I have never seen Fight the Future in a theater, as I was not even watching the show in 1997(?) when it was released. I have seen it on DVD a couple of times. It has some nice explosions and few shippy moments that I personally could have done without and an utterly incoherent plot. I do prefer it over I Want to Believe which has even more Mulder/Scully romance and a plot line that makes FTF look brilliant by comparison. Despite that, I saw it three times in the theater. I guess I kept thinking I would like it better, that I would see what so many fans saw and loved.

I don't think I have looked forward more eagerly to a movie since I was a child waiting for the Sound of Music to open in my neighborhood theater. IWTB was a horrible disappointment to me. To be honest, I nearly left the fandom over it, and I don't think I've felt the same about the show since. They had so many years to come up with a good script, and they failed. What I wanted from the movie was what I loved about the show: watching Mulder and Scully's partnership. I wanted to see them work together, and solve a crime or x-file together. I have not bought the DVD nor do I plan to do so. What is sad is how indifferent I am now to the idea of a third movie.

My retreat into denial is complete: in my personal canon, nothing past Je Souhaiteever occurred.