<![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> i usually feel uncomfortable at audience q&a sessions, but the x-files panel was surprisingly not lame! i particularly enjoyed the krycek question (and david's subsequent "hand motion"), the running "bad blood" gag, and the david & gillian banter. the murmurs of approval at mentions of "home" and "glen morgan and james wong" made me realize how much i missed the whole x-files universe.

familiartread

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> Two of the Lone Gunmen appeared at Dragon Con last year, and they said that they, unfortunately, weren't invited to be in this movie but would certainly jump at the chance should it come up for the next one (I'm just excited we're getting a 2ND movie!). They also talked a bit about 9-11 and how people from their show reacted when the events happened, which was really interesting to hear about, especially since I had just watched the episode on the flight out to Atlanta.

From what Chris Carter said in the panel on Saturday -- or, rather, what he didn't say -- it does sound like some old favorites, like Skinner and possibly Krycek are in XF2. I do like how they're trying to keep things a secret and a surprise to the old-time fans.

Earth2Kim

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @Sockatume: Right you are -- I just rewatched it on YouTube. I caught such a brief glimpse of it and I wanted it to be Ringo so badly . . . meh. Anyway, fixed the post.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @Annalee Newitz: Grrr... Annalee, if I weren't such a fan... Ok. You get one bye. ONE. Keep up the good work.

And should it ever come up - it's Ice-T, not Iced Tea.

robotstephe

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> From SciFi Wire:

Anderson plays Scully opposite co-star David Duchovny's Fox Mulder in the upcoming second film, which is currently shooting in Vancouver, Canada, under director and series creator Chris Carter. The story picks up with the characters as if the years since the show ended had really passed.

[www.scifi.com]

UnknownAlien

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> Connolly was the guy on the ice, not one of the Lone Gunmen.

Sockatume

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> I figured since X files ripped off so much of the ambiance of Twin Peaks that there would be that dream world/real world conflict, and instead of being the transvestite DEA agent, Mulder would be a man with a different secret in the real world dimension of x Files. Molly Shannon would be Scully's alter ego instead of the adoption agency lady......hmmmm. whatever.
I always figured that Fox studios was pushing Ex Files and Millenium as ways to slam the Clinton administration as a form of propaganda warfare to feed the Birchers who form the base of the GOP. Once the Shrub was placed in office they couldn't continue to claim the government was evil and still get cookies for Rupert Murdoch.

Swami_Binkinanda

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> From what I can tell, it is not Ringo, but Billy Connolly. :(

jane2073

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> Wait a second... Old show that ran well for a while then started to stall out, rust and smell funny? Starring Xzibit?

I don't think this movie is going to have a werewolf in it. It's going to have chrome spinners, hydraulics and a flat-screen tv in the back seat.

bryantpaul

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> I don't care how the Lone Gunmen come back; it just wouldn't be the same without them!!

I can't wait for the new movie!!!!

jane2073

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @LumpyDumplings: They've said that Doggett and Reyes would be in the third movie, if it gets made. So, I don't think they're retconning anything. And frankly, I liked the last two seasons, though maybe biased since those were the seasons that introduced me to the show. I love Doggett.

Also, the Lone Gunmen died? Shit. :(

Sharpless

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @robotstephe: Dude I was liveblogging at a con, sitting in a hallway with four kids playing lightsabers over my head. Cut me some slack!

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @Plague: Yeah srsly. But after seeing the actors together and the clip from the film, I would give it another chance.

The other thing that was notable about this panel was how many fans there were who were young, teens and early twenties, who had either watched the show when they were tots or in reruns. So from studio Fox's point of view, there's a giant group in their most-wanted demographic that's ready to lap up whatever X-Files they can dish out.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> 9/11 killed the X files?
No, two plus shitty seasons killed the show, as SeanOHara pointed out.

I think this will take place in some earlier time in the shows timeline.
Hopefully, the pre-sucking time.

Plague

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> that room was way too echoey. I ended up trying to guess what drug chris carter was on.

capntim

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> trailer:


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PVIII

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @smokyburnout: That's always been an article of faith for me. The ninth season was some sort of drug-induced hallucination in Cancer Man's mind.

RocktheDebit

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> I might watch about anything with Gillian Anderson. And that Duchovny fellow is a handsome man.

oldnumberseven

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> Idjit! That *was* Billy Connelly in front of the FBI agents, not Langly! TLG are definitely dead! It's idiots like you don't fact-check (look anywhere and you'll see everyone knows it's Billy Connelly -- you could have asked the adolescent girls behind you) that create the bad kind of misinformation and ruin faith that the sequel will be anything but amazing.

mimzee

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> Excellent write-up. One correction, however. In the teaser, the character leading the FBI search team is indeed Billy Connolly, and NOT Ringo Byers of The Lone Gunmen as was reported. See: [76.162.181.89]

lylexf

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @dead_red_eyes: Well the search for life AFTER death, the existence of a force behind the creation of the universe, the journey of soul energy, and God taking an interest in the lives of individuals seems pretty PARAnormal.

Darkweave

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> "Carter said, "I've always thought the series was a search for God.""

That became all too obvious in season 5. I always thought it was about the paranormal myself. Hmmm.

dead_red_eyes

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @c0dek:
On the bright side, I'd still get to watch Farscape every week.


Belabras

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @Belabras: and in that alternate universe, there'd be about 3 shows on TV.

c0dek

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @SeanOHara:
If that was all it took to cancel shows, don't you think ER would have died a long time ago?


Belabras

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> @LumpyDumplings: well, the Lone Gunmen died before the series ended, and from the article it appears they aren't dead in the film. that means either A: the movie begins with a message from Chris Carter telling us that the last few seasons didn't happen, B. some sort of pseudoscientific explanation by Mulder telling us why the events of the last few seasons were some sort of illusion (maybe something about that episode with the giant underground mushroom), C. the events of the film take place before the series finale, or D. the scene the article describes is a flashback.

smokyburnout

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> When last we left, Mulder had been given the death penalty by the alien-compromised US Military and, following an improbable jail break, was on the lam with Scully while the Conspiracy leveled their considerable firepower at the Smoking Man and pulled the trigger. Now fugitives, the former Agents hightailed it to Mexico.

So now, what? They're back? All's forgiven? How are they back to sleuthing without the US Military Gitmoing their law-breaking asses?

Munkles

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> Oh god I can't wait for this movie...

ceriphim

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> And all this time I thought it was the ever increasing suckitude of the show that killed the X-Files.

SeanOHara

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> I'm actually excited about this. The episodes hold up pretty well I suppose.

vadmspartan

]]> <![CDATA[Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again]]> Exhibit? Do you mean Xzibit? C'mon. We may be geeks, but we know what's what!

robotstephe

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