Imported iMovie project missing elements in FCX

Okay so we can import iMovie projects, why are most of my transitions, all audio and theme pieces missing in the FCX project?

Strange. I thought FCP X was fully compatible with its younger sibling, iMovie. Maybe it can't read any file format properly. But I'm sure there's an update on the way in a year. Or two.

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