World Famous Comics: The Lone Gunmen - The Complete Series
The Lone Gunmen - The Complete Series
Starring: Lone Gunman Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Number of Items: 3 Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 29, 2005 Running Time: 559 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 04, 2001
Amazon.com: The Lone Gunmen was the short-lived spin-off series starring those scene-stealing conspiracy theorists from The X-Files. To recap, there is buttoned-down Byers (the bearded, relatively normal-looking one, played by Bruce Harwood), the "man of action" Frohike (the short one who had the hots for Scully, played by Tom Braidwood), and master hacker Langly (the one with the long blond hair, played by Dean Haglund). They also meet some new characters who both help and hinder: a female agent calling herself Yves Adele Harlow (and other anagrams for Lee Harvey Oswald, played by Zuleikha Robinson), who always seems a step ahead of them, and James "Jimmy" Bond (Stephen Snedden), the dimwitted benefactor who thinks that the Gunmen give him a purpose in life.
The series lasted a mere 13 episodes, and in retrospect probably plays better now than it did in the spring of 2001 when the peak years of The X-Files were still fresh in the memory. Thanks to direction and writing by the same creative talent and music by Mark Snow, The Lone Gunmen has the feel of Chris Carter's signature series, though without the impenetrable mythology and the sexual tension (Robinson is beautiful, but let's be serious). The episodes are generally stand-alone affairs reflecting the goofy humor that made the trio part of the comic relief in The X-Files. Light-hearted topics include a blind football team and a super-intelligent chimpanzee, but the closing episode dealt with the familiar themes of alien abduction and government cover-ups (a thread that after the series' cancellation had to be concluded in an episode of The X-Files, which is also included in this set). And particularly chilling is the pilot: aired six months before 9/11, it deals with an attempt to fly an airplane into the World Trade Center. The Lone Gunmen couldn't match the brilliant inspiration of The X-Files (few shows could), but for fans it might just be the next best thing. --David Horiuchi
Description: From X-Files creator Chris Carter, The Lone Gunmen Complete Series - get inside the trio of X-Files computer-hacking geeks popularly known as The Lone gunmen in the perfect DVD for all X-Files fans. Experience the altered world and suspenseful action that will keep you watching!
The Surprising Series, "Lone Gunmen" I didn't have high expectations from this series, though I enjoyed the Lone Gunmen within the X-files context. The first episode set a tone, less than serious, but with serious undertones, which carried through the series. Still, what sticks with me most is the element of surprise. Each episode contained scenes that provoked outright laughter, sometimes because they were set up well and culminated in a great gag, other times because the gag burst, like a bolt out of the blue, onto the unsuspecting audience. There were revelations of a more serious nature as well. Sadly, the series was cancelled just as the writers, cast, and crew started to really bring everything together. The series wrap played out as an episode of X-files and is included with the DVD series. While the last season of X-files was but a pale shadow of its former self, when the "Jump the Shark" episode is viewed as the series finale for "Lone Gunmen", it worked very well and provided a surprising, yet fitting end to the tale of the misfit trio.
16 Minutes of unskippable ads and warnings! Great show! Too bad there's only 13 episodes.
You do have to sit through 16 minutes of unskippable warnings and ads if you watch one episode at a time. 1:14 minutes of warnings and ads per side.
I rated the DVD 1 star because of the unskippable ads, would be 5 stars if user experience wasn't wrecked by the ads.
Good Entertainment These are good shows and are good entertainment. Some of the stuff is a little corny; but, that is in Lone Gunmen fashion. It's definitely good entertainment.
great fun, not as heavy as x-files, and very, very funny Lone gunmen compliation is great. Very, very funny, wry and amusing. Not as heavy as x-files. Enjoy this witty offshoot which stands up to repeated screenings, because of the wit and humor.
Surprisingly Good I went into The Lone Gunmen with limited expectations. After completing the series I must say I am thoroughly impressed. It seems that a series of this type (a spinoff from the popular series The X-Files) has huge potential to bomb and while it was canceled by Fox the episodes themselves were very good and very original.
I've seen some compare this series to The X-Files which I don't think is fair in any sense. There are no monster mysteries here, mostly conspiracies that need to be uncovered. The cast is very good (especially with the addition of Eve and Jimmy Bond, both excellent characters) and the writing behind the show is top-notch and very funny for a majority of the episodes.
I highly recommend this series to those who enjoyed any Chris Carter creation. Like most of his post X-Files series (excluding Millenium) this was canceled into it's first season but the episodes that are here are very good. Also recommended: Harsh Realm and Millenium.
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