CC for those years...So During the last 1/2 of season five the major jerk off ungreatful prick asshole David Duchovny began to bitch and moan about his TXF was runing his feature film career...So he devised a plan force the show to move to LA make the production costs rise and force cancellation...(He threw in a loser lawsuit too...) Carter told fox how much more it would cost to bring the show down to LA. Fox looked and decided that thenetwork was better off with TXF than with out it...So they gave cater the money to keep the production value high and signed carter to several more years...However this behind the scene machinations REALLY hurt the shows writing. I mean its sooooooo tough to eithier A) close the consipricay or B) keep it alive when you do not know if your show is going to be picked up. This was something that CC was not ready for, since when he started the arc he knew the show was going to be on for so many years with a end in sight.That is why the shows writing suffered CC stayed on simply since he felt he could keep the quality up rather than some WB wannabe comming in and taking over the show....The same thing happened to JMS on B5 when there was confusion over a fith year...____________________________________________________________________ Now fellow geeks I hear you yes CC is responsible for some lame ass episodes in season 6-9...But I challenge you to write better under those conditions...Comments welcome
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I dated and feel in love with a girl and damn near married her. She was a Fanatic X-phile you know the type that collects everything and I mean everything. Writes fiction involving the character. Makes Trekkie look tame and warsies Normal. So I did watch the show up to about 3 seasons ago thats when her and I broke up. I watched since the first season and my consenous is that X-files hit its peak at Season 4 after that it went downhill it listened to the fantaics and started moving towards getting Mulder and Scully hooked up. Duchvony leaves because he thinks hes got a movie carrer coming LOL hes got one like William Shatner. Hes typecasted so bad Leonard Nimoy will ask him hey wanna do a duet. Gillian Anderson Same thing and Nicholas Lea yep sorry kids. Robert Patrick I loved ya so much in 2nd season of The Sopranos and other shows and movie why oh why did you have to get into that shit known as The X-files. A show that made so many women orgasm at the sight of a red speedo and so may other things So I say this The X-files Ending is a damn good thing great freaking news spectacular news because it feels my experience with a Science Fiction TV fanatic is finally over. What will she do on Sunday nights LOL. So Geeks I am a geek by the way but the type that goes out haves fun gets laid and has a near life experience as much as I can dont get to fucked up over a show dont start websites dedicated to a mid level character and so forth. Have Fun we only have a certain ammount of time on this mudball enjoy. Life is a Sport. Obey Your Thrist and shot and kill anybody that shops at the Gap just tell them jcasnaw sent ya pardner
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Realistically, does anybody really think he'll return for the finale? I'm certainly not betting ME on it! I would place the odds like a million to one against him agreeing to return. It might be hilarious to see how Carter will try to wrap things up in the finale without Mulder.
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He was just introduced a day too late. The actor is wonderful, but his character has been reduced to crap. I don't even want to see another movie after this.
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This show was about 2 things: the alien conspiracy and the Mulder-Scully relationship. The former died off when the conspiracy was killed in season 6, although I never thought it was adequately explained. Since then, its been all over the place and not good at all. The Mulder-Scully dynamic had become static, but that was better than not having it all. Moments that should have given me goose-flesh, bullet in the head for Krycek and the kiss, came years too late. Even if Carter manages to come up with a compelling way to put the series to sleep, it just isn't right w/o Mulder. Oh, and whoever mentioned that moving from Vancouver killed the show was at least partially right; it was never the same after that, although the writing of seasons 7-9 would have lousy anywhere.
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Yep, this show has gotten pretty long in the tooth; but the irony is that the writing and directing in this season have both been pretty good. The most recent episode--where Doggett has his memory stolen--was perhaps the best episode in the last three seasons, and some others that have aired recently have had their moments, too. The problem is that some of this season's eps would work far better with Mulder and Scully than they did with Doggett and Reyes. . .for instance, if it had been a paralyzed Mulder who let himself die so his "parallel" self could live in happiness with Scully, we would have had one of the most moving moments in "X" history. Sigh.
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I actually liked the T-1000 in X-Files, though I only watched the last several episodes of the previous season. He was always being kept in the dark by Scully, going behind her back for information to try and figure out what's going on, and grumbling about something. Beats his role in the 2nd season of The Sopranos, and anything else he's done since melting, shattering, and impaling his way through Terminator 2.
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Being an X-Files "shipper" from way back...I was distressed and insulted by Terry O'Q's Super Soldier (by the way, does anyone else giggle at the way Robert Patrick say's "Super Soldier" ?)throwing off that line about "one night [Scully] took Mulder to her bed". Ew. I know they set it up that we didn't know everything about Mulder (his cancer) but after eight years of tease...to think this major event happened offstage...argh!! I liked the kiss, it made me cry and I was happy. But I thought it was thier first real kiss. It's a cheat to have something so major tossed off as a minor expostional fact in a plotline. Anyway...didn't Scully lose her eggs anyway? How could Mulder be Williams father if they screwed? Or did the S.S. just tell her that to let us know they'd had sex? Also, didn't everyone act really stupid in the Terry O'Quinn ep (including his Super Soldier). Goodbye, X-Files. I've loved you for so long now but I think it's for the best.
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I did not watch this season at all, in hopes that the ratings would plummet, the show be cancelled and Anderson could leave. The show betrayed the characters and the fans. The only reason Carter is calling it quits is the falling ratings--he wants it to be his decision rather than Fox's.
I have never seen a show so blatantly snub it's fans as Carter and Spotniz did. The show grew on the Internet and to backstab us at the last season and say they didn't represent the "true" fans was absolute bullshit. They weren't professional or even mature enough to handle the valid criticism seasons 8 and 9 brought on. It was sad to see how little we meant in the end, but apparently the truth was out there after all.
I was a die-hard fan, but I let season 8 be the end for me. There was no reason to support a show that obviously didn't care about its stars or its fans. I wonder if I would even bother to see a second film.
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We were big fans of the show - it's initial premise was refreshing, but sadly, as it went along it baecame far too wrapped up in itself and disappearing up its own fundament.
We tuned out after the first few episodes of season 4, only watching the odd few shows, which only served to reinforce the reasons why we stopped watching.
What the hell can you say about a show when the main star quits, and they continue to soldier on despite the fact that he was the reason why about 30-50% of viewers watched the thing in the first place. -
Jan 18, 2002 6:51:17 AM CST
Dear Mr. Carter: YOU HAVE WON ONE GENUINE ALIEN ANAL PROBE!
by regis travolta
Yes YOU Chris Carter are going to be probed up the poop chute by spindly aliens with mysterious alien anal probes! Kindly bend over aliens everywhere salute you. Sincerely, Rupert Murdoch
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Does anyone else think it's strange that O'Quinn was in the movie and now shows up as a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER? I kept waiting for Scully to say "Wait a minute. I saw you blow up in that building in Dallas!" That would have been a cool way to tie this new "Supah Soljah" conspiracy with the old "Colonization" conspiracy. Darius Michaud could have been a "Supah Soljah" and survived the explosion to carry on his evil plans. However, Carter and Co. have become so lazy in their writing, they just decide to ignore this rather obvious plot hole and move on.
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The topic of the X-Files rapid demise has been covered to death here. My take - yeah, it's slipped, but is still better then most. But that's not why I'm here. I'm amazed by the everybody spews at the X-files, when the single biggest example of slippage (to use a Black House term) goes not only unnoticed, but actually rewarded. I speak, of course, of The Simpsons. In my book, this show has stumbled far worse that the x-files. What was once the single greatest show in the history of the medium has become a mere flea fart of its prior greatness. If those that spent countless hours slamming the x-files put even a fraction of the energy into slamming the simpsons, that show might be able to escape with a trace of its dignity. But, I fear, it's too late. Can you not tell the difference in the syndication episodes? You used to be guaranteed a half hour of the best comedy ever. Now they're littered with the corpses of the last four seasons. And here's why - the repetition (they got another horse? how many times can they spoof amusement parks), the weirdness (Homer goes into the land of the jockeys, the god awful Night of the Dolphin episode, the tall tales episode),the increasingly lame guest spots (they're not longer able to slip them into the spot, these people are only they're because they're celebrities), the shoddy writing (damn near any episode). Don't get me wrong, it wasthe best show ever, but what saddens me is that such a sentence should be spoken in past tense. I'd do the dance of nerdy joy if I could bring back the X-files for another go at the expense of the simpsons. It's the Cal Ripken of TV.
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But X-files time has come and gone. I'd have to say the first 5 seasons were really exciting with 2 and 3 being my most favorites. But with all the weak storylines that were coming out of the creators minds, Duchovny getting all money hungry (as with a lot of Hollywood stars) and the addition of new characters, although I liked Doggett's characters. Adding the chick from Mystic Pizza and Prince Wesley as the new AD was a bad move for the X-files. I wish Chris Carter the best of luck with his future and that he better not rape our minds with a bad series finale and a crappy sequel of a film.
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Jan 18, 2002 12:11:15 PM CST
If it had ended when it was still popular, we wouldn't be so
by mike_mercury
And Chris Carter looks like some kind of poodle. Get back to the hairdressing job loser!
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Here is the link to the story http://www.pagesix.com/celebritynews/9003.htm
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...Make sure it's only for Part 2 of the two-parter, to better dampen the possibility that FOX will try to weasel big ratings out of this and justify pulling a "surprise renewal". Hell, get it written into your contract for your appearance that you won't appear unless the final episode is really it! Remember, trust no one -- at FOX and 1013!
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Here it is officially. 1) No Mulder. David Duchovny's departure help lead the ratings slide, like it or not you DD haters. 2) Bad writing, especially in relation to the series' arcs. Buffy's Joss Whedon has upped the ante over the years when it comes to executing story arcs across a season. In fact, Whedon and co. are more anal retentive when it comes to continuity than they need to be. Viewers expect more now from the writers of these shows, especially the genre series. Chris Carter should learn from Whedon. Special note to Berman and Braga of Enterprise: You two really need to make note of this, too, and get off your arrogant high horses. There's no guarantee that Enterprise will have legs because viewers are becoming absolutely sick of being disrespected by the producers of shows like yours and their time wasted. Consider yourselves warned, Mr. B and B. 3) 9/11. For better or for worse, this national tragedy changed the way that Americans viewed their world and their pop entertainment. Now it simply feels a bit unseemly to watch a series that usually delves into the idea of conspiracies by the Federal government. Carter and co. simply failed to change the direction of this season to better be in tune with the times. The whole arc "supah soljahs" who were made by the U.S. gov't may be leaving a bad taste with casual viewers, in light of the fact that real American soldiers are risking their lives fighting terrorism throughout the world. 4) The success of Alias. 'nuff said. 5) The rising costs to produce just one episode. $4 million per episode???! And Duchovny is not starring in it? WTF?!
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Well done, now the schedules will be full of Buffy/Dawsons Creek rip offs (oh yeah...they are already).
Television makes shows for an audience, and at the moment every single fuckin show has a painfully thin 20 year old (real age 27) blonde/brunette with big tits. Sci Fi tv IS now the quality of Buck Rogers and Galactica 80.
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Few people thought the show would last past its first season. Most shows that are on Fox don't last longer than 2 or 3 seasons (the exceptions being The X Files and The Simpsons). The X Files could have been one of those shows. Instead, it's been on for 9 seasons, had one major movie, and is available to watch again and again through syndication and video / DVD. Fans should be thankful it's lasted as long as it has (obviously Prof Pop-cult, you aren't one of them).
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What a relief...There was so much potential with this show when they realized that they were going to lode Duchovny, but yet Carter ignored it. I think the time that I began to see the downward slope was when they finally revealed what happened to Mulder's sister...what was it...oh yes...she lived with the spirit people or something...have to admit, never saw that one coming. Nor did I want to. When they lost writers Darin Morgan and Glen Morgan & James Wong, they began to go downhill. I still find the whole mythology thing rather fascinating, but they had no continuity nor vision as to where they wanted to end up. Most things have a beginning and an end, but like Twin Peaks, I think the X-Files suffered from too many cooks just adding goofy plot twists and stories that made it unable to reach a satisfying conclusion. Carter always said he knew where he wanted it to end, but it appears as if he forgot that a long time ago...of course that's my opinion. I could be wrong
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The Professor of Pop Culture's list of reasons why the show is going off the air is right on. The X-Files was a reflection of the 1990s when conspiracies and end of the millennium angst were thriving. It's the 21st century now and things pop culture-wise are different now. You also have to remember that as recently as October, Chris Carter was boldly proclaiming that X-Files would continue to live on through other generations of characters, like the Star Trek franchise (great model to compare one's series to -- I'm being a smart-ass of course). The show isn't going off the air because "the time is right" or for noble creative reasons. It's going off the air to save face for all those involved, and because that the Powers That Be finally woke up and realized that a) A tenth season would be an expensive disaster, since Gillian Anderson would no longer be on the show and b) Mulder and Scully ARE The X-Files. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, and their chemistry together, made the far-out bullshit of this series' ideas far more accessible and watchable to the vast majority of viewers. Robert Patrick is a great actor but his John Doggett is a humorless sack who looks constipated all the time. Reyes is so contrivedly cute and quirky. (Agent Leyla Harrison, while also cute and quirky, was far more appealing. She should have been Doggett's new partner. This suggests that Annabeth Gish just wasn't a good choice for this show. Sorry, Ms. Gish.) If Carter hadn't decided it was time to change direction and end the series, I would not have been surprised if it was renewed for a 10th season.
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Jan 18, 2002 8:08:48 PM CST
No wrap-up of the arc until the two-parter: from Cinescape.com..
by prof. pop-cult
Shiban also said that despite Carter
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Jan 18, 2002 8:30:02 PM CST
Ultimately, Doggett and Reyes will probably be forgotten
by prof. pop-cult
My feeling is that after the series ends, many of the local markets might choose not to air the episodes of Seasons 8 and 9 that did not have Duchovny or feature Mulder in them. So what will happen is that episodes from both seasons that have Mulder involved in some way will be combined. Last season, there were 12 episodes with Mulder in them. This season, Mulder has had "off camera" appearances in the two-part premiere, and the episode "Trust No One." Let's assume that Duchovny does appear in at least Part 2 of the final two-parter. That's only five episodes of Season 9 with the remaining 15 going to waste. So combining Seasons 8 and 9 results in 17 episodes. That's still enough, though, when added to the episodes from Seasons 1 through 7. In the end, a future generation of viewers who watch the series late-night on their local station may get the impression that Doggett and Reyes were nothing more than secondary characters -- like Skinner, the Gunmen, CSM and Krycek. And good riddance, I say.
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don't take that literally!!!
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I think it's pretty easy to predict what kind of a future Robert Patrick and Ann Gish have in the business (cough:::"made for TV" movies:::cough) but what about Chris Carter, David Duchovney and Gillian Anderson? Well... I think that CC will do a Si-Fi mini series a-la S.King and maybe come up with another TV pilot for FOX that will be a flop like Harsh Realm. It's going to take a long while until he'll manage to come up with another hit like TXF. DD will continue his movie track record of failed-dumb ass-lukewarm/major flops movies, I hear he's going to be in the next "Steve and Julia" flick but SS's star is fading pretty fast so I don't know how's that going to work out for him. He'll do 11 more kids with Tea "skanky" Leoni untill their divorse, meanwhile He'll slowly dissolve into a William Shatner of a future and lose all hopes of recreating George Cloony's success. Lets face it- he hasn't got half of GC's charisma, good looks or talent. FACE IT, DAVID! Oh yeah, GA-- Well... we already know what she'll be doing this summer- she's going to star on the London's West End stages. She'll probably going to do theater for a while- maybe a year, take some time off to do that whole "I want to make movies-and babies" Jodie Foster thing and than I'm betting she'll do a pretty major, criticly acclaimed film, that maybe will give her a Oscar nom (and with any luck an Oscar) and than she'll go into full Jodie Foster mode and start to produce and direct sappy-but-high quality chick flicks, get involved with politics and I dunno...eat pussys. OVER-AND OUT> N'control.
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Stoped watching a little after the movie. they should have left it alone that season and just made movies every now and then even made for tv would have been better then riding a old horse to death.
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It's about time. I use to love this series but after the movie came out(which I thought wasn't that bad) the series just went down hill. Mulder leaving was just the last nail in the coffin.
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For what will almost be a decade the X-Files has entertained. Its going to close out over 200 episodes. Its got its place in TV history.
Its ultimate demise is not Mulder gone, a weepy Scully, new agents or new mythology. Its really the inability of fickle viewers to adapt to change. Did I love the M&S dynamic...Hell yeah. The black oil/alien/sister search...Oh yeah. Do I despise the fact that the creators were trying some new things...NONONONO. Robert Patricks character clicked and was cool. His being there made sense. His need to stay would need to have been adressed. Annabeth Gish is a fine actress and Reyes could've been great as well. In the time they had from 9x1 till cancellation announcement they never started developing Reyes enough. They would have and still may even here at the end. No Mulder, no Reyes backstory and Andersons departure=Flakey viewers. I'll take solace in knowing that 2 years from now I'll have all 9 seasons on DVD w/hopefully a movie due at the same time season 9 debuts on DVD. The show started slow built to greatness and goes out...???? Only CCarter knows but he better do it right if he really hopes to lure fans to the cineplex at $10 a pop. -
Jan 20, 2002 8:59:48 PM CST
GOOD RIDDANCE! This show sold out and the remaining fans........
by exphile
turned into drones.
TV shows should go out when they're on top. The fact remains
that The X-Files has just been on too long.
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