4/30/99

Madelaine West Duchovny's the name. Apparently both are ecstatic and will raise her as a Knicks fan! :-)))) Shooting is long over, and Duchovny will go to film his movie with Minnie Driver in a week. Well anyway, I have plenty of upcoming episode news. Spotnitz wrote the story and Shiban and Gilligan wrote the teleplay for "Field Trip," which should be a really really good episode. It will involve carnivorous fungi, and will mostly take place in Mulder or Scully's trips! In the finale there will be no Gibson- or Spender-related info at all, and more than one person will die, one of them a recurring character. It is not Skinner or Fowley. Skinner betrays Scully and Mulder, and there is "S.R. 819" continuity!! Scully will get some action scenes. And the rebels are talked about.

Source: eBay

4/27/99

IT'S A GIRL! David Duchovny missed Saturday's wrap party (anyone got a tape of the season 6 blooper reel!!) because that was the day she was born. What timing! Well congratulations to both parents!! I got a look at Wave 7, looks very nice. Didn't buy it because I have 5 of the episodes on tape anyway. I bought Bury the Hatchet by the Cranberries (my fav band of course) and the Disturbing Behavior score by Mark Snow instead. Both recommended! Now I can hardly wait for his next album, even though the X-Files suite was arranged by John Beal (a film trailer composer, but Snow authorized it). Incidentally the rumors that the album would contain Snow's previous X-Files theme song attempts are false. It is actually mostly music from other movies and TV shows he scored. Well, "The Unnatural" was amazing! Not just the comedy, but the spiritual parts, the emotional parts, the shippy parts (yes!), and of course the bonus mytharc revelations!!! (Which, BTW, I will take as fact, at least the Bounty Hunter being an enhanced type of grey part.) Scully was a little out of character at the beginning, especially since we're supposed to believe she was just being stalked in "Milagro," but the end was beautiful. Done perfectly! And Duchovny did a great job directing too. IN THE BIG INNING? Icing on the cake. I am confused as to where some of the SpoilerVille rumors came from, because a number of them were wrong. First Dales wasn't an alien! What else...Dales wasn't in it at all, it was his brother! And other things. I didn't notice a team called the Elysians, did you?

Sources: eBay and Haven for the FBI's Most Unwanted.

4/25/99

Here are some tidbits from "Biogenesis," which will be amazing. First a character update. It appears that Gibson, the rebels, Cassandra, and Spender won't be in it. There is some confusion as to whether Covarrubias and Jeremiah Smith (and Spender...?) will be in it, because there may have been rewrites. However none of that matters because...Albert Hosteen from the "Anasazi" trilogy is in it!!!! Yes, our good Native American friend will return, hopefully continuing the loose ends at the end of "Paper Clip"...my guess is that Skinner tells Mulder about the Anasazi's memorization of the MJ files? Might tie into the nanites too. Also Skinner, Fowley, CSM, the Bounty Hunter, and Krycek are confirmed. Anyway the cliffhanger is supposed to be incredible. So, I will NOT spoil any of you, and I will try my best not to find out what it is! Now, the two alien artifacts previously mentioned are from the Ivory Coast (hence the beach scene). Something happens when an A.U. scientist puts the two together. He doesn't die, but the monkeys all witness this and turn evil apparently.... The artifacts cause Mulder's illness and he falls down stairs.

Sources: eBay and dvdfile.com.

4/23/99

Here's the official page for Mark Snow's new album. Among other things, it includes a 30-minute X-Files suite! There is a clip on the page, but it's only 30 seconds long and doesn't really have anything except a preview of a beefed-up theme. Anyway, "The Unnatural" is getting good reviews already. Guess we have this season's "Bad Blood" on our hands. That's it for now.

4/21/99 *Updated*

LATER UPDATE: Krycek joins the season finale ensemble!! The FX X-Files Declassified contest starts May 10, or send in your entries now from official magazine issue 10.

BTW, I got 20 MB more Web space from FortuneCity at tatooine.fortunecity.com/gibson/445/, but it doesn't allow files more than 1 MB! So I can't upload the videos that I didn't have space for before.

4/19/99

"Milagro"...wow! That was the best standalone to come around in a long time. I love all character pieces like "Christmas Carol" etc. and this was no exception. I liked Manners' direction, Carter's script was incredible and the story by Spotnitz and Shiban was ingenious. The acting was great all around, especially Padgett. The music too. Well "The Unnatural" looks pretty silly, but I'm looking forward to it anyway. Here's to hoping it's of the "Bad Blood" type of humor and not "The Rain King"...ugh. I miss having only 1 humorous episode a year, so it was always a surprise. Oh well! Anyway I have some interesting news today. First, Rob Bowman will in fact be directing I Am Legend with Arnold! Possibly Nicholas Cage will star instead but go Rob!! The project was on hold until now. And here is great news on "Three of a Kind": A character from previous episodes (other than the Lone Gunmen of course) will make a reappearance. That person is Morris Fletcher from the "Dreamland" 2-parter!! Can't wait.

Sources: eBay and Cinescape Online.

4/18/99

I have a bunch of news today, but first some tidbits. I think that "Shades of Gray" was a bogus (previous) title for 6X20. What I think happened is that someone went to EIDC's Shoot Sheet and saw "SHADES OF GRAY" listed next to Twentieth Century Fox and assumed it was for the X-Files. However I just found out that Fox produced a pilot for next season called Shades of Gray. I'll keep it as a previous title anyway. You never know! Well, that mystery solved and a lesson learned: Never trust rumors! Oops, wait, but you can trust me! Anyway, with Morgan and Wong's The Wonder Cabinet comes more XF-related stuff: XF director David Nutter and Jonathan "Riker" Frakes are producing a new show called Roswell High for Fox. We'll be getting some interesting XF-like shows next season (Harsh Realm included of course!). And in addition to the movie Flight 180, our dynamic duo Morgan and Wong are writing a screenplay called The Mark to star Will Smith. Smith apparently asked them to make it more like The Matrix, after declining the role of Morpheus then kicking himself very hard after seeing how good it was. Oh yeah, those wondering when I will get rid of my homepage for a new look, that is in the works. That and a new name. I'll keep you posted! I'd also just like to get something off my chest--I think the X-Files Timeline is getting to people's heads. Not that it's a bad site--it's great! But the summaries of episodes posted the morning of the air date ruins the surprise! Why read the entire summary if you can wait a few hours to see the real thing? Why spoil the end if you can be surprised by watching the episode unknowing, with no lights on?!?! That is why I also try to stay away from reading spoilers that are too detailed or give away too much--I've had bad experiences, like learning that the X-Files would be burned in "The End," etc. Stuff that I would rather find out while watching the episode, not weeks before. Anyone feel the same way?? [END RANT]

Sources: The Official Gillian Anderson Web Site, Medellia's Realm, Los X-Files, dvdfile.com, and Cinescape Online.

4/15/99

First some random stuff: Listed in The Oxford Book of Quotations is one of the most popular phrases of the 20th century: "The Truth is Out There." Not bad!! Here is something weird. Last month Fox reserved three X-Files-related Internet domains--foxmulder.com, xfilesstore.com, and xfilescomics.com--but none of them work yet. This is in addition to www.x-filesdvd.com, reserved in October, which links to Fox Home. Also, Dean Haglund's site has been updated, and you can now order autographed photos from him--part of the money goes to charity. The updated sections are Gallery, Travel, Buzz, and Calendar.

Sources: eBay, Image Entertainment, Haven for the FBI's Most Unwanted, and Dave Universe.

4/13/99

First off, I forgot to write what I thought about "Trevor" yesterday. Oh well. I thought it was great! Acting, directing, story, writing, all good. Plenty of action and I loved Mark Snow's music for the episode--a little different than usual. Did you notice that Lariat is back in business? :-) Overall one of the best MOTWs this season, this is going to be a classic to be remembered. Anyway...aside from the 12x12" promo flat for the albums, there is also a 12x12" 3D flat with a pop-out "X"--here's the picture.

Source: eBay

4/12/99

"Home" will be uncut and uncensored in Wave 7--confirmed again for April 27--whether or not that means it was censored in the original Fox broadcast. It will also be uncensored in the upcoming FX rebroadcast. Does anyone know about the original airing? It looks like Fox has ditched the "Wave" name as it has the "File" and "Dossier." This is apparently also a limited release. Anyway, if anyone could scan in the new alien statue ad in the latest official magazine, #10, that would be great. It looks like DD's episode will in fact be called "The Unnatural." And to clear up rumors about "Three of a Kind," Mulder won't be in it, we won't see the Gunmobile, the episode never had anything to do with nanotechnology, it will involve a drug, and Langly shoots Modeski...sort of. Don't know exactly what that means, sorry.

4/10/99

I just wanted to update on Stacey O., webmaster of the Carter Connection who died of an aneurysm. Apparently most people think that the episode with her name in it (Ten Thirteen agreed to do it) was "Alpha" with Karin Berquist's assistant named Stacey Muir. Anyway, the agents for both Laurie Holden and Jeff Gulka have been contacted recently, so it looks like Gibson and Marita too will be in the finale, and if not that the season 7 premiere. Speaking of which, the Season 7 Spoilers page is now up, and I've adjusted the Season 6 Spoilers page by moving the season 7 and sequel info to the season 7 page. I've also taken out all the irrelevant rumors. And just to let everyone know, the alleged season 7 schedules with all the episode titles going around are totally made up. Finally, two small tidbits: Scully giggles a lot in "Three of a Kind"...I don't know what to think! It sounds way out of character, and I hope this doesn't fall under the category of X-Files Lite. And in "Black Diamond" the "ice cream" rumor is referring to ice cream sandwiches.

Source: Miningco Guide to X-Files Fans

4/9/99

I got some more spoilers on "Milagro," possibly contradicting the previous ones, but these are reliable (official magazine #10). The killer, Phillip Padgett, tries to rip Scully's heart out of her chest! He is an artist and draws a picture of Scully, and leaves gifts at their office door. For the first time, we will see Mulder's apartment's lobby and a bathroom in it. It sounds like Padgett already lived next to Mulder.

Source: eBay

4/8/99

OK, the writers for "Trevor," the freelancers, are Ken Hawryliw and Jim Guttridge. Guttridge is a Grammy-nominated composer and Hawryliw is the X-Files' prop master. He designed the PLAM and the fire wand!! He's currently working on a book called The Building of The X-Files. If his name sounds familiar, it's because he played himself in "Unusual Suspects." He was the fat dude accused of hacking into the government's computers, but he was really playing a computer game. Anyway, the episode is supposed to be really good, especially the bad guy's acting. Now on to some random tidbits. The rumor that Carter has finished the sequel script has been confirmed as FALSE, he hasn't even started. It's in thinking stages now. Two unconfirmed rumored titles for DD's episode are "Roswell" and "Aliens in the Outfield"; they may even be jokes or nicknames, but I'll put them in Episode Titles anyway. The Region 2 DVD version of the movie will come out sometime in early 2000 for R2-coded players in other countries. And finally, guess how many years the Harsh Realm cast has already signed on for? 7!! That's how high the expectations are for the success of this show. Oh yeah, if you're a Brimstone fan and want to save it, check out this site. I never got a chance to watch it.

4/7/99 *Updated*

I have the title and plot summary for the season finale!!!!!!! It is going to be so awesome. It's called "Biogenesis" and is about a doctor who believes in panspermia, the theory that life came from space (or Mars). He finds an artifact to support the theory, but one of his colleagues has alterior motives having to do with the discovery. Mulder goes to New Mexico (the Anasazi are back??!) and is admitted into a hospital showing bizarre symptoms--the doctors are Native American. Meanwhile, an African peasant shows Scully the artifact. WOW! Anyway, the quote from "Milagro" isn't from Mulder, it's from the suspect Scully falls for.

Sources: eBay and Helix Online.

4/6/99

Here's the latest rundown on season 6.... These are the characters who will most likely be in the finale, and most of them are confirmed: Gibson (!), Spender (!!!), Fowley, Skinner, the Bounty Hunter, Jeremiah Smith, Krycek (!!), and CSM. "Field Trip" will literally be about a trip in the fields--Mulder and Scully get a buzz from mushrooms in a field when they touch them! And "Milagro" looks to be the shippy episode of the season. Check out this line: "I want you to love me, but you love someone else." That is Mulder to Scully. Wow! Now about the sequel, apparently it has not been written yet, that was a false rumor. Also the rumor that it would be a MOTW came from Fox execs who didn't want more confused audiences for the sequel. Also don't forget to check out Episode Titles--I added a bunch of stuff to it including a breakdown on the types of titles and a comparison to Millennium titles. It took me a while, so if you went to the page earlier today and it was screwy, check again, it's fixed now.

Anyway, there was a promo t-shirt made for the U.K. Odeon cinemas, with the "X" on the front and "ODEON" on the back; the text is silver and the shirt is black.

4/5/99

I have a large amount of interesting news today. I will start with the season 6 and season 7 news (yes, that far in the future), but I have some really cool merchandise news farther down. In Spain season 6 starts April 18 on Tele5. "Black Diamond" will have the shapeshifting aliens infiltrating the Negro Leagues in 1947 so that they can travel without being noticed (how clever...). Dales is sent to protect an important player after they are exposed--one of them is hit, oozing green blood. It turns out Dales himself is an alien! Which means the aliens were keeping all the "real" people in hiding somewhere. This gives us a good background on the conspiracy--the bounty hunters came right after Roswell, way before "Colony." Apparently this is the first X-File investigated by the FBI, but probably not the first X-File because that would contradict "Shapes."

Sources: The Official Gillian Anderson Web Site and Miningco Guide to X-Files Fans.

4/4/99 *Updated*

Let me ask you: Is the tagline for The Matrix a big coincidence or a big ripoff ("The fight for the future begins....")?? Well, the title for 6X21 is "Field Trip." Here is a brief summary of "Milagro": When Mulder and Scully shadow a killer who leaves no clues, Scully finds herself enthralled by Mulder's prime suspect. That's all for now.

Source: The Ultimate X-Files Information Complex

4/3/99

Before I forget, I would like to tell everyone to see The Matrix--this movie was incredible. It will knock your socks off. Definitely worth it. I saw it on Wednesday but kept forgetting to post it here. (Check out the official site!) And also before I forget, did anyone else notice that the text in parts of "Alpha" was screwy? First we had that crazy yellow font for the subtitles in the beginning. That was nuts. But in the middle of the episode, the text in the lower left looked different than usual. A little smaller...I don't know exactly, but they screwed it up, and it went back to normal by the end. Speaking of the text, it seems that it's just a little different coming out of L.A. than from Vancouver. I think the postproduction people didn't quite match the speed of the rolling text, because this season it's choppier and slower. Just food for thought, that's what it seems like to me.

Back to business. I have some new info on the "Lies"/"Plans" (6X21/6X22) dilemma. 6X21 is definitely a stand-alone episode, and the "Lies" title is most likely a lie, but for now I'll assume that that is the title for 6X22, and "Plans" is the season 7 premiere. No info on 6X21's title, but here's what I do know (thanks to GF2020!): It is a suspense episode directed by Michael Watkins and written by either John Shiban or David Amann--Skinner will be in it too. I'm trying to find out as much as I can on this. 6X20 info...the Bounty Hunter will be going after the baseball-loving alien. Season finale info...the rumors that all the Bounty Hunters are going to be killed off may be either false or premature. Finally, the "One Son" video will come out in U.K. on June 26.

4/2/99 *Updated*

UPDATE: If you were confused by today's update, let me give it to you in a nutshell: "Lies" was supposed to be part 1 of 3, with "Plans" part 2 of 3 and part 3 would be the season 7 premiere. Now it seems that "Plans" is part 1 of 2, and I don't know what that means for "Lies"--will it be a completely different episode, a MOTW, or a stand-alone mythology episode? We'll see. Anyway, I have info on 2 new stickers:

Source: eBay

3/31/99

Quick update, David Duchovny's episode had yet another title change so now it's "Black Diamond." Expect more changes, because apparently Duchovny is having fun screwing around with us fans. It's kinda cool to be the butt of his jokes, it really is. And one more thing about his episode--there will be an interesting connection between Mulder stealing some ice cream, Scully getting mad at him, and a sticky mess in his office, if you catch my drift. That's all for now.

3/30/99

There is yet another new t-shirt. Here is the back, the front has the standard logo. This is different from the shirt with the logo on the front and "The X-Files" on the back. And it's different from the one that has "Fight the Future" on the front and "The X-Files" on the back. Those two are already listed, the latter with a picture. And, there was another promo poster made for the soundtrack, only 900 printed. It's about 3x3'.

Source: eBay

3/29/99 *Updated*

LATE UPDATE: Here are some new merchandise items: Chechenia's stamp set had the poster C background. Now, Dagestan has a set with the poster A background, and Buriatia has a set with the poster B background. But none of the individual stamps are from the movie for those two sets. Chechenia's set does have some movie stamps, however. Now, I have a picture of the movie crew flight bomber jacket which has been listed for a very long time. Here is the back and here is a closeup of the logo. Also I updated the air dates on the Season 6 Spoilers page.

Sources: eBay and Diamond Comics.

3/28/99

Howdy, don't forget that Futurama airs today instead of That 70s Show. It's gonna be a good 1.5 hours of television! Or 2, counting The Simpsons, of course. Anyway, I wanted to clear something up first: I had put in the Season 6 Spoilers and Episode Titles pages that "Xeox Pur Soli" and "Weary Men" were the previous titles of "S.R. 819" and "The Rain King," respectively. I found out that in fact "Two Fathers"/"One Son" was going to be called "Xeox Pur Soli"/"Weary Men," so that clears up what those previous titles are from. Anyway, yes, I still update the Fun subsection in the Archive section. In fact, the latest addition is this picture. I won't say what I think about "Alpha," because Jeff Bell's previous episode was really poor. The previews don't show much except people talking, but since it's a cool premise, I'll hope for a good, scary episode. BTW, I'd like to take a moment to praise Kim Manners for the two best MOTW episodes: "Grotesque" and "Home." Based solely on directorial aspects, I'd still say they were the best, but they have good acting and stories to boot. Manners is one of the best directors on TV. Rob Bowman is the best. Cases in point: "731" and "One Son." "Trevor," BTW, directed by him, sounds good so that should be well done too. OK, I'm done. Wait, one more thing: Anyone notice how the official "One Son" episode summary is cut off? It hasn't been fixed, even after the latest update. Crazy.

Source: The X-Files Information Complex

3/27/99 *Updated*

I have some new info on the Video CDs. A Video CD version of the Making of movie special (I assume the one with Mitch Pileggi?) was made. It was released in Asia. Here is the front, here is the back. I also found another version of the bootlegged movie Video CD's back--here it is. How dumb are these guys anyway? The description is of the game, but the pictures are from the movie. The other version of the bootlegged back cover has the movie description instead. And, it seems that the video was bootlegged too. Here is the front and here is the back. Also, I have pictures of 3 new items. First, here is another promo single for "Walking After You" by the Foo Fighters, but this one is from the U.S. It looks very different. This is an advance printing of the U.K. movie video (rental) sleeve in flat form. It has "SAMPLE" written across it and the rating isn't printed yet. Cool. Finally, the German press kit, which I talked about a long time ago, is a booklet, which I said before. It also includes slides, though, as shown in this picture.

Sources: eBay and The PA X-Files.

3/26/99 *Updated*

LATE UPDATE: Read below first. I found out that the shirt described below is actually a variation of the Phone #2 shirt, with a white logo (I confirmed it is white). Instead of being made by Stanley Desantis, it's Signature Group. Interesting. I don't know if it's exclusive to some store.

Sources: eBay and The PA X-Files.

3/24/99

OK, "The Unnatural" it is. That is (up to now) the actual title of 6X20, not just a previous title. More on the episode...the least expected of all characters to show up will be in it, that's right, the Bounty Hunter (!!!!) will be in the episode. Maybe he morphs into a baseball or something. Anyway, the X-Files movie comes to HBO on May 1 at 8 p.m. And finally, I have a description from Christopher Wooff about the difference between the U.K. retail and rental video boxes:

Source: Cinescape Online

3/23/99 *Updated*

(Yes, this update has been added to throughout the day too.) JUST IN! I just received this in my mailbox--the Wave 7 videos have apparently been canceled! The last I heard was a release date of April 27, but it seems Fox lost the rights to the videos??!! Anyone who has any information on this please let me know. BTW dealer preorders are due today for the DVD. Again.

Sources: eBay, The X-Files Australian Conne-X-ion, The PA X-Files, and Image Entertainment.

3/21/99 *Updated*

All right, so the episode is spelled "Shades of Gray." Big deal! 6X22 is called "Plans," according to AV on SpoilerVille, and "B.R.M." will have Modeski actually working for the government as a part of a deal for her freedom. Apparently there won't be any invasion stuff in the finale, and that's probably for the better. Also the finale might be a 4-parter (including 2 parts next season) after all, but I'm not sure about that. Don't forget to check yesterday's update because I was adding things to it throughout the day. Today's update too.