I saw "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" today.

[Fox Mulder]

I liked it. It was everything I expected it to be. It was basically a two-hour long normal "monster of the week" X-Files episode. There was only four of us in the theater watching it (whereas The Dark Knight was filled to full capacity :eyes:).

It sucked that the movie tanked this weekend. I was hoping it'd do really well. :(

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Thanks for the review. It's not about the longer arc, about the alien invasion?

I didn't watch the last televised episodes so I don't know if that was resolved. Honestly, if it's not about the arc, I'm not too interested to do more than rent it...which might be a mistake as the X-Files, even at their worst, were still a lot of fun.

[Fox Mulder]

2. It didn't deal with the alien arc at all.

Just a "monster of the week" kinda thing going on in the movie. Hardcore X-Files fans will like it.

[TZ]

3. hmm

My friend lizerdbits loves the x-files and she told me she didn't like it much....:(

[Maddy McCall]

6. So there's no cigarette-smoking man in this one?

I, too, was resistant to see it, because of the alien thing...if you say it's a monster story, I'm getting in line for matinee tomorrow.

I love X-Files...stayed up all night last night watching the marathon on TBS.

:D

[Fox Mulder]

12. So did I.

And no, no CSM. :(

[Orrex]

40. I look forward to seeing it on DVD

I won't likely get to the theater, but I'm glad to hear that they went with the one-shot monster. That stupid alien arc went on way too long in the series, and there's no need to extend it even further.

Thanks for the review. I still haven't forgiven Billy Connoly for Timeline, but I'll choke down my disgust long enough to watch Scully and Mulder chase a monster once again.

[Kire]

45. the monster of the week episodes in the early years were the best (spoilers)

the sewer beast from chernobyl, the little kid whose dead twin kept killing everybody, the whole town that was an expirement, the jersey devil, "tooms", the one with Jim Rose circus, the "Chaco Chicken Corporation"

This movie tried to revive this, but (spoiler) when did Mulder and Scully become an item? It's weird. I thought the fact that Scully was more like a sister to him, had a lot more potential for original stories, especially since his own sister's abduction drove him to take the job in the first place.

It was awkward, I thought. Everybody was yelling at each other. I guess that happens when a main character is a pedophile priest, and I thought the gay marriage thing came out of nowhere, too. They could have at least explained that a little more. (Why was that guy in the garage in the first place when he got wounded? the rest of the story revolves around the fact that he's wounded. What were they looking for?

And stem cells! It seemed like the supernatural phenomenon took a back seat to those issues. The least they could have done (spoiler) is make that "special" dog a little more realistic with CGI or something.

[DarkTirade]

4. I really haven't seen much in the way of advertising for it. Which guarantees an early bomb.

Let's just hope it gets enough word of mouth and die-hard fans to keep it in the theaters long enough to at least do decently.

[Fox Mulder]

15. I think Fox deliberatly didn't advertise the movie.

They probably wanted it to bomb. They got their wish. x(

[DarkTirade]

18. They do it to their TV shows half the time, no surprise that they'd do it with a movie too.

[JTG of the PRB]

5. I was able to see it on opening night.

I liked it as well. It reminded me of a very good X-Files TV episode - and some of those truly great episodes are some of my favorite TV in the history of ever. I was a HUGE fan of The X-Files back in the day, and this movie reminded me just how much I love the show. As soon as I have some disposable income again, I'm going to start buying the seasons.

[Connonym]

9. My favorite episodes were always the really weird ones

Like the carny guy with an attached twin that ate people, or Jose Chung's An Alien, and I can't remember the name of the episode but the one with the insurance guy who could tell when and how people were going to die. I loved it when it was mixed with a little bit of goofiness.

[Maddy McCall]

10. "Humbug" and "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose."

Humbug = the one about the carnival town.

The Bruckman episode is the one in which Bruckman could see people's deaths--it's also the episode in which Dana got Queequeg.

[Connonym]

11. that's the dog that was eating its owner?

and the dog was later eaten by an alligator right?

[Maddy McCall]

26. That was the Quagmire Trilogy.

I think it was an alligator.

It was the lake-monster episode about Big Blue.

I was really sad when Queequeg died. :(

[Orrex]

41. You're thinking of two separate episodes

The Peter Boyle episode hinted at a small dog (Pomeranean?} eating its deceased owner, but that's not the dog that got gator-grabbed.

That was Scully's dog Queequeg, in a different episode.

[Connonym]

44. Yeah I guess I'm confused

because I thought Scully took the dog that belonged to Peter Boyle's neighbor. I know it wasn't in that episode that the dog got killed but I thought it was the same dog.

Ok, I looked at the X-Files Wiki and this is what they had to say about it:

"Queequeg was a pet Pomeranian dog belonging to FBI Special Agent Dana Scully. (TXF: "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"). She ate her old Owner in "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose")

Queequeg accompanied Mulder and Scully to Georgia to investigate mysterious deaths pertaining to the legendary Big Blue, and although it is not clearly shown in the episode, Queequeg may have been eaten by Big Blue or simply devoured by a large alligator after it ran off into the woods."

[Orrex]

46. Whoops! We're both right!!

Same dog in two different episodes?!? How did I forget that?

[soleft]

51. No, it's the same dog. Scully adopted the old lady's dog

who was Clyde Bruckman's neighbor. She then named it Queequeq, who was later eaten. I guess that's fitting.

[Orrex]

53. Yeah, Connonym figured it out already, so the joke's on me

Still, I was a little bit right in observing that they're two separate episodes...

[soleft]

56. Queegquag also appeared in the cockroach episode

I forget the name - the one where Mulder goes to a town overrun with roaches and in the end he and Scully get covered with exploding manure. In the beginning of the episode Scully is giving queegquag a bath.

[Fox Mulder]

23. Bruckman was mentioned in this movie.

:)

[Connonym]

28. I loved his character probably because I really loved the actor who played him

I can't think of his name off the top of my head but I think he died earlier this year. He was a regular on what used to be one of my favorite shows, Spenser for Hire.

[Fox Mulder]

29. Peter Boyle.

And he died at the end of '06, I believe. :(

[Maddy McCall]

52. Boyle at his best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH2nQHPs4aA

:D

[Fox Mulder]

13. It also reminded me of a very good X-Files tv episode.

I left the movie theater feeling like I got my money's worth. :)

[JTG of the PRB]

19. Same here!

I left with a good feeling, remembering why I loved The X-Files in the first place. This played like an extended episode, sure, but those monster-of-the-week episodes were some of the best and some of my favorites! This will be a movie I'll definitely want to own when it comes out!

[Fox Mulder]

20. Did you stay until after the credits?

I did. :)

[JTG of the PRB]

24. I did not. Was there something at the end I missed?!

My friends wanted to go, and I wasn't driving so I kind of had no choice.

[Fox Mulder]

30. After the credits (spoiler obviously)...

it showed Mulder rowing a boat in the ocean, and Scully was his passenger. They were both wearing bathing suits and rowing towards a tropical island, to escape the darkness.

[JTG of the PRB]

32. Curses!

I knew I shoulda stayed. :banghead:

[Frank Cannon]

39. Damn! Are you kidding me?

We debated sticking around but bailed in the middle of the credits!

[ikojo]

59. Maybe they are going to rescue the people from

Oceanic Flight 815.

[Frank Cannon]

38. My wife and I liked it a lot too

We weren't huge fans of the series, but we liked the first few seasons. This movie was very reminiscent of the "standalone" episodes from that time. It was very atmospheric, suspenseful, and thought-provoking. And of course, the acting was terrific, particularly by Gillian Anderson.

Two thumbs up from us. It's a shame that this movie wasn't better promoted. We didn't even know there was a new X-Files movie coming out until just a couple of weeks ago.

[elshiva]

7. I love you, Mr. Mulder.

:) :hug: When can we make love to Gillian Anderson?

[Connonym]

8. Probably not until after she's had her baby

She's on Letterman on Monday night. I think she's adorable and she's always very sassy during an interview.

[elshiva]

16. MILF

:) Love her so much. Hi, Connonym, you're classy. ;)

[Connonym]

22. AND I'm 42!!!

how cool is that? :smoke:

[elshiva]

25. That makes you the answer

to the meaning of life, the universe and everything. :cheers:

:smoke:

[Fox Mulder]

14. That's a good question.

:)

:hug:

[elshiva]

17. Well, as soon as she wants to have it...

We'll be there to satisfy her every need. :)

[Fox Mulder]

21. You know it.

:)

[elshiva]

27. Isn't she having your baby, Mr. Mulder?

:)

[Fox Mulder]

31. Not mine, no.

[stuntcat]

33. former fan fiction nerd here..

:blush:
I went so crazy I taped every single episode on FX. The 1st movie came out at the height of my X-Madness :P Anyway that was so long ago and a lot's changed.. but I hope to see the movie soon!

[Rhiannon12866]

34. That was my show, when I used to work with the networks.

So I have a particular fondness for it, since I wrote about it the whole time it was on FOX network and I saw the previous movie. I recognized your sn immediately when you joined DU, LOL. I haven't seen the latest movie yet, but I plan to. They're promoting it heavily, so I was hoping that it would do well, too. Maybe they just waited to long to make another one and people have forgotten...:shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

50. I don't know...

six years isn't that long. I didn't forget it (go figure). :shrug:

[Drunken Irishman]

35. I'm glad to see you liked your own work. ;)

[LeftyMom]

36. My mom and I are going this week.

We're waiting for matinee rates and an uncrowded theater, so we figured we'd skip the weekend.

[Fox Mulder]

47. I went to the Sunday matinee...

and my brother and I were the only two people in the theater for the first 15 minutes. Then two more people showed up. I couldn't believe how empty the theater was.

[lizerdbits]

37. I didn't like it much

I agree it was like one of the early monster episodes but after the entire run of the show I thought some government/alien conspiracies would have been a better idea. I was disappointed. Just my thoughts.

[Orrex]

42. Feh. You believe that aliens are behind everything anyway.

:evilgrin:

[Fox Mulder]

48. Apparently...

if this movie did well at the theaters, then the next movie would deal with the alien arc.

It doesn't look like there'll be a next movie. :grr: x( :cry:

[MedleyMisty]

43. I have to admit

I was a huge X-Files fan back in the day.

But now I'd much rather watch The Dark Knight for the sixth time. ;)

I don't know - the series didn't end on a good note, it's been a long time, and I want more than a MOTW in a X-Files movie. I want Cigarette Smoking Man.

[Fox Mulder]

49. Six times???

Damn. I never go see a movie in the theater more than once. It gets to be a bit expensive.

And, I don't know if you've ever seen the last episode of The X-Files, but Smoking Man will never be around again.

[Broken_Hero]

54. I'll probbly be seeing it this coming Sunday

since the movie been out, I've noticed a lot of stores pushing X Files seasons big time, so I've been catching up on past episodes. So far I'm in season 4...last episode I saw was this Jewish lady making mud golems to avenge her lovers death...

I've seen most of season 1, and 2...I swear I only missed perhaps...4 episodes per season, but since season 3 I'm seeing episodes I've never seen before, and its GREAT...I miss this series.

[sasquatch]

55. ((SPOILER ALERT))

How did you like the two headed attack dog?

[panhead1961]

57. We went Sunday afternoon

There were 10 people in there at 2:20. It was great, we didn't have to see it on the big screen but giving up the 16 bucks might help bring on another X-Files movie.

How great was the George Bush music moment.

Lots of laughs, lots of fun. Chris Carter is great

[tigereye]

58. I'd like to see it

I've been telling my 12 year old that he's probably at a good age to enjoy the X-files series now

[Swede]

60. I "liked monster of the week" episodes,way more than the conspiracy stuff.

Thanks for the review.

[crispini]

61. I just saw it!

I thought it was pretty good, as an old x-files fan. There were only three of us in the theater, haha. Oh well.