Lone Gunmen Cancelled.

**James Harvey** · 05-17-2001, 12:22 AM

At the last minute they cancelled it to make way for a new drama called PASADENA. Start your laughing (and crying) now.

**Calhoun07** · 05-17-2001, 12:27 AM

Originally posted by DickGrayson
At the last minute they cancelled it to make way for a new drama called PASADENA. Start your laughing (and crying) now.

Crap. Are they even going to give us the honor of wrapping up the season cliffhanger, either with a special episode or tying it into X Files next year?

**James Harvey** · 05-17-2001, 01:10 AM

I'm guessing the latter.

**Jedi Knight** · 05-17-2001, 01:23 AM

DAMMIT!!!!

I swear, every single show that I like ends up getting canned. It's unbelievable!

Is the X-Files back for sure? I hope they kill Mulder. I really hate David Duchovny.

**James Harvey** · 05-17-2001, 01:31 AM

They will announce it tomorrow, but X-FILES is definatly back for it's ninth (and very likely) last season. With Duchoveny back for the occaisonal cameo, expect the focus to shift on Scully and Doggit, and that new chick throughout the season. and the Gunmen will have appearances.

**Clayface** · 05-17-2001, 02:07 AM

I'm sorely tempted to test the foul language filter of these boards right now. I can't begin to express how ticked off I am about this.

Crazy8s · 05-17-2001, 08:00 AM

I'm used to it--shows I really enjoy always get no resepect! TLG was the only live action show that I really cared about.

What I don't understand is how Dark Angel can continue--did it get such great numbers? And I've seen it posted that the Gunmen are scheduled to appear in the X-Files finale season episode--kinda hard since they were left in a dire prediciment at the end of their series!

**Chiropterarex** · 05-17-2001, 01:05 PM

Well, I must say that when I saw this thread I laughed for a long time. I watched this show until the one where they have that Spanish tango competition. Then I said, "Forget it." I thought that this would be a really cool show. I tried to like it, but it just didn't do it for me.

I loved Byers, Langley, and Frohike and I though that Yves was good. It's that stupid, moronic Jimmy that made me stop watching. They could have done some much better with him. Instead they make him a bumbling idiot. Give me a break! I loved the first episode of The Lone Gunmen because it didn't have Jimmy. After they introduced him in the second ep I started to get mad at the show.

Another part that I hated was that the truth was never exposed. Now that's usually what happened in The X-Files because the stories were always covered up or buried under lies, but I found even that to be incredibly frustrating. Mulder and Scully couldn't buy a vowel most of the time. And the truth is still out there. I love The X-Files a lot. But one show where nothing is accomplished is enough. Sure the Lone Gunmen could report about it, but most of time they barely had the funds to get their story to the people. What's the point!?!

Believe me I did try to like the show. I wanted it to succeed. I love the Lone Gunmen on The X-Files, but their own show did not work well. I guess Chris Carter will have to try again. Will FOX give him another chance?

**Mr. Obsession** · 05-17-2001, 01:13 PM

Joy! Just one more piece of news to help take my day down another notch.

**Clayface** · 05-17-2001, 02:50 PM

Originally posted by Chiropterarex

I loved Byers, Langley, and Frohike and I though that Yves was good. It's that stupid, moronic Jimmy that made me stop watching. They could have done some much better with him. Instead they make him a bumbling idiot.

Actually, its Jimmy that makes the show so great, IMO. I mean, I love the Lone Gunmen, but Jimmy has become my favorite character on the show. He's not a bumbling idiot, actually. If you had stuck with teh sow, you would have seen that he's shown himself to be, in some ways, the smartest of them all. He's the big oaf, but a loveable big oaf. My favorite episode of the entire season wasthe episode where they introduced. I still crack up everytime I think of that blind footbal team.

What's the point!?!

The point is to keep fighting the good fight. It may seem futile at times, but in the long run, they do some good (much like a lot of real life).

**Calhoun07** · 05-17-2001, 03:45 PM

I'll admit that when I saw him first with the blind football team, I cringed. I thought he was just going to be another moron, and if that was the case, I would be among those who hated Jimmy. But if you watched the show, and I mean really watched each episode, and paid attention to the character development, you would have see that Jimmy was more than just a moron. He was actually probably sharper than any of the other three but just had inexperience in using it.

Jimmy was becoming a much more three dimensional character towards the end of the season. And now the series is over, the great character that was coming to fruition is gone. I can only hope that Fox will re-consider their actions and bring back the Lone Gunmen as a mid season replacement next year, or at least they will bring Jimmy into the episodes of the X Files with the Lone Gunmen. I'd hate to see a great character in development just die like that.

As far as the cancellation of the series, I'm still upset about it.

**James Harvey** · 05-17-2001, 06:33 PM

It was one of those 'ONE THE BUBBLE' shows that should've been saved, dammit!

Peace Keeper · 05-17-2001, 08:54 PM

In these past 2 years, the X-files got really crappy. Once they killed off the ELDERS, it all went down hill. I stopped watching it when T-1000 became the star. I liked the LONE GUNMEN more b/c is was about conspiracies. I, however, did not like JIMMY. I wasn't too crazy about Byers either.

**James Harvey** · 05-17-2001, 09:50 PM

Actually, this season has been one of the most acclaimed seasons the show has ever had, becuase of Robert Patrick.

**Clayface** · 05-18-2001, 01:09 AM

Originally posted by DickGrayson
Actually, this season has been one of the most acclaimed seasons the show has ever had, becuase of Robert Patrick.

Yep. He's the reason I came back to the show, and I've loved what he's done in this season. I almost wish X-Files would continue another couple of seasons just so we could see more of him.

**James Harvey** · 05-18-2001, 08:18 AM

From the episodes that I've watched this season, which weren't much, I see he's doing a helluva job. And I'm glad he won't be typecasted as the T2 villian. He's on for next season, along with Gillian Anderson I think.

**Chiropterarex** · 05-18-2001, 12:10 PM

I must admit that before The X-Files all I had seen Patrick in was T2. I really like his character. He looks like a guy that would own a truck, too. A person that would kick the tires on his truck every morning. I also think that the eps have gotten better this year. I loved the Boston Subway one along with the healer spirit one where Mulder tried to be healed by the creature but didn't, and the one two weeks ago where the creature blinds his victims with a venom that liquifies their insides. These have been some of the best eps and there are many more that I haven't named. Even the first part of the finale was good, and I haven't been too impressed with the alien conspiracy ones this year. I wish that they would use Lea more though.

Quote by Clayface:

The point is to keep fighting the good fight.

I guess that's ok, but I can only handle one show that fights the good fight and that is The X-Files. Maybe it will be explained in this second part of the finale, but I still don't understand why Mulder was "cured." First they couldn't get the healer to bring him back to life, then we learn that there's heal-all for Mulder. I didn't buy it. I am glad that he's back, but it seemed really odd to me though. I mean, they had to dig him up. And it wasn't until after he was dug up that he "lived" again. I couldn't follow that at all. In The Lone Gunmen I became very frustrated in the ep where the car that ran on water could not be revealed. Why couldn't it be!?! The reasons that they gave were completely bogus. Writing about it in a paper that does not have the attention of the people will not help their cause one bit.

**Clayface** · 05-18-2001, 12:35 PM

Originally posted by Chiropterarex

In The Lone Gunmen I became very frustrated in the ep where the car that ran on water could not be revealed. Why couldn't it be!?! The reasons that they gave were completely bogus.

What were the reasons they gave? I don't remember anymore.

Writing about it in a paper that does not have the attention of the people will not help their cause one bit.

Honestly though, what are they supposed to do with the info? Go to a big nationwide paper? They'd be looked at like they were kooks, and be laughed out of the place. So, they put the information out there in their own format for anyone that may be interested. Those that want to see the truth can, and those that want to live with their heads in the sand, do so.

**Failure** · 05-18-2001, 03:18 PM

TV execs. I can't for the life of me figure them out.

I don't see how shows like Boot Camp and Cops and all that crap continue to come back year after year, and something like LGM can't make it past 13 eps. I really liked that show, it was a good, lighthearte complement to the X-Files. I guess the ratings weren't that great, but I heard they were constantly increasing, and anyway, what the heck did they expect? They put a show on at Friday night, with Cops as a lead in, were they expecting ER-esque ratings? Geez. I hope some other network picks them up, *Gulp* even UPN.

**Jedi Knight** · 05-18-2001, 05:07 PM

Didn't they say it couldn't be revealed because it would cause the economy to collapse? If you think about it, a water-powered car would kill pretty much all oil and gas companies, and most car manufacturers would have to start at square one again. I figure that would definitely crush the economy. The only way to convert to water-powered cars would be through a gradual shift (i.e. hybrids, and so on) like we are with cars like the Honda Insight.

Also, just wanted to put in my 2 cents abotu Jimmy. I thought he was a good character, and he definitely did develop quite nicely throughout the season. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that he's ALWAYS the voice of reason, and that he's ALWAYS right. I thought they kinda dropped him into that role, but that's a minor complaint.

As for The X-Files, I like it MUCH better without David Duchovny. That guy just dragged the show down (I hate the actor, not the character). Robert Patrick has done a great job as Doggett, and I hope the show stays as good next season.