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January 17, 2008

Great news about the new X-Files movie

Male Jim Treacher | Category: Movies • TV
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x-files.jpgNo alien conspiracy! No black-oil infections or alien bees or any of that junk. That's good, because while the show had some all-time-classic standalone episodes (usually written by Darin Morgan), the show's overarching "mythology" was incoherent nonsense that was just made up as they went along. Paint yourself into a corner? Just knock out a wall and start ruining another room!

I had to laugh at this quote from the USA Today story, though:

"We spent a lot of time on (the mythology) and wrapped up a lot of threads" when the show went off the air in 2002, says Chris Carter, creator of the series and director of the new movie. "We want a stand-alone movie, not a mythology conspiracy one."

Wrapped up a lot of threads! Ha ha ha ha!

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Yeah, I vastly preferred the stand - alone episodes, which could also be quite hilarious and/or scary as hell at times. The main story arc became tired by the 3rd season - Cancer Man, the US Gov't rigging the US Olympic Hockey team beating the USSR - bleah.

Comment by Dmac on January 17, 2008 3:35 PM

So is Scully still a hottie, or is she aging in that accelerated way that redheads sometimes do?

Comment by Les Jones on January 17, 2008 7:42 PM

Yeah, they wound up a lot of threads, except of course for the minor detail of what happens to them after they go on the run to close out the series, and of course that whole looming alien invasion that's supposed to happen a decade after the show ended.

I thinik my favorite stand-alone job was the one where Mulder investigates those vampirism cases in LA during the fires. That one had a lot of great dialogue in it.

Comment by Mark V. on January 18, 2008 5:32 AM

By "wound up," I think you mean "dropped."

Comment by Treach on January 18, 2008 6:04 AM

The Halloween episodes were always above average (freak show episode, anyone?), and "Bruckman's Final Repose" was downright excellent.

But just tell me - is Scully gonna get nakid in this one?

Comment by mojo on January 18, 2008 8:05 AM

Bruckman's is my favorite ever. It was so good, I couldn't believe it was on TV. Darin Morgan also wrote the brilliant Scientology satire "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense" for Millennium, which was the only episode of that show I would recommend. If there were any justice, Chris Carter would be working for HIM.

Comment by Treach on January 18, 2008 8:29 AM