Chris is going to pee himself over The X-Files

xfiles_teaserposter_thumb.jpgThe movie poster for The X-Files sequel has finally been released, and brought to us courtesy of DanM. In light of this, I've decided to gather all the info we have so far and put it into one place, including some brand new, and quite frankly INCREDIBLY disappointing info on the film. Click if the pic to get the skinny. 

BREAKING NEWS! - The X-Files sequel finally has a name: The X-Files: I Want To Believe. More inside!

First of all, here's the teaser poster. Its a perfectly cromulent poster; click to embiggen:

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Now for more info. Two days ago DanM emailed me two press releases which I think will be of great interest to you all. Mark posted one of these himself, but I've removed his post in order to give DanM credit for getting it here first. Sorry, Mark. Thanks to both of you guys for the heads up. Here are the releases, courtesy of SciFi.com:

Carter Offers X-Files Spoiler

Chris Carter, who co-wrote and directed the upcoming X-Files sequel film, offered fans a few tantalizing spoilers for the movie, while his writing partner, Frank Spotnitz, said it would remain true to the show's mythology even though it is a stand-alone story.

In a panel at the William S. Paley Television Festival in Hollywood on March 26, Carter told fans that they will learn bit about what happened to William, the baby of Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson), who was given up for adoption in the show's ninth and final season. "It will not go unconsidered in the movie," Carter said.

Carter also revealed why the sequel still does not have a title. "I can't tell you [what it is]," Carter said in response to a question. "Because I don't know, really. I know what I want it to be, but Fox has ideas of their own. And I know what it should be."

Spotnitz said that the movie will pick up the story of Mulder and Scully six years after the events in the show's finale, which aired in 2002. "In the movie, we wanted it to work for non-fans as well as fans," Spotnitz said. "But we were determined for the fans to honor all the work that these guys did on the series and all the love that people had for the show over the years. And so I think you'll see that, while this not a mythology movie, it's true to everything that's come before. It's true to Mulder and Scully, who they are, where they would be at this point in their lives and all of the experiences that they've had."

Neither Carter nor Spotnitz would offer many details about the sequel's storyline. But Carter admitted it derives some its story from the idea the duo had for a sequel movie to be shot immediately after the series ended.

"It's the story we wanted to do," Carter said, adding: "We went to the length of working out the story [in 2002]. And then there was this lawsuit that got in the way. And years went by. … [Finally,] I got a call from my lawyers: 'The lawsuit's been resolved.' 'Great!' And then the phone is ringing. Fox is like, 'Let's make a movie!' 'Great!'"

That was last year. When Carter went to Spotnitz to find the index cards with the original sequel story idea, they had disappeared, Carter said. "And it was the best thing that could have happened," he said. "Because I think that the story that we came up with now, the movie we just did, is superior to the story that we had. And it made us work harder."

Carter said that the production wrapped principal photography on the sequel about 10 days ago in Vancouver, Canada. The movie opens July 25.

Carter also revealed that he has mulled a movie based on his other TV series, Millennium, which starred Lance Henriksen. "We've talked about that over the years," he said. "Lance would love to do it. I don't know if it would ever get done. It's a long shot. It would be fun. I have ideas about how to do it."

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"What else did they say?" 

X-Files Trailer Previewed

Chris Carter, who co-wrote and directed the upcoming X-Files sequel film, offered fans a glimpse at a rough cut of the trailer for the movie, which featured the new tagline "Believe Again."

Screened at the William S. Paley Television festival in Hollywood on March 26, the trailer featured a bit of dialogue between Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson):

Mulder: "Scully. I need you on this with me."

Scully: "I know. That's what scares me."

It featured quick cuts of footage of uniformed men searching a snowfield, led by a white-haired man played by Billy Connolly; someone dragging a body; Mulder in a car being hit by another vehicle; a glimpse of cast member Callum Keith Rennie; Scully hitting someone over the head with a blunt object; the discovery of a body buried in ice; and other images, some of which were also previewed at WonderCon in San Francisco last month.

The trailer ends with a voiceover bit of dialogue between Connolly's character and Mulder as viewers see an image of Mulder and Scully climbing out of a helicopter:

Connolly's voice: "Do you believe in these kind of things?"

Mulder's voice: "Let's just say I want to believe."

The finished trailer will debut in movie theaters along with Iron Man on May 2, a Fox spokesman told SCI FI Wire. The second as-yet-untitled X-Files movie opens July 25

So there's a bunch of good news for us X-philes. Now for the bad news.

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According to Xzibit's blog, which is surprisingly interesting and not at all what you would expect from someone who has made a gangbanger public image for himself, his character will not only be musically inclined but - and I can't believe I'm about to fucking type this - will "drop some beats to bring it back to the street." Yeah, you read that right, Xzibit will actually PERFORM ON SCREEN AS PART OF THE STORY. I'm going to repeat that in case the apocalypse level suckiness of this news didn't get to you the first time. Xzibit is going to fucking rap in The fucking X-Files. On screen. As part of the GOD DAMNED MOTHERFUCKING STORY.

What the fuck is that!? I know Mrs. X had posted her concerns about how Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz were taking this in directions not seen in the show in order to draw in new viewers, but this is fucking retarded. I never would have thought they'd pull something like this. This is a Jar-Jar Binks, Greedo-shoots-first level of idiocy. How can this possibly be justified in the context of his role as a Special Agent of the FBI? There's just no fucking way. This is complete horseshit. I could totally accept it if he had a song playing as part of the soundtrack, or even featured over the end credits. I wouldn't necessarily be happy with it, but I could deal with it. But as part of his god damned dialogue? I'm sorry, but that's unacceptable. That's just complete shit.

I'm not saying I'm writing the movie off or anything. This is actually the first negative info I've heard about it. The X-Files has always had its share of goofiness, and some episodes were pretty much paranormal comedies. I'm not saying it can't work, and any movie with both Gillian Anderson and Amanda Peet in it is going to get my ticket money. I'm just praying that somebody comes to their fucking senses and this ends up on the cutting room floor. More updates tomorrow as time allows.

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54 Responses to “Chris is going to pee himself over The X-Files

  1. Mrs.X Says:

    Well after all of the stuff that I’ve read, call sheets, interviews, press releases, press conferences, Wondercon stuff etc I will say the x-phile in me wants to like it, but the shipper in me has doubts. I hadn’t heard about the rap stuff, I’m not even sure what to say about it.

    I guess since the show ended I feel like the only people who have kept it alive are those of us on the internet still discussing it, still writing fanfic etc. And I will say that most of those people are shippers, while I understand you want to bring new fans in to sell more DVD’s of the show I don’t understand why you would want to potentially alienate the fans that have kept the show going on various fansites on the internet for all these years. I feel like this is why there is able to be a new movie now because we have kept it alive on the internet and there has always been an expressed interest from the hard core fans for a second movie.

    That being said I will be first in line to see this just like I was with fight the future in 1998, however I’m going into a bit more reserved than I was back then. I guess I’ve just seen too many characters and stories that I love fucked up by Hollywood over the years and I don’t want Mulder and Scully to be one more causality.

  2. Chris Says:

    You know when an April Fool’s joke is funny? When people participate. When it actually fools someone. When someone acknowledges it. When it gets any kind of god damn response at all.

    There is no news of a rap scene in The X-Files. I made it up. It was supposed to get people talking, make them laugh, get them fired up, anything. But instead I got nothing. So, fuck it. There was no big laugh, no payoff to this prank, nothing. Not even from the person who requested that I make a separate X-Files page just for this movie. NOTHING. So just fucking forget it. Thanks for nothing, guys.

    Since Mrs. X was the only person who bothered to even respond to this article, she gets a prize. I don’t know what it’ll be yet. First off, there’s some downloadable content only for her. Mrs. X, click HERE to get it. This is for Mrs. X, and Mrs. X ONLY. I catch anyone else downloading this, and I’ll fucking ban your IP, URL, and user name, permanently. If you don’t want to participate in this site, I’ll make god damn good and sure you can’t participate.

  3. Mrs. X Says:

    That was a great prize, quality download. I will say I’m glad that the rap thing was an April Fool’s joke, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there actually was some in there.

    I tell you what I always get punked by good April Fool’s jokes. Way back in 1996 Taco Bell took out an ad in USA Today about how they bought the Liberty Bell and that it would now be called the Taco Bell Liberty Bell or something like that. I must have gone on for about 30mins. about how wrong it was blah blah blah until Mr. X told me it was an April Fool’s joke.

  4. DanM Says:

    The way Hollywood fucks things up these days, I didn’t doubt your story for an instant. Sorry.
    I wonder if he’s going to pimp Mulder and Scully’s rides though.

  5. Chris Says:

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    More footage of what may be the “monster of the week” in this movie. Not too bad if its not fake.

  6. Mrs.X Says:

    Most people are still subscribed to the werewolf theory

  7. Friday Night Videos Says:

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    HIDDEN!
    Title: “Red Right Hand”
    Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
    Album: Songs In The Key Of X: Music From And Inspired By The X-Files, 1996

    Heard in “Ascension,” the sixth episode in The X-Files second season.
    HIDDEN!

  8. Chris Says:

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    Time to fess up.

    April Fools week is over, and here’s the deal. I posted this article on April 1st late in the day on purpose so that not many people would have ample time to respond, which would give me an excuse to act all pissed off. I was never really mad. I just needed an excuse to post a link that no one else was supposed to open, and Mrs. X’s comment gave me the perfect chance.

    Not only was I was never pissed, but there was no “Mrs. X ONLY” downloadable content. The link doesn’t go to anything that you can actually download. Even if it did, I couldn’t possibly catch anyone else downloading anything, nor could I track that sort of behavior if I had to (I don’t think). I’m not in the habit of banning IPs, URLs, user names, or anything else - in the three years we’ve been operating, I’ve only ever had to ban one person, and that was due to repeated instances of abusing this site.

    I just said all that to make it seem like I was REALLY interested in guarding that “download” link. I was trying to make it mysterious and enticing, because I wanted you to click it. I wanted to rickroll some bitches for April Fools Day. There’s my confession. Now it’s your turn.

    Fess up.

    Who did I get? Who clicked it and got rickroll’d? Who got rickroll’d by the “download” link, who got rickroll’d by the Xzibit blog link, and who got rickroll’d by the fake “monster of the week” comment? Come on, people. I can’t track it, so we’re on the honor system here. I fucking KNOW I must have got somebody. Who were my April Fools this year?

  9. Dan M Says:

    No 5 is alive!

    Short Circuit Is Alive

    Dimension Films has acquired remake rights to the 1986 SF comedy film Short Circuit, about Number 5, a military robot that develops a conscience and personality after being hit by lightning, Variety reported.

    S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock, who created the characters and wrote both Short Circuit films, have been hired to write the remake. David Foster and Ryan E. Heppe will produce with John Hyde.

    The deal was made by Dimension co-chairman Bob Weinstein, who called Short Circuit a worthy addition to its family film slate.

  10. DanM Says:

    Transformers news:

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    Click the pic for the full article.

    “First, the Decepticons will be getting some new help in the form of Constructicons. In the cartoons, their names were Scrapper, Bonecrusher, Scavenger, Mixmaster, Hook and Long Haul. And what do we get when they all combine and form one huge ass robot? That’s right boys and girls, we are going to see DEVASTATOR on the big screen!

    A REALLY BIG FUCKING ROBOT IS COMING!

    It’s hard to tell what Michael Bay and his merry band of filmmaker friends will be calling the Constructicons in Transformers 2, but the above names will most likely change, especially considering that they used the name “Bonecrusher” in the first film.”

  11. Quentin Says:

    I didn’t click the link, cause you told me not to.

    And maybe you can’t, but I can track who’s clicking what on this site ;-)

  12. Chris Says:

    You hear that, motherfuckers? That download is for Mrs. X, and Mrs. X ONLY. If QUENTIN catches anyone else downloading this, I’ll fucking ban your IP, URL, and user name, permanently! :)

    Oh, and you, Q, didn’t click something because someone told you not to? WHAT THE FUCK EVER! That makes you thrice as likely to have done it, at the very least. You may not have clicked it, but I’m sure you at least checked out the target URL. Didn’t you?! You did! Admit it!!

  13. Chris Says:

    YES, YES, YES!!!

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    From The Hollywood Reporter:

    “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” Fans need not worry: Sources say that “Terminator” will be back. Fox executives like the creative product and thought the finale’s performance last week was solid. The network also spent a considerable amount marketing the show, giving Season 2 some cost benefit. Also: The fourth “Terminator” movie comes out in 2009, and as “The Simpsons Movie” proved, there are promotional advantages to film-TV synergy.

    And from TV Guide:

    Scoop! Sarah Connor Bulking Up for Season 2

    It looks like she’ll be back.

    I’m hearing that Fox’s in-limbo Sarah Connor Chronicles has quietly begun staffing up for the fall. According to insiders, Fox has given producers the green light to start booking directors for next season’s first three episodes. While this is no guarantee that SCC is returning , it’s obviously a very good sign.

    A Fox spokesperson, meanwhile, maintains that “no decision about a second season has been made yet.”

  14. Quentin Says:

    Actually… I didn’t click the link cause when I saw it I thought, “meh.” Lethargy and good ol’ American indifference for the win!

  15. DanM Says:

    Are they still trying to stop Judgement Day in the Sarah Conner Chronicles or just on the run from the law and new terminators?

  16. Chris Says:

    Both. What follows is my interpretation of what went on as I understood it, so forgive any errors. I’ve only been able to watch a few of the episodes.

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    In order to prevent John Connor from being terminated in 1999 and/or in the future (which will happen according to T3), The Resistance was forced to send “Cameron,” a captured and reprogrammed Terminator, back in time at least to the 1960s to set up a series of fail-safes that would hopefully ensure John’s survival. Cameron, who posed as a female student at John’s school in order to keep an eye on him, uses a fail-safe time displacement machine (which can presumably be used only once) to make a time jump carrying herself, John and Sarah from 1999 to 2007.

    Sarah and John, fugitives wanted for the destruction of the Cyberdyne Systems facility and the “murder” of Miles Dyson in 1991 (T2), are pursued by FBI Agent James Ellison who believes that Sarah is dangerously mentally unstable. By jumping to the future she and John escape pursuit by both Terminators and the FBI, and essentially skipped the events in T3, allowing them once again to try and prevent Judgment Day, which Cameron tells them will take place in 2011.

    In 2007 Agent Ellison sees Sarah, unaged since he saw her in 1999, on cell phone footage sold to a television news station, which was widely spread on the air and over the internet due to the inclusion of two naked, attractive women (Sarah, John and Cameron arrived naked in the future, as all their non-living clothes and possessions were destroyed in transit by the time displacement device, as was established in T1).

    Resuming his hunt for Sarah Connor, Agent Ellison bit by bit gathers evidence pointing to the possibility that Sarah may be telling the truth about the future, and that there may be Terminators actively hunting Connor and her son in 2007. In the season finale his fears were confirmed as a single Terminator wiped out an entire FBI/SWAT team task force. Ellison witnessed the Terminator (who goes by the names “Kester” and “Cromartie”) after the attack and saw multiple gunshot wounds that unmistakably exposed the Terminator’s metal endoskeleton, proving that Sarah had told the truth about being hunted by machines which masquerade as humans. Kester/Cromartie left Agent Ellison alive, presumably because Ellison was out of ammunition and was no longer a impediment to his mission. As the Terminator left, it becomes clear that Ellison finally believes Sarah’s stories about Terminators from the future.

  17. DanM Says:

    Judgment day is obviously inevitable. They need to stop giving these characters false hope.

  18. Chris Says:

    COOLEST HACK EVER:

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    There are still a TON of people who are really into the Commodore 64, and the programming community for C64s is still very much alive. Of all the people who have done cool things with their Commodore 64s, I vote for this guy as their king. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Shredz64. It’s an entirely new Guitar Hero clone for the C64, played with an unmodified Playstation Guitar Hero controller, and uses any of the tens of thousands of readily available C64 sound files found on the internet.

    What he wrote is akin to writing a version of Guitar Hero or Rock Band which lets you play any mp3 file you can find as part of the game. Fucking amazing, and the C64 really does have an impressive synthesizer. It sounds great. Check out the videos, or if you’re a C64 user click the pic above to download the game. Its pretty astounding to think that the ugly little brown computer Frog Boy and I had when we were kids was capable of this the whole time. Not bad for a PC they stopped making 25 years ago.

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  19. DanM Says:

    X-Files DVDs Tied To Sequel

    Fox Home Entertainment is releasing The X-Files: Revelations on July 8, a new DVD compilation of episodes of the hit TV series related to the theatrical release of the upcoming second X-Files movie on July 25.

    The two-disc DVD collection features eight episodes selected by series creator Chris Carter, each of which includes an introduction by Carter and producer Frank Spotnitz saying why it was chosen and how it relates to the as-yet-untitled sequel film.

    The DVD set will also feature the February WonderCon panel session with Carter and Spotnitz and stars David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully) in their first fan convention appearance together in several years.

    The eight episodes, which were previously released as part of the show’s various season box sets, are “Pilot,” “Beyond the Sea,” “The Host,” “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose,” “Memento Mori,” “The Post-Modern Prometheus,” “Bad Blood” and “Milagro.”

    The DVD set also features the sequel’s teaser trailer and a free Hollywood Movie Money ticket (valued at $8.50) for the sequel.

    The X-Files: Revelations will carry a suggested retail price of $22.98.

  20. DanM Says:

    Ledger’s Knight Scene Intact?

    Moviehole.net reported a rumor that Warner Brothers won’t be cutting a scene from its upcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight featuring the late Heath Ledger as the Joker.

    Earlier, Cinema Blend reported its own rumor that viewers in test screenings reacted negatively to the scene, in which Ledger’s Joker character pretends to be dead and is pictured in a body bag. Executives reportedly considered excising the scene altogether.

    But Moviehole reported that the scene is intact. Citing an anonymous source, the site said that nothing of Ledger’s performance will be cut from the movie, including the body-bag scene.

    Ledger died Jan. 22 in New York from an accidental overdose of painkillers, anti-anxiety pills and sleeping pills.

    The Dark Knight, which features one of Ledger’s final film performances, opens on July 18.

    While his death was unfortunate why would anyone be negatively impacted by a scene filmed long before the incident occurred? At least the studio is showing a modicum of balls by not removing it.

  21. Mrs.X Says:

    You know what’s sad, I have every episode on of DVD and VHS, I aslo have 3 copies of the movie, 2 on VHS (one came in a movie box set with script etc.) and one on DVD. I also have every season 1-6 gag reels on VHS and the underground David Duchovny video on VHS, plus an Australian X-files trivia game, whcih has VHS tape that I’ve never been able to play before because I don’t have a compatable VCR and I’ll still probably go out and drop $22 dollars on this.

  22. Chris Says:

    I don’t blame you at all. I’ve been drooling over that sweet new complete series box set they’ve got out now. God damn, I hate having a budget. Even if I buy the box set, I’ll still pick this DVD up. To my eternal shame, the only X-Files disc/tape I have ever owned is Fight The Future. I’m not sure why I’ve hesitated to buy any of these DVDs; I list The X-Files as one of the 20 greatest sci-fi franchises ever. But I’ve been very lax.

    By the way, the lovely and talented Mrs. X has reviewed two of the episodes on this upcoming DVD, “The Post-Modern Prometheus” and “Milagro.” I’ve linked to her reviews both here and in DanM’s comment. Check ‘em out, its good stuff.

  23. Chris Says:

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  24. Mouser Says:

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    Sci-Fi Guys music correspondent Mouser

    First, last Tuesday night Mrs. X and I went downtown to see Airbourne.  Great show what can I say.  Wasn't much on the openers but thought they did a hell of a job.  The press may beat them up for having  an AC/DC sound, but I could give shit less.  Great seeing a young band that plays kick ass rock and roll and don't just stand around.  Got love the headbanging and the bass player even pulled out the Newsted swivel.  Kept track of the first half of the set but not the last half.

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    Opened with "Stand Up For Rock 'n' Roll" right into "Hellfire" off the US version of their disc.  "Fat City" and "Diamond In the Rough" were next.  "What's Eatin' You" which is a fav of mine was next and sounded great live.  "Girls In Black" and "Cheap Wine and Cheaper Women" followed.  "Heartbreaker" sounded great and loved hearing "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast" live finally; here's a clip if you want to check it out:

    Since hearing that song for the first time I loved it.  Couldn't even wait for the US release date so special ordered it from Australia just to get it right away.  Was surprised they didn't close with that.  "Runnin' Wild" was the encore and was a kick ass closer.  Well worth the $10 charge.  Amazing how some of these low dough show bands blow the higher priced people off the stage.

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    Then on Thursday Mrs. X, Dave, and I headed up to Deadwood's in Covington so see the one and only Blackberry Smoke.  Great show as always and entertaining talking to them before the show.  By far on of the best live bands around.  Nice that they sold PBR as well cause there is nothing like a nice cold PBR while watching the Smoke kick ass Southern Rock Style.

    Opened the first set with "Like I Am" (above) which caught me off guard as it's been a long time since I had seen them and they didn't open with "Memphis Special."  How can you go wrong with a song that contains the line  "Here we are what do you think, two in the pink one in the stink." From there it was into "I'd Be Lyin'"…

    … which still just amazes me the harmony they get live when they play this.  After that they went into "Good One Comin' On" with the changed lyrics of "got my finger in your sister's coochie."  At the end of the third verse Charlie pointed to the back at Sarge and some young lady who had just bought a Smoke shirt decided she needed to change into right then which was nice of her to support the band like that and flash some big tit-tays (again, dirty mind and gutter mouth, people).  

    "Scare the Devil" was fourth and sadly I erased the file on my phone by accident so no longer have the set list to finish.  However, can remember a lot of what they played.  Between the two sets we got to hear a lot of the songs we wanted to (no "Shakin' Hands With the Holy Ghost," but wasn't surprised by that). Testify was in the first set and was glad to hear that again. 

    "Up In Smoke" (above) from the Nascar '08 soundtrack kicked ass.  Just love Richard's bass riff that kicks it off.  As always "Ain't Much Left of Me" kicked ass as well.  A slower bluesy intro to kick it off has been added which just makes it even better.  Glad to hear "Shake Your Magnolia" in the second set.  Sadly, I think the club had told the lovely lady to keep her shirt on, as a song about strippers I thought for sure we would get a show.  Others I remember where "Freedom Song," "Sanctified Woman," "Bottom Of This," "Restless," and "Memphis Special."  As well as covers of "Freeborn Man," "Train Train," and "Man Of Constant Sorrow."

    One hell of a show for $5, and well worth getting back to LexVegas at 2am on a Thursday night.

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    Until next time…

  25. Chris Says:

    Check it out: virtual Lite-Brite. This is so cool!

    And since there is no such thing as too much 80s playtime nostalgia, guess who’s back?

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    Hell yeah! Japanese toy company AmiAmi are producing a rerelease of Omega Supreme as part of their Encore line of classic Transformers reissues. Look again at the pic above. To keep Omega’s toy in line with his appearance in the comics and cartoon, the big guy’s finally getting a face.

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    Personally, I always liked the blank red faceplate. Seems more inhuman and intimidating, which are qualities I look for in giant robot warriors from another planet. The people at Sunbow and Marvel were obviously not in my camp, so we got these instead:

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    Not horrible, but not what I would have chosen. Anyway, its unclear if this new face is a new part of the mold, or just a sticker or insert, so we’ll have to wait ’til June to find out. Of course, if you just can’t wait for your Omega Supreme fix, you could always order a statue from Diamond Select, which is about the same size as the original toy and about 5000% more bad ass. You can get one for about $150 if you shop around. Face or not, this statue is AWESOME. Have some:

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  26. Mrs.X Says:

    That is a great picture of Richard (bass player) from Blackberry Smoke where in the hell did you get it!

  27. Chris Says:

    The BBS website. I clicked for a tour pic and that’s one of the ones that came up. I tried like a son of a bitch to find the pic they have up there with you in it, but I couldn’t find it.

    You know, you guys got a hell of a lot of rock for $15. That’s unbelievable.

  28. DanM Says:

    LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — The truth is finally out there about the new “X-Files” movie title.

    The second big-screen spinoff of the paranormal TV adventure will be called “The X-Files: I Want to Believe,” Chris Carter, the series’ creator and the movie’s director and co-writer, told The Associated Press.

    Distributor 20th Century Fox signed off on the title Wednesday.

    The title is a familiar phrase for fans of the series that starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI agents chasing after aliens and supernatural happenings. “I Want to Believe” was the slogan on a poster Duchovny’s UFO-obsessed agent Fox Mulder had hanging in the cluttered basement office where he and Anderson’s Dana Scully worked.

    “It’s a natural title,” Carter said in a telephone interview Tuesday during a break from editing the film. “It’s a story that involves the difficulties in mediating faith and science. ‘I Want to Believe.‘ It really does suggest Mulder’s struggle with his faith.”

    I Want to Believe” comes 10 years after the first film and six years after the finale of the series, whose opening credits for much of its nine-year run featured the catch-phrase “the truth is out there.”

    Due in theaters July 25, the movie will not deal with aliens or the intricate mythology about interaction between humans and extraterrestrials that the show built up over the years, Carter said. Instead, it casts Mulder and Scully into a stand-alone, earth-bound story aimed at both serious “X-Files” fans and newcomers, he said.

    “It has struck me over the last several years talking to college-age kids that a lot of them really don’t know the show or haven’t seen it,” Carter said. “If you’re 20 years old now, the show started when you were 4. It was probably too scary for you or your parents wouldn’t let you watch it. So there’s a whole new audience that might have liked the show. This was made to, I would call it, satisfy everyone.”

    Hardcore fans need not worry that the movie will be going back to square one, though, Carter said. The movie will be true to the spirit of the show and everything Mulder and Scully went through, he said. “The reason we’re even making the movie is for the rabid fans, so we don’t want to insult them by having to take them back through the concept again,” Carter said.

    Carter said he settled on “I Want to Believe” from the time he and co-writer Frank Spotnitz started on the screenplay. It took so long to go public with it because studio executives wanted to make sure it was a marketable title, he said.

    The filmmakers have kept the story tightly under wraps to prevent plot spoilers from leaking on the Internet, a phenomenon that barely existed when the first movie came out in 1998. “We went to almost comical lengths to keep the story a secret,” Carter said. “That included allowing only the key crew members to read the script, and they had to read it in a room that had video cameras trained on them. It was a new experience.”

  29. Mrs.X Says:

    Wow that title is disappointingly unoriginal. I also have a problem with it, because I always associated that phrase with the alien mythology of the show and not the stand alone episodes of which this movie is.

  30. Chris Says:

    Really? I’m kind of surprised to hear you say that. I thought you’d be pleased.

  31. Cassandra Spender Says:

    X
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  32. DanM Says:

    I have to agree with Mrs. X
    It was very anticlimatic.

  33. Mrs. X Says:

    I guess I expect more out of CC. Plus I’m treading very lightly with this movie. I just don’t want to get my hopes up and then have them crushed when the movie finally does come out. To me CC has contradicted himself a bit saying that there are 20 somethings who were 4 when the TV show first aired and he wants to draw them in (cough cough by the DVDs so I can get more money), but at the same time he says oh no no this is for the die hard fans. I want to believe but I think I’m going to have to lean towards Scully and be a skeptic till I see the actual finshed product.

    I did already ask for July 25th off, so I’m still planning on seeing the first showing first day.

  34. DanM Says:

    :: SPOILER ALERT!! ::

    :: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ::

    X-Files Secrets Hinted On Set

    Now that the title of The X-Files: I Want to Believe has been released, it can be revealed that SCI FI Wire and a group of journalists visited the movie’s set in Vancouver, Canada, in February and saw that the source of that title will appear in a key scene: When Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) reunites with her former FBI partner, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny).

    Mulder has been living in a house in the woods outside Washington, D.C., since 2002, the year the Fox TV series ended. Six years will have elapsed since the end of the show and the film sequel, set to open in July.

    Mulder “was a fugitive, as you know at the end of the series,” co-writer/producer Frank Spotnitz said during a tour of the set. “So there was really very little continuity, but there is this.”

    He points to the office, now in the old house, a loving recreation of Mulder’s FBI basement space.

    “And there’s the poster,” Spotnitz said: A flying saucer over the words “I want to believe.”

    Spotnitz added: “I don’t actually know where the … set department got this poster from, whether it was one of the original Vancouver or L.A. posters. But it is one of the originals.”

    The house actually sits in a soundstage built from a converted ice rink in an abandoned amusement park in this Canadian city (the house set doubles one in a nearby town that was used for exterior shots).

    The house has an office with features that will seem very familiar to X-Philes: A bulletin board crowded with news clippings and a drawing of the creature from “Post-Modern Prometheus,” sunflower seeds in a bowl on the old wooden desk, pencils stuck in the ceiling, a photo of Samantha on the desk and a basketball. There’s even a fishtank in another room.

    The office is the location of a scene being shot this day, in which Scully, dressed in a long camel coat with her red hair grown long, shows up at Mulder’s house. He’s facing away from her, sitting at his desk, clipping something from a newspaper. He stands, turns to face her and walks as he speaks over to the wall where the poster comes into frame.

    Spotnitz and X-Files creator Chris Carter remain coy about the movie’s storyline, saying only that it picks up the characters in real time and will stand on its own rather than pick up the show’s arcane mythology.

    “I’d say we’re trying to scare the pants off of you, like a really good episode of X-Files,” Carter says during a break in filming. “It’s not a mythology episode, but it [deals with] the characters’ lives, what they’ve been through, their relationship and the arc of the show.” The X-Files: I Want to Believe opens July 25.

  35. Mrs.X Says:

    Well that tears it folks. Sounds like my worst shipper fears have been realized in that one post. Mulder and Scully reunite, sounds like their not together then. Rapidly losing all faith in this movie with each passing spoiler.

  36. DanM Says:

    Hmm……since Mulder is a fugitive, I bet they’ll say they decided to stay apart to protect each other.

  37. Mrs. X Says:

    Yes but technically since they both decided in the final episode to stay in the U.S. Scully is a fugitive too. That’s why that just doesn’t make any since to me, why would they be seperate if they are both wanted by the same people? It doesn’t make sense to me that Scully would be hiding in plain site while Mulder would be hanging out in the woods somewhere. No sir I don’t like it.

  38. Chris Says:

    I may be totally off base here, but I’ll bet a lot of these questions/ contradictions will be addressed, either in the movie or on The X-Files: Revelations DVD. I still have very high hopes for this film.

    Of course, now that I said that, the movie will suck and be a total flop…

  39. DanM Says:

    thanks for ruining it :)

  40. DanM Says:

    I really do want to believe but……….

    X-Files’s Duchovny Gets Back

    David Duchovny, who reprises his most famous role in the upcoming The X-Files: I Want to Believe, told reporters that the sequel movie will return the franchise to its roots.

    Speaking during a break in filming on the movie’s set in Vancouver, Canada, last February, Duchovny said: “The themes are the same of what the show always was. The themes are about belief and faith and about the relationship between Mulder and Scully and how that’s developed over the past four or five years the show’s been off the air.” (It’s actually six.)

    Duchovny again plays Fox Mulder, the former paranormal investigator and FBI agent, who is now a fugitive living on his own in a ramshackle house in the woods outside Washington, D.C. His former partner, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), has also moved on, “as if they’ve been living, you know, as we’ve all been living,” Duchovny said. “They’ve not been stuck in time. I don’t know if [series creator and director] Chris [Carter] mentioned that. But, you know, they’ve moved on in some fictional realm just as we all have. And yet their issues remain the same.”

    SCI FI Wire was among a group of reporters who observed filming on the sequel last winter, which offered a glimpse at a few sets (including Mulder’s house) and a new look for Mulder, at least early in the movie.

    Carter, a bit older but still the same former surfer, was dressed in a navy down vest and jeans and chatted informally with reporters in the craft services tent, where his black standard poodle watched intently as he munched on a cookie. “This is more of a story we would have told in season three or four” of the series, Carter observed.

    For his part, Duchovny said that he was excited to return to the franchise. “I was very excited to do it, and then as the date approached nearer, I started to wonder if I needed to work more, to kind of get back into that,” he said. The challenge, he added, “was how to bring what I’ve learned in the last four or five years into this box.” The X-Files: I Want to Believe opens July 25.

  41. Chris Says:

    Well, the shippers will be pissed, that’s for sure.

  42. Quentin Says:


    Okay, my dick just got hard.

  43. Friday Night Videos Says:

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  44. Quentin Says:

    Hells yes!

    And I really always knew that my little crime would be cold, that’s why I bought a heater for your thighs!

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  45. DanM Says:

    Here’s a pic of Scarlett from the new GI Joe movie.

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  46. Chris Says:

    Ok then. My dick just got hard, too.

  47. Chris Says:

    Thanks for the heads-up on the G.I. Joe images, dude. Found some bigger pics; click to enlargenize.

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    God DAMN, she’s hot.

  48. DanM Says:

    Attached is the potential plot for the X-Files movie according to Movies.com.
    Read at your own risk……..

    :: SPOILER ALERT!! ::

    :: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ::

    Look away, look away if you don’t want to even entertain the possibility of learning the plot of the X-Files movie sequel.

    Still here? Okay, you’ve been warned … according to a leaked copy of the tie-in novelization for the July 25 flick, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, the plot of the movie involves Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) being called back to duty when a series of murders involving the gory dismemberment of women perplexes the FBI.

    According to the X-Files News.com fansite, the book’s cover reads, “When a group of women are abducted in the wintry hills of rural Virginia, the only clues to their disappearance are the grotesque human remains that begin to turn up in snow banks along the highway. With officials desperate for any lead, a disgraced priest’s questionable ‘visions’ send local police on a wild goose chase and straight to a bizarre secret medical experiment that may or may not be connected to the women’s disappearance. It’s a case right out of The X-Files. But the FBI closed down its investigations into the paranormal years ago. And the best team for the job is ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past. Still, the truth of these horrific crimes is out there somewhere … and it will take Mulder and Scully to find it!”

    Is the leak real? No one official has confirmed nor denied it yet…

  49. Chris Says:

    Well, if this is true, its not very in keeping with Mulder’s character to turn his back on investigating the paranormal.

    However, I’d advise taking this with a HUGE grain of salt. Even if the above came from a book cover word for word, its not reliable. Novelizations are often written based on drafts of screenplays that have changed drastically during the revision and filming processes, and often end up being very different from the final film. Check out The Abyss and Star Trek: Generations novelizations to see what I mean.

    And even then, books covers are rarely written by the authors themselves. A copywriter will write those based on a synopsis of the book. The people writing the covers might not ever get to read the book, they just piece together info based on what they’re told. So I wouldn’t trust this at all. TRUST NO ONE.

    Back to the story setup. While I don’t see Mulder giving up the fight - not ever - I could TOTALLY understand if Scully quit. Hell, I don’t understand why she didn’t quit a long, long time ago. The first time aliens/government conspirators give me cancer or implant a chip inside me that sets off grocery store bar code label scanners, I’m out. If I were her I would have hooked up with The Lone Gunmen a long time ago. Those guys were crazy, but at least they’re somewhat off the grid.

  50. DanM Says:

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    Click for full size.

  51. Mrs.X Says:

    SQUEALLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  52. Chris Says:

    Okay, they may have staged that other pic near the car for the onlookers, but there’s no way the pic above isn’t either a still from the movie or a promo shot. They’re nowhere near that building, they are obviously not in front of a car, and they’re perfectly framed and focused. Could it be?

    HOLY BALLS, THIS MAY BE A SHIPPER MOVIE AFTER ALL!

    I find myself giddy like a schoolgirl. I think I already love this movie.

  53. DanM Says:

    NEW YORK (AP) — Gillian Anderson and her boyfriend, Mark Griffiths, are expecting their second child this fall, her manager, Connie Freiberg, said Wednesday.

    The “X-Files” actress and the businessman have an 18-month-old son Oscar.

    Anderson, 39, has a 13-year-old daughter, Piper, with ex-husband Clyde Klotz, a production designer. She and her second husband, documentary filmmaker Julian Ozanne, separated in April 2006 after 16 months of marriage.

    “The X-Files” ran from 1993-2002 on the Fox network. Anderson reunites with co-star David Duchovny for “The X-Files: I Want to Believe,” the second feature film spun off from the paranormal series.

    The movie will be in theaters July 25.

    Anderson co-stars with Kirsten Dunst in the comedy “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People,” slated for release later this year

  54. DanM Says:

    SPOILERS AHEAD!

    X-Files 2 Previewed In L.A.

    Fans who braved 100-degree heat in Los Angeles on June 22 learned a bit more about the upcoming top-secret sequel film The X-Files: I Want to Believe. (Spoilers ahead!)

    Fans screened footage from the upcoming film and asked questions of star David Duchovny, director Chris Carter and co-writer Frank Spotnitz in the presentation, part of the Los Angeles Film Festival, in the Majestic Crest Theatre in the Westwood section of L.A.

    Among the revelations:

    –”Shippers will be happy,” Spotnitz said, referring to fans who favor the romantic relationship between Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Mulder (Duchovny).

    –A few unanswered questions will be addressed, Carter said, though he remained coy about major plot points.

    –A light-hearted Duchovny admitted a few conflicts with Anderson about their characters. “There are always conflicts,” he said with a smile. “That keeps it interesting. We do our own thing.”

    The footage showed a few new things as well:

    –Mulder insists that after all this time he is still looking for his long lost sister Samantha and doesn’t think she is dead.

    –Mulder and Scully argue; she says, “This isn’t my life anymore.” He walks away from her, muttering, “I’m trying to ignore you.”

    –Scottish actor Billy Connolly plays a religious man named Father Joe who helps the agents in their quest, which takes place, in part, in a snowfield.

    Amanda Peet and rapper Xzibit also star in the movie. The X Files: I Want to Believe opens July 24.

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