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Old 04-03-2005, 08:06 PM
conurepete conurepete is offline
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Any Lone Gunmen fans?

I do love that series, and I miss it. We are watching the DVDs now. I never really expected the pilot would have seen the light of day again after 9/11. The show seems more up to date now than it did when it aired. Who else wants to talk about why this was a cool series?
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Old 04-04-2005, 10:55 AM
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I always liked the Lone Gunmen when they appeared in X-Files episodes, and I did like the series. I felt that Fox didn't give the show the time it deserved to hit its stride / find itself / mature / iron out its rough spots / whatever.

I was sorely disappointed when it was (seemingly) prematurely cancelled.

Nice to see it's on DVD - guess I'll put it in my Netflix queue now.
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Old 04-04-2005, 12:05 PM
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Aye! *waves hand*
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Old 04-04-2005, 01:53 PM
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I loved that show! Didn't know it was out on DVD. Thanx for the info.

My favorite episode was "Tango de los Pistoleros." What a delicious mixture of laughter, intrigue, and sadness.
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Old 04-04-2005, 03:22 PM
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It's on DVD? Yeah!!

Follows Motorgirl to Netflix and updates her queue
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Old 04-04-2005, 03:30 PM
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I ordered this from Amazon about a week ago. I have only had time to see the pilot episode so far. It really was a great conspiracy-oriented humorous, witty show. I look forward to watching more of the comedic episodes later -- the pilot was not as humorous as the later episodes, I remember.
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Old 04-04-2005, 04:01 PM
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How many episodes of the series were aired? I do remember the pilot, but to be honest I don't remember even a second episode being shown.

Plus, how can you have Lone (singular) Gunmen (plural)?
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Old 04-04-2005, 07:35 PM
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Conspiracies were their forte, not grammar.

Here is the complete list of eps., courtesy of Rohan's X-Files Realm:

1AEB79: 03/04: "Pilot"
1AEB01: 03/11: "Bond, Jimmy Bond"
1AEB02: 03/16: "Eine Kleine Frohike"
1AEB03: 03/18: "Like Water For Octane"
1AEB04: 03/23: "Three Men and a Smoking Diaper"
1AEB06: 03/30: "Madam, I'm Madam"
1AEB05: 04/06: "Planet of the Frohikes"
1AEB07: 04/13: "Maximum Byers"
1AEB08: 04/20: "Diagnosis: Jimmy "
1AEB09: 04/27: "Tango de los Pistoleros"
1AEB10: 05/04: "The Lying Game"
1AEB11: 05/11: "All about Yves"
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Old 04-04-2005, 07:54 PM
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The Tango episode is my personal favorite. My husband loved the darker qualities of the pilot. I am so fond of the characters that I can't watch the season 7 X-files episode that wraps up the Lone Gunmen storyline. You just don't see enough comedy/action/conspiracy stories on TV.
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Old 04-04-2005, 10:20 PM
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I enjoyed the show too. Too bad Fox has such a history of killing good shows.

I wish i could find my tape of that episode with the 9/11 parallel.
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Old 04-05-2005, 05:52 AM
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I ordered the DVDs yesterday. I didn't appreciate the show when it was on (only saw 1/2 of the pilot), because I'd just started watching the X-Files then and was annoyed that this spin-off show about characters I didn't know anything about was prempting the show I was really getting in to. But I love the XF episodes they were in, so I decided to buy the series to give it a watch. I'm sure I'll be entertained this time around.

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adam yax
How many episodes of the series were aired? I do remember the pilot, but to be honest I don't remember even a second episode being shown.

Plus, how can you have Lone (singular) Gunmen (plural)?
I write X-Files fanfics and...

Quote:
" I don’t see how a couple of hours will effect that one way or the other. What are you calling this newsletter, anyway?"

" The lone gunmen."

" That doesn’t even make sense."

" It’s a word play, Mulder, a word play."


Later

" What Fowley, and you, don't know is that the only spooks in that school around Christmas time are Byers, Frohike, and Langly, who have been paid to provide evidence of haunting." Doggett said.

" Hey, did you know that they're calling themselves 'the lone gunmen' now?"

" That doesn't even make sense. There are three of them." Scully said.

" I know, that's what I told Frohike, and he got all huffy about it."
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Old 04-05-2005, 07:28 AM
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Yeah, I wish they hadn't cancelled Lone Gunmen. That and Special Unit 2, another under-appreciated gem of a series.
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Old 04-05-2005, 08:52 PM
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I blaim Chris Carter for wanting to quit The X-files so that he could in his words "surf more" and Duchovny who had to pursue his ticket to big time Hollywood fame and fortune. Dave made a briliant career move with that one. The Lone Gunmen rocked and could if nothing else have served as a bridge to a new X-files at some point in the future.
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