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The End of The X-Files

Posted by Hemos on from the the-truth-is-no-longer-out-there dept.

fonixmunkee writes "CNN is running this story that says the cult TV classic, "The X-Files," shall be no longer after this season. I have been a huge fan of this show since it started in '93, so I'm quite saddened by it's projected departure." The story originally showed up in Daily Variety, saying that Chris Carter wants to move on to other projects.

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  1. X Files. by saintlupus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    he cult TV classic, "The X-Files," shall be no longer after this season

    It's still on the air?

    --saint

  2. Good riddance by tommasz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    to bad rubbish. It's so sad to see this once great show in it's declining years. Anyone care to speculate when it "Jumped the Shark"?

  3. About time.... by Datasage · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It was starting to get really stupid with the original cast leaving. I did like the show however untill mulder left.

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    In America we are imprisoned by our fear of them.
  4. When did it Jump the shark? by dbretton · · Score: 2, Redundant

    This is intended to stir up a little discussion:

    When do you think X-Files jumped the shark?
    I say it was toast once Mulder left.

    ?

  5. Jumping the Shark by beanerspace · · Score: 4, Redundant

    There's a nifty little website out there called Jump The Shark ... "a Chronicle of the moments a TV shows goes downhill" ...

    For me, I'm not sure when that momemnt happened, but I just know I haven't been watching it for the past couple of years. To me, the show lost it's "Twilight-Zone-Like" playfulness somewhere down the line and is now just another tedious soap-opera with a monster waiting to jump out of a closet.

    Then again, I liked the original Lone-Gunman, and lost interest after only a couple of episodes.

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    healyourchurchwebsite.com - WWJB?
  6. The show's problems really began last season... by WesternActor · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...when David Duchovny's Fox Mulder was regulated to a non-entity. I don't think anyone ever really cared about any of the alien conspiracy storyline, it was the Mulder-Scully dynamic that mattered to them. It infused EVERYTHING in the show, and the constant interplay of those two characters made the show fun to watch, not the stories themsleves. When that was gone (and it simply wasn't present with Robert Patrick), the show as a whole felt empty and pointless.
    Of course, I think the problem really began after the movie, which more or less validated Mulder's view. As soon as the viewers could say, with absolute certainty, that there were or were not aliens in the universe of The X-Files, the show started losing its grip.
    These are problems that didn't have to occur, but they did, and The X-Files is now really a shadow of its former self. The X-Files used to be great, now it just... is. Barely.

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    --Matthew
    "If the lights of Broadway blind me, I won't mind..."