Slog - Comments on This Weekend at the Movies http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63 Opening this week: I write about The X-Files: I Want to Believe at a length that probably is not justified. I loved the shit out of that show, so don't get in the comments and start doubting my geek. Among other qualifications: I wrote a fan letter to Gillian Anderson in approximately 1995 (I was 14 or 15) and received a personalized signed photograph in return, attended not one but two X-Files conventions, and scored an invitation to the set in Vancouver from Sheila Larkin, who played Scully's mother on the show but was actually the mother of a kid... Copyright 2008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:45:53 -0800 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:38:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by The Insatiable Sulk Kelly O and Ari Spool give Incredible Hulk can of Rize, Incredible Hulk drink Rize, freak out, get bummed out, INCREDIBLE HULK BECOME DESPONDENT HULK!

DESPONDENT HULK WILL CALL IN SICK, DISCONNECT PHONE, NOT LEAVE APARTMENT ALL WEEKEND!

And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

]]> The Insatiable Sulk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082366 Film Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:45:44 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Oh, it's all there on Google Groups, Annie. What email address were you using in 1996? That group was BUSY then. There's no way I'll find it without your address.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082372 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082372 Film Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:49:20 -0800 Comment by Kristi in Kitsap I was a huge xf geek back in the day and I was SO looking forward to this movie. Went to the first Friday show, left a bit disappointed. :\ I thought the first film was a lot better, even though I'm not a bomb & explosions action film fan.

"I Want to Believe" just reminded me of an old throw-away monster of the week episode. There are some classic xf episodes that could have easily been made into a fantastic feature film, I wish they'd written one of those instead.

Did you wait until the very end of the credits? Spoiler: In case you didn't see it, there's a heli shot that pans over Mulder and Scully in a rowboat. (They look like they're on a vacation together, Scully is lounging in a bikini, Mulder's rowing the boat.) Then they look up and wave at the camera. Sounds really dumb but it's cute.

]]> Kristi in Kitsap http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082408 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082408 Film Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:05:39 -0800 Comment by Sorry you were molested, Jen - that really sucks...but.... It doesn't excuse such banal sniffling (and reaching) such as :

"It is also the first film ever to use synchronized swimming intelligently, as the powerful metaphor that it is, representing the fascism and subterranean maneuvering of female adolescence."

And we wonder why she's an "art critic"...

]]> Sorry you were molested, Jen - that really sucks...but.... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082465 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082465 Film Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:56:41 -0800 Comment by Kill 'em all and let Goawd sort 'em out! Say "YES" to War on Iraq

by Dan Savage
October 2002

"War may be bad for children and other living things, but there are times when peace is worse for children and other living things, and this is one of those times."

"In the meantime, invading and rebuilding Iraq will not only free the Iraqi people, it will also make the Saudis aware of the consequences they face if they continue to oppress their own people while exporting terrorism and terrorists. The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize... or we're going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves."

]]> Kill 'em all and let Goawd sort 'em out! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1082646 Film Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:32:02 -0800 Comment by annie @2: Not telling. It was a local ISP and I used something close to my real name.

@3: I did wait, yes. Those waves were going somewhere. I thought it was cute.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1083425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_63#c1083425 Film Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:38:24 -0800