Well Philes, 2012 has come and almost gone, and still no greenlight. We know what you're feeling. Believe us, we're feeling it too. After four years of campaigning for a third film, we are shocked and saddened that it hasn't happened yet. The way we see it, there are two ways forward. One, we could give it up, throw in the towel, and say at least we gave it our best shot. Most people probably wouldn't fault us for it, though we would fault ourselves. Two, we could refuse to accept defeat and be who we are. We could dust ourselves off, pick ourselves up, and forge on ahead because giving up has never been a part of our vocabulary, and after five years of XFilesNews, we'll be damned if it becomes a part of our vocabulary now.
So there it is; how we're feeling, what we're thinking, and we have a proposition for you. We've been working on a special project over the last 3 months and we desperately need your help. Through thick and thin you've been with us. You've laughed with us. You've cried with us, and you've inspired us to be better than ourselves. We've been grateful to call each of you friends and a part of our worldwide family. What we're asking of you now is for less than 5 minutes of your time with a video camera.
Please record yourself dancing, smiling, singing, doing whatever it is you want to do for our Greenlight Baby music video. We are in the final stages of finishing the music and editing and we want to have as many philes take part as possible. This very special project is going to be released on December 21st. This date should have seen us all at a midnight premiere and sharing the excitement of another phile reunion. Since it's not what came to pass, we'd like to take that day to do two things. First, we'd like to celebrate everything this fandom has become: hard work, perseverance, and teamwork, because no one gets there alone. Second, we'd like to show our support to TenThirteen Productions, Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, David Duchovny, and Gillian Anderson for their unwavering support of a third X-Files feature film.
Take a look at the 30 second promo for our upcoming video below and please find 5 minutes of your time between now and December 10th to record yourself, your friends, and your family and send it to
Don't Give Up.
The XFN Team
Take the jump for the lyrics.
GREENLIGHT BABY lyrics. (K. Andersen)
Sunflower seeds in the shell,
Trust no one, I'll never tell
Look to the skies for a spell,
Oh I want to believe
I'd trade my soul for a kiss
Damn bee did make shippers hiss
The basement that we all miss,
The truth is ou-out there
Their gaze was holdin',
red speedo, skin was showin'
black oil, smoke was blowin'
Why'd they have to kill the Gunmen?
(Chorus)
Hey, I just met you, And this is spooky,
But we love X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
We need to see them, Mulder and Scu-lly,
We love the X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
Hey, I just met you, And this is spooky,
But we love X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
And all the other grays, Try to take me,
We love the X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
Why can't they kiss in the hall?
And Mulder's there with the call,
He wants to play some baseball,
Hey Mul-der it's me
Flukeman, Pusher, Jose Chung,
They scared us when we were young
That awesome poster he hung
How we miss it all!
Their gaze was holdin',
red speedo, skin was showin'
black oil, smoke was blowin'
Why'd they have to kill the Gunmen?
Chorus
Hey, I just met you, And this is spooky,
But we love X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
We need to see them, Mulder and Scu-lly,
We love the X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
Hey, I just met you, And this is spooky,
But we love X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
And all the other grays, try to take me,
We love the X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
Bridge
Another film would be so grand
We need it so bad
We need it so bad
We need it so so bad
Another film would be so grand
We need it so bad
And you should know that
We need it so, so bad
We need a third film and don't mean maybe!
We love the X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
Chorus
Hey, I just met you, And this is spooky,
But we love X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
We need to see them, Mulder and Scu-lly,
We love the X-Files, So GREEN LIGHT BABY!
Another film would be so grand
We need it so bad
We need it so bad
We need it so so bad
Another film would be so grand
We need it so bad
And you should know that
So GREEN LIGHT BABY!