Talk:Millennium (The X-Files)

Henriksen interview

I interviewed Lance Henriksen for a film magazine a year or so ago and he talked about a little about this episode. That part of the interview never saw print, so it's not verifiable and I guess constitutes original research, but if anyone's interested...

Chris Carter called me and said he wanted to tie up all the Millennium loose ends in the X-Files, and would I do it? And I said great, send me the script. But it wasn’t written yet, he just wanted me to say I’d do it. So that’s the only thing I’ve ever agreed to where I hadn’t seen the script. And then it came through… and it’s about zombies! I was like, how is this any kind of ending to Millennium?! It had nothing to do with anything. It’s a reasonable X-File but it’s not Millennium. Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 11:56, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Dang! If only that was verifiable, that would be awesome to fit into the article...--Gen. Quon (talk) 23:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

It eventually went into the May 2009 issue of Impact Magazine, pages 34-37. Available online, but only if you subscribe. http://www.impactonline.co/digital Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 09:01, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I dug up a little information and cited it and added it to the article.--Gen. Quon (talk) 15:32, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Grapple X (talk · contribs) 13:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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Ah, this thing. This bloody zombie thing. They bring in Terry O'Quinn on TXF three times but not for this one?

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

   "His widow is approached by a mysterious man who claims to have worked with her husband" -> "His widow is approached by a mysterious man, Mark Johnson (Holmes Osborne), who claims to have worked with her husband"
   Clarify in the plot that Mulder and Scully are FBI agents.
   "zombified" -> "reanimated"
   "Mulder and Scully are swept in a brief moment of intimacy and they kiss to ring in the new year." -> "Mulder and Scully kiss to ring in the new year."
   "For this reason, "Millennium"—the episode—is often cited..." -> doesn't need the disambiguation here as the formatting does this already. Either "for this reason, "Millennium" is often cited" or "for this reason the episode is often cited" would both work.
   There's a few instances here of punctuation inside quotes when it shouldn't be—this is particularly errnoeuous with episode titles, as there's no full stop in "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense", for instance. I tend to place all punctuation outside the quotes for consistency, but the only ones that need to be moved are those inside episode titles.
   "the second The X-Files/Millennium crossover" -> Not keen on slashes. Try "the second crossover between the two series"
   "a Mulder-Scully kiss" -> "a Mulder–Scully kiss"
   

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

   Page ranges should use an en dash (–) instead of a hyphen (-); the same is true for year ranges like in the booklet ref.

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

   There's a Cinefantastique review for this one, right? Bung it in there.
   Any word on what the Millennium marathon contained? Just wondering if it was a "best of" or if it was the tail end of the last season or something. Doesn't matter if the sources don't say.
   Not crucial for this stage, but given that this is one of those episodes that could probably go on to be further expanded, this site archives a lot of reviews and interviews, etc, that might be of use. Just check that they're from a reliable source and cite that source, not the site (though the site could be treated as an archive URL I suppose). If you're going to chase it up further let me know and I'll see if the Millennium season 3 DVDs have anything about it (the episode is included so it might).

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

   Seems fine.

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

   Not a problem.

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

   Free image of Lance is good (though it's a shame he's smiling, ol' Frank's a sour bastard). Not really sure of the worth of the screencap though; Mulder and Scully kissing might be more relevant to the critical commentary, as much as it pains me to admit.

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   Shouldn't take long sorting this one out; sticking it on hold for now. The crit 3 stuff is really for future reference so don't worry too much about it. GRAPPLE X 13:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

OK, I got all the prose, citation, dashes, and references issues sorted out. I'll look into the 3 stuff soon.--Gen. Quon (talk) 14:17, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, the changes here look good to me, this one's a pass. Well done! Remind me when the last few Black Oil articles are sorted to get back to Millennium season one. GRAPPLE X 12:31, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Romero picture

How does having a picture of George Romero add to this article? If I look up pages on 28 Days Later, The Walking Dead, or Resident Evil, it is hoped he does not keep turning up like a bad penny. For goodness' sake, it's not like he invented zombies or owns some kind of copyright that requires his face to appear every time they are mentioned. ZarhanFastfire (talk) 03:37, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

I didn't write it, but the caption explains the reason pretty clearly. And actually, to all intents and purposes he did invent zombies as the term is now mostly understood, I'd argue. Obviously the word existed and referred to the voodoo / Haiti / Serpent and the Rainbow-type zombies from old films and folklore and stories for decades and decades before Romero came along. But the zombies we see in the vast majority of films and books and TV shows now absolutely start with Night of the Living Dead. Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 13:29, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Attempts to justify the picture's inclusion notwithstanding, it has nothing to do with this article. A picture of one of the show's writers would be more appropriate, but even that would simply be window dressing. rowley (talk) 16:56, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

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