OT: I miss the x-files

[HornedFrog Purple]

I have been watching the boxsets I have gotten (I have to up season 5) in order and realize how much I miss that show no matter what day it ended up on. Mrs. HFP liked it also which is a rarity since we rarely watch the same things on TV.

I was not the biggest fan of season 8, nor its final episode but I wish they would start it up again. Just pretend the last season didn't happen.

Come on Chris Carter, you have nothing better to do!

Oh does anyone know anything about a new movie?

[Poli]

I heart the early x files. I really enjoyed, "The Field Where I Died".

[ice4277]

"Home" was possibly the most disturbing hour of television ever.

I too wish they would bring the show back, but it will never happen.

[HornedFrog Purple]

I remember when "Home" aired... I was worried they would pull the plug!

I liked the Victor Tooms(?) episodes, they were great. I think he was my favorite villian.

[3ric]

My favorite episode is "Clyde Bruckman's repose" (sp?) with Peter Boyle. He's the insurance salesman who can see how people are going to die. Chilling.

[Draft Dodger]

I liked the X-Files, but it definitely felt like it was stretched way too long. I didn't even mind the cast changes towards the end - Anabeth Gish and Robert Patrick were just fine. But, they started to repeat all the conspiracy stuff way too much, until it just felt like a big soap opera.

[Fonzie]

Any show that'll take on Charles Nelson Reilly as a guest star, and make a great episode with him, is A-OK in my book.

[Draft Dodger]

Any show that'll take on Charles Nelson Reilly as a guest star, and make a great episode with him, is A-OK in my book.

or Cher

[MacroGuru]

One of my favorite lines ever, from X-Files.

"I didn't spend all those years playing D&D and not learn a little something about courage."

[mauchow]

It looks like Carter is shooting for 2005, but at the same time, since there isn't much news about it, it may just be false hope. But here's some info on X-Files 2.

hxxp://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808406645&intl=us

[amdaily]

They should have continued with Patrick and Gish. Personally, I thought they were just as good as Anderson And Duchnovy.

[sterlingice]

In the end, the show was a pale immitation of itself. Things like Mulder "finding his sister", his primary motivation for the series, in a cheap, weepy tearjerker ending with absolutely no resolution resolution, the finale just being a clip show (and not a very good one at that) and the later plot arcs with things like the evil maternity hospital and super soliders were just plain dumb.

Speaking of the main story arc, Carter never knew how to close the deal. There was always something going on behind the scene like Duchovny being a bit whiny (first he had to move to LA, then only appear in limited episodes before ultimately leaving the show), the contract disputes with Anderson, and the uncertainty of if the show would actually be picked up for another season, year after year. I have no idea how but that was a bubble show for all but about 3 years of its existence which didn't make sense since it was one of a small handfull of Fox shows to garner ratings (tho, it rarely broke the top 20). So, every year, Carter would write himself into a corner with the sweeps two-parter and season finale multiparter and by the end, there was just no satisfying way to end the story. Basically, build up something big and dramatic in case it really was the end and then when they got renewed, he'd have to dig himself out from the big mess.

X-Files was one of the best hours on television for the first six seasons and there are tons of classic episodes which I love watching on reruns on TNT and Sci-Fi. Some of those first and second season horror episodes are just genius, "Ice" and "Firewalker" being two of my favorites. Later on, the comedy episodes were mroe of my favorites, for instance, "Dreamland" which was just on in the past couple of weeks where Mulder switches bodies with Michael McKeon, who works in Area 51. But, for me, the biggest draw was the big alien mytharc. It really was the bread and butter of the show- they started running out of ideas for random supernatural horror episodes long before the arc and I know I wasn't the only person waiting to see how the conspiracy would take it's next twist. All of the alien conspiracy episodes through season six's "Two Fathers/One Son" were pure gold and it really was a shame Carter could never write a fitting conclusion.

As for Patrick and Gish, liked him, hated her. He's a good actor, she was not. I really wish they had killed off The X-Files in season 7 and continued with The Lone Gunmen instead.

SI

[QuikSand]

I though The X-Files provided some of the best individual episodes of any show that I recall watching... but it was notoriously uneven. I don't know whether that was a function of the long-term plot arc that they tried to reconnect from time to time, or just the gaggle of different people who wrote and directed various episodes, but I felt like there would be 3-5 really good episodes each season, but at least as many that weren't worth my time.

[cody8200]

I love the 'files. I too wish they would return. I always loved the chemistry between duchovny and anderson.

[WSUCougar]

I'm pretty sure this is the only thread in FOFC history where I could say

"El Chupacabra"

in context (and be understood). Maybe.

[sterlingice]

I though The X-Files provided some of the best individual episodes of any show that I recall watching... but it was notoriously uneven. I don't know whether that was a function of the long-term plot arc that they tried to reconnect from time to time, or just the gaggle of different people who wrote and directed various episodes, but I felt like there would be 3-5 really good episodes each season, but at least as many that weren't worth my time.
I've noticed this as I watch it in syndication. It's great because there are at least 3 episodes on a night (2 on TNT, 1 on Sci-Fi) and I'll watch 1 or 2 but rarely all 2. I'll go so far as to say there are the 3-5 really good episodes per season, at least 5 good episodes on top of that, about 10 watchable ones, and then about 5 real clunkers a year. Towards the end, it got more uneven towards the clunkers but, uneven, yes.

Take, for instance, CSI, even the "worst" episodes are just kindof average but I rarely see one that I call truly "great" (~5 spring to mind in 4 seasons)- more of an even keel, nowhere near as many bad episodes but not as many great ones even. I think sci-fi series are just more susceptible to that fluxuation. I was never a big trekkie, but when I would watch it, there are a lot of episodes that are just spectacular but there are a lot of episodes where I wanted that hour of my life back. Outer Limits had that to a lesser extent (tho, for the first couple of seasons, almost every episode was golden or at least good).

SI

[Ksyrup]

I watched the show on and off (mostly on) during the first couple of years, but they lost me when they started weaving the characters' lives into the storylines. If they had kept it more like Law & Order is, I would have continued watching. I really can't stand shows where if I miss one episode (which is a given), I feel like I've missed a year. That's the primary reason why I've never bothered with a show like 24. It might be good, but I have no interest in following it for an entire year to get the payoff.

[RawIsDan]

I still miss it as well. Though you could tell in the last several years they were just coming to the show to pick up their checks. The whole supersoldier, super baby crap was so days of our lives. :P

[Kodos]

I never liked the conspiracy episodes. For me, it was always the critter episodes where the show really shined. Mulder's dry wit just really worked for me. Like the "Quagmire" episode with Big Blue where they think the monster is coming for them through the mist, and Mulder and Scully wait for it with their guns at the ready. Then a harmless little duck appears, and Mulder says "I'm still tempted to shoot." Mulder made the series for me. His character drove the show and was the purpose of the show. When he was gone, it became barely worth watching.

[Daimyo]

IMO, the problem with the show was that it was all built around what they didn't show. IE, in first several years you didn't really know what was going on and it was exciting trying to figure it out.

The further in the series got the more they had to reveal until eventually they just showed too much and it lost the original appeal.

[Chubby]

There is an X-Files game coming out on March 16th for PS2. It'll probably suck but who knows.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I though The X-Files provided some of the best individual episodes of any show that I recall watching... but it was notoriously uneven. I don't know whether that was a function of the long-term plot arc that they tried to reconnect from time to time, or just the gaggle of different people who wrote and directed various episodes, but I felt like there would be 3-5 really good episodes each season, but at least as many that weren't worth my time.

I think is exactly right. The show suffered from consistency in a horrible way. Mulder and Scully would see what appeared to be an alien and UFO one episode and the next episode there was no mention of it, no acknowledgement, etc. It was the same old, Mulder: Aliens!, Scully: There is no such thing Mulder!

The show could have used some of what "Buffy" did so well, create a "X-Filesverse" in a way. They had this going in the "big" plot that popped up every so often (the smoking man, Kryjeck, black oil, etc.) and the some people came back (the Pusher) but for the most part each episode was self-contained. It would have been great for Mulder or Scully to once in a while refer back to an old episode. It would have made sense.

There were some great episodes, especially the "funny" ones. Some classic stuff. Lord Kimboat!

[Francis_Cole]

The box sets cost too much :(... however from june they all come down to £30!(in the uk)(about $19) so I will get them all then!