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Duchovny Says X-Files Sequel in Works
Wolverine Inspector writes "According to The Sun Newspaper Online's exclusive interview with David Duchovny, "he and the shows creator Chris Carter are planning on making a sequel to their 1998 movie." and "Were hoping to get together just under a year from now and make another X Files movie.". Chris Carter, the creater of 'The X Files' is working with Frank Spotnitz who wrote for the series. They say that they would like the movie to be released summer 2006."
Will Gillian Anderson be in it?!
If it wasn't for C, we would be stuck using BASI, PASAL and OBOL.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to ask Gillian Anderson to see if she's interested first?
Isn't it amusing that Duchovny wanted so badly to stop doing the X-Files, but after a few years without any Hollywood success he's eager to produce another movie in the series, rather than evolve as an actor? Are they all just looking for some quick money from investors for a film that may very well do as poorly as the original did?
can they actually create something great enough to lure back all of the fans who are still aching with the memory of how unadulteratedly AWFUL the X Files became in the last few seasons once Fox wrested control of the show away from Carter and everybody who made the show good or interesting had quit...
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I think that it's going to be tough to make any sort of effective movie, especially consdiering the ridiculous "super-soldier" motif we were left with, the complete lack of Mulder during the last seasons, the killing off of such key characters as Cancer man and the Lone Gunmen (easily some of the best side characters of any show, ever), and the commercial flop the last movie had. I mean, I wish Duchovny and Carter luck, and lord knows every nerd worth his salt enjoys looking at Gillian Anderson, but I just don't think this is going to work. --Sparks
If the answer is yes, if they can really write a fresh, quality story that is neither "standard formula" or a cut-and-paste of bits from series stories, then it could be good. The show had far more potential than it ever actually used. Fair enough - a lot of the time they managed to keep the stories good enough to keep a very respectable fan base going.
However, if they want to do a movie now, it has to be good. It has to be so good that it can sell on the story, not merely by the merchandise.
If it's not up to that kind of standard, then it will (at best) utterly destroy the value of the X-Files, because that's what people will remember. People remember sucky movies far more than they remember sucky episodes, and they remember both far better than the real classics.
If I were in the shoes of the director, I'd get the script editor from hell to make damn sure that the script is polished enough they could use it in a reflector telescope. I'd get the best cameramen on the planet, never mind the cost. And if it took a year to get perfect takes, I'd take the time.
I'd be a lousy director. Sure, if anything got finished, it would make LoTR look cheap. Problem is, the price tag would make the US national deficit look cheap, too. Half the cast would be dead of old-age before it hit the screen.
On the other hand, that's the kind of direction a director needs to be pointing in, if they're to make a classic, rather than a one-day wonder. A work of art isn't about who remembers it by lunchtime. It's about staying power.
The X-Files has been off the screen for so long that only something with real staying power will draw an audience. Star Trek worked because there were enough re-runs and a strong enough fan-base that a decade or two didn't matter. The X-Files simply isn't in that league. It could be, if they do the film right, but it isn't for right now.
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Amen.
The alien invasion arc was interesting and all, but sort of heavy-handed when you get down to it. Some of the best episodes were the self-contained ones, IMHO, especially in the later seasons.
Frank Spotnitz is slated to co-write with Carter, though I wouldn't mind it if Darin Morgan or Vince Gilligan were the co-writers.
Je Souhaite and Fight Club, two episodes from Season 7, were on late last night on US cable TV (TNT). Not having seen these since their first run, I was impressed at the dark humor, a quality sadly lacking in broadcast television (though cable has it in spades -- Nip/Tuck, Six Feet Under). Again, these were stand-alone episodes, unrelated to the Invasion story arc.
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CSI is your idea of intelligent drama?
As a biochemist, I feel obliged to inform you that it is not. It has as many fallacies, Hollywoodisms and just plain bad science in it as anything you'll see from Vin Diesel or Tom Cruise.
It is dumbed down already, and apparently only has high school drop-outs approving the "science" involved. It is just so wrong it is unbelievable. You know how wrong Swordfish was about computers and hacking? That's how wrong CSI usually is about forensics, biochemistry, physics, the law, police enforcement and the like.
According to this interview with David Duchovny, it sounds like they want to do a "Monster of the Week" movie rather than something based on the mythology story arch (ie. aliens + government conspiracy). I'm glad to hear that, because despite the fact that I'm an X-Files fan I found that the mythology episodes got old in a hurry.
Let's hope they shoot it in Vancouver, because California doen't have that authentic spooky feel that the X-Files used so well in its first few seasons.
Cloning fixes everything.
...because I think the old government conspiracy format wouldn't work today. One of the reasons that the X-Files thrived in the pre-911 era, IMHO, is that we USians had no constant enemy threat, so we started to look within for our boogeymen, and we found black helicopters over Waco. It was the perfect time for the X-Files secret government conspiracy plotlines.
I just don't think they'd work well in today's climate. 911 changed too much, and whether or not you support the Iraq war, nobody questions whether we have real terrorist enemies out there somewhere that want to kill us on a grand scale. After 911, even George Freakin' Carlin said he was willing to live with the US Government if it meant getting Osama and the gang. Unless you're an absolute government hating tin-foil type, the "alien-govt-conspiracy" plotline just wouldn't resonate with most US viewers anymore.
Of course, it'd be a smash hit on Slashdot.
I always liked the supernatural-monster episodes better anyway...the werewolf, the leech man,and Bruce Campbell's Demon episode. The Vampire episode was kind of dissapointing, though. So I'm glad that, in David's words, "It has to do with supernatural stuff".
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