the new X-Files movie (spoiler)
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arguably the worst X-Files episode ever.
however, personally, i think it was brave of them to go the route they
did.
they still left open the possibility for another movie, but they did
so without pandering to their built-in fan-base. not a wise financial
move, but artistically brave.
like, for instance, no aliens.
and resolving the whole Scully/Mulder relationship was done very well.
without fanfare.
and the way they demonstrated Scully's transition from doing autopsies
to becoming a life-saving surgeon, also without fanfare.
it was more of a chick flick than anything else.
they concentrated on the hopeful positive message rather than the cash
register.
even so, they probably could have done a better job on the thing with
what they chose to do, but i'm not complaining.
maybe it's because, as usual, i stayed until the very end of the
credits and saw the last scene which most moviegoers probably missed.
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the complex vs. the simple
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/784486d529ae7e85
Pies de Arcilla
> the new X-Files movie (spoiler)
>
> arguably the worst X-Files episode ever.
>
> however, personally, i think it was brave of them to go the route they
> did.
>
> they still left open the possibility for another movie, but they did
> so without pandering to their built-in fan-base. not a wise financial
> move, but artistically brave.
>
> like, for instance, no aliens.
When I started watching the X-Files, back when it first was on TV,
what I liked about it was the sense that the world depicted was vast
and had many mysteries. Once they started relating everything as an
interrelated part of a conspiracy, that world contracted and became
very cramped and stifling, and I lost interest. Also, after a certain
point, being a skeptic in the way Scully was wasn't rational. I didn't
like her character any more. If she was going to remain a skeptic,
they needed to provide more of a basis for her skepticism.