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When I mention the New X-File movie I always refer to it as, "X-Files: I want to believe that the amount of drugs involved in the decision to make this film equals all that were used in the 60's"

Of course I also refer to the new Indiana Jones film as, "Indiana Jones and the Search for Medicare".

So maybe I am a bit jaded.

Bobb

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I just got back from seeing X-Files 2 and being a fan of the series, since its debut I really enjoyed it. Sure its more a Monster of Week episode, but that is what helps this movie. You don't go out a make a movie 6 years later after the series ended, especially when the fans have moved on with a movie that deals with the mythology of the series. The reason being is that people tend to forget and you want to attract new viewers, people who would go out and buy the series.

Now if a second movie does come along, I'm sure it would deal with the mythology of the X-Files, but just treat this movie as a jump start for the X-Files franchise. If your a fan of series, like I am, you've got to see this movie. Don't read the reviews, go out and decide for yourself.

Here is an excerpt from a interview A.V. Club had with Chris Carter

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AVC: Some fans have expressed disappointment that the film won't be part of the overarching mythology of the show. What was the thinking behind that?

CC: It goes right back to the time we started talking about—it's really been 16 years since the show first aired. There are kids in college now who never saw The X-Files, because they were too young, or their parents didn't let them watch it. So I think you need to reintroduce the show, the idea, and the characters to a new audience. And I don't think you can do it with a mythology episode. I think it's best done with a standalone story. But we're mindful of the characters, and the history they have together, and of that mythology, and how it relates to their personal histories. So there is, I would call it, an aspect of mythology in the show only because the characters produce that mythology.

AVC: So it won't be completely ignored, then.

CC: It won't be completely. What I don't want to do is, I don't want to insult the intelligence of the fan base, and have to take them through, I call it, a re-conceptualizing of the show.
http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/chris_carter

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I agree 100% with Carter's take on it.  Don't get me wrong, I love the whiz-bang alien stuff like in the first movie, but this one is the bread and butter base of the original series.  I would guess at least 2/3 of the episodes over the series run were of this same type. And think about it.
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..  they were transplanting HEADS for god's sake!

  How much more X-file can you get than that?