Okay, I confess — I was an X-Files junkie and in particular the episodes that spun the far-flung web of conspiratorial intrigue, everything from alien abductions to black oil, Cigarette Smoking Man (a failed novelist!) to Krychek and, of course, two great Protagonists: Fox Mulder, played by David Duchovny, and Dana Scully, played by Gillian Anderson.
The show was created by Chris Carter and serviced week after week by a crack writing staff that included Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan, Howard Gordon, Glen Morgan and James Wong, all of whom have gone on to work on and / or create other successful shows. In fact, David Duchovny even penned 8 of the show’s scripts.
I was deflated after seeing the first X-Files movie, too focused on trying to wrap up loose ends and service the entire series’ plot to the detriment of the heart and soul of the show, the relationship between Mulder and Scully. But there’s a new movie coming out — The X-Files: I Want to Believe and freed from much of the series entanglements, it looks to be very, very cool. Here is a trailer for the upcoming movie which is scheduled to debut on July 25th. I’m excited!
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Also here’s a great X-files Wiki site for all you fanatics.
I'm reading the whole blog from the start and I just decided to start commenting.
Looking back, what did you think of the second X-files movie? For me, it was better than the first one, but it was still pretty bad.
Wow, Alex T, I admire your fortitude! Going through the whole blog. Hey, if you find any posts you think worth a second look, let me know. I've written over 5,000 posts in nearly 3 years, so a lot have slipped my mind.
Re The X-Files movies: First one was hugely disappointing. Second nominally better. Let's face it, the series was great for the first few years, then like almost all TV series went downhill. When it was great, it was pretty damn good. I watched every episode except the last season.
Fortunately I get my Duchovny fix on Californication nowadays.
I admire yours for doing all these great posts- kudos and a huge thank you! I'll keep that in mind (bringing anything that needs a second look to your attention).
X-Files: I think I caught a few of the early shows, but I missed a lot because they kept changing the nights and times. I liked most of the ones I saw, but yeah, things went downhill as it went along.
Now Californication – that's a show I've seen every episode of (well, maybe the latest one or two- I suck with seeing shows as they air)!