This Week in Entertainment, 2112 by ML Email: msnsc21@yahoo.com Feedback: Love to hear from you Archive: Please drop me a line if you'd like it. Thanks. Spoilers: I know nothing about the new movie, and I don't want to know until I see it on the screen. But there's this picture that's been making the rounds...and I couldn't resist looking at it. Rating: Suitable for all ages. Your humor level may vary. Disclaimer: Mulder and Scully are not mine; this is just to occupy my time until the movie comes out. I promise I'll buy a bunch of tickets, you won't lose anything by me! Further Disclaimer: the opinions of Grebe Retro are not necessarily those of management. To the Posse, who poked me until I wrote something. Be careful what you ask for.. x-x-x-x This week in Entertainment: December 1, 2112 "All the fun that fits, and then some!" By Your Intrepid Entertainment Sleuth, Grebe Retro Hello Vid Fans! This is an auspicious time of year for many reasons. For one, it's the official start of the Solstice/Hanukkah/Eid/Christmas/Kwanzaa season, or SHECK, as some like to call it. It's also the anniversary of a Very Important Event, but we'll talk more about that in a minute. First, let's talk about original work. OK, had you going, didn't I? There's no such thing any more. Most of us folks in the entertainment world would give up our vid privileges for at least a season to see something truly original. But that would be self-defeating, wouldn't it? Anyway, 90% of you don't know or care what original is, and wouldn't watch a vid if the title didn't have IV or XIII at the end (and why are we still using Roman numerals? That's so last century!). All hail the never-ending stream of remakes, sequels, and continuing stories! OK, . I'm just doing my bit. You'd worry if you didn't see me complaining about something, wouldn't you? You might think I'd been replaced by one of those SS's that your mom used to scare you with. I can't disappoint my audience! At any rate, we have the usual holiday fare being served up. There's at least one remake of a beloved holiday story for every taste, and reissues of the classics. You know all of them, and criticizing any one of them is sure to offend one group or another, so I'll leave it to you to decide for yourself. Besides, I know what you really want me to talk about. The Remake of All Remakes, at least for the next twenty years or so. It seems that every generation wants the story re-made for their own time, and especially this year, to mark the 100th anniversary of the event that made it possible for me to be here today to tell you all about it. Yes folks, it's the Mulder and Scully Saga, re-imagined for a New Age, coming to a vid screen near you! And for the first time, it won't just be in 3-D, but in Holo-Vid. Yes, I know that the older flix have been re-mastered, but they've never been as good as the flix that have actually been made with the proper equipment. What other reason would there be to go see the same old story that we, our parents, grand-parents, and great-grands, grew up on? And as promised, I have, here on this site, the first exclusive holo. I know that the identity of the actors has been kept a secret -- after all, there's got to be *some* mystery kept for a story that everyone grew up with and knows better than their own life history -- or at least, think they do. So click on the little "x" icon to get the holo. I have it running on my desk right now -- you can, too, if you have the Holo-tastic (TM) program installed. I'm sure within minutes of this release, the holo-ficcers will have created their own manips of Our Heroes doing any number of things that don't bear thinking about. As you watch this, there are new flix appearing on YouHolo, or the unauthorized holo-fic sites. But I digress. I know what you really want to know. How does this compare to your favorite version? How much does it venture off the track of Known into the Unknown, Speculative, Non-Official History? In a word, it's fab-u-lous. You can see from the holo (don't forget to sign up for Holo-tastic (TM) so you can see it too) that much care was taken to find -- or create, if the rumors are true -- actors who look strongly like Mulder and Scully. Although the sound recordings we have from back in the day are scarce and primitive, they even sound like them. As far as the story line goes, everyone knows what happens and how it ends up. The fun is in reliving all the well-known moments: the Reunion with their son. The discovery of the anti-virus. The coming together of all the warring peoples of the Earth to conquer the Gray Menace. Okay, that's actually from another, fictional movie. But you get the idea. As to what other aspects of Our Heroes' lives this one covers, I've been threatened by the makers Not To Reveal Anything. For some reason, that's a question everyone wants answered: Do They or Don't They? You know what I'm talking about. Other than one X-rated, bootleg indy-vid that somehow made it into the MUFON Film Festival about fifty years ago, no one has ever done more than hint. Believe me, I've seen them all, and I know. I do not want to get into another discussion of the whys and the wherefores -- remember how ugly it got the last time we did that? What I'm interested in is Entertainment -- and yes, that's with a capital E, for those of you who are watching rather than reading the text crawl -- and for those of you who don't know a capital from a column. Does it seem true to the legend that Mulder and Scully have become? As time goes on, it's harder and harder to know the real story. This part of history has become larger than life for most people, though there will always be invasion-deniers among us, mostly those who weren't alive during those dark times. Descendants, adherents, and hangers on -- anyone who has the slightest claim to being related to, or knowing someone, or being related to someone who knew someone who was there when the Gray Menace was quashed for all time -- no one can tell you *exactly* what happened. Even people who were there had widely different recollections of events, and the two who were in the thick of it were the least likely to talk about it. Someone once said (or maybe I saw it in a vid), "when legend becomes fact, print the legend!" Well, that's what this is all about: keeping the legend alive. There are those who say that Mulder and Scully were all about the truth, and I am not about to tell you different. But they've passed into legend now, and those who are left to tell their story will put their own spin on it, regardless. It's up to you, dear viewers, to decide for yourselves what to believe. Want to know how this one compares to the others? As part of the official observance of the 100th anniversary, there will be marathon showings of all the previous flix in local revival houses -- if you can stand leaving the comfort of your own viddy room and sharing space with a crowd of strangers. My grandmother used to say that going out to a "movie" was an important shared experience. In my opinion, shared experiences *in public* are over-rated. Out of respect for the role corn and corn products played in the Enemy's deadly plot, no popcorn will be served at the public showings. However, I'm told there will be sunflower seeds. Well, that wraps up another week of viddy news for all of youse! Have fun at whatever you celebrate -- and don't forget to sign up for Holo-tastic (TM)! Join me again next week when we celebrate the 132nd anniversary of "Caddyshack," and its enduring popularity. Your Intrepid Reporter, Grebe Retro x-x-x-x