Movies and TV Fox: The X-Files

keg in kc · 01-17-2015, 05:07 PM

Seem like I'm about 23 years behind on this one?

(Jesus, 23 years?!)

Apparently not. Fox is in talks with Chris Carter to bring it back, including having David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise Scully and Mulder. Nothing creative yet, just seeing how schedules line up, but still...

Also having (unrelated of course) talks about bringing back Prison Break and running a Kiefer-free version of 24 (not sure how that would work; he was that snow).

**notorious** · 01-17-2015, 05:08 PM

Yes, this is good.

Deberg_1990 · 01-17-2015, 05:46 PM

Interesting.........

Not sure how much demand there is for it though? That last movie was a flop and was fairly awful.

**Baby Lee** · 01-18-2015, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Interesting.........

Not sure how much demand there is for it though? That last movie was a flop and was fairly awful.

Twilight Zone The Movie doesn't live up to the episodes that preceded it either. I wasn't big into X-Files, but from what I saw, a lot of its allure was the ability of the episodic form to play with moods and structure, while still moving forward with a meta-story,

Buffy and Fringe tried similar things.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-18-2015, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Twilight Zone The Movie doesn't live up to the episodes that preceded it either. I wasn't big into X-Files, but from what I saw, a lot of its allure was the ability of the episodic form to play with moods and structure, while still moving forward with a meta-story,

Buffy and Fringe tried similar things.

The first four seasons were awesome, especially for the time. I'd recommend checking them out with an open mind. Some episodes are absolutely lifetime classics.

GloucesterChief · 01-18-2015, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Twilight Zone The Movie doesn't live up to the episodes that preceded it either. I wasn't big into X-Files, but from what I saw, a lot of its allure was the ability of the episodic form to play with moods and structure, while still moving forward with a meta-story,

Buffy and Fringe tried similar things.

Probably because Serling was dead by that time and many of the Twilight Zone episodes were written by him or other great sci-fi writers like Bradbury and Matheson.

keg in kc · 01-17-2015, 05:51 PM

I would imagine there's a lot of people my age (@40) who'd tune in for nostalgia if nothing else. Whether they can maintain a full series on that who knows. I'm not sure this kind of stuff is as cool to the younger crowd now as it was then.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-17-2015, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

I would imagine there's a lot of people my age (@40) who'd tune in for nostalgia if nothing else. Whether they can maintain a full series on that who knows. I'm not sure this kind of stuff is as cool to the younger crowd now as it was then.

I would think that if they did a 12 episode season, like 24 Live Another Day, there would be some serious interest but I'm not sure about a full 24 season order, especially with Vince Gilligan running Saul.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-17-2015, 09:24 PM

I absolutely loved that show until the first movie. After that, it was just so inconsistent and I didn't bother watching the second movie until years later on cable. I found it to be barely watchable.

I'd love to see episodes like seasons 1-4, not so much MOW, but interesting investigations and government cover ups. But the entire alien thing was nearly as bad as Lost's overall arc, which was course, was awful.

I have all the seasons on DVD up until like 9 or 10 and haven't watched them in half a decade. Thanks for the reminder!

Deberg_1990 · 01-17-2015, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I absolutely loved that show until the first movie. After that, it was just so inconsistent and I didn't bother watching the second movie until years later on cable. I found it to be barely watchable.

I'd love to see episodes like seasons 1-4, not so much MOW, but interesting investigations and government cover ups. But the entire alien thing was nearly as bad as Lost's overall arc, which was course, was awful.

I have all the seasons on DVD up until like 9 or 10 and haven't watched them in half a decade. Thanks for the reminder!

Yea, basically when they moved production from Vancouver to LA, the show steadily dropped in quality.

lawrenceRaider · 01-19-2015, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I absolutely loved that show until the first movie. After that, it was just so inconsistent and I didn't bother watching the second movie until years later on cable. I found it to be barely watchable.

I'd love to see episodes like seasons 1-4, not so much MOW, but interesting investigations and government cover ups. But the entire alien thing was nearly as bad as Lost's overall arc, which was course, was awful.

I have all the seasons on DVD up until like 9 or 10 and haven't watched them in half a decade. Thanks for the reminder!

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Yea, basically when they moved production from Vancouver to LA, the show steadily dropped in quality.

Like most scifi style shows, once the writers move from independent one off episodes to an overall story arc, the show starts the down hill slide. Either the talented writers price themselves out of a job, or the writers get lazy.

Would love to see new X-File episodes, but only if they follow the model of the early seasons. I watched a few episodes from the first season last summer and they held up surprisingly well.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-19-2015, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

Like most scifi style shows, once the writers move from independent one off episodes to an overall story arc, the show starts the down hill slide. Either the talented writers price themselves out of a job, or the writers get lazy.

What? Nothing could be further from the truth. I don't think you understand how a Writer's Room works.

mikey23545 · 01-20-2015, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I absolutely loved that show until the first movie. After that, it was just so inconsistent and I didn't bother watching the second movie until years later on cable. I found it to be barely watchable.

I'd love to see episodes like seasons 1-4, not so much MOW, but interesting investigations and government cover ups. But the entire alien thing was nearly as bad as Lost's overall arc, which was course, was awful.

I have all the seasons on DVD up until like 9 or 10 and haven't watched them in half a decade. Thanks for the reminder!

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keg in kc · 01-17-2015, 09:55 PM

The second movie was terribad but there was some good stuff in seasons 5-7.

If I did it I'd focus more on the alien stuff and the cigarette smoking man and friends. Still do monster of the week but make the government conspiracy stuff more prominent.

**Lzen** · 01-19-2015, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

The second movie was terribad but there was some good stuff in seasons 5-7.

If I did it I'd focus more on the alien stuff and the cigarette smoking man and friends. Still do monster of the week but make the government conspiracy stuff more prominent.

Wait, there was a second movie? I was a big XFiles fan. Not so much once Duchovney left, though. Robert Patrick was okay but it just wasn't the same. I honestly don't know if I ever saw the 2nd movie. If I did it must have been pretty forgettable. But now I will probably have to watch it.

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