SCIFIHISTORY.NET
  • MAINPAGE
  • About
  • Reviews

Stardate 5.09.2016.a: More Or Less - The X-Files

5/9/2016

 
Picture
Happy Monday, peeps, and welcome to a new week!  I'll be in and out of the blog this week as I'm doing some traveling later, but something caught my eye this morning and I thought it relevant to spout off a few words.  I read (yet another) brief interview from X-Files' creator Chris Carter about whether or not his baby -- The X-Files -- would be back for more on Fox TV, and he pretty much said the usual (paraphrasing "Fox wants it, Duchovny wants it, Anderson wants it, so yeah") without really being committal.

When I'd read that Fox was bringing back X for a heavily truncated tenth season, I was one of the few and proud who honestly thought, "No way."  So far as I was concerned, sure, it would be great to have Mulder and Scully back for another go'round, but I'd much rather they spend the time, effort, and money to make another theatrical entry.  Another bout on television really seemed more like a 'been there, done that' idea to me (unless, of course, there were plans for a re-launch along the lines of an X-Files: The Next Generation program, which could have merit).

Also, dare I say that I wasn't all that much of a fan of Carter being the head honcho in charge of a Season 10 effort?  So much of where the show went downhill in my estimation came from Carter's own tinkerings to kinda/sorta undo the established mythology for the purposes of what felt so very much like trying to extend the shelf-life of ideas he'd already stripped down and repackaged in multiple episodes if not multiple arcs: what new could he bring to the table?

The so-called 10th season aired, and (again I hate to say it) I was one of the few and the proud who wasn't impressed.  Don't get me wrong: the relaunch had some nice moments, but they were spread out too far and too few to my liking.  Duchovny and Anderson did pretty well about slipping back into the personas they helped craft over the previous nine seasons; but the stories that made up these six episodes just felt half-baked ... until Mulder got full-baked on screen (which was good for the laughs but just seemed like an 'insert' to this long-time X-Phile).

So, yeah, I wasn't impressed.  I know so, so many ate it up.  I just didn't.

In any event, Carter and company are still hoping to go back to the well and (presumably) deliver some follow-up to the cliffhanger they ended the program on.  Even that felt to me like it was an attempt to guarantee he'd get money for more installments ... but if that's the last I see of Mulder and Scully any time soon then I'm okay with it.

Comments are closed.

    Reviews
    ​Archive
    ​

    Reviews

    Daily
    ​Trivia
    Archives
    ​

    January
    February
    March
    April
    May
    June
    July
    August
    September
    October
    November
    December

    mainpage
    ​ posts

    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly