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Post-Finale Content
It's taken me a long time to write this, which will most likely be the last update for this site. Like many GunFen (Lone Gunmen Fans), I hoped against hope that the so-called finale, with its promises of resolutions, would somehow resurrect Our Heroes from a gruesome and unnecessary "death."
If only.
For an extended opinion of the finale, see my Post-Finale Editorial page. I don't want to clutter this page with the long tirade the episode deserved; suffice it to say that by the end of the two-hour farce, I was crying--from sheer disappointment and frustration.
So what's next?
For CC&co, there are plans in the works for another movie, action figures, DVD sets... et cetera.
But I won't be having any part of that.
I'VE HAD IT. After "Jump the Shark," one of the most depressing pieces of television I'd ever seen, the only thing keeping me watching XF was the hope that the Gunmen would be back, alive and well, in the finale. Not only were we cheated of that, but we were gypped out of any form of resolution, conclusion, or frankly, original plot. (Note to 10-13: "A Few Good Men" + "the Sixth Sense" + (generic action movie explosions) does NOT = good XF.) So I am refusing to support in ANY way, shape or form a show which no longer respects its viewers. I will NOT buy ANY 10-13 products or merchandise, nor will I go to the next movie when it comes out, nor will I even watch XF reruns--not until and unless 10-13 gives us GunFen justice.
So what's next for this site?
I'm honestly not sure. The site was originally designed to help THE LONE GUNMEN achieve a second season on network TV... and somehow I don't think that's going to happen right now. (There is a virtual season on-line, but that's another thing entirely. :^D) So I'm not sure there's much point in updating this site...unless we get our miracle. You may see minor updates here from time to time, irregularly, when I get new Gunmen contact info or news of new projects, but as things stand now, the site will most likely continue as an archive. What's here will stand, for as long as the lovely folks at Angelfire will allow, as a testament to dreams and heroes...and fighting fate. I just don't know what else there is to say.
For the most current Gunmen info, please try TVtoMe's Gunmen page, the Warehouse, and RevolutionSF. They have been excellent resources for me in the past. And check out the lovely shirts/etc. created by Revolution SF to show support for the Gunmen--I love my jersey!) Yes, It's Another Lone Gunmen Website is still alive at a new address, and for a fanfic fix, go to the Topica List Lone Gunmen Bunker or CounterMeasures: the Lone Gunmen Fanfiction Archive.
All hope may not yet be lost...
There are a few efforts being discussed on the message boards to bring about our miracle:
A Direct-to-Video or TV Movie. Some say that if we raise enough of a fuss, maybe Chris Carter and 10-13 might produce a TV-movie or direct-to-video feature with Our Guys. (This was actually inspired by an IM-chat room hoax the night of the finale.) With CC&co gearing up for the 2004 movie, I don't know how likely that is...but it couldn't hurt. For more postcards, click here and here and here and here. To contact 10-13:
E-mail at: askthexfiles@fox.com
After all, don't they need to do something to encourage fan interest for the next movie?!? :^/
Cable Syndication. Paula from MI at the TVtoMe boards noticed that TNT just commissioned 2 TV movies of the previously-cancelled NBC series, THE PRETENDER. They've been running the series in syndication with great success. Maybe TNT or SCI-FI Network, the current home for THE X-FILES, might do the same for THE LONE GUNMEN! Earth2Kim came up with some info:
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Turner Network Television (TNT) |
Sci-Fi Channel/USA Network |
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Dark Horse Comics. They featured the Gunmen in a one-shot comic last year; with a little..."encouragement", maybe they will do it again!
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Dark Horse Comics, Inc. |
http://www.darkhorse.com (website) |
People to target:
Jane Espenson (writer); Paul Lee (b&w artist); Mike Richardson (publisher); Neil Hankerson (executive vice president); Randy Stradley (vice president of publishing); Chris Warner (senior editor); Michael Martens (vice president of marketing); Anita Nelson (vice president of sales & licensing); David Scroggy (vice president of product development); Darlene Vogel (director of purchasing).
Thanks to Alyssa (Direwolf2r) for the info! And check out the ready-to-go postcards on this page and this page.
After seeing the Lone Gunmens' guest appearance as Skrulls in
X-TREME X-MEN #15, we're also aiming our mail at Marvel
Comics:
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MARVEL COMICS |
Telephone: (800)217-9158 |
People to target:
Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca (writers); Liquid! (colors); Tom Orzechowski (letterer); Lynne Yoshii (assistant editor); Andrew Lis (editor); Joe Quesada (editor in chief); Bill Jemas (president); Peter Cuneo (chief executive officer); Avi Arad (chief creative officer); Gui Karyo (chief information officer); David Bogart (managing editor); Stan Lee (chairman emeritus)
Another On-Line Petition. There are VERY many people out there ready to swear off the X-FILES for all time because the Gunmens' "deaths" and the general crappiness of the finale. I've seen angry posts far and wide across the Internet. There's just one problem with it--
How do Chris Carter and 10-13 know that?
We need one forum to gather our voices and let them be heard. I'm suggesting another petition. Once we get it up and running, we include the address in every postcard, letter and e-mail we send to Chris Carter and 10-13. If we get enough signatures, they can't help but notice how many people are... "annoyed" at them...and they will have to respond.
I've taken the liberty of writing this petition, along with Alyssa (Direwolf2r on the TVtoMe message boards). It's finally been posted on The Petition Site:
Lone
Gunmen Resuscitation Petition
http://www.thepetitionsite/takeaction/232961050
Now that it's up, tell all your friends, post the address in message boards and forums... spread the word. You can also print out the petition text and a printable petition page to pass around to your friends without web access (or at any local sci-fi conventions) and then mail in to 10-13. Link buttons and HTML codes are available here--feel free to link up. As TVtoMe says, "Only together we are unstoppable!"
For a printable version of this information, go here.
To be honest, I'm not sure if any of these will work. I'm well aware this may be yet another hopeless fight. But for those who still have a heart, it's worth a shot. The Gunmen never gave up...
If anyone out there has any information, drop me a line. --And much thanks to all those who e-mailed, signed the guestbook, or offered support. I'd like to say a special thanks to Darlene, who supplied me with much great Gunmen info up to and beyond the finale, who wasn't mentioned before. More thanks to Alyssa (Direwolf2r) for help in editing and co-authoring the petition text--it made it a lot better. And, of course, my biggest thanks to Phil, who's always believed in me... thanks for putting up with it all. :^*
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
T. E. Lawrence, in "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom"
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And as always, if you have more information I could use, you know what to do... :^D
One last comment: I know it's silly, but lately when I hear the song "Hero" from the Spiderman movie soundtrack, I think of Byers, Langly, and Frohike. Our Heroes. Gee, I miss them... :^/
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