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Do You WANT TO BELIEVE The New X-FILES Movie Trailer Is Online??
Merrick here...
IGN has debuted a trailer for THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE. You can see an embedded version below; or CLICK HERE to find other formats.
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marks the spot!
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AH HA!
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ask me how much I care...
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...is that supposed to thrill me? It's like "the preview for next week's episode."
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this new trailer didn't really add much from the last one. Hummm... : )
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David looks... like an old woman. Whoever thought Duchovny was a looker anyway?
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What is it with overlong, boring movie titles these days? A pit of brevity never hurt anyone.
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What is it with overlong, boring movie titles these days? A bit of brevity never hurt anyone.
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and the title is crap.I'm gonna see it. I want to believe that I'll see Scully's ta-ta's....
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The one that's similar to this but with less speech and no title. Just seemed cut better and looked more like a big, epic horror thriller and the ambiguity of the trailer helped raise it above "just another X-Files movie" which is what I'm worried most of the public we see this as. I can't wait to see it and I hope it's awesome but I think the marketing started off well and began to slip once the title was revealed (which I'm getting used to, mainly thanks to seeing it as a logo, but it could easily have been The X-Files: Believe). The teaser poster was fantastic, the original cut of the trailer was stronger; this one is pretty good but only excites if you were already excited about it, the most it's going to do to the public is let them know a new X-Files film is coming rather than tell them it's worth their time. And the new poster is a bit rubbish. I really hope I'm wrong, I'd love this to be a success.
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Yup, I think I did. The soundtrack alone is worth the price of nostalgic admission.
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As the brother of a bank robber who was shot dead by an FBI agent's body inhabited by the soul of the recently-deceased robber. That old story.
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But I wonder if the X-Files still has a following big enough to support a feature film franchise. Good to see a strong supporting cast... Callum Keith Rennie rocks as Cylon number two... wonder if Mulder is the final Cylon?
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It's been like 10 years or something to come up with a sequel? and hasn't the boat sailed... or are they planning a new TV series off the back of the new movie!? This is a bit like Ricky and Bianca coming back to Eastenders coz they can't get acting work nowhere else.
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screams betaware
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The Big Yin should stick to comedy
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That truck should be fuh-laaaaaat! :)
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screams betamax
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...if Mulder fell down a mine shaft, and Harry (from Harry and the Hendersons) lifted him out of the shaft into the arms of John Lithgow.
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that trailer did nothing for me...basically, let's play some intense music to make the movie seem intense!
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She only builds an armory of hotness overtime!
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That shit is off the fucking chain!
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May 12, 2008 8:31:28 AM CDT
I don't particularly get the "it's been too long" argument.
by rbatty024
As Ashok0 already mentioned, it's only been six years. It's been twenty years for Indiana Jones and ten or more for Die Hard, Rocky, and Rambo. Of all the revived franchises of the past few years this one makes the most sense. The X-Files helped bring in a great era of television with some of the best production values of its time. Television of today owes a lot to The X-Files. They were also able to put out great stories on a more consistent basis than any movie studio today. Any fan of genre entertainment should be looking forward to seeing these iconic characters on the big screen again. I know I certainly am.
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just might get my $15.
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banking on the iconography of the property to generate excitement instead of giving away plot details. This is a risky move in the days when so many trailers give away the entire movie. I prefer not knowing much before seeing the film so it works well for me. I'll be curious to see how well it works for these two films. Can they expect a wide turnout because of past success?
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It hasnt, in fact there couldnt be a better time to release this, with all the nostalgic flicks that have been coming out people are jonsing for things they used to like.
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i mean he left the show to move on to other things, that didnt work so he came back in the last season. now, with californication he has found a new character with critical and commerical success, something to make many forget fox mulder, and what does he do??? makes x-files 2...what is he thinking? but im still happy hes doing it, i cant wait for this one.
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...this won't be the summer I'm burned by my nostalgia (INDY IV, X-FILES). But this is Hollywood we're talking about.
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May 12, 2008 9:11:50 AM CDT
X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE THERE WAS A POINT IN THIS BEING MADE
by 69dude
...there isn't one. Too little, too late = flop.
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It's actually an awesome film. But who else agrees with this - They should have cut the scene at the very beginning where the cavemen are attacked by the alien. It takes the suspense and mystery away. It should have been revealed for the first time when the scientist gets killed, and they lock him in. All they had to do was cut that first scene and it would have made a shitload of difference. agree?
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BOMB!
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..was a mega close image of the bee from the first film in the glass vile. And to the left and right of it are Scully and Mulders face.
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that the suits are actually banking on previous reputation than giving away the entire plot. It saddens me that this is considered "risky" now, when the alternative has completely ruined most movies now. "The Incredible Hulk," anyone?
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that would be the best movie ever
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Whilst the TV show only ended in 2002 it's been out of the public consciousness a lot longer. It peaked in the 3rd/4th season, I'd say it's been out of pop culture for the masses since the last film, popping up again only when Duchovny quit and Robert Patrick took over. Even then it didn't give the show a boost. So yeah, it has only been six years but that doesn't mean it can't have been too long for some people to not care.Myself I think the age thing is a bonus. The original teaser poster (and first cut of the trailer) seemed to be playing on the nostelgia and 90's pop culture iconography of the X-Files when the public cared about Mulder and Scully fighting aliens and it was all fun. When you think that it started 15 years ago - the first Jurassic Park was still playing in cinemas - the nostlegia can be a big factor fpr people looking to relive that mid-90's era. We'll see. Either was, at a budget of $30 million it can't really flop, although I really, really hope it's big enough to justify at least one more film where they deal with the alien invasion. I mean I can see why they're worried about people being put off by the mythology but come on - everyone loves a good alien invasion movie, if Mulder and Scully are in it it can only make it even better!
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But count me among those who find Gillian attractive.
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK
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I'm aroused.
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OK, its an X-Files trailer. We know from the music and the fact that it says X-Files AND Mulder and Skully are in it. NOTHING happens in the trailer. Except the old dude saying. "ITS HERE!"WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
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Bad trailers are like bad dailies ... it just kills any potential hope. I was stoked for this (and DL'ed the high-rez trailer) what a boondoggle! I wish the fake werewolf pictures were real.
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If I am a film maker , actor etc I wouldn't be involved with this site for no amount of money in the world. Why , because of the talkbacker section. Its not even full of movie fans with brains. Its like the IMDB boards or Gamefaqs.com message boards.Just a bunch of morons trying to outwit each other as they try and do their best to troll almost every film , tv show , interview etc that appears on this site. Its to bad because there are some good people that work here but this place is the butt of a million jokes on most of the rest of the movie blog/websites and no one takes this place seriously at all. Its all because of the moronic talkbackers. I watched this trailer and was so psyched after seeing it and then I read the talkbackers replys and I lost that good feeling within the first 10 replies. What a shitty bunch of low rent white trash most of you are. Go fuck yourselves , I can definitely see why almost no one in this industry will give this website the time of day..
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Definitely a very valid point, but you know the the old addage about having a kick-ass scene in the first 10 pages ... also the caveman attack also establishes the lengthy timeline which is also cool, no?
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Someone mentioned a $30 mil. price tag on this film, which is really low for a Summer blockbuster. (I personally haven't seen this number so but let's assume that's how much this film cost). I would guess that its first weekend will match Speed Racer's at one fourth of the production cost. Besides, people forget that X-Files was a worldwide phenomena. The original film's domestic take was more than doubled overseas. By the time the film leaves theaters it could easily triple its production costs before DVD sales. Now, box office doesn't equal quality, but it does matter when it comes to sequels. I'm hoping for a series of these films.
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But the scene following this is kick-ass anyway, when the kid falls down the hole/cave and that black liquid goes into his body. That would have been a way cooler first scene, and we'd be thinking where the fuck did that black liquid come from. As for establishing the fact that this thing has been underground since cave-men time, it doesn't matter. We later learn that the secret government has been in deals with the aliens for over 50 years. Thats all we need to know.
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X Files: Fight The Future was really great & reminded me of classic 70's paranoia flicks like Parallex View/All The President's Men. Just wish they downplayed the Alien stuff until the last reel. The Dallas Consipiracy angle worked much better & looking back, FTF was a real gem that summer; any summer for that matter.
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Start with the Dallas bombing... That was pretty ballsy for a major studio release.
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You fucking philistine. And Filmfunk, have you not seen Mrs. Brown? So much for that theory.
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Thanks for posting your insightful look into the going-on's at AICN. The "Go fuck yourselves" and calling everyone "a shitty bunch of low rent white trash" was particularly informative. It really brought your previous points home about "moronic talkbackers". I'm cool with this new movie coming out, and I do not think it's too late. I do however, think you are a drippy little whore optimus122.
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Granted it was a crappy Summer and the big blockbuster of that year was Armageddon (never a good sign), but it was the best of the year nevertheless. I felt the alien conspiracy worked better on the small screen because there was just too much back story for the uninitiated. The real draw of X-Files are Mulder and Skully, not the aliens. So long as the writing is on the same level as seasons two through six, I think we're in for a treat.
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So...lots of running around in the dark, and something trapped in the ice. Can't wait.
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But I think the reason the price tag is so low on this one is because they want to use it to make other films. However that means a bigger budget for the next one when everyone stops taking price cuts and the scope gets bigger (especially if they go for the alien invasion). Still, I guess that can't cost more than 60-70 million if they can do this one for 30 million (which I got from Total Film in the same article as the above info). Fingers crossed. In an ideal world we'd see another monster of the week film in 2010 (so this film doesn't seem like the odd one out) followed by the invasion film in 2012 (to time with the series). But I'd be happy with just one more to tie things up properly (without ghosts unlocking doors, a Seinfeld-lite trial/clipshow and the Cigarette Smoking Man hiding in a cave to avoid the apocalypse)
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Much better than The Avengers, Godzilla, Lost in Space and Doctor Dolittle. So yeah, faint praise, but it was great. The bombing scene is still one of my favourite film explosions, the editing on that is stunning. And Terry O'Quinn is fantastic in his tiny role. Script Girl, the boy crashing through the rock only works so well because of the sudden cut in time. And whilst I see your point about the mystery of the oil seeping into him it's not really a mystery if you've seen the TV series, plus it's just as cool a mystery why the black alien blood is turning into living worms that can crawl under your skin, which we're shown with the caveman. And knowing aliens were around back then and later finding out that they were the original inhabitants - pretty damn cool.
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that when Mulder says "Scully, I need you on this with me" it reminds me of Duchovny's phoned-in performances of the later seasons of the show. Immediately after it, Scully says "That's what scares me" and I'm reminded of the Scully that was crying most of the time during the last season. I want this movie to be good, but Chris Carter wrote it and directed it... he told us to trust no one, and I don't trust him anymore.
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...wasn't even shown in the movie - when I was watching FTF I was baffled why the movie aliens were suddenly all slimy and vicious with massive claws. I put it down to just trying to appeal to the casual popcorn crowd, and maybe they were. But then the first episode after the movie showed an attack alien losing it's outer shell of slime and claws to reveal a normal grey alien underneath, meaning the attack form was just another period of gestation. This comment isn't related to anything, I just through it was pretty cool.
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There's a very similar exchange between Mulder and Scully in season 1 or 2, I think it's just Scully's dry sense of humour which was mostly lost in the later seasons. Let's hope that's back in the new film, I don't want two hours of moping.
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How interesting.
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Same trailers...same woosh sounds and drum hits to the light flashes, same trying to build suspense on the same lame ass premise's. Fuck this dumb shit. THe X-Files always sucked anyway. Mulder and Scully are two of the most uninteresting people on the planet and lack personality. This is Dr. Who on steroids with a little John Carpenter's "Thing" thrown in.
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Anyone heard anything?
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Thought I'd jump on for a minute and complain about this sucky ass franchise.
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I was a big fan when the show ran on FOX, and I just caught FTF last night on TV. I really hope that this will do well so that we get more movies in the future. I don't think that there is any way that this goes back to TV. Too many people have such a bad taste in thier mouths from the last 3 seasons that it could never, ever succeed. A run of movies with some self contained mythology though? Absolutely.
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She looks amazing. What is she now, 80?
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I totally agree about the cavemen scene, i ahve always felt it took away from the suspense, good call.
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I lost track of The X-Files after they moved their production to L.A... I don't know what season that was, but you could see a very distinct downward trend in the overall quality of the program and then Duchovny left shortly afterward... Anyway, I like that this looks like one of the early season episodes. I think that's a good sign for the film. It's back to basics. Still, I think it's foolish to drop it in the middle of the summer when it's so clearly an "October movie". I hope it also restores the program's sense of humor. A lot of people forget that The X-Files was funny.
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Awwww. (And don't try to tell me that CSM is ACTUALLY dead. Don't believe it for a minute.)
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Cause if not..IT's CRAP!!!!!!!
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She's 39, MattmanReturns, but that's not important, because I bet she'll be gorgeous as 69 too. Seeing her on the big screen is what counts. Because of her I can't wait for "X-Files 2" (July), "Boogie Woogie," where that surgically unenhanced sexpot apparently undresses (August), and "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," where she plays a mega bitch (October).
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mcdonalds is being remodeled here and i want a double cheeseburger
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... that's all I ask.
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I will see this when it comes out.
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nuff said
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Nobody I've talked to knows this movie is coming out, but everybody I talk to is really excited when I tell them its going to be out in July. SO, I think it'll do fine. Especially if they actually made it on the cheap for 30 million.
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I cannot say that I've always been a die hard fan. But I did manage to watch the first film (and enjoyed it for what it was). But I felt that it sort of had the Star Trek movie syndrome. You know, where it feels like things are being held back.
Hopefully, the same cannot be said for this movie. Although, from what I've seen, I'm just not hyped up to see it as of yet. Hopefully, that will change as the release date gets closer.
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What else has he been in? Can he act?
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What do you mean? Wasn't that the Lone Gunman guy with white hair?
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Such a huge fan.
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Nevermind--I'm seeing forward to this one too :)
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When the theme came in and molder said Scully, man did i laugh. That was the LAMEST entrance for a musical cue ive heard in a while
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It will probably just be a brief cameo. As far as CSM being dead, that's ok. Now, killing Alex Krycek? That was a crime.
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Because not everyone kept up-to-date on all of that and there's a lot of people who went for the chemistry between the two, it was a big selling point in the earlier years. Seems a sensible selling point to put in the trailer.
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They'll explain it by saying David Duchovbullshit is playing Mulder. hehe
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Billy Connolly rocks and I'm sure I'll watch this for the nostalgia, if nothing else, but nothing makes a movie like a great creepy villian. I was a die hard fan, I thought, but even I gave up on the show in the last season. I need this to have something on the level of Tooms as my "cookie" for coming back.
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You forgot about Saving Private Ryan, released on July 28, 1998. And there was also Lethal Weapon 4 and Deep Impact in that summer.
I agree that it was a weak with bad stuff like: Armageddon, Godzilla, There's Something About Mary, A Bug's Life and Mulan.
But as for X-Files I wouldn't know where it fits, because the series was so fucking boring and overated that I still haven't seen the film.
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The Fox Mulder from seasons 1-5 and movie was probably one of the coolest, or THE coolest, tv characters ever. I don't know what happened after that, maybe Mulder died in Antarctica and was replaced by a clone.
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Oh man - thanks...I'm crying here in the office I'm laughing so hard. My colleague is starting to wonder. That being said, Gillian looks bangin' because when she STARTED with the X-Files back in 1993 she was like 24 or some craziness and so they worked backwards and wasn't hard to make her look the 'same age' throughout the series. Magic.
As for the cameo I want to see? Giovanni Ribisi busting out of that nuthouse they left him in Season 3 watching music vids about diarrhea and strikin some folks down with lightning. Uhbooyah.
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Like in the way Star Trek II is a sequel to space seed. My guess is no since they're trying to wrangle a larger audience than just those who watched the show. However, it would be cool if they threw in a few references just for the fans. They did have several sequels to standalone episodes, including Tooms, Pusher, and Pfaster.
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I forgot about Saving Private Ryan (although one could argue that even if it did come out during the Summer it wasn't exactly a Summer blockbuster). I agree it was better than Fight the Future, but Fight the Future was easily better than Deep Impact (which was half of a good movie) and Lethal Weapon 4, in my opinion. Anyway, it was a really weak year if I remember. With all the great movies coming out this Summer, I wouldn't be surprised if 2008 makes 1982 look like 1998.
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May 12, 2008 2:03:43 PM CDT
Cryogenic research in a British Columbian lake.
by stereotypical evil archer
X-Files
The Secret of B.C. Bud -
in the operating room who looks up?
They said this one was earth-bound eh?
Oh well.
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1 - BEYOND THE SEA
A disturbing cameo by Brad Dourif as a psychic inmate who wants to cut a deal in exchange for allowing Scully to talk to her dead dad.
2 - THE FIELD WHERE I DIED
A truly spooky Mulder visits his past lives under hypnosis and claims that all of his friends and family were with him in previous lives as different people. In this case, he recalls Scully, back when she was a man.
3 - CLYDE BRUCKMAN'S FINAL REPOSE
The perfect X-File is about crime-solving psychics. Watch for the killer, who returns to all of the crime scenes during the investigation.
4 - JOSE CHUNG'S FROM OUTER SPACE
The only episode that scared me demonstrated just how often we are misunderstanding each other.
5 - BAD BLOOD
A hilarious small town with a secret suggests that Dracula may have a hell of a lot of backup. I love the little vampire who's watched so many movies, he feels he needs fake fangs.
6 - SMALL POTATOES
If you liked Gilligan's 'Bad Blood', you'll probably love this too. 'Bruckman' writer Darin Morgan plays a character with a tail, who can shape-shift and seduce women looking like someone else. It has an discomforting question attached to it - are people falling in love with his false looks, or his personality?
7 - NEVER AGAIN
An actually sexy episode of the X-Files, and one of the few to deal with Scully's character as an equal to Mulder, who's sick of him leading every investigation. Gillian Anderson ended up dating the male lead in this episode, and their chemistry stands out. The music in the tattooing sequence is unreal!
8 - SCHIZOGENY
Kids are being abused and their abusers are meeting grisly deaths in this slighty Sleepy Hollow-esque town. This is my favourite of the social justice episodes, and it ends with a message of empowerment.
9 - KADDISH
'enlighten while you entertain' - that's what a real writer does. Here, the author harmonizes the biggest X-Files cliche, where a lover will return from the dead to be with his loved one. Only this time, they get everything right while tying it into the Jewish mystic story of the Golem, a metaphoric monster who reminds us not to take the letter of the law over our own lateral thinking.
10 - FIELD TRIP
The scene where Mulder takes Scully asides and shows her the little grey alien that lives in his bedroom that he can communicate telepathically with, made me wish the show had gone in THAT direction.
11. PAPER HEARTS
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1 - BEYOND THE SEA
A disturbing cameo by Brad Dourif as a psychic inmate who wants to cut a deal in exchange for allowing Scully to talk to her dead dad.
2 - THE FIELD WHERE I DIED
A truly spooky Mulder visits his past lives under hypnosis and claims that all of his friends and family were with him in previous lives as different people. In this case, he recalls Scully, back when she was a man.
3 - CLYDE BRUCKMAN'S FINAL REPOSE
The perfect X-File is about crime-solving psychics. Watch for the killer, who returns to all of the crime scenes during the investigation.
4 - JOSE CHUNG'S FROM OUTER SPACE
The only episode that scared me demonstrated just how often we are misunderstanding each other.
5 - BAD BLOOD
A hilarious small town with a secret suggests that Dracula may have a hell of a lot of backup. I love the little vampire who's watched so many movies, he feels he needs fake fangs.
6 - SMALL POTATOES
If you liked Gilligan's 'Bad Blood', you'll probably love this too. 'Bruckman' writer Darin Morgan plays a character with a tail, who can shape-shift and seduce women looking like someone else. It has an discomforting question attached to it - are people falling in love with his false looks, or his personality?
7 - NEVER AGAIN
An actually sexy episode of the X-Files, and one of the few to deal with Scully's character as an equal to Mulder, who's sick of him leading every investigation. Gillian Anderson ended up dating the male lead in this episode, and their chemistry stands out. The music in the tattooing sequence is unreal!
8 - SCHIZOGENY
Kids are being abused and their abusers are meeting grisly deaths in this slighty Sleepy Hollow-esque town. This is my favourite of the social justice episodes, and it ends with a message of empowerment.
9 - KADDISH
'enlighten while you entertain' - that's what a real writer does. Here, the author harmonizes the biggest X-Files cliche, where a lover will return from the dead to be with his loved one. Only this time, they get everything right while tying it into the Jewish mystic story of the Golem, a metaphoric monster who reminds us not to take the letter of the law over our own lateral thinking.
10 - FIELD TRIP
The scene where Mulder takes Scully asides and shows her the little grey alien that lives in his bedroom that he can communicate telepathically with, made me wish the show had gone in THAT direction.
11 - PAPER HEARTS
Mulder has a dream where coloured lights lead him out of his house, past a car, and into a park where he finds a child's corpse. He immediately gets up and begins a search. That, to me, demonstrates a perfect example of how Mulder trusts himself completely. -
I've only seen it occassionally when it was broadcast. In its heyday does it still hold up pretty well or is kind of hokey?
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xfiles died a long time ago. its like fucking pet semetary. let this fucking thing die. hardcore fans maybe, general population no. FAIL for this summer
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Other than the fact that Chris Carter said a while ago that the film isn't about aliens, I have no idea what the hell this movie will be about!
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Depends on the episode. Some were classics (especially the ones written by or featuring Darin Morgan). A few were instant bombs (the one about killer cats where they tossed stuffed animals at Gillian Anderson because she was allergic to the real ones was about the lamest). Some require gaining a bit of knowledge about the mythology of the series, but are worth it. I'm sure anyone here who watched the show would be willing to tell you their top ten (or eleven), bottom ten list.
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don't they get it?? This will bomb bigger than Speedracer! Aliens dammit. ALIENS!! We want abductions, Scully anal probes, left naked in the woods only to be found by a heat packing Mulder that takes vingance on those damn grays for what they've done! Make that movie and I'll go see it.
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True dat
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1. The one where they all think the parasite is in each other, and everyone gets paranoid.
2. The one where we are introduced that that dude, Dwane Barry. I cant believe i still remember his name. and he was abducted and then went crazy or something.
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I'd rather wait to judge this when this is screened. I could see potential, but it does look like one of the episodes, The Good ones I'm glimpsing.
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The talkbackers dont care because the admin dont care. When was the last time this site was rebuilt? The adage 'if it aint broke...' wont wash here. The internet of the mid 80s is gone. When your website makes The Drudge Report look like a herculean feat of technology, then its time to pause and reflect. This stie CONTINUES to be designed for the 640x480 display - I stop using that around 1988, along with 99% of the web browsing world.
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Good, but an obvious ripoff.
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That Ice is a ripoff/homage of The Thing is not a secret, Morgan and Wong would always be the first to say that and they wrote that episode.
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But I wrote that for the benefit of the poster who was unfamiliar with X Files, so I'll do a few mea culpas and shut my mouth. ;-)
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I can't wait to see it. Looks like it will be a great thriller. It's been long enough since the show at it's peak, and to wait ten years for the next one was brilliant. Understand, Chris Carter is in complete control here. I hope this movie makes a ton of money.
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OK...so the movie DID suck ass..but seeing
Heather Graham, Mimi Rogers, and a 15/16yr old Lacey Chabert running around in skin tight outfits beats a barely visable Skully in a Parka anyday.
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sniff it you will understand....x files what a load of wank
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This is heavy on the first five seasons because those are the ones I own on DVD. I have also left out the mythology episodes since most of those are two parters.
10. War of the Coprophages (a comedic episode where Mulder encounters what may or may not be an invasion of alien bugs).
9. Quagmire (about a "Loch Ness" like creature and features the last appearance by Queequeg).
8. Pusher (a serial killer who can control the minds of others, probably has the highest body count of any episode).
7. Red Museum (starts out about teenagers who wind up in the woods with "he is one" scrawled on their backs).
6. Die Hand Die Verletz (about a demon from Hell bent on punishing Satan worshipers who no longer commit human sacrifices)
5. Never Again (a Scully centric episode about a man who starts taking murderous advice from his new tattoo).
4. Bad Blood (a Roshomon like episode where Mulder and Scully recount a case about backwoods vampires).
3. Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose (about a psychic who can tell when and how someone will die).
2. Home (the agents investigate a dead and buried newborn only to come across a strange reclusive family).
1. Jose Chung's From Outer Space (a perfect summation of post-modernism in under an hour).
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That came out in September over in these UK parts. And A Bug's Life was February 1999! Back in the days before DVD importing made big gaps like that retarded. And I'm not saying Lost in Space didn't have it's plus points... Hell, the Apollo 440 track is still on my iPod. Summer films just don't have the big hits songs like they used to.
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May 12, 2008 7:35:28 PM CDT
What's the point of this movie if it doesn't provide the conclus
by proman1984
Just a tease for fans. Trailer is very underwhelming by the way.
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as in "conclusion to the alien abduction/invasion/super-soldier" thing, i am ***THRILLED*** they are leaving the whole thing in the dirt. All that shit about Samantha and the aliens and the conspiracy and the black oil and the pending invasion and the alien bounty hunters, was a meandering mess that weighed the show down and became incomprehensible because the writers didn't have any idea where they were going with it but knew they had to perpetuate it because Fox wanted to keep the show on the air. That conspiracy shit is poison and the one thing sure to keep general audiences away. JUST MAKE A GOOD HORROR MOVIE with Mulder and Scully!
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Is under-whelming. I've been a HUGE Xfiles fan since 1993, at the tender age of 17. I enjoyed the first film, and from the ComiCon footage, I'm completely energized about this new chapter in Scully/Mulder Saga. The trailer doesn't have the desperation and the pace of the comicon footage. I wish it did. I was mesmerized when I first caught a glimpse initially. Nonetheless, I'm there on opening day.
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still holds up. One of the best.
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...from anything I've actually seen of it (trailers, etc) to this point. Honestly, the footage doesn't grab me--I find myself checking out and returning to the *idea* of an X-Files movie.I really hope this film pays off.
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I bet this makes under 8 million in it's opening weekend. Betcha this sits at the #1 spot in my Netflix Queue with the words "Long Wait" next to it for a long time before I get to see it!
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Out Of Sight. STILL the best thing George Clooney or Jennifer Lopez have ever appeared in. And a hell of a romance.
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The conspiracy arc is big part of what made the show relevant. It didn't suck the first five years, for something that wasn't planned at all it almost made sense during the Vancouver years. The first movie was good and introduced a few elements that should've been developed in the series but were not. Unfortunately the mythology sucked later on, specially when they began to give fans what they wanted: answers. Samantha Mulder was dead all along, way before the series even started.The aliens torched the human conspirators in a hangar. The aliens gave humanity religions. The series would've benefited of Carter and Spotnitz having pre-planned a bit the endgame. It's true that Fox kept renewing the series, and that Carter had to write many season finales not knowing if it was a series finale or not, so both the network and creator are to blame for tarnishing the shows legacy.
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Every movie he's in is good. Scientists have proven it.
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Didn't Scully give birth to an alien baby and wasn't Mulder the center of every paranormal event for the last 15 years. Either their deaf, dumb, and blind or they have a serious case of denial.
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why is everyone hating on the title, it's the shit. every x-files fan knows what that means and where it comes from. i'm pumped.
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The XFiles has a good cult following, but big screen/box office wise it wasn't huge. If I'm not mistaken the first film took in no more 80 mil domestically. If FOX is aiming just for the fans of the tv show, then it'll probably succeed on that level, but if they are going to bring in everyone else, they need to actully make the trailer look intersting. It did nothing for me to make me wanyt to see it if i was the average moviegoer.
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The first movie cost $66 mill and made $189 mill world wide. I'm not saying that's an indication of whether or not this one will be successful, but the first movie was a huge success.
Considering 5000+ people came to "The X-Files" panel at Wondercon a couple months ago I'd say this movie will do ok in the box office, especially if it was made for $30 mill. -
What a lot of people forget is that The X-Files was a worldwide sensation. Fox is looking for a hit around the globe, not just in the U.S. Even if some of the excitement has dulled over the years, the low cost and global marketplace make certain this film will make money.
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The original broadcast is old news, but I know a ton of people who've only ever watched the show on DVD, and it's been very successful there. For those folks, this could be the "event" that the original film was for us original fans.It sounds like an impossible test: please old fans, please new fans, outdo a previous film that had a bigger budget, and on top of all that, have a resolution that will satisfy fans without touching on the whole mythology arc that was the narrative backbone of the series.It sounds impossible. Will they manage it, or just punt, and even if they take the easy way, will it still be fun?The more I think about it, the more this sounds like the most difficult possible sequel to get right.
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Kevred has a point. I never followed the show when it aired, but I did see the movie. It was good, but nowhere near an event for me. I bought the entire series box set and am almost done. Since then, the new movie has become one of my most anticipated for this summer. I am stoked. And the turn out for Wonder Con should be an indication of the box office. I just want the damn 2012 X-Files Alien Invasion movie, so I am really crossing my fingers for this to make a lot of money.
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...for some odd reason. Must be the spookiness of the missing woman.
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Iron Man rocked, we've got The Dark Knight coming up, a Hulk movie that won't suck, a new Indy flick and now a new X Files movie. I'm pumped. I don't care if this is just a big budget version of on their TV shows. I'm pumped for it. If it's well done I'd be all for an X Files movie every few years.
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it was a theatrical release, I would swear it's direct-to-video. I love The X, from season one, but my summer movie dollars can only go so far.
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Hmm how did this get back up top of the front page..this ship sailed a long time ago and sunk lol.
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