Comments on: X-Files: I Want To Beleive… Meh… http://www.coderjournal.com/2008/07/x-files-i-want-to-beleive-movie/ while(!(succeed = try())); Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nick Berardi http://www.coderjournal.com/2008/07/x-files-i-want-to-beleive-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11403 Nick Berardi Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:20:49 +0000 http://www.coderjournal.com/?p=260#comment-11403 Well it is not a sign of a good movie when the major themes of the movie tha are suppose to tie everything together is lossed on the viewers. All of that totally went over my head. Plus why did the dog head thing come up, durring a search on stem cells? It was from the early 20th centure before people knew anything about DNA, much less stem cells. I think it takes a major stretch of the imagination to put anything of thes together. The thing I liked about the X-Files was that the episodes did have a stretch but it was a believable stretch. Well it is not a sign of a good movie when the major themes of the movie tha are suppose to tie everything together is lossed on the viewers. All of that totally went over my head. Plus why did the dog head thing come up, durring a search on stem cells? It was from the early 20th centure before people knew anything about DNA, much less stem cells. I think it takes a major stretch of the imagination to put anything of thes together.

The thing I liked about the X-Files was that the episodes did have a stretch but it was a believable stretch.

]]> By: M http://www.coderjournal.com/2008/07/x-files-i-want-to-beleive-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11374 M Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:59:45 +0000 http://www.coderjournal.com/?p=260#comment-11374 I may be remembering this incorrectly, but I thought Scully came across the experiment with the two-headed dogs in connection with her stem cell research. That's why I thought the two medical procedures were connected. Mulder says it really quickly at the end, but that guy had lung cancer, just like Father Joe. Since the procedure only keeps a person alive for a week or two, they had to keep getting new bodies. They targeted the agent at the swimming pool. Since she had the medical alert bracelet, they knew she was blood type AB negative. The same thing applies to the other swimmer they kidnapped. To make the transplant work, their blood types have to match. I absolutely agree that the movie didn't feel like the XF world. It's one of the reasons I liked it. Mulder and Scully are no longer in that world. This was a real-world case, and they got called in on it. They are six years removed and this is where they are now. It was a plus for me. This is another difference in opinion. I liked that there were multiple threads to follow. For me, it was exciting when what seemed separate at the beginning started to come together to bring about the reveal. I may be remembering this incorrectly, but I thought Scully came across the experiment with the two-headed dogs in connection with her stem cell research. That’s why I thought the two medical procedures were connected. Mulder says it really quickly at the end, but that guy had lung cancer, just like Father Joe. Since the procedure only keeps a person alive for a week or two, they had to keep getting new bodies. They targeted the agent at the swimming pool. Since she had the medical alert bracelet, they knew she was blood type AB negative. The same thing applies to the other swimmer they kidnapped. To make the transplant work, their blood types have to match.

I absolutely agree that the movie didn’t feel like the XF world. It’s one of the reasons I liked it. Mulder and Scully are no longer in that world. This was a real-world case, and they got called in on it. They are six years removed and this is where they are now. It was a plus for me.

This is another difference in opinion. I liked that there were multiple threads to follow. For me, it was exciting when what seemed separate at the beginning started to come together to bring about the reveal.

]]> By: Nick Berardi http://www.coderjournal.com/2008/07/x-files-i-want-to-beleive-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11232 Nick Berardi Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:32:34 +0000 http://www.coderjournal.com/?p=260#comment-11232 I don't think they ever mentioned stem cells for the bad guys, in fact they referenced an experiment did by Russia before stem cells were ever thought of. So I don't believe there was a balance there. Why did that bad guy get in the state he was where they needed to keep cutting off his head and putting it on a new body. He had a slash on his face supposedly from the opening when they were trying to kidnap the agent, but why were they after the agent in the first place. The bad guy supposedly had a perfectly working body, so why go after her, and then why chop her head off to put the other guys head on. It seemed pretty lucky that she was also AB negative blood. My statement still stands that it seems like they took a script and just slapped X-Files on top of it. I mean the only thing that bound this movie to the original series was the fact that Mulder and Scully were in it. If you replaced it by two other characters you would have had no clue that this was in any way related to the original series. Plus the whole plot was confusing at best, there were too many story lines to follow, and I really think most of them got left on the floor, thus giving a complete disorganized movie. The best movies have one story line, not the 5 that I counted in this movie. Honestly this movie was worse than the whole last season search for Mulder thing. It is really sad to see a great series corrupted this way. They should have left it a lone. I don’t think they ever mentioned stem cells for the bad guys, in fact they referenced an experiment did by Russia before stem cells were ever thought of. So I don’t believe there was a balance there.

Why did that bad guy get in the state he was where they needed to keep cutting off his head and putting it on a new body.

He had a slash on his face supposedly from the opening when they were trying to kidnap the agent, but why were they after the agent in the first place. The bad guy supposedly had a perfectly working body, so why go after her, and then why chop her head off to put the other guys head on. It seemed pretty lucky that she was also AB negative blood.

My statement still stands that it seems like they took a script and just slapped X-Files on top of it. I mean the only thing that bound this movie to the original series was the fact that Mulder and Scully were in it. If you replaced it by two other characters you would have had no clue that this was in any way related to the original series.

Plus the whole plot was confusing at best, there were too many story lines to follow, and I really think most of them got left on the floor, thus giving a complete disorganized movie. The best movies have one story line, not the 5 that I counted in this movie.

Honestly this movie was worse than the whole last season search for Mulder thing. It is really sad to see a great series corrupted this way. They should have left it a lone.

]]> By: M http://www.coderjournal.com/2008/07/x-files-i-want-to-beleive-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11148 M Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:54:52 +0000 http://www.coderjournal.com/?p=260#comment-11148 Strangely, I have almost the opposite reaction to almost every one of your points. I thought all sides had pros and cons and were not weighted one way or the other. Scully's connection to and struggle with her Catholic faith made sense as a movie continuation. The stem cell treatments were horrifyingly used by the bad guys but also were the only option open to that kid and his family. The bad guys are gay, but it's also clear that they love each other very much and is willing to do anything for one another--yes, to a sickening degree. The priest is a pedophile but the suggestions that God can still work through a sinner and that sinners may be? forgiven are very spiritually positive ones. Strangely, I have almost the opposite reaction to almost every one of your points. I thought all sides had pros and cons and were not weighted one way or the other. Scully’s connection to and struggle with her Catholic faith made sense as a movie continuation. The stem cell treatments were horrifyingly used by the bad guys but also were the only option open to that kid and his family. The bad guys are gay, but it’s also clear that they love each other very much and is willing to do anything for one another–yes, to a sickening degree. The priest is a pedophile but the suggestions that God can still work through a sinner and that sinners may be? forgiven are very spiritually positive ones.

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