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The X-Files To Return
An anonymous reader writes: Fox announced today that The X-Files will return with six new episodes. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will both reprise their roles as Mulder and Scully, respectively, and show creator Chris Carter will return as well. Production begins this summer, but air dates are not yet known. The X-Files originally started in 1993 and ran for 9 seasons, spawning two feature films and a short-lived spinoff called The Lone Gunmen. It won 16 Emmy awards and 5 Golden Globe awards before critical reception soured over the last few seasons. Carter said, "I think of it as a 13-year commercial break. The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories."
There, I said it.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
I don't think a new series will bring back the magic, because the magic is for a (large?) part in our heads.
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...utter garbage. The mood set by Vancouver's gloomy gray wet and cold winters was the perfect setting for the series. When they moved production to Los Angeles(thanks Tea Leoni !!!) it went to hell very quickly.
I always thought that the best episodes, were the ones that avoided the "dreaded main thread" . . . just show something weird, about some creepy-crawly critter, and do a bit of self satire.
Those were the best.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
When X-Files originally aired it was fresh. 9 seasons later they just waffled back and forth with absolutely no closure.
Fans got tired of Christ Carter not having any balls to commit one way or another.
He's an actor - who cares about his political predilections?
I'm old enough to remember when Bill Clinton first ran for president. All of these Hollywood types were jetting around the country, talking about how great he was - and all I could think was "why does anyone give a rat's ass what Morgan Fairchild thinks about politics?"
Seriously, just enjoy them for their talent in their chosen profession... and ignore everything else. It works much better.
BSG was a rewrite of a terrible though nostalgic 70's TV show. X-Files for its time was pretty good. If they can reboot the franchise, why wouldn't the quality of the show improve in this case? Right, it doesn't fit your narrative.
The fact that TV has gotten better is a testament to modern TV's higher standards, and we can all applaud that. As for if the show's any good, only time will tell. Flaming a production we know essentially nothing about seems a little disingenuous.
Bye!