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Yet More Truth Is Out There... The X-FILES 2 Poster!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I'm in the middle of packing for a trip to Prague, but this alert came in and I was called back to my post like a seaman in a bombarded submarine. Looky looky, it be the X-FILES 2 poster and it's pretty nifty. With this and the leaked the trailer, it looks like they're really playing up the iconography of Mulder, Scully and the X-Files.
Thanks to Mike and Paul for the heads up!
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the theme music on the leaked trailer gave me chills. It's the 90s again!
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After several years here, that was my first first. I can die happy.
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...should get a raise.
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Glad they're back !
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I mean really nice, I honestly was expecting the typical multiple "head shot" poster, that is nice, Mulder and Scully forming the X, the 2 of them symbolizing that it is the 2nd movie
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Will this be the number 1 movie and take chunks away from Batman's 2nd week box office? <p> Does x files have that much power? <p> so many questions!
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This looks like a tight marker comp. A rough version of what the poster will look like when it's finished!
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just kidding. cool poster
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is quite alright...
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Will Doggett and/or Reyes be referred to at all?
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This is coming out on the second week of The DarkKnight?! That seems pretty ballsy. I'm not even a fan of the new Batman franchise and hearing that I don't think X-files has a prayer.
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Loved the first film. Obviously this one isn't filler between seasons, so I hope they go all-out. Good to see Mulder & Scully back in action!
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in this talkback. It's a sign of the apocalypse but it's nice. :)
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It's Moulder and Scully. Great poster! Good question, too: How will it fare against TDK? Maybe some people, the ignorant ones, will think the big X is for X-men. The big X is a statement, X-Files owns the X racket in this town!
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I like it. It's clean, efficient, and sells the iconography. Nice job.<P>Has it really been 10 years since we've seen these 2 great characters? Damn, how time flies.
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March 27, 2008, 10:51 p.m. CST
isn't there a movie studio with that type of logo? (not Fox)
by TallBoy66
Someone else has two spotlights that are closer together than Fox. Anyone? Anyone? Hello? Am I insane?
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Nothing snarky to say here. Props to the idea people.
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I agree it's very risky, but remember Batman Begins had a very similar box office to Superman Returns (that many of us here consider was a failure). Also, no one really knows how the general public will react to Ledger's Joker. I read somewhere that it is believed that Brandon's Lee death ended up hurting The Crow. Superhero movies generally suffer a big drop on second weekend. Other thing, just because a movie has huge internet hype, it doesn't mean it will be a success (Snakes on a Plane, and even Cloverfield). On the other hand, Fight the Future was a letdown at the box office and that was when the show was probably at the peak of it's popularity.
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I assure you that's the legitimate poster. I just hung one in the lobby (and placed another in my "take home tube"). Heh. "Take home tube" sounds way dirtier than it should...
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I keed, I keed. But you know it's just a matter of time until some douchebag troll makes it out from under his rock to post the same thing, except not as a joke.
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you are insane. ;)
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Well keep in mind that Begins had to regain the audience's trust after Batman and Robin. The thing about Begins is that it had great legs at the box office and that's a sign of good word of mouth. <p> With dvd sales plus the hype around the new film, don't see why it wouldn't beat Begins 205 million box office take. The question is just how big will it be? When will WB begin the mainstream Batmania craze? and can X Files knock bats off the top spot and be the number 1 movie in america??? <p> Only time will tell.
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I loved The X-Files when the series first started, but the last two or three seasons pretty much sucked ass, the mythology got evermore convoluted and uninteresting, and it ultimately reached a point where I honestly didn't care if I missed an episode. On top of which, the series ended how many years ago? Hasn't the wave of popularity faded? It reminds me of how they kept trying to revitalize Knight Rider with shitty made-for-TV movies, but (shitty writing aside) the moment had passed and nobody cared. Do we really need this movie? I mean, is there any chance they'll actually be able to recapture the magic that made the series great in the beginning, or will this be the equivalent of digging up the corpse of a departed loved one, sodomizing it, pissing on it, and then setting it on fire, all while videotaping it to post on YouTube?
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I'm impressed.
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anyone ever saw that movie too?
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I can't wait to see the these two back in action. R.I.P Lone Gunmen.
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Very simple, very slick. Nice. I hope this thing kicks ass.
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March 27, 2008, 11:23 p.m. CST
Is that BustedTees girl eventually going to get naked?
by ebonic_plague
I guess she has to keep the shirt on as that's what's being advertised, but damn, at this rate, it's gonna be BukkakkeTees pretty soon. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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There, I said it.
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Sweet poster. Couldn't be happier with it. Love it, love it, love it. Bring it on!
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And I don't know why. I stopped watching the show sometime after season 3. I loved the movie, but its been ages since I have seen it. For some reason, I'm really looking forward to this movie. Even that poster gets me all wound up.
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yup. Can't wait for this movie.
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Looks like early-90s vhs art, at best.
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Looks like early-90s vhs art, at best.
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They better not fuck this up.
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this poster is a keeper!
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how one light source can cast two shadows going in different directions. thats some freaky shit right there. :)
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posters are starting to be iconic again- no half (brown or blue) lit faces on a black background...less and less lately.
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Lone Gunmen gotta eat?
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...I will be catching up on much earned sleep instead of losing another couple of hours to a TV Movie!
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Get it? A Dent? Honestly though, TDK will absolutely set the bar way higher than Batman Begins did. Let us look at the facts. TDK benefits from the good will of Batman Begins. Batman Begins suffered from the bad will of Batman and Robin. Christian Bale is no longer "that guy from American Psycho" to Joe Public, he has been in tons of stuff now and everyone knows he's badass. Heath Ledger's death will draw extra business, whether that offends your delicate sensibilities or not. TDK has had a MUCH more agressive marketing campaign than BB. And finally, word of mouth will likely be incredible. This movie looks like it's going to rock balls hard, and people will talk about it. That's what made Batman Begins a box office success by the way, the legs. With an under 50 million opening weekend take, it didn't look like it was going to light the world on fire (blockbusters typically make 3 times their opening weekend) but it went on to make 205 million domestically. the production budget was much lower than Superman Returns, which is why it is considered a success where Superman was considered a failure, even though they made almost identical amounts. I'm predicting an X-Men pattern of rising returns with every installment, and I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if TDK did Spider-man numbers.
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thats the nicest film poster I have seen for many many years
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Very cool poster. I'm really looking forward to seeing this in theaters this summer. I can't believe the last movie was ten years ago already.
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comes horrible DVD cover.
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Do the movie-going audience even remember this tv show?
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I'm looking foward to this.
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March 28, 2008, 1:51 a.m. CST
How are the shadows pointing in different directions with one li
by bright boy
stupid hack job of a poster for a stupid hack job of a movie
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<fart>
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or it's photoshop. Who cares? The Files are back, baby!
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Very cool. Not enough impressionistic art in movie posters. Will the movie actually be scary. Still rather see this than TDK.
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Not a shoddy photoshopped poster of the actors faces. Apparently all you need to sell a movie, of any genre, these days is a picture of who's in it.
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really
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Not huge about it, I think that if you didn't already know that it was X Files then you wouldn't guess it. But it is a teaser poster after all.
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Nice poster.
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The Weistein Company's Logo does kind of resemble that poster design. Still, cool poster.
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Damn, man, you put a tear in my eye. I miss the 90's. Especially that Bill Clinton part you mentioned. Doesn't it just kind of feel like life has royally SUCKED ever since, say about... January 20th, 2001?
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Fuck all you haters. I cannot wait for this. Still one of the best primetime hour longs of all time.
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Mulder. Scully. Nice. But I keep telling the movie gods, "Please don't suck, please don't suck, please don't suck..."
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has deservedly found success in Californication perhaps he won't be so scared of the type casting and a second sequel will follow sooner than later.
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Usually I'm unimpressed by movie posters, but this one is simple and imaginative. X-Files is one of my highest anticipated films of this summer, and that's saying a lot because there's a ton of great stuff coming out this summer.
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jus sayin
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which certainly undermines the docu-reality of the concept. Sorry, couldn't resist that :)
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about Duchovney and Anderson's careers. Both are comfortable doing their own thing outside of X-files (Duchovney's new show and Anderson's work in Britain) so hopefully that means they'll be more willing to jump into their old roles every few years or so. <p> As far as it being too late to make the movie, I disagree. How long ago was it since the last Rambo film, or Indiana Jones, or Die Hard? It's only been about six years since the X-Files went off the air. Compared to recent franchise revivals that's merely a blink of the eye.
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NOT!!! Sweeeet!
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This deserves my time for an extremely positive post. LOVE this. The show was must see for me, so I'm looking forward to this but I'm not like ga ga about it. It's been so long. Here's hoping!
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... I feel old.
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after seeing the movie Im listening to some Chumbawamba
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..and I want one right now
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I wonder if the extremely dark nature of the film will keep it from breaking 300 million? From what I've seen thus far I can't imagine this will be much of a family film and despite the number of douchebags who take their kids to see things they shouldn't I could see plenty of parents keeping their kids away from TDK. I personally hope it does very well but I have a feeling it won't be able to generate the revenue of something like Spiderman 3, which is pretty sad when you think about it. I hope I'm wrong.
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March 28, 2008, 9:38 a.m. CST
thelastcleric, usually movies that flop are caused by the follow
by jig98
bad release date, bad early word of mouth and bad advertising. now, usually those 3 are all automatic death sentences for good looking movies. the dark knight will probably do at least the same amount and get around the same great reviews as batman begins. mainly because of the fact that it's a sequel and looks no different that the first. plus there's a ton of competition this year and kids will probably see it just because space chimps which is released that same day looks like complete shit. and the batman cartoons never did that well anyway with kids, they were more interested in the toys and comic books. i could be wrong myself because kids were too pressured by the earlier attempts. but spiderman is a completly different story, because spiderman is more of a family friendly superhero charector than batman no matter what which is another reason why the movies did so fucking well. i can't fucking wait for the dark knight because i really wanna see how they deal with two face and the joker this time around because i'm well aware of people having mixed feelings about jack attack's joker and tommy lee jones's two face, and that people are wanting the same reboot with those 2 that they got with the batman charector in the 1st chris nolan outing. however, the villians are usually a distraction no matter what and it's been a small issue going all the way back to the original captain america. i really hope they get it right again.
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March 28, 2008, 9:57 a.m. CST
Hopefully there's enough of a Summer audience to go around.
by rbatty024
There are so many great films coming out I want the studios to realize they're doing something right this one time. If you don't reward or punish these people then they have no clue what's going on. They're kind of like circus animals with lots of money and giant mansions. So, I guess they're not really like circus animals. Point is, they're dumb.
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I think the character and Patrick were ok. He just ended up on the show at a point it got bad. A cameo would be ok.<p>As for the question on whether or not this will make any money or anyone will see it? 1: Never underestimate the power of geeks and nerds. 2: I don't care if it makes any money. It will get ten bucks outta me, and that's all I care about.
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And the first movie was on two nights ago. I forgot how much I enjoyed that show and it really put me in the mood for some more X-files.
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really, i do
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And I'm sure just a teaser poster, since a title hasn't been settled on yet. Hope the official poster is just as nice.
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TDK is going to be huge. Did you look at the numbers for the first one? It was not a box office record like it was when Batman had nipples. BUT because of the George douchebag Clooney fuck up, it had a big hill to climb. People were not very forgiving for Batman and Robin and it turned a lot of people off on seeing any new one, let a lone one with pretty much unheard of actor named Christian Bale (YES i know you all know him, and any girl who like Newies knows him, but to ESPN loving and soccer moms this guy was an unknown. And you need that demographic to make the big bucks). But word of mouth for Begins was huge and it probably had some of the smallest declines week to week for any summer block buster. I don't think it ever droped more then 45% from weekend to weekend. Which is huge considering pretty much any summer blockbuster drops 50% or more after opening weekend. <P> That being said, now that people think Batman is good again, people are ok with Christian Bale, and fucking everyone and the pope knows who Heath Leger is. This movie is going to be huge. Most people don't give a shit about Two Face being in the movie, most people think two face is joker half the time. Plus since the WB has calmed down its what looked liked to be a media blitz after Legers passing. We haven't gotten tired of the movie. There is a thing of mystery about the movie now. I mean ET said it was the 2nd most anticipated movie of the summer (behind Indy). The only thing that would hold it back from being one of the top three grossers of the year would be an R rating. That or if Christopher Nolan did the impossible and made a probably the first superhero sequel that wasn't better then the first... say since Batman Returns?
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He would have approved this poster and you know it.
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I like the poster.
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Graphic design coolness!
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If there are two light sources casting intersecting shadows, then Mulder and Scully would each have two shadows making a tic-tac-toe board. This needs to be fixed!!!
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...are wrong too considering where the supposed spotlight comes from
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thank you for the explaination about batman begins the decent moneymaker and the tired batman and robin debate. {it's not nearly as bad as people said it was.} don't shit on burton's second and final batty outing. that was just as good as the jack nicholson joker one. it had deadly penguins, a sexy catwoman and christopher walken. what more could you want in a dark sequel to a campy comic book classic? it's like the harry potter of batman films. if they do the penguin in the third chris nolan outing, they should get either brendan gleeson or brian cox. they shouldn't fuck it up by getting paris hilton as harley quinn or hayden christensen as the riddler.
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tut we haven't had a good SUperman movie since the 80's? He's clearly the superior hero. Yet all they can give us is Superman Returns? That's a crock of shit.
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March 28, 2008, 3:38 p.m. CST
Bizarro Jerry, I agree that Dogget was a good character, but...
by rbatty024
he unfortunately appeared as the series was on its last leg. I certainly wouldn't mind if he showed up for the movie. <p> As far as Burton's Batmans go, I think Returns is just as good, if not better, than the first. I love the fact that Burton decided to tell everyone to fuck off and decided to make the least commercial Summer blockbuster imaginable. It's a very violent film for PG-13, and instead of being about Batman, the title character, he decides to make it about the villains. It was pretty much Burton giving everyone the finger and doing whatever the hell he wanted. I have no idea how he got away with it.
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March 28, 2008, 4:07 p.m. CST
"what more could you want in a dark sequel to a campy comic book
by Gwai Lo
How about more than 20 minutes of screen time for the title character, you know, Batman?
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No shit has has a myriad of powers. He's fucking SUPERMAN. He's an alien. No superhero could take on Superman. He's the ultimate hero.
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Voted 1, dammit.
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I'll be fucking trashed, burnt out, at some bar, celebrating my birthday. This is bootleg material.
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Thanks lightstormer, probably reason I didn't remember it was because they've only been around, like, 3 years. Its not close, but its kinda close.
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If Superman existed in THIS world, his archenemy would be Rupert Murdoch. Hell, probably Bush and his cronies would see ol Supes as a terrorist for some damned reason.
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from the comics involve his struggle to remain non-partisan and avoid getting involved in human politics and conflict. He's Superman, he should be able to swoop down on Darfur and fix stuff right? But he doesn't, because he doesn't want to interfere. Once he starts getting involved in political issues, then he becomes a tool (see: superweapon) for whatever side he picks, and the fascistic implications become pretty clear. I mean he could just pronounce himself King of Earth and make us all bow down to his rule, but nope, he just stops muggers and foils Lex's pesky land schemes. And he lifts stuff, he lifts a lot of heavy things you wouldn't expect to see lifted. Go Superman, go!
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GED DOO DAH CHAHHPAHH!!!!
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OK I'm lying, I'm not, but just thinking of Gillian Anderson gets the juices flowing. God...I'm about to...come...fffuck...but WAIT a moment! I forgot they fucked everything up by having Mulder and Scully get together!! How can you masturbate over that?? How lame did the show get once Duchovny stepped back and became a recurring only?? Why the Christ-shaped buttplug did they even continue??? That would be like My Name Is Earl continuing but Earl has disappeared and makes the odd appearance now and then when he feels like it! Lame. Now I've gotta clean up all that precum I got all over my keys typing this. God damn it all to Hades!!!
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and mashed them together. Are they walking on the batsignal? Still can't wait for this. I kinda hope they conclude Mulder's sister's storyline. Some aliens mixed in with some monsters. I'd have an O-gasm.
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March 28, 2008, 11:47 p.m. CST
"I kinda hope they conclude Mulder's sister's storyline."
by hank henshaw
They did conclude that thread, back in the seventh season. The worst way imaginable, I think. Still, I want to believe that it was all lies. Same with Mulder being CSM's son, that is just silly.
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I wasn't saying anything bad on Batman Returns. I like it (especially the Pee Wee Herman cameo). But while that first post was a guess. I've done some research. AND! It turns out B-Man Begins is the second highest grossing (domestically) B-man movie. It goes Batman, Batman Begins, Batman Forever (my personal favorite), Batman Forever, Batman With Nipples and Batman Mask of the Phantasmorgasem. HOOAH!
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I know they insinuated it quite a bit, but did they ever come out and say it? After the seventh seasons I only watched the X-Files periodically. Although, as I've caught some of the eighth season on repeats, I've realized it was better than I remember. The ninth season was still a fucking train wreck.
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What a pretty poster, sigh.
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