Re: the Mulder/Scully bits in the middle, I have to say that it never really felt like a break-up to me. It felt like a spat to me. Sure, a rather heavy one, but they never really got too serious about it. At least, that was never the impression I got.
Re: Samantha, that didn't bother me either, but I think Frey has already summed up why (though unfortunately she's done so via posts on Haven, from what I can remember). If it were set immediately after the series had ended? Yeah, it would've bugged me. But Scully hits the nail on the head early on, with the "long-term isolation" thing, I think. Mulder fixates when he doesn't have much else to think about; it's in his very nature. It made perfect sense to me that he'd return to the parts of himself (one of the biggest parts, in fact) when feeling lost or directionless.
I was 3 when the show began and 12 when it ended Dude, I keep forgetting how much younger than me you are, lol. Also, David's latest blog post just hit something very emotional in me. I'm not sure I can explain it.
I realize the credits scene is rather wtf-y, but I still love it. It's so many things; an in-joke about Duane Barry, a nod to the "next movie's in Hawaii!" joke, breaking the fourth wall and not (they could be waving to the helicopter, for all we know!), and sort of a thank you and goodbye to us, because we ARE the people this film was made for.
Re: box office expectations, I really don't have any. I'm usually very good at predicting how a film will do, but IWTB is a true wild card for many reasons. So many people I've run into in the past eight months -- many casual fans or even non-fans -- are curious about Mulder and Scully, and I think that curiosity equals quite a bit of potential. I don't, however, believe we'll make enough to justify the continuation of the franchise, and... call me a heathen, but I'm totally fine with that. I'm in the camp who never wanted more than this one, and I'm so happy with this film that I'm perfectly content for the series to go out on this note. (Let's face it, it doesn't take much to beat The Truth, does it?)
I'm sorry, I need to shut up, too! It's just... I've seen the movie three times as of this afternoon, and I just love it more each time, but have no one but the people I'm here with to talk about it with (since I'm about two weeks behind on LJ). STFU, ZELLIE. D:
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Date: 2008-07-26 02:01 am (UTC)Re: Samantha, that didn't bother me either, but I think Frey has already summed up why (though unfortunately she's done so via posts on Haven, from what I can remember). If it were set immediately after the series had ended? Yeah, it would've bugged me. But Scully hits the nail on the head early on, with the "long-term isolation" thing, I think. Mulder fixates when he doesn't have much else to think about; it's in his very nature. It made perfect sense to me that he'd return to the parts of himself (one of the biggest parts, in fact) when feeling lost or directionless.
I was 3 when the show began and 12 when it ended
Dude, I keep forgetting how much younger than me you are, lol. Also, David's latest blog post just hit something very emotional in me. I'm not sure I can explain it.
I realize the credits scene is rather wtf-y, but I still love it. It's so many things; an in-joke about Duane Barry, a nod to the "next movie's in Hawaii!" joke, breaking the fourth wall and not (they could be waving to the helicopter, for all we know!), and sort of a thank you and goodbye to us, because we ARE the people this film was made for.
Re: box office expectations, I really don't have any. I'm usually very good at predicting how a film will do, but IWTB is a true wild card for many reasons. So many people I've run into in the past eight months -- many casual fans or even non-fans -- are curious about Mulder and Scully, and I think that curiosity equals quite a bit of potential. I don't, however, believe we'll make enough to justify the continuation of the franchise, and... call me a heathen, but I'm totally fine with that. I'm in the camp who never wanted more than this one, and I'm so happy with this film that I'm perfectly content for the series to go out on this note. (Let's face it, it doesn't take much to beat The Truth, does it?)
I'm sorry, I need to shut up, too! It's just... I've seen the movie three times as of this afternoon, and I just love it more each time, but have no one but the people I'm here with to talk about it with (since I'm about two weeks behind on LJ). STFU, ZELLIE. D: