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Un-x-cited over X Files
Color me unenthused over the pending movie revival of The X Files. I was a lukewarm fan of the show, and was utterly underwhelmed by the first film spinoff, The X-Files: Fight the Future. It’s much too early to start recycling Nineties concepts, isn’t it? Didn’t we just get rid of DINK, techno, and Seinfeld?
Yes, I did watch the program some. Yes, Gillian Anderson was very easy to look at. And yes, the “monster of the week” concept - straight outta Kolchak: The Night Stalker - was a lot of fun. These fine attributes were undermined, however, by the yawn-inducing, tinfoil-hatted conspiracy “story arc” that excited legions of nerds but put me to sleep. I can’t even think the words “Smoking Man” or “Lone Gunmen” without wanting to take a nap.
As for the first film - ehh. I seem to remember Mulder being shot in the head, but he shook that off easily enough. Scully got stung by a bee and almost died. Lots of white Antarctic background. Kang and Kodos flying away. And, uh, Rollin Hand but not - strangely enough - Cinnamon Carter. Did I miss anything?
I’m told the TV series went on for a couple of years after the film came out. Odd that I don’t remember.
And now it’s all coming back. Well, it’ll be fun for somebody.
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I suppose it really depends on your taste for different television shows; if we all had the same preferences, we would all be watching the same shows. I was and am one of millions of fans of the X-Files and immensely looking forward to the next movie. For the lighthearted fan, the myth arcs were quite tiresome and somewhat hard to follow but the standalones and incredible chemistry between the two leads appealed to many. Anyways, enough with my blabbering.
You know what they say, to each their own. While you didn’t care for XF’s there are many of us that did. I’m looking forward to the new film.
I like to watch Gillian Anderson do the intros to Masterpiece Classics on PBS. ;)