1924 Signatures - Sign the petition for more X Files movies!!!
I was having a quick ramble through YouTube and I found these too videos highlighting the petition.
Thanks to those for spreading the word.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
X FILES 3, STRAIGHT TO DVD?
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Rumors are circulating that an X Files 3 might well be on the cards, but it would be straight to DVD.
My whole intention with this blog is to see the X Files back on the big screen, regardless of budget size, and not straight to DVD. I think Mulder and Scully have a lot of potential on the big screen.
So I am happy to see that Frank Spotnitz, the producer of 'I Want To Believe' debunking this rumor on his blog.
Rumors are circulating that an X Files 3 might well be on the cards, but it would be straight to DVD.
My whole intention with this blog is to see the X Files back on the big screen, regardless of budget size, and not straight to DVD. I think Mulder and Scully have a lot of potential on the big screen.
So I am happy to see that Frank Spotnitz, the producer of 'I Want To Believe' debunking this rumor on his blog.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
NUMBERS AND FREEBIES
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I see I Want To Believe is up to $51´000´000 on a $30´000´000 budget. Not bad. Imagine the potential with proper marketing and a better release date.
Otherwise, I was tipped off to this the other day. It´s pretty scandelous if you ask me.
Whats more, whats person would rather watch a movie this way, than on DVD or in the cinema?
Its a crazy crazy world.
I see I Want To Believe is up to $51´000´000 on a $30´000´000 budget. Not bad. Imagine the potential with proper marketing and a better release date.
Otherwise, I was tipped off to this the other day. It´s pretty scandelous if you ask me.
Whats more, whats person would rather watch a movie this way, than on DVD or in the cinema?
Its a crazy crazy world.
Friday, August 8, 2008
IRISH INTERVIEWS
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I can't believe people didn't like the Simpsons, X Files crossover idea. Don't you even think it would work as a stand alone affair? I think it would be great.
Anyway, here's a couple of very good interviews with the X Files crew from a new movie website in my hometown of Dublin, Ireland.
Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
David Duchovny
I can't believe people didn't like the Simpsons, X Files crossover idea. Don't you even think it would work as a stand alone affair? I think it would be great.
Anyway, here's a couple of very good interviews with the X Files crew from a new movie website in my hometown of Dublin, Ireland.
Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
David Duchovny
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
BEST IDEA EVER
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From IMDB news today. This is a great idea...
The X-Files star David Duchovny has long campaigned for writers of the hit show to create an episode featuring animated characters from The Simpsons.
The actor and his co-star Gillian Anderson loaned their voices to the cartoon series for an X-Files-themed guest appearance in 1997.
And Duchovny is convinced that writers on the sci-fi show should have reciprocated and given the Simpson family a cameo role.
He says, "The Simpsons should have come on our show. I had an idea around the seventh or eighth year and thought we should try a (1988 movie) Roger Rabbit-style episode, where they crossed real folk and animation.
"We could do Homer comes to the FBI and deals with cartoon characters. I still feel it's a good idea."
What do you think?
From IMDB news today. This is a great idea...
The X-Files star David Duchovny has long campaigned for writers of the hit show to create an episode featuring animated characters from The Simpsons.
The actor and his co-star Gillian Anderson loaned their voices to the cartoon series for an X-Files-themed guest appearance in 1997.
And Duchovny is convinced that writers on the sci-fi show should have reciprocated and given the Simpson family a cameo role.
He says, "The Simpsons should have come on our show. I had an idea around the seventh or eighth year and thought we should try a (1988 movie) Roger Rabbit-style episode, where they crossed real folk and animation.
"We could do Homer comes to the FBI and deals with cartoon characters. I still feel it's a good idea."
What do you think?
Monday, August 4, 2008
BETWEEN THE LINES
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David Cox in the UKs Guardian newspaper has written this excellent piece about 'I Want To Believe'. Read on...
Why the new X-Files film is the most convincing Christian propaganda in years.
The new X-Files spin-off isn't just a failed attempt to revive a dated franchise. It's a brilliant and compelling tract for our times...
David Cox in the UKs Guardian newspaper has written this excellent piece about 'I Want To Believe'. Read on...
Why the new X-Files film is the most convincing Christian propaganda in years.
The new X-Files spin-off isn't just a failed attempt to revive a dated franchise. It's a brilliant and compelling tract for our times...
Sunday, August 3, 2008
NUMBERS
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Just looking over the numbers, thats is the box office for ´I Want To Believe´, and it seems the film has broken even on its second weekend on release. That´s including US and international box office.
The film was made for $30 million, and has just hit that mark according to this website.
So I would presume it will turn over a tidy little profit in the end when DVD sales come into the equation.
If you consider with a glass-is-half-full perspective, that doesn´t seem too bad at all.
Another thing which I find interesting is how an awful lot of people still don´t even know about the film. I mentioned the film to a few people here in Germany who claim to be fans of the series and they didn´t even seem to know about the films existance.
Strange.
Just looking over the numbers, thats is the box office for ´I Want To Believe´, and it seems the film has broken even on its second weekend on release. That´s including US and international box office.
The film was made for $30 million, and has just hit that mark according to this website.
So I would presume it will turn over a tidy little profit in the end when DVD sales come into the equation.
If you consider with a glass-is-half-full perspective, that doesn´t seem too bad at all.
Another thing which I find interesting is how an awful lot of people still don´t even know about the film. I mentioned the film to a few people here in Germany who claim to be fans of the series and they didn´t even seem to know about the films existance.
Strange.
Friday, August 1, 2008
BACK TO BASICS
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To prove how un dorkish I am on this whole subject, I've noticed on the petition and various other blogs that people are talking about alien invasions in 2012? They think this would make good subject for another X Files movie.
First, I have no idea where this 2012 stuff is coming from. I didn't watch the last three seasons of the X Files, so if it came from there I wouldn't have a clue. Maybe somebody can enlighthen me as to whats that all about.
Secondly, I quite like the idea that the X Files avoids the alien jargon for a while. The only reason I would suggest bringing that back into the story is if they were going to begin all over again. Do people really need answers to the questions the series posed in the final years when lets be honest, many people turned off as the shows quality dipped dramatically?
I remember arguing with people when I was very young about the X Files. They were frustrated by the fact that the shows concluded open ended. That was the whole point of the show in those days. The show forced you to think, to use your imagination. It was one of the main reasons the show sparked the imagination of so many.
I see no reason why the X Files has to continue as a soap opera. Remember the first few series of the X Files, when it was in its prime? Each episode was stand alone. Aliens only made up about a quarter (or a third) of each series. It was precisely the fact that the series became soap opera-ish in latter years that so many were alienated (no pun intended.)
So while I don't want to go against the ultra fans who will be important in any future the X Files may have, I do wish they'd consider what made the X Files great in the early years.
Sorry for the rambling rambles:-)
To prove how un dorkish I am on this whole subject, I've noticed on the petition and various other blogs that people are talking about alien invasions in 2012? They think this would make good subject for another X Files movie.
First, I have no idea where this 2012 stuff is coming from. I didn't watch the last three seasons of the X Files, so if it came from there I wouldn't have a clue. Maybe somebody can enlighthen me as to whats that all about.
Secondly, I quite like the idea that the X Files avoids the alien jargon for a while. The only reason I would suggest bringing that back into the story is if they were going to begin all over again. Do people really need answers to the questions the series posed in the final years when lets be honest, many people turned off as the shows quality dipped dramatically?
I remember arguing with people when I was very young about the X Files. They were frustrated by the fact that the shows concluded open ended. That was the whole point of the show in those days. The show forced you to think, to use your imagination. It was one of the main reasons the show sparked the imagination of so many.
I see no reason why the X Files has to continue as a soap opera. Remember the first few series of the X Files, when it was in its prime? Each episode was stand alone. Aliens only made up about a quarter (or a third) of each series. It was precisely the fact that the series became soap opera-ish in latter years that so many were alienated (no pun intended.)
So while I don't want to go against the ultra fans who will be important in any future the X Files may have, I do wish they'd consider what made the X Files great in the early years.
Sorry for the rambling rambles:-)
ROGER EBERT REVIEW
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Thanks to all who have signed already. Again, if anybody has any interesting writings on the X Files that they would like published here, just drop me a line.
Here is a great review of 'I Want To Believe' by legendary film critic Roger Ebert...
The X-Files: I Want to Believe" arrives billed as a "stand-alone" film that requires no familiarity with the famous television series. So it is, leaving us to piece together the plot on our own. And when I say "piece together," trust me, that's exactly what I mean...
Thanks to all who have signed already. Again, if anybody has any interesting writings on the X Files that they would like published here, just drop me a line.
Here is a great review of 'I Want To Believe' by legendary film critic Roger Ebert...
The X-Files: I Want to Believe" arrives billed as a "stand-alone" film that requires no familiarity with the famous television series. So it is, leaving us to piece together the plot on our own. And when I say "piece together," trust me, that's exactly what I mean...
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