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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 4:53 pm
Just curious as to the level of interest for this film. I used to be an X-files addict but I didn't really LOVE their first movie and now it's just been so long. I am sure I have forgotten more then I knew about the twists and turns in the story, actually about all I can tell you is that it was about two FBI agents who investigated alien reports and one believed and one was a sceptic. I remember the guy who smoked but not clear on the intrigue that surrounded him. I also remember that your brain had to be ON to enjoy the show and I'm not sure during these hot summer days that I am interested in working that hard to be entertained. LOLOL Having said all that... I will consider it if the reviews and/or feedback pushes me over the line.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 5:46 pm
I CANNOT WAIT! I loved the X-Files. Loved loved loved it. They have said that the movie is self contained, and you won't have to know (or remember!) any of the mythology to enjoy it. Reviews have not been wonderful though - although for the last year or more reviewers have been pretty much out of touch with public opinion, or at least the opinions of my friends and I.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 8:30 pm
Ebert gave it a good review, but I'm not going to read it because I am going to see the movie tomorrow and want to go in blind as possible. I have read an article that states it is a self contained movie, not about the alien mythology, more like a supernatural case, so no need to remember anything from the TV show. I can't wait to see Mulder and Scully on the big screen. And they better KISS!!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 2:48 am
I loved the X Files back in it's day, everything about it from the stories to the interactions of Mulder and Scully. The last two seasons though were tough. I've only watched a handful of the last seasons episodes (couldn't stand Doggett?) and not many more of the season before. The early years though were great. (The X Files currently is on Sci Fi channel in the afternoon, today they had an episode from the last season, Im just waiting for them to start over from the begining to watch.) One thing though that almost makes me watch that last season...what ever happened to the baby? Was it Mulder's? Was it Scully's? I think I remember her being pregnant??? but that doesn't really mean anything with the X Files, lol. I'll get around to watching the movie eventually but probably not while it's in theaters.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 8:22 am
Wargod, I don't clearly remember about the baby. My bad memory tells me we thought it was Mulders but that things were left uncertain. I thought about digging out the last episode prior to seeing this movie, but decided against it. Like you, I didn't enjoy the final seasons all that much and I did watch every episode. I'm just going to go into this movie with the fond memories I have of the duo and see what the film has to offer. I have medium-high hopes. 
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 9:49 am
Thanks for mentioning that Scifi are on the last season, Wargod. I will try to pick that up when they start again at the beginning. Last time I did that was about five years ago, and I was surprised how well the episodes held up - although you're right, the last two seasons, which I'd mostly forgotten, were more of a trial to get through. Scully gave birth to baby William, and Mulder was the father. It was something like when she was abducted they took all her eggs for hybridisation, but Mulder recovered them from some storage place and a doctor told her they were still viable. So it's generally believed she asked Mulder to be the father and had the egg implanted. Then they found out that the doctor who was doing the implantation was up to something involving hybrids, and the baby was special as it held some genetic abnormality/alien genes. So I think she had to give the baby up for adoption to protect him, and now doesn't know who he's with.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 10:56 am
Kitt, I'll let you know when I see the expisodes on Scifi start at the begining. I'm really looking forward to it! Thanks for the baby info! I definitely missed most of that, none of it sounds familiar. LOL, Brenda, when I saw the episode the other day and realized it was the last season, I could only watch a couple minutes of it before I had to change it. I prefer to think the last season never happened.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 12:46 pm
Thank you Kitt! You just cleared up a big question I had after seeing the movie. I have no idea how you remembered all that. I think I convienently forgot everything about the final 2 seasons. I will give it a thumbs up as a stand alone, kind of scary, crime caper. It had some elements in the relationship that were not what I expected. I enjoyed the movie for what it was, although I'm not sure it was necessary, other than to let us see two favorite characters again. With that said, I can't wait for season 2 of Californication, because I need some more Duchovny!!! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 12:35 am
Ok, I checked the tivo guide yesterday and am thouroughly confused. The X-Files is playing on both Sci Fi and TNT (at different times of the day/night) and the episodes are all over the place! The pilot's airing on TNT this week but then the next day the episode is one from the second season (if I remember right.) Then they're still playing them on Sci Fi from the last season plus some from the earlier seasons. I'm going to have to spend some time this week trying to figure it out cuz I really want to start watching it from the begining.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 1:30 am
Glad it helped Brenda. I don't dare read the rest of your post yet as I haven't seen it - hope to do so tomorrow! Wargod, when I was watching the series before it was something like two hours on a Monday and Tuesday were the ones I wanted, then all the other episodes were in a different sequence. I think I might get a list of episodes from somewhere and then search the programme guide for them. I'd check either the same time on successive nights or a block on one day each week. Arg, according to the TNT website the pilot was on at 11pm my time, and I missed it. I can't see episode 2 on their guide. I can't see the early episodes on Scifi through the end of August. I'll look on tivo tomorrow as sometimes they don't match up.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 1:48 am
Thanks Kitt! I did set Tivo yesterday to catch the pilot, I don't think I've ever seen it (or if I did, didn't realize it was the pilot.) Back when the x-files started, I was too busy hanging out and clubbing to watch much tv, lol. I had a work friend who was considerably older that invited us over one night, not cuz she wanted to hang out with the young kids (we were all 20/21 then) but because we'd gone to high school with her son and were friends with him and he was home on leave. While we were there, she apologized and told us she just had to watch "her" show. LOL, it was the episode Eve and I think she hooked all of us that night. None of us were really, seriouly into the whole clubbing thing, so skipping it was no big deal...every week a few of us would go get take out then go hang out at her house to watch the X-Files and chat about it instead of the clubbing. That lasted 2 or 3 seasons til we started getting married and having babies and no one had time anymore for X-Files night. I thought by now I'd seen all the early episodes, except for the pilot, but looking through the episode guide on SciFi.com, the first three (pilot, deep throat, and squeeze) look totally unfamiliar to me.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 7:09 pm
Well I enjoyed the movie! It was like a big, good episode. Nothing too spectacular, but almost comforting to see them back again. If I was new to the X-Files I don't know how much I'd have liked it, but as I love both Mulder and Scully I was happy. Wargod, Squeeze is one of the most memorable episodes ever, imo. You'll like it a lot.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 11:50 am
I caught the pilot this weekend and realized I've seen it at least a 1/2 dozen times. I think I could quote dialogue from Mulder and Scully's first meeting. And Squeeze is one of my favorite, creepy episodes too!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, July 28, 2008 - 12:00 pm
I love the creepy episodes, now I can't wait to see it!
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:20 am
I loved the X-Files (and that says a lot, cuz I watch very few dramas and am not big into sci fi) the last movie I agree was okay... I'll def see this one, not sure when
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Iheartkaysar
Member
08-16-2005
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 5:44 pm
Just came back from the movie. I loved seeing Mulder and Scully again; the actors did an excellent job of recreating those characters-- a bit older and changed, but in a natural way (if that makes sense). I must say, both Duchovny and Anderson are "aging" well. Their relationship is different than what I expected, but still in character. The plot was kind of wandering, probably one of the weakest scripts in that sense, but the atmosphere, characters and feeling were beautifully X-filish! A couple of funny moments (one involving a picture of George Bush)too. Overall, I say it was worth the money. Though I'll have forgotten most of the storyline by tomorrow, I feel like I've just visited old friends. And,because of the movie, I purchased ALL NINE SEASONS on DVD, so I have that to look forward to. I'm halfway through season one (including Squeeze, one of the greatest episodes ever). One of my all time favourite series.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 5:48 pm
We decided to put it on our netflix list, but believe it or not the first disc of season one is on a long wait, so lots of other people must have done the same. I love how you say it was like visiting old friends, that was exactly it.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:10 pm
Yes, it was like visiting old friends. I hope when they tally the success of this film, they include all the resulting DVD sales of the series. I think many of us are now wanting to revisit all those great old episodes!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 5:51 pm
My s.o. thought the movie fell apart in the second half but for me, it was decent. I was so nervous that it would just be awful that "decent" is a major relief. I think the movie would have been stronger and more profound if they had focused more on the priest's storyline but I still appreciate that they really tried to address some not-so-easy questions about faith and forgiveness. On the other hand, the gruesome, terrifying crimes the FBI were investigating were just mostly "ick" to me (although I suppose unsettling parallels could be drawn between them and Scully's patient's case given that both were types of medical experimentation). I also kinda liked they they went "small" with this film instead of epic. For all the X-Files freakiness, it seemed very human. David Duchovny hasn't lost a beat. From his very first line, he was Mulder, again. (Although when he had that beard and moustache he kept reminding me of John Ritter). Gillian Anderson had the more difficult role and I found her quite moving if a bit frustrating at times. And Billy Connolly gave a very nuanced performance - as unsettling as it may be, his character reminds us that good and evil can be found in all of us. And even monsters may despair over their sins. Glad to see Skinner again, too. Now I hope the movie does do well enough that they go ahead and make the proposed third film about the 2012 prophecy.
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Friday, August 01, 2008 - 10:41 pm
excellent review Calamity. thanks everyone!!
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 8:54 am
One of the things I remember most about the X files was beating my son to the punch. He was already married and gone from home at that time. He is and has always been a huge fantasy and science fiction fan. He was always the one who found the new shows and books. I saw a couple of episodes and happened to mention them to him. He fell in love with the show and became a devoted fan.
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