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Do You WANT TO BELIEVE This Plot Description For The New X-FILES Movie??
Merrick here...
This is all a little confusing, but I think this summation is correct...
There was a "plot synopsis" of X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE posted on the film's Wiki entry (found HERE).
This material was said to be generated by the publisher of the movie's novelization.
Said plot synopsis is no longer evident on the Wiki entry.
An article over at JoBlo captured the elusive synopsis-in-question before it went away, and says their own sources have verified the information to be legit.
You can read more about these shenanigans in JoBlo's article, which can be accessed HERE.
The synopsis also appears below.
BEWARE PROBABLE SPOILERS!!!
"Mulder and Scully are back in the thrilling novelization of the summer 2008 blockbuster movie based on the classic X-Files TV show! When a group of women are abducted in the wintry hills of rural Virginia, the only clues to their disappearance are the grotesque human remains that begin to turn up in snow banks along the highway. With officials desperate for any lead, a disgraced priest’s questionable “visions” send local police on a wild goose chase and straight to a bizarre secret medical experiment that may or may not be connected to the women’s disappearance. It’s a case right out of The X-Files. But the FBI closed down its investigations into the paranormal years ago. And the best team for the job is ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past. Still, the truth of these horrific crimes is out there somewhere...and it will take Mulder and Scully to find it!"
BEWARE PROBABLE SPOILERS!!!
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That's right....I said Yawn
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Nope, not gonna say it....suckers
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April 18, 2008, 9:31 a.m. CST
Mulder and Scully should just fuck and get it over with.
by Knuckleduster
I'd actually pay for two hours of that.
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Its basically an episode but they spend a good 45 minutes showing what theyve been doing and them getting together for the first time in years, solve the case and done...
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hence the baby. I miss Krycek. This sounds doofy. And what the hell does this have to do with werewolves?
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cannot replace the film itself. We'll see it soon enough.
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That would be an AWESOME episode. She's still hotter than most every other woman in genre tv today.
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I watched the movie, mostly because my buddy wanted to watch it and Chris Carter said that even viewers, who never saw an episode of the show would get it (Well...he lied.).<br> Now it's on Pay TV again and I'm trying to watch it. I don't wanna say that it sucks, because it doesn't, but IMO it's kinda dated and nothing I would buy on DVD. (At least today. Probably if I would be a fan from the beginning, I would)
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which makes you wonder if this movie: <p> fails.
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And people bitch about lightswitches in Smallville....
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April 18, 2008, 9:59 a.m. CST
Urgh, I can't belive that they're going to revisit this
by Sepulchrave
It's so dated now. And Gillian Anderson has completely outgrown the character. Check out the difference between dumpy ginger Skully and her part in the recent BBC Bleak House. She looks amazing now. Move on people.
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I shall not move on, either.
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April 18, 2008, 10:07 a.m. CST
Oh shit, rural Virginia. This might be fun. (At least for me.)
by Shermdawg
The Bruce Campbell episode was set in my area, and were as close to rural as you're gonna get in the state, so it should be quite a experience checking out the midnight showing with the locals.
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That's it?! I can watch a Law and Order SVU episode and get a better plot. Where's the alien invasion? Where's Michael Chertoff's head morphing into an alien and FEMA taking dominion over the nation? Crap!
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...Yeah, but thanks to Pres'dint Dumbf***, the past 7 years have aged the USA by at least a half a century or so. Christ, went to tank up today and gas was $3.50 a gallon... can we impeach YET?!!? Yeah, I know... sorry for the politics...
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I haven't read this TB, so pls pardon me if any of this is repetitive. The X-Files is largely a casualty of overblown black helicopter paranoia from the 1990's. It's dried up and it shows. As an aside, I really like the actors involved and always wanted to see them break out of their respective television cliches, but it seems neither has had that much luck.
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Seriously, I'm not one to get all amped about nostalgic shit, but I watched the show because I liked Mulder and Scully. If the story that week was good, well, so much the better, but even the dumbest Scully/Mulder era episodes were usually pretty enjoyable. (maybe not that one where Scully is possessed by the tattoo...) The plot of this second movie is a real distant second to the fact that the motherfuckers are back in action at all.
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I have a feeling that it will get buried this Summer. Too many bigger movies and it has been too long since the last film. I think this should have come out in the Spring, as an alternative to crap like "Prom Night."
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April 18, 2008, 10:31 a.m. CST
So, X-Files is dated, but cartoons from the 80's are not?
by hank henshaw
Besides, if the X-Files is so dated why are there so many current tv shows (Lost, Heroes, Supernatural, etc.) that undoubtedly have TXF as inspiration? The problem with the X-Files has always been Chris Carter, the man had a good idea, but after a certain point he didn't know what to do with it anymore. I hope he delivers with this movie
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Xzibit got a part and Billy Connolly got a part. But the lead singer of Filter's brother could not get a part? Was he killed off before the show ended? I mean T-1000 is in more movies then he is not in.
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Weren't the shows bad enough?
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April 18, 2008, 10:49 a.m. CST
This movie has to take on TDK's 2nd weekend right?
by Robots In Das Guys
Yikes. TDK has the potential to be pretty big. I hope this movie makes enough money for a 3rd one. Regarding the plot: It sounds like it is going to be a basic movie, no big visual effects or action set pieces. So, I suppose it's going to be more of a character driven movie...
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April 18, 2008, 10:49 a.m. CST
First movie was excellent...and this actually sounds good!
by SketchaMPM
The first movie was awesome, that cannot be denied. This plot summary actually gave me a tiny sigh of relief. It sounds promising.
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Yawn kill the series.
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Now, I would pay to see that, not that tired x files crap (unless Mulder & Scully are captured and sent to NY which have become a maximum security prison to rescue the president).
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of The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits? To suggest X-Files is Hitchcock to Lost's Fincher is nuts. Twilight Zone and Outer Limits are Hitchcock to X-Files' Fincher (90s rise). Lost would be Gregory Hoblit!
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Get out of here with that "dated" shit. Star Trek: TOS is dated too, but it's still classic and fun to watch. I hate people that only like "new" stuff.
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'the x files is soooo dated' What utter shite. The first three seasons look very much of it's time,I'll grant you, but after that? Nope,hasn't aged a day.Why? Because it was ahead of it's time,it set the bar for shows today, it's blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain cell. Oh and by the way I'm not a 'nostalgic viewer',I'm 19 and I know plenty of people of the same age who love and enjoy the show.So please...Go.Away.
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very few TV shows maintained the level of interest that X Files did. things like Lost and Heroes are just utter shit and forgettable. when the two of them end on a dismal note, and there is no way that they can end any other way, i shall be proved right. at least X Files exploited a then non-mainstream idea.
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if it lead them somewhere?
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then I'm fucked. All I have to say about that... dated! Honestly, I dispair at times.
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I'll watch it several times, if only to enjoy the hotness that is Gillian. To say that X-Files is dated is to be divorced from reality.
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...by this synopsis. But I have high hopes. And I'll definitely see it anyway just to see Mulder and Scully in action again.
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with the pie chart of Canadian income, with a large slice devoted to X-Files filming.
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David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson reprise the roles that made them famous. They might have closed the beach years ago, but when a series of unexplained kidnappings occur in rural Virginia, Mitch Buchannon and C.J. Parker come out of retirement and are on the case.
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GONE!
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This movie is the biggest So Fucking What of the year. The show consistently failed to ever have any sort of pay off (anyone else remember the two hour season premier where they FINALLY find unequivocal proof of aliens in the form of the space ship, then never again mention said ship for the rest of the series? The first movie from A DECADE ago was a waste of two hours. I'll save you all eleven bucks: He saves her ass w/o expressing his love, they foil the plot of the Men In the Shadows yet any actual proof of a hidden agenda is either non existent or destroyed, and the closing shot is a pan of some huge alien influenced complex full of three headed embryos while creepy piano music plays.
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but chicks like ghosts and they did aliens last time.
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Seriously, it's the exact same plot device. Ohhhh, how can we get Alan Grant back with dinosaurs???
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than unauthorized information that was "hurriedly" taken off of wiki.
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I officially can't wait
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...during its initial run. I tried watching a few episodes during the final season, but I just felt like I was lost. However, the film incarnation was GREAT! I enjoyed the first film immensely, and I hope that this one might rekindle some of that feeling. <p>This sounds corny, but I WANT TO BELIEVE that this film will perform well at the Box Office.</p> ;-)
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however... one of them will be in a trance or possessed while they're banging each other so it won't count at the end.
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Is a wonderful episode.My personal favourite from the sixth season.(standalone wise,anyway)Absoloutely lush.I think it was one of the first episodes I ever saw,pretty late at night too,unfortunately. On a side note, to those of you posting about how much you don't care about xf2, would you be so kind as to go off and not care somewhere else?
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Robert Patrick dead or alive at the end of the series? don't make me have to look this fact up people.
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Not dated and still kept my interest. See y'all on July 25th
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Don't go preaching to me -- I don't believe in no god.
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err, so basically, we get(storywise) an Regular X-Files movie? And what about the Invasion? If they're not to find a weapon( which i doubt, that they find one), the whole movie is just saying USELESS to me, since everything, that actually happens doesn't really matter, when we face extinction from an upcoming Invasion. If this Story is going to get used, then I wouldn't either visit a Theatre nor I'm wasting my Money on a DVD(purchase/rental). Man i wouldn't even download it, if it were free, having such a useless Story.
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Like I posted on the other XFiles thread, Frank Spotnitz is the reason this movie is going to kinda-almost-suck. I mean, the first movie was OK, despite the whole aliens bursting out of chests cliche'. But after ending the show with Mulder on trial for his life (ala Seinfeld) and then CSM, with his long hair and Indian chick, gets blown up in a Mexican adobe, and then Mulder and Scully run off to Canada... Really? You think you just jump back into it like nothing sucked before?
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Someone who annoys you:<br> <br> <br> N _ G G E R<br> <br> <br> Answer: Nagger<br> <br> (I know what you were thinking you racist bastards!)
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April 18, 2008, 3:52 p.m. CST
I love it when people judge a movie from its subtitle or its rea
by CeltMonkey
Freakin' sad. I've rewatched the show over the past year and am totally in love again. Seasons 1 and 9 are the weakest I think - there are a couple of great episodes (more of them in 1 than 9), but the rest feel like filler. Seasons 4-6 = some of the best television EVER.
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when everyone was excited about Carter revealing the plot to be a return to the less complicated stories of the earlier episodes. Now every other poster is complaining "So it's just a 2 hr episode???? No aliens???" Fickle fuckers.
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Is the same as two girls without one cup.
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Give it a fucking rest.
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budget heavy summer, this will make a sound like a pindrop. This sounds more like a mood piece that should be held till September. PS Does Mulder run around in a bear costume, beating people up?..Sorry saw Wicker a couple of weeks ago, and that image is seared in my brain dammit.
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Watched from Squeeze in season one - didn't miss an episode until the end. A standalone movie rather than mythology makes sense at this point, although hopefully it leads to a final movie/mini-series, or a Next Gen series about whatever powers William has. Btw seasons 8 and 9 are seriously under-rated as is Robert Patrick. I know a large portion of the net fanbase had a never-ending hardon for DD (I was back on the Delphi forums before FOX had anything worthwhile, so the image of whiny shippers and noromos is still fresh in my mind), and rightfully so - Mulder/Scully made the series - but compare the final two years to the X-Files Comedy Year that was Season 7 (when the writers started believing TV Guide when it said the show was better at being funny than most comedies and David Duchovney started mailing in his performances). It's night and day - in season eight the show got scary again. I've been watching seasons 6- 9 on DVD (just started 9) for the first time since back in the day and damn they hold up well outside of the second half of season 7. Kathy Griffin on The X-Files. Someone abduct me and take that memory away! Rant over. Bring us a decent movie, and a follow-up/proper close to the show... or a NextGen concept.
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Meh....not interested.
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Yes, the overall story pretty much went to shit after season 6, but 7 had plenty to offer regardless. I like The Amazing Maleeni, even moreso since Ricky Jay, the real-life magician who played Maleeni, was in The Prestige (he was also a consultant on the tricks in the movie). The reason this is so cool is that the impossible trick in The Amazing Maleeni involved him having a twin, just like Christian Bale's character in The Prestige. OK, there were also stupid episodes like X-Cops (shot like a COPS show) and Hollywood A.D. (a movie is made based on the X-Files).
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was the episode that hooked me also. Would be nice for the fans if they could find cameo roles for folk like Doug Hutchison, Zeljko Ivanek, and some of the other memorable guest actors.
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The reluctance of Mulder and Scully to come out of the FBI doghouse can only be solved by throwing bags of money at actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. Too bad no one will care enough to WANT to believe in this crap.
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... this doesn't sound all that interesting. Crazy religious people are killers? Yawn. Come up with something more interesting, please. If it's going to be a stand-alone story, it has to be something seriously fucked-up like "Home" or feature a guy like Cancer Man. Otherwise, it's just a run-of-the-mill Ashley Judd thriller, except with Mulder and Scully. Oh, and I'm not diggin' Scully's long-hair, either. Makes her look haggard.
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I recently bought the complete set, I was sure I'd find it dated having not watched it since it aired. It surprised me in the fact that it's better than 95% of tv shows around nowadays. How anyone can profess to like Supernatural after having watched the Xfiles is beyond me, even the worst episodes from seasons 8+9 contain more originality than that show. Up until that point X files had the amazing ability to be dark, quirky, funny and even pack an emotional punch at times. I love Galactica, I loved Carnivale and I loved Firefly but they don't tick ALL the boxes that the Xfiles did - They're not worse shows for it they just don't contain the variety which I think made up the best of the Xfiles.
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April 18, 2008, 7:41 p.m. CST
Me and Scully should just fuck and get it over with.
by Iowa Snot Client
That would be cool news.
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Unfortunately, whomever said that this sounds like a shot-in-the-woods-of-BC SciFi Channel movie-of-the week, may have nailed it.
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SUPERNATURAL <br><br> (It was the heeeeat of the moment.) <br><br> IS <br><br> (Heeeeat of the moment.) <br><br> FUCKING <br><br> (Heeeeat of the moment.) <br><br> AWESOME. <br><br> (Heeeeat of the moment.)
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I agree about The Amazing Maleeni - great episode. In fact the first half of season seven was just fine. Hungry (from the monster's point of view), Maleeni, The Goldberg Variation. But then came X-Cops, Hollywood AD, Fight Club, etc. I know a lot of people loved Hollywood AD but I found it tiresome and cliche. Mind you I also find my meatloaf shallow and pedantic. DarkJediStoops - that's actually a pretty cool idea, and could still be viable as a prequel of sorts if they do it before the stars get too much older.
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And you were right.
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Season three... <br><br> (Heeeat of the moment.) <br><br> ...has been... <br><br> (Heeeeat of the moment.) <br><br> ...FANTASTIC. <br><br> (Heeeeat of the moment.)
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But that's alright... <br><br> (Heeeeat of the moment.) <br><br> ...because some of the best X-files episodes were... <br><br> (Heeeat of the moment.) <br><br> ...the funny ones. <br><br> (Heeeeat of the moment.)
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...but not by much. Mainly because season 7 had First Person Shooter and Fight Club. 2 Horrible episodes (worst in the entire run of the show in my opinion). Chimera, Sein und Zeit, Closure, Signs and Wonders, Goldberg Variation and Amor Fati weren't that good either. There's also the problem that Duchovny made Mulder very unlikable with his phoned-in performance. The problem with the last season is that most episodes were just tired.
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Are the size of Scully's shoulder pads in the first season, and the giant cell phones. Other than that, I'd rather watch the worst Mulder and Scully episodes than almost anything on primetime today, with the exception of Lost, Dexter, BSg, and maybe one or two others.
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Love the music. I haven't bothered to watch any recent episodes, however...
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That's what this plot reminds me of.
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No Rabbi's have ever gone bad? No Mullahs? I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'. Not all priests are pedophiles, not all mullahs are terrorists. Cheap plot writing.
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There are other ways for a holy man to be disgraced. I know it's old-fashioned, but maybe he's just a drunk. <p> Don't jump to conclusions, Cygnus! That's so unlike you!
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...is what happens after the first 90 minutes explaining how the fuck M&S would be back in the employ of the government after the events in the series finale...right?
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April 19, 2008, 1:11 a.m. CST
I bet rural Virginia looks suscipiously like British Columbia
by Flim Springfield
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...I've got a micro short that I'm working on, currently in rough cut form on youtube. Can you guys look at this and let me know what you think? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dVNryJ30eg
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They should have done the future Invasion - theres not a whole lot of point in this being stand alone, I don't think it will win any new fans. Perhaps they didn't have enough money , perhaps Carter thinks if this does well they can come back and do the invasion... No way is season 9 better than season 7. Hollywood AD was ace. I never liked the funny episodes first time round, always thought they were a waste. Watching the series the second time round the mythology became a lot more coherent too.
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Let the X files die already. The dream is over.
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i don't mind. detective case etc.
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off hand, i do not recall S9 of XF mate. i remember some lame episodes, so yeah, that was probably that. as for Lost, it was sold to me as a "masterpiece", but i gave up after a couple of episodes of S2 - it is directionless and meaningless, yet seems to have convinced normal, intelligent people that it is brilliant and they all seem to think they know what they are doing. they don't - like Prison Break, for instance, it was a 1 season gig that got so popular they expanded it, and boy does law of diminishing returns spring to mind. that said, each to their own, playa, dig what you dig.
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I know we've got those insipid-looking new agents (tell me, if new characters aren't played be people who will draw a new audience, why not use the old actors?), but does anyone have CONFIRMATION of whether any more of the old crew will appear?<p>I see Pileggi in the cast list on IMDB, but I thought there was some debate about whether he was actually involved. Watching just Mulder and Scully for 2 hours would be perfectly fine entertainment, but after all this time, it's a natural fan reaction to want the plot to thicken and start drawing more of the old cast out of retirement.
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Hopefully they'll make it as fun and fan-indulging as a sweeps episode would be.<p>Though I wonder--how will the movie resolve? Even though it's a "standalone" story, detached from all the mythology, what will it take for the story to leave us all satisfied at the end, and not left hanging in a bad way? That may be a tall task.
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So you fanboys can breathe a sigh of relief.
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1. oh, that was that series, was it? yeah, i think everyone kind of saw that as bad. i wasn't as against the T1000 being in XF as most seem to be, but much like Timothy Dalton as Bond, if they don't get decent stuff to work with, they are not going to shine. 2. you are clearly a Lost fan, man, so nice one for you. when the whole thing is done i'll give it another try with the box sets, fair enough? as a writer (journo, nothing fancy) one learns to pick up when people are slumming it, and L2 was slumming it i'm afraid. 3. how do you put a space between paragraphs on this forum? can't work it out mate.
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the age of consent in the UK is 16, dude, why did you wait?
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Why would Fox bother to even take it down. It basically amounts to 'strange crap is happening and Mulder and Scully are on the case!'. Wow, huge spoiler there.
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