Old flamewars never die, they just retreat to their corners and BURN
Once upon a time, there was the X-Files fandom, and oh, the flamewars burned.

But time passed, and people left, and then one day the show was cancelled. This should be the end of the fairy tale, right?

WRONG.

XF fandom is still out there, with all the crazies off in their own little corners, patting each other on the back and nursing their hurts. There aren't as many flamewars anymore, if only because the wackier fen keep to within their own circles and therefore don't have anyone to dispute their wild-ass opinions.

But that doesn't make those opinions any less wanky! ;-)

So while TXF has been off the air for, what, a year and a half now, and Duchovny (hereafter known as DD) left the show a year plus before that, there are still DDFans who are as bitter and virulent as they were the day he announced he was leaving. And there are also the faithful and clueless of the Haven Spoilers folder, who continue to cling to the idea of a second movie like a lifeboat in the North Atlantic.



We begin our adventure in the Spoilers folder, where a group of insane diehard Fans have decided to put an ad in the Hollywood Reporter to encourage 1013 to make a second XF movie.

(What? What's that you say? A lame ass $3000 ad from a teeny tiny subset of "The Fans" isn't going to do much to entice a studio to spend millions of dollars for a big-budget movie? Listen, mister, you just put that icky logic back in your pocket and march yourself right on out of here. We'll have no common sense here - we have ENTHUSIASM and DEEP ABIDING LOVE FOR THE OTP, and that's all that matters, dagnabbit!)

Soon after, someone from the DDFans board decides to let her pals know over there what's going on, and discuss what The Only True DD Fans like themselves can do to help. And then it gets wacky!

Of course, there's the usual 'I won't go to any movie if Doggshit is in it' stupidity, but things become more Rage Amongst Each Other when there's confusion as to whether the people collecting for the ad will take "classic fan money".

Which leads to an important question: how does one recognize "classic fan money" versus regular money? Does it have Mulder's face in place of Ben Franklin's? *g*

(Side note: I find it HILARIOUS that the DDFans are so suspicious and wary of the Haven Spoilers board; I think they're still punishing the Haven for allowing that subfolder for "The Next Generation" to exist during S8. Despite the fact that the folder was a veritable trollfest of anti-Doggett folks screaming and yelling how much they hated the guy, and the whole folder finally disappeared when the board owner -- a hardcore shipper herself -- decided she'd had enough of the insane and never-ending flamewars. All of which happened THREE YEARS AGO, and still, the DDFans consider the Haven unsafe and pro-Doggett.

The HAVEN, people. BWAHAHAHAHA!)

But wait! There's more!

Once the Haven's rep has been cleared, a discussion begins about...oh God, this killed me...whether or not Gillian Anderson is really the best choice to play Scully in future movies!!!!!!!

I'm serious. They're not sure if she could do justice to the role.

Some choice quotes:

Xenodeno: Heh, I think it would be fun to see if TL or Julianne Moore was cast as Scully.
As an afterthought...really, as much of a non-fan of GA as I am, I still liked her in the role of Scully and would like to see her one more time as Scully. After that she can fade away into obscurity.

Beargirl74: I think I would prefer Tea as Scully myself, especially since she had a bit of experience with the role in "Hollywood AD," but that's just me. Then again, since Julianne filled in so well for Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling in Hannibal, and she obviously has experience playing a red-headed Fed, she would probably do well in the part also. Who knows?

I'd hate to say it, but I feel that the role of Scully is really GA's major claim to fame. She's making obvious attempts to branch out, and while this is understandable, I'm getting the very distinct impression that she seems to have a rather elevated opinion of herself and her abilities. She's certainly not the first actor, or actress, to grapple with this type of frustration, but she has to be the first I know of who seems to try to elevate her own status to, well, that of an immortal, which I find worrisome for personal religion-related reasons.

*dies laughing*

Really, you have to read the thread. I mean, I know the truly fanatical DDFans are obsessed and very, very singularly focused, but, c'mon! They've got to be joking, right? Right?

*crickets chirp*

Anyway, there's still a little bit more of the Movie Campaign story. Sadly, after three weeks of collecting, they've only gotten $505 in donations. Which yeah does seem like a lot, but I know the DD and GA ads (which ran along with many others in the special XF-edition Hollywood Reporter issue when the show ended) collected about ten times as much as this movie campaign has, and they did that -- EACH -- in about a week. So in comparison, this collection plate will be out for a long, long time, methinks.

I'm thinking maybe it's not going so well because the the second movie campaign website is so lame. ;-) Not that they'd be open to suggestions for improvement; I can see in the Haven thread deslea went the high road and offered some sage advice about how to create an ad, and what the real costs will be. Advice which was promptly ignored, because, don't forget, they have ENTHUSIASM and DEEP ABIDING LOVE FOR THE OTP, and that's all that matters!



In conclusion...these people are all whacked. I can't decide if their continued passion still flaming this hot two years after the show ended is something to admire or fear.

I say...fear. *g*

[ETA: This entry is dedicated to snacky, for convincing me to take it out of a locked entry in my LJ and let us all bask in the nostalgic nuttiness. Hee!]