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> X-Files is actually beginning to pull together again, with
> the new cast. They just need to stay away from the boring
> supersoldiers thread, which contributed nothing to the show
> but an excuse for Lucy Lawless running around nekkid. ;-)
Well, isn't that a good enough excuse? ;)
> The show actually had some decent episodes when they stayed
> away from the story arc. The show could have worked out with
> the new cast, if they had just gotten over the absence of
> Mulder, and told some more decent stories instead of trying
> to dangle Mulder in front of the audience. Mulder's back!
> Well, wait, no he's not... No he's back! No... Then again,
> that's basically the same way the show has always treated
> resolutions to the various plot threads, piling conspiracy on
> top of conspiracy until the whole pile of crap toppled over.
As soon as Mulder left, I decided I wasn't interested anymore. Not that
I'd been watching all that much, actually, but that was the final straw
for me.
> SPOILERS FOR LAST NIGHT'S LONE GUNM... UH... X-FILES EPISODE:
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> In a Wrath of Khan scene, all three of the Lone Gunmen died,
> sacrificing themselves to contain a terrorist bioweapon that
> would have killed thousands. At the end, that left Jimmy and
> Yves to carry on the fight. I'm guessing the Gunmen will not
> be in any more X-Files movies... Unless of course their
> deaths were all part of a larger conspiracy... <groan>
You mean they killed JOHN? They killed JOHN? JOHN IS DEAD?
THOSE BASTARDS!
Now I'm *really* glad I didn't watch it -- that was the *last* thing I'd
have needed last night, to see John die.
Damn.
Julia
