"The X-Files"

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So much for the truth.... Readers took exception to Gillian Anderson's glammed-up look on the last X-Files issue (#436, June 12). "It's nice to see that since she's quit the Spice Girls, Ginger Spice has had time to pose for your cover with David Duchovny," teases Scott J. Leclau of Syracuse, N.Y. "Ick. She looks like she just gave six pints of blood," says Jeffrey M. Glover of San Francisco. Others seemed to think that it was Duchovny who sucked. "So Mr. Duchovny would 'rather be involved in a franchise movie series than do the goddamn TV show every week'?" asks Christy Cothron of Palatka, Fla. "He appears to be one of the most self-centered, ungrateful people I have ever had the pleasure of watching on TV or reading about in a magazine." Uhh, note to David Duchovny: The views expressed on this page do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors of this magazine.

'X'-CITING

Not only have I been waiting for the X-Files movie for months, I've also been eagerly awaiting your cover story on the film. I practically leapt off my front porch when I saw the cover of Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. What a stunning photo. You haven't disappointed.
MIMI TRAMBAKOULOS
mimi.trambakoulos@utoronto.ca
Toronto

X-Files case number #X-EW436. Mysterious phenomena surrounding the latest issue of EW. According to the photo on the cover, it appears that Gillian Anderson has completed her metamorphosis into Sarah Jessica Parker.
RAY DANGELO
Canal Fulton, Ohio

Kudos to Mary Kaye Schilling for her informative sidebar ("X-Files for Beginners") to Ken Tucker's "Playing With Fire." I'm a fan of the show and have felt frustrated and confused by the serial nature of the "mythology" episodes of the show compared with the more episodic monster-of- the-week episodes. Her brief piece did much to help me connect some of the dots in Chris Carter's grand yet often not fully realized vision.
PAUL R. SUAREZ
paulsuarez@aol.com
Los Angeles

After reading your cover story on The X-Files I thought that David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson came across as indifferent, almost disdainful of the series. While I respect their desires to do different work, I think they should be a little more grateful toward a show that brought them international acclaim.
TIM WILSON
Grand Rapids, Mich.

CHRISTIAN CRUSADE

Good calls on your damage assessment of the players in the American Psycho fiasco ("Psycho Drama," News & Notes). However, you do your magazine and Christian Bale an injustice by forgetting to mention that he was the biggest star on the Internet (#348, Oct. 11, 1996). I hope EW takes a closer, harder look at this.
HELENA CANDARELI
Toronto

COMIC TRAGEDY

Thanks, Dan Snierson and EW, for the beautiful and reverential tribute to the late Phil Hartman ("Man of a Thousand Voices"). Snierson perfectly captured the feelings of fans like me who felt the wind knocked out of them by the utter unexpectedness of this tragedy. Andy Dick said it best: "This is not the way he deserved to die."
STEVE SLADE
mrwelles@mail.gogebic.cc.mi.us
Hurley, Wis.