...More recently we've had "The X-Files," in which David Duchovny's charmingly wild-eyed fantasist, Mulder, is paired with Gillian Anderson's earnest, scientific- minded Scully. In all of these pairs, the man is a bit of a lightweight — a peacock, a humorist, a tease — matched with a vastly more mature, slightly impatient but ultimately affectionate woman. She is, in a way, both his mother and his husband: womanly and responsible in contrast with his boyishness, but also manly and straightforward in comparison with his flighty whimsicality. The sexual tension between them is palpable, even, or especially, when one of them has a love interest on the side. But they remain pals, or siblings, or rivals — often a combination of all three — rather than ever becoming lovers. (As if to prove the rule with a glaring exception, Maddie and David did eventually sleep together, to much fanfare, but "Moonlighting," perhaps predictably, ended its run soon after.)
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Robert Patrick joins The X-Files to find The Truth that is still out there
By Melissa J. Perenson
At first, Robert Patrick didn't know if he'd be able to join The X-Files. Series creator and executive producer Chris Carter wanted him, but contractual obligations to another series pilot meant that he might have to pass. Fortunately, the other studio let him off the hook, and the way was paved for Patrick--best known for his role as the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day--to join the eighth season of The X-Files as the agent in charge of the task dedicated to finding Mulder (David Duchovny). Science Fiction Weekly trusted no one, and pried as many truths as possible from the tight-lipped actor, who did his best to save the surprises for this season's viewers.
Tell us a little bit about your character.
Patrick: John Doggett is a very hard-working, fast-climbing FBI agent. His background is as a United States Marine; he went on after that to be a New York City police detective. He is a knee-jerk skeptic, and he does not believe the X-Files. He's a facts-oriented, sort of blue-collar work ethic type of guy. And he's very well-respected in the FBI community. He has a strong code that he lives by, and he has a great deal of confidence in himself.
The X-Files executive producer Frank Spotnitz told The Hollywood Reporter that he wasn't so sure an eighth season of the Fox series was a great idea. "I make no secret of the fact that I wasn't sure it was a good idea to come back for another year," Spotnitz told the trade paper. "It was a huge gamble to replace a character like [David Duchovny's Fox Mulder]. It's not an ensemble show like NYPD Blue or ER, where there are so many fine actors to carry the series. Mulder was one of two central characters in this show. But having been drafted to do this, I just was determined to make a success of it."
The long-lived show starts its new season Nov. 5, with a drastically reduced presence by Duchovny and an entirely new character, FBI Agent John Doggett, played by Robert Patrick. To help The X-Files manage the change, series creator Chris Carter has stepped in to write or rewrite six of the show's 10 episodes so far and has directed one of his own scripts, the trade paper reported.
"It's strange not to have David around every day, but I have to say his absence has really framed the season, which is [about] the search for Mulder," Carter told The Hollywood Reporter. "By adding a new character to the show, we have a new way to tell X-Files stories. Scully [played by Gillian Anderson] now has seen too much to deny, and she becomes a kind of reluctant believer, sort of taking Mulder's place, and Robert Patrick comes in as a knee-jerk skeptic. All of a sudden, Scully's the provocateur."
11/26/00
Duchovny Back For More X-Files?
David Duchovny, who dramatically curtails his presence in the upcoming eighth season of Fox's The X-Files, told TV Guide Online that he likes his part-time role so much he'd consider coming back next year. The current arrangement "is working exactly the way I wanted it to," Duchovny told the magazine. "I get to do a movie while I'm doing the show. ... If I could work out something like that, I wouldn't rule it out."
Duchovny will play Agent Fox Mulder in the last six episodes of the eighth season. "I've been home at 6 o'clock the last four months in a row," said Duchovny, who lives in Malibu with his wife, actress Téa Leoni, and their 1-year-old daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny. "I was never home at dinnertime before."
In the meantime, Duchovny is currently filming director Ivan Reitman's Evolution, an SF comedy in which he plays a college professor who has to save the world from an alien organism. "It's a really funny script," Duchovny told TV Guide, comparing the movie more to Men in Black than The X-Files.
As for his replacement, Robert Patrick, Duchovny said, "He's really excited to be here, and I think it's good to have someone come in and smack everybody and say, 'Wake up! This is a great job!' I wasn't going to be that guy."
11/26/00
Braidwood Pleased With Gunmen
Tom Braidwood--Frohike of The X-Files' Lone Gunmen--told the Canadian National Post newspaper that the Fox spinoff series The Lone Gunmen begins production in Vancouver this week. The new midseason show will center on the three quirky characters made famous in The X-Files, played by Braidwood, Dean Haglund and Bruce Harwood.
"We've taken a huge step up in having a series built around us," Braidwood told the newspaper. "We always joked about it, the three of us that played the parts, but I don't think any of us in our wildest imaginations thought they'd do a series about it."
Braidwood was an assistant director on The X-Files when he was cast in the role of the combative, Scully-obsessed Melvin Frohike. Braidwood said to expect The Lone Gunmen to maintain ties to The X-Files. "Some of the same characters will show up," he said. "But it will be more government conspiracy and less supernatural, science fiction. You will get to see more of what the Gunmen do in their lives."
The new show will add a new female hacker character and a fourth male who Braidwood said "will be the hunk." He added, "I guess we weren't handsome enough."
11/26/00
X-Files Could Get 9th Season
The X-Files creator Chris Carter told fans in an official chat Nov. 6 that the show could continue into a ninth year. "I read recently that David Duchovny is not ruling out a ninth season of the show," Carter said. "Robert Patrick [Agent John Doggett] has a multiseason contract, as does Gillian Anderson. Next year could be very interesting."
Carter also said he plans further feature-film versions of The X-Files, and won't kill off Agent Fox Mulder, played by David Duchovny. "No, not if I have anything to do with it!" Carter said. "My contract runs out this year ... and I have big plans for more X-Files movies, and David Duchovny and Mulder are a part of those plans."
In the meantime, Carter did not rule out the possibility that Mulder will reappear to work again with the X-Files. "We'll try to make a virtue of the problems that arise from Scully's pregnancy. And Doggett and Mulder will undoubtedly have to work together sometime in the last half of the season," Carter said.
11/26/00
New X-Files Guy His Own Man
obert Patrick, the new FBI agent on Fox's The X-Files, told Science Fiction Weekly that he doesn't consider himself David Duchovny's replacement. "I don't see it like that," said Patrick, who plays Agent John Doggett.
Patrick added, "I see it from the point of view of, David is a fantastic actor, and I understand that he's at a point in his career where he wants to walk away and pursue other interests, and he's a terrific actor. From my point of view, it's very exciting to be a new character introduced, and I'm a part of the ensemble."
Patrick, who has made a career of movie roles and television guest appearances, added that he understands the enduring appeal of The X-Files. "Well, I think it's a really diverse field: It's neat, it's conspiracies, it's things that aren't normal, it's a phenomenon, it's the dynamic of these people, and it's very intriguing," he said. "These are not everyday sort of experiences. And the fact that it's just great writing. What's going on on the surface is the structure of the story, and then the interesting thing here to me are the subplots, what's going on underneath. What is this really about--is this about this, or is it about this?"
11/26/00
Carter Calls Gunmen Light
The X-Files creator Chris Carter told Eon magazine that his upcoming mid-season spinoff series The Lone Gunmen will be lighter than the original. He said Fox has ordered 13 episodes of the show, which will feature the three characters made famous in The X-Files.
"It will be much lighter than X-Files," Carter told the magazine. "The characters actually get to develop in ways we've never seen them before on The X-Files. They aren't in service to Mulder and Scully. They're working on their own beat."
11/26/00
The Nov. 5 season premiere of Fox's The X-Files, featuring new cast member Robert Patrick, ranked as the night's top program in adults 18-49 and was the series' best showing since last November, Variety reported.
11/23/00
The House Of Mirth which stars Gillian Anderson is coming out in theaters December 22nd. Remember to go and see it! I heard its Oscar Worthy.
11/21/00 Do you see that date? Yes, it is infact, November 21st, 2000. Aka 1121, aka Dori (Pierson) Carter's birthday! You might say to yourself, "Why do I know that name? It sounds so familiar!" You are correct. Dori Pierson Carter is infact Chris Carters, the creater of the X-Files, wife. It is her birthday today. Instead of a card or a gift, please buy her book Beautiful Wasps Having Sex. I've read it and its very good. Please go to your local book store or go to Amazon.com. Yes, I am a walking advertisement.
11/21/00
In January, The Official X-Files Guide Volume 6 (season 7) is going to be out. You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com. To see a full size picture of the cover click on it.
11/21/00
Yup! Its almost Thanksgiving and that means its almost time for the FX Thanksgiving Day Marathon and you can vote for your favorite shows here. If you go don't kill your computer, FX has decided to make its voting site very complicated with a Flash opening, and you have to look up an episode number to vote for it. So be patient when voting. I hope all of you with FX have a nice marathon but unfortunetly I'm not going to my grandmas this year for Thanksgiving so I won't be able to see the marathon since Warner Cable has a monopoly here so they NEVER add channels.
It begins with reddish, murky shots of a baby floating through what appears to be amniotic fluid. Gurgling sounds and pattering drumbeats play in the background as the pregnant Agent Scully sleeps peacefully, unaware that a chorus of Enya on crack is about to follow her wherever she goes for the next hour. Suddenly, the scene changes. The music builds. The camera filter turns a decidedly less friendly blue. The amniotic fluid clears to reveal... Mulder, choking on an umbilical cord! Scully wakes in alarm. She's not having Mulder's baby, she realizes with a start. Her baby, that snug little creature in her womb is, in fact, Mulder!
Now that's gotta be painful.
Yes, it's back, another season of The X-Files, that dark, Duchovny-less alley down which we still dare to walk, where even the words "Co-Executive Producer John Shiban" will not turn us away. There are a few changes -- Mulder's status has been reduced from Main Protagonist to Dude That Falls From Sky in Credits -- but it still has that old late-season charm. Mere minutes went by before the first close-up shot of Scully's breasts. Yes, it's back, another season premiere, another lesson in futility, written by none other than He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
If "Within", the first of a two-parter whose sequel, "Without" (subtitle: Plot, Continuity, and Meaning) airs next week, intended to assuage the fears of fans who have scant interest in the series beyond Mulder, it failed miserably. The "new" X-Files picks up with the introduction of John Doggett (Robert Patrick), an FBI agent who exists to fill the Scully role, now that Scully's filling the Mulder role and Mulder's filling the role of malleable flesh toy. (More about that later.) Doggett is written as a pragmatic foil for all of Scully's crazy thoughts about aliens and "the truth"; problem is, Scully's essential plotline is that of a baby-producing hysteric, an incompetent agent at best and a emotional wreck at worst. She throws water at her co-workers, she leaves her apartment door wide open while she chases her landlord out the window, all the while longing for her secret agent man to return.
11/05/00
The first episode of the 8th season was last night! I hope you enjoyed it! I've started updating my episodes section again for another wonderful season!
News dated 11/01/00, unless stated otherwise, is from Scifiweekly.com
McConaughey Joins Reign
Matthew McConaughey will join Christian Bale slaying dragons in the upcoming fantasy movie Reign of Fire, according to the Hollywood trade papers. The post-apocalyptic film is slated to shoot in Great Britain in February.
Rob Bowman (The X-Files) will direct the movie, which is described as a cross between Mad Max and the Arthurian legends. McConaughey will play an American who teams with Christian Bale's Brit to battle dragons that have emerged from under the earth. Gregg Chabot and Kevin Peterka wrote a draft of the script; Matt Greenberg did a rewrite that is being polished by Zak Penn. Spyglass Entertainment is producing.
11/01/00
Katharine Towne will join David Duchovny in the cast of DreamWorks' upcoming SF comedy Evolution, to be directed by Ivan Reitman, Variety reported. The movie is slated to begin production this month in Los Angeles.
11/01/00
The Coming Attractions Web site disputes a rumor that The X-Files star David Duchovny was called by George Lucas to appear in Star Wars: Episode III. Citing its own source, the site says that Duchovny's comments during a French fan chat were mistranslated and that Lucas never called Duchovny.
11/01/00
This is from TV Guide (Note From Rachael: The 3 covers are out! Go and buy them!
Who's the daddy? Who's the new guy? And where in the universe is Mulder? Season 8 of The X-Files is shaping up to be the strangest and scariest yet, but fans might be nervous for another reason altogether: The fade-out of star David Duchovny. Here, the actors and the creator reveal the truth.
Strolling through the Fox lot in Los Angeles one recent afternoon, David Duchovny is all smiles. He hasn't been around the set much lately, and he's delighted by his surprise encounters with several crew members of The X-Files (Fox, Sundays, 9P.M./ET). "I can't stay away," quips the star, who popped in today for a photo shoot. "Its like I've graduated from college and have come back to see everybody."
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