It's two shows in one: The Twilight Zone and Lost.
The monster of the week episodes are okay.
The smoke monster smoking man and never-ending escalation of unexplained mystery plot into in incomprehensible, nonsensical puked-up hairball was bad at the time. Now it's old and bad.
the problem with the latter was that there was never any real resolution. normally they do a trope like villain escalation where they defeat one villain to only find out he was just a middle manager. they just waffled on that entire story arc and then got into alien stuff in one of the movies, but that was still pretty weak.
then the next movie was about a fucking pedophile so you know there's no way that's happening unless they project the character basically as trump or desantis and it has nothing to do with x-files.
Twin Peaks had the same problem. If it wasn't a "soap opera", writers just didn't know how to do a continuing series, and acted like in the old days where they could pull anything out of their butts and continuity wasn't a concern. VCRs changed all that; people no longer forgot what happened last week.
Funny thing is I sub to paranormal channels and they do a better job at this shit. I don't believe a majority of it, but it's great getting my kick of the paranormal that way.
I never watched the x-files, but I never really got the impression that it was regressive. As far as know Skully was on a par with Mulder, not a shrieking damsel that required rescue. I agree with her on the pregnancy plot line, that sounds terrible, but if walking behind Mulder when going to a door is the most egregious example she can produce, I don't think there's much of a problem.
One of the comments on that article made me laugh. Anderson was playing a straight red headed female. If any reboot was made Skully would be race swapped to black anyway, so Gillian needn't get her knickers in a twist.
Scully's entire role in the show is a foil to make Mulder's character shine brighter. Mulder is creative, intuitive, bold; Scully is boring, rational, restrained.
Her walking behind Mulder IS the point of her character. I don't know how it is an actor would not understand the basics of storytelling.
Even if that wasn't the case, complaining about "walking behind Mulder when going to a door" shows how out of touch these people have always been with normal human beings. This is normal human behavior whether there is a monster or annoying manager on the other side of the door. She wants Scully to be an extreme feminist that yells at a man for trying to protect her. Most women do not care about this.
She was his foil, but I thought her deductive powers were up there with his. Though it's been a while. She wasn't just a sidekick. He needed her rationality to get to the truth because unchecked he would assign too much to magic.
Who moves every episode forward? Mulder. So he's the main character.
On wikipedia Mulder is called a protagonist, Scully is called a partner.
She matches most definitions of sidekick, and I feel like the objection to calling her one is just that she's a woman. If her character was instead a guy called Pater (similar play on 'skull') he'd be a sidekick.
I was kind of thinking that.
How is this for a plot, shady organization has contact with aliens and is aggressively pushing for globalization because the aliens will only openly make contact if the world is one people rather then a bunch of tribes fighting.
I would not say no to that movie, is just that pets seems to edgy but I would watch one where they plan on turning humans in to livestock of some sorts.
My version has a globalism angle. Globalism by any means necessary done by the elites, so current year, but it is all done to appease the aliens.
It could have moving huge amount of money via a shady company, Black Mineral, towards destabilization of countries and the destruction of national identities.
Controlling education, corrupting elections putting globalists in positions of power, setting DAs that are pro globalism and mass media control.
The investigators can start by investigating some high level corruption, where the before mentioned company funneled a lot of money to put a guy in power in Canada. Home office absolutely objects against the investigation but they do it anyway. The entire media complex turns on them and tries to get them canceled. Frame them with a racism hoax.
The investigation can then find agents with "military grade" secret technology. Bio labs hidden in the north of Canada. And step by step leading to aliens.
Such a plot, would be interesting. At least for me.
I would also make one of the characters a based dude while the other character a woman that believes all the lefty propaganda but slowly gets red pilled.
I would have preferred father and son relationship but I know that man + woman would get a lot more views.
I want to compliment you for the interesting ideas but you're just describing real life.
Here's another idea: the aliens want us all to wear masks because they have tiny mouths and our giant animal mouths disgust them. They need us covered up because we look like scary monsters.
And this is her shamelessly shitting on Chris Carter, the creator of X-Files and head writer of the revival. (even if he only actually wrote a few eps) She's not getting invited back.
It wouldn't see the light of day if it was anything less these days. Might as well say "I would never do this picture unless it contained audio AND video."
Gillian Anderson is 53 and in no position to be calling the shots in Pedowood. Old and desperate for attention.
The X-Files does not hold up, btw.
It's two shows in one: The Twilight Zone and Lost.
The monster of the week episodes are okay.
The
smoke monstersmoking man and never-ending escalation of unexplained mystery plot into in incomprehensible, nonsensical puked-up hairball was bad at the time. Now it's old and bad.the problem with the latter was that there was never any real resolution. normally they do a trope like villain escalation where they defeat one villain to only find out he was just a middle manager. they just waffled on that entire story arc and then got into alien stuff in one of the movies, but that was still pretty weak.
then the next movie was about a fucking pedophile so you know there's no way that's happening unless they project the character basically as trump or desantis and it has nothing to do with x-files.
That is so disappointing. I wanted to believe.
I can't believe it's not aliens.
Twin Peaks had the same problem. If it wasn't a "soap opera", writers just didn't know how to do a continuing series, and acted like in the old days where they could pull anything out of their butts and continuity wasn't a concern. VCRs changed all that; people no longer forgot what happened last week.
Streaming services were the nail in the coffin. Watch a few episodes in a row and you're "WTF!?"
Funny thing is I sub to paranormal channels and they do a better job at this shit. I don't believe a majority of it, but it's great getting my kick of the paranormal that way.
I never watched the x-files, but I never really got the impression that it was regressive. As far as know Skully was on a par with Mulder, not a shrieking damsel that required rescue. I agree with her on the pregnancy plot line, that sounds terrible, but if walking behind Mulder when going to a door is the most egregious example she can produce, I don't think there's much of a problem.
One of the comments on that article made me laugh. Anderson was playing a straight red headed female. If any reboot was made Skully would be race swapped to black anyway, so Gillian needn't get her knickers in a twist.
Mulder : Scully :: Sherlock : Watson
Scully's entire role in the show is a foil to make Mulder's character shine brighter. Mulder is creative, intuitive, bold; Scully is boring, rational, restrained.
Her walking behind Mulder IS the point of her character. I don't know how it is an actor would not understand the basics of storytelling.
Even if that wasn't the case, complaining about "walking behind Mulder when going to a door" shows how out of touch these people have always been with normal human beings. This is normal human behavior whether there is a monster or annoying manager on the other side of the door. She wants Scully to be an extreme feminist that yells at a man for trying to protect her. Most women do not care about this.
She was his foil, but I thought her deductive powers were up there with his. Though it's been a while. She wasn't just a sidekick. He needed her rationality to get to the truth because unchecked he would assign too much to magic.
Who moves every episode forward? Mulder. So he's the main character.
On wikipedia Mulder is called a protagonist, Scully is called a partner.
She matches most definitions of sidekick, and I feel like the objection to calling her one is just that she's a woman. If her character was instead a guy called Pater (similar play on 'skull') he'd be a sidekick.
Different times, for those times having a woman that was in to science was a big deal. So it was progressive for those times.
Funny, I also think that "progressive" ideology is something out of the X-files.
I was kind of thinking that. How is this for a plot, shady organization has contact with aliens and is aggressively pushing for globalization because the aliens will only openly make contact if the world is one people rather then a bunch of tribes fighting.
I would watch that.
More like they want humans groomed to be pets and livestock. THAT, I would watch. Hell, I think I am watching it, lol.
I would not say no to that movie, is just that pets seems to edgy but I would watch one where they plan on turning humans in to livestock of some sorts.
My version has a globalism angle. Globalism by any means necessary done by the elites, so current year, but it is all done to appease the aliens. It could have moving huge amount of money via a shady company, Black Mineral, towards destabilization of countries and the destruction of national identities.
Controlling education, corrupting elections putting globalists in positions of power, setting DAs that are pro globalism and mass media control. The investigators can start by investigating some high level corruption, where the before mentioned company funneled a lot of money to put a guy in power in Canada. Home office absolutely objects against the investigation but they do it anyway. The entire media complex turns on them and tries to get them canceled. Frame them with a racism hoax.
The investigation can then find agents with "military grade" secret technology. Bio labs hidden in the north of Canada. And step by step leading to aliens.
Such a plot, would be interesting. At least for me.
I would also make one of the characters a based dude while the other character a woman that believes all the lefty propaganda but slowly gets red pilled.
I would have preferred father and son relationship but I know that man + woman would get a lot more views.
I want to compliment you for the interesting ideas but you're just describing real life.
Here's another idea: the aliens want us all to wear masks because they have tiny mouths and our giant animal mouths disgust them. They need us covered up because we look like scary monsters.
But where's the aliens maaaaan?
literally is a cult of mind control, subversion, and NWO power-trippers.
x-files needs a new young hot woman and you're old and no one wants to look at you
Too bad all the hot young women are leftists like her.
X-Files was great in the 90s. Let it stay there.
And this is her shamelessly shitting on Chris Carter, the creator of X-Files and head writer of the revival. (even if he only actually wrote a few eps) She's not getting invited back.
She looks like Jen Psaki nowadays. Hard pass.
Aaaand fuck you Gillian.
It wouldn't see the light of day if it was anything less these days. Might as well say "I would never do this picture unless it contained audio AND video."