On Apr 16, 7:37=A0pm, Alric Knebel <al...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Ian J. Ball wrote:
> > On Apr 16, 12:12 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > wrote:
>
> >>By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
>
> >>LOS ANGELES - The truth is finally out there about the new "X-Files"
> >>movie title.
>
> >>The second big-screen spinoff of the paranormal TV adventure will be
> >>called "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," Chris Carter, the series'
> >>creator and the movie's director and co-writer, told The Associated
> >>Press.
> >>[snip]
>
> >>Due in theaters July 25, the movie will not deal with aliens or the
> >>intricate mythology about interaction between humans and
> >>extraterrestrials that the show built up over the years, Carter said.
>
> >>Instead, it casts Mulder and Scully into a stand-alone, earth-bound
> >>story aimed at both serious "X-Files" fans and newcomers, he said.
>
> > Three words: Chris Carter, HACK.
>
> > I can't believe he's blowing what will in all probability be his last
> > chance at wrapping up this series with a meaningful conclusion with a
*
> > %#&*$! 'stand-alone' movie! Idiot!!!
>
> > And here I thought he might actually deal with all that stuff that was
> > prophesied and flash-forwarded on in the series, and wrap it up with a
> > nice little bow in a final theatrical movie.
>
> > Ha! Fooled you, XF fandom! Joke's on you!
>
> > Thanks, Chris! You can count me out on seeing this one!!
>
> > Ian =A0(He's never going to conclude this one, is he? I guess all
those
> > people that said Carter had no idea where he was going were 100%
> > correct all along...)
>
> There are a couple of people where I work who love the series LOST.
=A0It
> was supposed to have concluded sometime last year, but at the last
> minute, it was renewed and they were off and running for new ways to
> stretch out the whole thing. =A0I can't sign on to a show like that,
with
> each year a guaranteed cliffhanger, with nary a scratch on this opaque
> mystery. =A0So these two guys are really in to it. =A0I just can't sign
on=
..
> =A0 And it was the same way with X-FILES. =A0This guy I worked with
praise=
d
> it to high heaven. =A0So I tried a couple of episodes. =A0One was about
a
> werewolf, and by the end of the show, you hadn't actually seen the
> thing. =A0That was bad enough, but there was no real tension in it,
> either. =A0So I considered it a null experience. =A0I watched another
> episode, because my friend had said THAT wasn't a particularly good
> example of the show. =A0Well, the next one I watched had some steel
> cockroaches in it. =A0I can't remember how it concluded, but it wasn't
> that interesting to me either. =A0But despite my disappointments, I
tried
> to tune in regularly leading up to the release of the movie, because I
> was hoping to get onboard and know what everyone was talking about.
> Fruitless. =A0Absolutely fruitless, especially since the movie didn't
tie
> it all up. =A0I thought Carter missed a real op****tunity by failing to
> create a tie-in with his other mysterious series that had a story arch
> leading up to the end of the world, called MILLENNIUM. =A0Now, that one
I
> watched. =A0But it sputtered out with no conclusion, too. =A0So this
whole=
> serialized BIG STORY thing is getting a bit old.
>
> I don't see this movie doing well, except for dimini****ng hard-core XF
> fans. =A0It seems to me that most of them would by now by like you,
> realizing what a jerk Carter's been.
>
> You want to know a jerk who's on a par with him? =A0Shaun Cassiday.
> INVASION and AMERICAN GOTHIC. =A0Clearly he was making it up as he went
> along.
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> Alric Knebel
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dude you are soooooooo wrong about Lost. Sure they can still screw it
up. I dont have a crystal ball. But three points.
1.X Files toggled a main story line (ufo mythology) with what they
called MOTW (monster of the week) stand alone stories, Lost is a
continuous thread (albeit they overdue backstory flashbacks)
2.Lost was NOT supposed to wrap it up last year, whoever told you that
is very misinformed.
3.Lost is unique in television history. Never before has a show been
announced three years in advance exactly when it will end. This gives
them a unique op****tunity to plan the storyline and conclude it. A
unique op****tunity to avoid doing what X Files did. As I said, sure
they can blow it and do it wrong, but give them a chance. Lost is the
Anti-X-Files!
I was actually beginning to get frustrated with Lost and the
announcement that they would have 48 (now 45 because of the strike)
more episodes ending May 2010 has renewed my excitement.
Youre equation of the two is dead wrong.
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