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The Lone Gunmen Are Dead
Mike Perry (And many,many others) writes: "In an astounding move after the cancellation of the show, Chris Carter killed
off the Lone Gunmen in tonight's episode of the X-Files. After a short
introduction that re-introduced the group as trying to save "a world that isn't too kind
to idealists," the episode progressed until the Gunmen realized their destiny
with Langley's quotes about Joey Ramone, and then Byer's quote "We never gave
up, and we never will. In the end, if that's all they can say about us, it'll
do." The episode then built to an ending where the Gunmen group gave their
lives to thwart a bio-terrorist financed by a business tycoon.I don't know about you guys, but back in the prime of the X-Files, these guys
were as close a role model as I could find on television as a kid. I was
deeply disappointed with the cancellation of the show (sure the pilot sucked,
but the next few episodes were good). I feel glad that these characters were
allowed to retire with dignity before the end of the show."
CD: Oops, sorry about the spoiler, when I scheduled the post I miscalculated the timing. I know, I'm evil. I promise I won't ruin the next 4 episodes or however many they have left.
I'm also going to join in and state that this was the stupidest thing /. has done in awhile. X Files isn't airing for another goddamn half an hour and you blow it right there in the headline.
And furthermore, tell Jon Katz that it's "spoiler warning" not "spoilage" and stop having him mention the evils of Time Warner AOL when he sold the rights to your story to New Line Films - owned by them.
In fact, slashdot's entire cultural coverge is pretty weak and needs an overhaul.
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I liked the Loan Gunmen (Fox didn't give it a chance, what was it 4 or 5 episodes). The episode was very good, up until they got killed. I would liked to have seen them save the world, get new funding, live to fight another day, and continueing with saving the world. Mulder didn't even show up for the furneral!!!!
With X-Files ending, EFC sucking, no order for Futurama, Stargate with only 1 season left (and Daniel done), Andromeda geting worse, Invisiable Man cancled (my favorite), Lexx cancled (it's a good laugh), 7 Days gone, Specail Unit 2 gone.......sci-fi fans have had a really really bad year or so.
The only bright spot is that Enterprise is getting better.
heath
What in the world?!?!?!
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First, I hadn't watched it yet. I taped it tonight, as I won't actually have time to watch it until tomorrow. So, the spoilage, well, at least lessens the sting, though I was shocked to see the headline on
I loved Byars. We had a group at college that got together and watched the Files on a semi-regular basis (our peak was the summer of '99 - everybody would come back from work, we were living in a dorm, and we'd all go down to the tv room and pop in an x-files tape, and watch classic episodes), and each of us was labeled with the person that he most resembled. (actually, we did have one girl who was kind of in the group, and she had red hair, so she became Scully.) I was Byars. I could really identify with him - had pretty much the same personality. Mulder was flamboyant, Langley was a hippie freak, Frohike was a dirty old man, but Byars was just a nice, calm guy.
Stinks that they're dead. At least, I presume, they went out in something of a blaze of glory and died for a good cause. It's not like they'll be making more X-Files without them For that matter, it's a good thing they won't be making any more X-Files. I personally think they should have cut the show off after season 7, and permanently left everybody wondering what exactly Scully was pregnant with (and by whom, and all that).
Poorly written, filled with chese, complete lack of pacing, the deaths of those characters for the SOLE PURPOSE of ending the fan mail campaign asking to brink back "The Long Gunman" spinoff, and plot holes you could shoot a Kennedy through... The more I watch, the more I think that the writers have begun to really hate and resent this show, so they want to make damn sure that when they end it, it stays ended. Like, piss off and disgust your fans enough right at the end that not a single person will care enough to write a letter asking for more. Either that, or the guys at FOX have finally decided that it's time to retire, so they are trying thier best to get dumped out on the street. Bye bye X-Files, bye bye Futurama... bye bye FOX!
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
We know, Chris, and really, everyone's just complaining because we like to whine and complain. That's all. If we could think of something intelligent to post, we would. But we can't. There's regularly 4-500 posts to every /. article, with 80% of those being recycled junk or trolls. We want to be smart, and contribute, but we can't. We're stupid. But we wanna post anyway. This isn't the old Slashdot anymore. Look at the Philip K. Dick Question on the sidebar. Cowboy Neal's way ahead again, since nobody here reads that stuff. We don't read fiction at all anymore. We surf the net, download MP3's and pr0n, and watch tv. We don't care about Sci-Fi anymore. We don't care about government corruption, media manipulation, Microsoft bullying the little guys, whatever. Slashdot has been overrun by the unwashed masses. It's not geeks or nerds who read this site, at least geeks or nerds who actually CARE about tech (what percentage of readers are on Windows and IE coming here again?) but only argumentative goofs like me who like to be outraged at the government and Microsoft or whatever when you tell us to be, but are unable to understand it fully or do anything about it if we did. We don't *really* care. But we like to have loud angry opinions. So we rant. That's what this whole thing is. It's just that you're the target today. Usually it's Katz, since he actually tries to post important stuff. Don't do that. You can't make us intelligent. You can't make us care. We don't care about anything but ourselves. Don't worry about it, C. You screwed up, and the losers are jumping on you like rabid hyenas who smell blood. That's the human race for ya. Slashdot is now 0wn3d by the LCD gang - Lowest Common Denominator. The stupid. The ugly. The impotent. The lazy whiners and complainers who are against the GPL even though they don't understand it or what it does for them. The losers who can't code to save their lives. The verbal diarrhea authors who can't construct a decent sentence, and swear in every sentence they DO construct properly. I personally don't know why any of you guys waste your time here. You're killing any chance open-source (or Free Software for those who still care) ever has by monopolizing the time of the few GNU coders there are out there with this meaningless drivel, reducing them to /. addicted news porn fiends. Slashdot's doing more for Bill Gates than George W. Bush and his "open wallet, closed mouth" policy.
Zooberman
I must be a sappy chick. I actually shed a tear for 'em. hehe
Tempted to light a candle for my favorite geek characters on tv...
But guys, this means they won't be in the movies... *sob* I'm gonna go ice cream myself into a coma.
-=Nightasha
get a clue you dumb fuck ... if you are gonna spend your time telling people that whatever they find interesting is wrong or makes them a loser
I didn't say anything was wrong, only that obsessing over it to the point of anger that it was "spoiled" is. It's not real life, it's a TV show. This is not real life, it's Slashdot. If you take some dumb fuck's worthless loser opinion so seriously you need to respond with angry remarks, you need to find a new anti-drug. I laughed when I read your post, because it isn't about me; it's about some handle's post to a website about a fictional character on television. I couldn't take it personally, so I found it humorous. You'll find life is a lot happier when you stop taking things that don't matter so seriously, which is the point of my original joke, and the point of this post.
Stop crying that the X-Files was spoiled for you...any normal person would shrug it off and watch anyway, content with watching their favorite show. The need for surprise and following along like you're really there is an extension of detached reality. Watch it and enjoy it as a television show, no one said anything was wrong with that, but if you get that angry when the pictures on the screen aren't around anymore, it's time to find a new *hobby*.