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.

Comments

Gee, Thanks

[ucblockhead]

Thanks for ruining it for us west coasters.

Idjits.

Hmm..

[glwtta]

I for one don't watch the show anymore, and did find this interesting. However I am sure that all those who haven't seen it yet (ever hear of time zones?) will really appreciate this "news item" ;)

Spoilers BELOW the intro text!

[Louis_Wu]

Spoiler warning!!

Oops, couldn't be bothered.

If I were watching these last episodes as they came out (instead of taping for viewing in a month or two) I would be TICKED OFF that one of the most popular sci-fi series had a major plot point published on Slashdot before it's seen by all of the continental US. (As it is, I'm only watching the rest of the series out of loyalty to the original 7 years I loved the show.)

Yup, that story was posted at 8:20 pm Pacific Daylight Time, 40 minutes before X-files starts.

Before I can see the episode in Seattle (major /. hangout, I believe), the death of some major characters is put on the front page.

Sheesh, it should have been in the [Read More] section with a spoiler warning. Publish it, but give me a chance to experience it first.

Re:Spoiler Warning??

[Fourier]

Amen. Chalk up another "this sucks" vote from a diehard TiVo user. Next time, give us *at least* 24 hours, preferably with a spoiler warning.

Bah. Good thing X-Files mostly sucks these days. If this happened somewhere in the first five seasons, I would have been *really* pissed.

In other news (SPOILERS)

[Anonymous Coward]

• The chick in The Crying Game is a guy.
• The guy in The Sixth Sense is dead.
• Verbal Kint is Keyser Soze.
• Snape is good and Quirrell is bad.
• Cheradenine Zakalwe is the chairmaker.
• Ender destroys the Bugger home planet for real.
• Darth is Luke's father.
• Leia is Luke's sister.
• In Final Fantasy 6... oh, why bother
• Rosebud was the dude's sled
• The ending of 2001 makes no fucking sense
• The last twenty minutes of Brazil are actually the dude hallucinating in captivity.
• The killer in Psycho is the hotel guy, and his mother is a corpse.
• In Swimming With Sharks, the Kevin Spacey gets that other dude to kill his girlfriend
• In that Twilight zone episode where you can't see their faces, they're all horribly disfigured except the patients.

Some of us tape!!!!

[Picass0]

Thanks, asswipes! I taped the show for later. I didn't think checking /. before going to sleep was going to ruin the ending.

Jon Katz is an asshole.