Stand Alone... a good thing

Some more details are out on The X-Files movie coming out this summer. (yay!) It's going to be a stand-alone storyline. (yay! again) Those were always my favorite X-Files episodes. I enjoyed the alien mythology theme that persisted and required that you keep up with every episode too, but it was a stand-alone episode that convinced me 2+ years into the series it was worth going back and watching from the beginning. While I think this might annoy some hard-core X-Files folks, I'm happy with it. Plus after so many years since the series, it's just not logical to try and pick up where they left off, nor would that help bring new people to the film.

Another thing I loved about The X-Files was the relationship between Mulder and Scully. I loved it when they really explored and developed that in episodes. Give me that in a standalone ep, and I'm good. So I was so happy to read this latest article on the movie and see the creator say things like, "For me, The X-Files has always been a romance. They had an intellectual romance that's very rare and restrained compared to so many relationships on TV. I think that's what appealed most to the fans." SO TRUE. I get my stand-alone story AND the romance. I'm good. Seeing the new stills from it is exciting too. Can't wait for the release.

In other Sci-Fi movie news, the teaser trailer for the next Star Trek movie will be at the beginning of the movie Cloverfield released tomorrow (Friday). I have no interest in seeing Cloverfield, but I do want to see that teaser. I guess I can wait till it's released to the internet a few days after. But I do wonder if some people will see this movie just for that teaser.