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X-Files Series Spinoff?
starvo writes "Seems like Chris Carter is weighing the possibilities of an X-Files series spinoff featuring The Lone Gunmen." Normally I'm not a huge fan of spinoffs, but there's enough going on with these guys that it could be a fun show. I doubt it will have the staying power of the original though... unless Gillian Anderson does regular cameos. Yum.
Wonder how much it would cost IBM or RedHat to buy that spot on a couple of these shows...
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Not completely related, but... I had the privilage of meeting Dean Haglund, one of the Lone Gunmen a few weeks ago, at a Fox party. (see obliglatory photo here). He mentioned to me that he had a website up where he talked about upcoming projects.... www.deanx.com doesn't mention anything about this, but I suppose he's not saying it's not true. :)
His e-mail appears to be broken right now, perhaps when it's fixed we can see if he has any comments...
It was pretty creepy - he worked in defence research, too, and had a number of PhDs in really weird, unrelated stuff - hypersonic aerodynamics, radar.
I don't really knwo why I'm shareing this, though....
The Sci Fi Wire, has an article about the fact that that FOX has given the green light for production of this spinoff, to quote the article "The show is envisioned as a light drama with humor and conspiracy themes. Carter reportedly plans to add a new character: a woman after whom the Gunmen lust." so just a tidbit follow the below to the full story.
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It's interesting how Fox, being Fox, feels the need to put in a "competing theorist in the form of a beautiful young woman". While I have absolutely nothing against beautiful women, I wish they'd put as much thought into creating a believable character as they do on their wardrobe. It seems that every science or science fiction-oriented show seems to have that beautiful, 23-year old nuclear physicist who doesn't act or sound like a scientist, who is put in just so she can be seduced by the male protagonist, the tough, working-class, cerebrally -challenged all-American guy.
Mr Showbiz had this too: http://mrshow biz.go.com/news/Todays_Stories/204/lonegunmen02040 0.html.
No flamebait meant, but why was this rejected when I suggested it some days ago?
Hey, go easy on the guy - he's just blue-skying; there's no need to stomp all over him.
Anyway, the only logical reason for wanting to see Linux on the X-Files is that it would be cool
Let's face it, 90% of x-philes don't watch the show for the special effects, the confusing and sometimes contradictory mytharc, or the spookiness factor (no inside joke intended).
We watch it for the Mulder/Scully interaction, the jokes, the character development, the morbid curiosity of watching a dysfunctional couple stumble through the steps of their relationship under extreme circumstances. The most irrelevant parts of the storyline (to the average x-phile) tend to be the ones that have least to do with the characters. Mulder and Scully are fully fleshed out, nuanced characters that long-time viewers identify with. It helps that the actors are both attractive, without being oversexed, and they can play their parts convincingly without being pompous or suffering from William Shatner Syndrome.
The reason I'm laying this out is that it would take an incredible amount of work to similarly flesh out the Lone Gunmen to evoke the same kind of viewer response. While they're a breath of fresh air whenever they appear on the X-Files, they are meant to play the foil, the comic relief, the supporting cast. I've watched the Lone Gunmen-centric episodes of the X-Files, and while they're enjoyable, frankly the best parts (read: most involving) are the ones where Scully or Mulder are included. While a select minority (especially the tech-oriented) would probably watch such a spin-off, the large majority of the X-Files fan base would probably lose interest.
Just my 2 cents.
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I submitted this, but it got rejected, so here it is in thread post form:
As bad or hypocritical as it is for me to bring this up in this forum, FOX has announced the X-Files (Season 1 so far) will be released on DVD in a full box set - 7 Discs with the entirety season 1 including the pilot. You can preorder your copy at DVDExpress for $90. Personally, I think it's quite a deal, but I dunno if I'm going to buy it with all this MPAA stuff going on...
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..I have to say I'm somewhat sceptical about this. IMHO the lone gunmen (along with CSM) are the best characters in X-files, but I think that has a lot to do with fact that they are shown very rarely. Give them their own show and they will probably run out of the "good stuff" pretty soon. When the lone gunmen have an appearence in the X-Files, you can always count on it being funny or weird, but I'm not sure that can carry a whole TV-Show.
Oh.. I wanna see the blake's 7 spinoff.. and I wonder when the Daleks get their own series...
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not enough room in there
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Germany's a bit behind in broadcasting the episodes (now near the end of the sixth season), so yesterday they aired an episode where Scully was working with the three guys in Las Vegas. That show /definitely/ was a lot of fun, even without Mulder. Maybe because Scully was on drugs...
However, I'm not sure if the writers can really come up with enough new story lines. On Anderson's contract, I don't think they can make her work on another show if she doesn't want to.
You see, this is exactly the kind of prejudiced nonsense that pisses me off about Slashdot. No wonder one gets the feeling that this place is nothing but a haven for quasi-geek conformist Linux lusers who keep shouting "open the code!" but who have never written a single line of code in their lives. *sigh*
I Am Not A Linux User (IANALU), and neither are many of the people on Slashdot. Stop thinking you rule the world: you don't.
This is very much like the situation with Americans on the Internet. They are always so sure that they run the entire world. That pisses me off as well.
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Yes, IMO the Lone Gunmen stink. They reinforce every bad stereotype about geeks/hackers. Socially inept, wacko conspiracy theorists, dangerous...etc.
I don't watch X-Files, but the times I've had to I've groaned whenever the Lone Gunmen appear.
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I was hoping that this would happen. Maybe Rob could swing a cameo or two. No, BS I was saying to my wife when I found out that this season would be the last that I hoped that they'd spin off a Lone Gunmen series and it now looks like I've gotten my wish.
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As I see it, the Lone Gunmen are primarily journalists, trying to get the word out, maybe get that big break that will let them spread the Truth to everyone. Maybe this female nemesis could be a reporter for a big-name news agency, and she keeps poaching their stories.
One problem they're going to have is that at first nobody wants to listen to them, and then when the story gets out, everybody watches it on CNN instead. So they're stuck on the bleeding edge of journalism, turning over rocks to find something interesting, and then trying to make themselves heard in the stampede.
Another difference between Mulder and the Lone Gunmen is that Mulder never gets a false lead, probably because anything that comes to his attention has already been filtered once through FBI investigators. It's always a real monster. The Lone Gunmen aren't going to have nearly as good a hit-to-miss ratio, because they're tracking down rumors and innuendo. But maybe they could come across something worth investigating while tracking a false lead, too...
Lastly, if the Lone Gunmen are Mulder's wild and out-there contacts, I wonder what their wierd friends are like...
Jon
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Ouch. While I really like Due South, I generally hate sci-fi television. For some *really* good Canadian television, check out The Newsroom, Twitch City, or Made in Canada. I'm even known to sit down and laugh my ass of at Butch Patterson ("Money troubles?" "Ah, nothing a video camera and some runaways can't fix.") or Kevin Spencer.
Fox is a MPAA member. I'll consider watching it AFTER the MPAA drops the DeCSS piriacy BS. Untill then I'm boycotting the Network, the movies, and anything else Fox owns.
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PC's, unless you expect them to hawk the product on the show: "Gee, Mulder, have you ever noticed that Red Hat Linux, which I am running on my laptop, performs much better than any Microsoft Windows platform
Perhaps a softer sell with the Lone Gunmen. Mulder or Scully having trouble with laptop. One or the LG gets out Laptop with Tux screensaver, instantly performs the needed task and comments, 'You wouldn't have these problems if you ran a real operating system!'.
I doubt it'd cause a sudden upset in the desktop marketshare, but it would be a nice 'in' joke for the Linux users out there (I'll bet that the proportion of Linux/Windows users who watch the X-files is higher than the general population).