x-files: i want to believe

as a fan of the television show, i was quite excited for this movie. i remember when i first heard that it was announced i couldnt wait to see it! i really liked the show, and watched it as often as i could. i was really into it around the time that the first movie came out, and i loved it! it was a culmination of all the story lines of the show coming together and we finally got some answers about the whole thing. it had all the complicated story lines from the show and all the shadowy characters, and all the mythology and noir that had been building up for five or six years. this new movie has none of that. which sucks.
in all the interviews and everything the actors and director have been very adamant that you dont need to be familiar with the series to enjoy the movie, there is no mythology from the show in this film. that is true, unfortunately thats what makes the movie lame. with so much to draw from, they decide to ignore all of it? how does that make sense? this movie is pretty much just a straight forward detective movie. with about two minutes of editing, this could have just as easily been a generic thriller, thats how loosely it sticks to the x-files history. i guess if it had been just another generic thriller i would have enjoyed it more, but to put the x-files name on it i expected a whole lot more.