THE TRUTH

Vol. 1 Issue 4

December 17, 2000

From the Editor’s Desktop

Hello X-Philers! Welcome to the fourth installment of The Truth! Well, we’ve got Sweet Li back for her Real Life X-Files column. She wrote a lot this week but if you want some chills to go shooting up your spine, check it out. Ragegrrl couldn’t do her Classic X-Files article this week because of a mischievous child, some blocks and her VCR, but we expect her column next week. If you have any episodes you like and would like her to review, e-mail her at ragegrrl@collegeclub.com. She has all the X-Files episodes at her fingertips, (through my collection), so any episode is fine. Anyway, out with The Truth!!

In this week’s issue:

News

Redrum review

Real Life X-Files

Shipper’s Corner

Snogger’s Column

Mulderisms/Scullyisms

Closing Notes

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SMITH & DUCHOVNY?

Seems Kevin Smith (Dogma, Clerks, Chasing Amy) was scheduled to meet with X-Files star David Duchovny last Saturday. It can only be speculated as to what the two were meeting for. Smith claims to have been a fan of the actor since his film, 'The Rapture.' Might Mr. Smith be asking Mr. Duchovny to be in his next film? 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,' is the slated title to the yet, unfilmed movie.

ARIEL GAINS HOME

The Ty Beanie Baby signed by David Duchovny has been sold. The item went for a whopping $580! All proceeds from the auction will go to charity to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

FOX VS. COMIC WRITER...AGAIN

(excerpt from Sci-Fi Wire)

Comic book writer James Hudnall--who won a legal fight with 20th Century Fox Television over credits to the TV show Harsh Realm--told SCI FI Wire that he may find himself at odds with Fox again over credits to a new show that also shares the name of one of his comic creations. Fox is developing an SF show for CBS called E.S.P.ers--to be produced by Jason Alexander and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine producer Ira Steven Behr--about an ex-cop who leads a team of psychic investigators.

The problem is that Hudnall wrote an SF comic book series called Espers in the 1980s and '90s, which shared a similar theme, Hudnall told SCI FI Wire.

"I don't have anything to say until this develops further, but I will say I have an established property with a similar premise, and it would be in their best interests to change the title," Hudnall said.

FOX ON TOP

(from yahoo.com)

Deviating from what had almost become a tradition at the network, all hell didn't break loose this fall -- even though Fox radically revamped its lineup, making significant changes on five nights. Most observers expected that with so much shifting and so many untested series, Fox Television Entertainment Group chairman Sandy Grushow and new entertainment president Gail Berman were in for a horrible fourth quarter.

Instead, just the opposite happened: As it readies for the second half of the 2000-01 season, Fox stands as the only one of the Big Four to be posting ratings gains in the key demo of adults 18-49.

That's good news for Berman's team as they look toward development for next season. Among Berman's priorities: finding a new female-oriented series franchise and developing a low-cost soap that can air in originals virtually all year.

Established anchors ``Ally'' and ``The X-Files,'' which seemed in serious trouble a year ago, have stabilized in the ratings and seem creatively back on track -- with ``X-Files'' managing to survive the loss of David Duchovny as a full-time regular. Long-running Saturday staples ``Cops'' and ``America's Most Wanted'' are as solid as ever.

X-FILES IN TOP TEN SHOWS

According to The Hollywood Reporter, these are the top ten series in the prized Adults 18-49 Nielsen ratings demographic for the 2000-2001 season to date. Many people did not expect The X-Files to do as well as it has, what with the part-time involvement of David Duchovny:

1. ER

2. Friends

3. Will and Grace

4. Just Shoot Me

5. Frasier

6. Cursed

7. Monday Night Football

8. Everyone Loves Raymond

9. The Simpsons

10. The X-Files

HIT THE ROAD GILLIAN!

As part of her public relations tour in support of the December 22nd US premiere of The House of Mirth, Gillian Anderson will be making the following appearances next week:

Dec. 18 - TODAY (NBC)

Dec. 19 - The Rosie O'Donnell Show (syndicated)

Dec. 21 - The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

NINE LIVES FOR X-FILES?

During one of its multitude of movie- and television-related shows broadcast earlier this week, Gillian Anderson was interviewed on E! about The House of Mirth, which will have its US debut later this month. The clip included several scenes from the movie, a short July 1999 interview recorded in Scotland during filming of HOM, and a more recent interview. In the latter, Gillian commented that she will finish up this season on The X-Files, probably do a ninth season (she is under contract if the show is renewed), and then was quoted as saying "it's time to move on." With it solid ratings performance so far this season, the likelihood of a ninth season seems to be increasing each week.

REDRUM 8x03

By Jesouhaite (jesouhaite@juno.com)

"Agents Scully and Doggett investigate the case of a man who is accused of murdering his wife but cannot remember committing the crime" I had mixed feelings about this episode. First I would like to start off by saying that it was definitely not one of my favorites. I even actually got bored for the first time in a long while. It was too reminiscent of "Monday", but in my opinion, Monday was a much better episode. Also there was the major lack of Scully and Doggett. I even found this episode confusing at times, which I rarely find happening.

I did like a few things though. I thought that Joe Morton, the actor who played the guy who killed his wife, was an excellent actor (he was also in T2 with Robert Patrick). I also liked that we finally got to see Doggett's apartment. We are getting to peek into his life a little more each week.

Next weeks episode looks interesting though...Doggett's killing Scully in her sleep...Skinner's back!! Who could ask for more?? LOL! Until next week...

Real Life X Files: Haunted Toys

By Sweet Li (sweetnymph@collegeclub.com)

In episode "Chinga", written by Stephen King, a woman is terrorized by visions of evil happening to those around her. The source of the horror is the pretty little doll her deceased husband pulled up from the ocean floor to give to their daughter. These dolls, called Chingas, were considered to be familiars to witches. As Fox explained, it was even believed that they could control human actions. For those who found this episode to be especially terrifying, as I did, the following "Real Life X Files" will leave you quaking, and running to lock up that old toy box.

Before leaving for the Vietnam War, Bobby bought his younger sisters Raggedy Ann dolls. A seemingly harmless gesture, it proved frightening for this family, which was prone to paranormal experiences. It seems that after Bobby left for the war, his sisters began sleeping in the room he had shared with his uncle Mike, whom had died in a robbery the night before Bobby left, and in which Bobby's ex-girlfriend had appeared to him on the night of her funeral.

As the story is told to my source, "One night they both awoke to find the Raggedy Ann dolls sitting up in bed laughing at them..." Several years later, "Joan's (the younger sister) grandchildren were over and were playing in the room that was once Mike and Bobby's room. They ran downstairs to Joan and her friend and claimed someone was watching them as they played. The women went upstairs to look.

The room was very cold, but they found no intruder. The girls said they were being watched form the closet. Joan showed the girls there was nothing in the closet. She even stood inside to point this out. As she stood in the closet, she looked up and noticed a small hole in the ceiling above the closet door. She inspected the hole and found a box full of old clothes and things. Among them were the Raggedy Ann dolls that had come alive years before.

Even in my own family, stories of haunted toys are familiar. My cousin, Penny, once told me of the home she and her children first lived in after she married into our family. The house was often cold and drafty, and noises could be heard in strange places, but no one thought much of it, because it was an older house. They assumed that it was simply settling, and that some minor repairs would prevent the draftiness. But soon stranger occurrences began taking place. The children's toys, mostly the electronic kind, would suddenly switch on at night; long after everyone had gone to sleep. One toy in particular, a little plastic, multicolored ball that used batteries to roll about and make sounds, seemed especially active. Of course, they naturally figured that the children were getting up and playing, and punished the girls for lying when they denied it. As a means to both punish them and prevent them from continuing their nightly play sessions, Keith (my cousin) removed all the batteries from their toys. That same night, Keith and Penny could hear the laughing in the playroom and the little ball singing out its songs quite happily. Angry, he rushed to the playroom. The music stopped and the ball rolled to a stop. Not seeing the girls, he then went to their room, only to find them asleep in bed. He checked the ball...the batteries were still missing.

The next morning, my cousins consulted a priest, who told them that they must leave the home immediately, taking nothing with them, as the spirit, which seemed to have grown fond of the children, could lock itself into their toy if it saw them preparing to leave. They returned home, grabbed the girls and only a few days clothing, and left again for good...leaving the happy little ball and its fellow toys in the home alone.

In the early years of my mother's life, when my grandfather was still a military man, her father was often away from home for long periods of time. This was true one special holiday season. My grandfather, who had called the night before to tell Grandma Lefty that he would be home soon, was not home yet, and it was getting late. To keep everyone entertained, my great uncle Gene pulled out his Ouija board. When it came my grandmother's time to ask the board a question, she simply asked "where is John?" The fingerboard began moving slowly, spelling out long, seemingly nonsense letters:

Alexandria. Everyone laughed it off, telling each other that Alexandria was in Virginia, and that he wouldn't be in that part of the country. Grandma got up to make coffee, and the board was put away. Around 9:00 pm, my grandfather arrived home, starved and ready for the holiday meal. As everyone gathered around the table, my grandfather explained why he was late. While he was on the train ride home, the young woman in the seat next to him became ill. She was alone, and had little money, so he got off the train with her at her stop to buy her a bite to eat and sit with her until her ride came to pick her up. My aunt, excited to hear about her father's adventure, asked, "Where did you eat, Daddy?" "At the cafe in the station in Alexandria, Nebraska" was his answer.

SHIPPER'S CORNER

By Jesouhaite (jesouhaite@juno.com)

This week's scene comes from an unlikely episode. It's from the episode HOME that was banned from being shown in repeats on most stations...

SCULLY: Imagine all a woman's hopes and dreams for her child and then nature turns so cruel. What must a mother go through?

MULDER: Apparently not much in this case if she just threw it out with the trash.

(They sit on a bench.)

SCULLY: I, I guess I was just projecting on myself.

MULDER: Why, is there a history of genetic abnormalities in your family?

SCULLY: No.

MULDER: Well, just find yourself a man with a spotless genetic make-up and a really high tolerance for being second-guessed and start pumping out the little Uber-Scullies.

(She smiles. He rubs her back a little.)

SCULLY: What about your family?

MULDER: Hmm? Well, aside from the need for corrective lenses and a tendency to be abducted by extraterrestrials involved in an international governmental conspiracy, the Mulder family passes genetic muster.

(They both smile. The smile soon fades from Mulder's face.)

Now, Scully, that child inside is a tragedy. Some young parents, probably scared kids, disposed of an unwanted birth... in a very certain sense, infanticide is involved, but this is not an F.B.I. matter.

SCULLY: But from what I know from about genetic defects, Mulder, it's unlikely that child is a result of a single polygenic mating.

MULDER: We should let local authorities investigate that.

SCULLY: Those defects, Mulder, are autosomal dominant disorders, and from the degree, I'd say, mutations that go back many generations.

MULDER: Scully, uh, Sheriff Taylor, uh, implied that the boys in that family were not really the type that could easily get dates.

SCULLY: But he also implied that they practice inbreeding. Now we all have a natural instinct to propagate...

MULDER: Do we?

SCULLY: There are theories which pose that our bodies are, are simply vehicles for genes needing to replicate.

MULDER: Yeah, yeah, but there's no sister. The mother's been dead for ten years.

SCULLY: But if the instinct and the need is strong enough, they will answer it any way that they can. Now a woman gave birth to that child, Mulder, and my guess is, against her will.

MULDER: And kidnapping is a bureau matter.

(She starts to the car.)

Scully....

(She looks back at him.)

I never saw you as a mother before.

(She smiles slightly and walks off. He follows.)

Snogger’s Column

By: DDGA4ever (ddga4ever@edsamail.com.ph)

Hello to all X-Philes out there especially to the snoggers. Recently I got this email from a friend. I don't know if most of you have already read this in the fan forum. I'm surprised that the person who posted this message is from my best friend from USA. And she posted:

From Fanficqueen:

"Um.... I guess that Becky (my friend who has a relative that works at FOX), would be considered an "UnOfficial" X-Files supplier :D.....Becky, my source, was on the set a lot during the first five seasons in Vancouver, (she's still on set there a lot in LA too :) ), and she said that once in a while, after filming a scene, DD and GA could be caught in each others' trailers, or in a corner in the back of a room, kissing.... or doing some *other*

activities.... ;) 8)....I don't know how to interpret this information, but I'd say that it's a 99.9999% chance, that they have *something* going on behind the camera that we're not supposed to be clued in on." :D

Listen everyone, if you are snogger, you will DEFINITELY believe this post but since WE RESPECT PRIVACY here, we don't know whether this is true or not. Well, as a 100% snogger...I DO BELIEVE! Who knows?! My best friend has a friend named Becky, and yes, she has a relative working at FOX...Well like what Blue Piper's snog news said, according to this girl, she caught them kissing and have picture taken (it's a private picture...sorry!)

I have a question for all of you...

QUESTION FOR THE WEEK (Deadline of the Submission will be December 18)*Do you believe Gillian and David are still in love with each other even though they are married and have children?*

Kindly participate in the question of the week. The best POV I pick will be posted in my column. Include your nick and email addy. Any questions? E-mail me.

Mulderisms/Scullyisms

By the Editor (xanderfrohike@yahoo.com)

Mulder: I'm gonna go find Trepkos.

Scully: What if he's already dead?

Mulder: Then he'll have a tough time answering my questions.

(from Firewalker)

Scully: Well that guy really pisses me off.

Mulder: You OK, Scully?

Scully: Yeah . . .

Mulder: Calmed down?

(from Fearful Symmetry)

Mulder: Mr. Yappi, read this thought.

The Stupendous Yappi: (reacting as if hit) So's your old man!

(from Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose)

Closing Notes

Thanks for reading! Sorry it was late this week! Enjoy Via Negativa tonight! Frank Spotnitz promises us that it will scare the pants off of us! Until next week, the Truth is out there!!