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[Hystzen]

More Tooms like monster storyline less alien super invasion stuff

 

[SnakeLinkSonic]

The "purposeless" random cases were all the best episodes.

Seriously, think about it:

Jose Chung's From Outer Space.
Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose.
Home.
War of the Coprophages.
Beyond the Sea.
Bad Blood.
Small Potatoes.
Ice.

All "purposeless" episodes.

I'm only on board if it IS six episodes of one-offs. The overarching "they're coming" story wore thin as shit for me in the later seasons.

 

[super-heated plasma]

The most important thing is they better keep the classic theme and similar (but updated) title sequence.

 

[LiK]

Dont know about this.

Just give me the show on bluray already.

C'mon Mulder

 

[bengraven]

Sadly, it was right around the time that X-files went off the air that I stopped believing in the unexplained and supernatural. It makes me sad to have gotten over that: things were more fun back when I actually jumped at bumps in the night.

Watching it as a believer was a great experience because you always had that extra hype going in "that this could really be happening".

 

[Respect]

Yeah, it kinda limped at the end a little bit until the syndicate was destroyed...was a mess afterwards. Even most of the "monster of the week" episodes weren't up to snuff anymore.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

Hopefully they're just six completely self-contained episodes that completely ignore any of the larger arcs of the show. That's when the show was at its absolute best.

Will this be good? The second film was pretty meh. Hopefully Chris Carter still has some good ideas left. At least... 6 good ideas maybe?

I WANT TO BELIEVE!

The second film had absolutely no ambition whatsoever. It was the most boring episode of the show ever made, only feature length.

 

[Pakkidis]

6 separate monster of the week episodes and we are all good.

 

[BFIB]

My favorite show of all time. Glad to see that Carter can hopefully right some wrongs near the end there.

 

[Nether!]

Sweet!
Maybe now the aliens took his kid instead of his sister!

 

[XxSlasherMcGirkxX]

YES! More Mulder and Scully is NEVER a bad thing. Long live one of the greatest shows of all time. This is a dream.

 

[jelly]

Sweet.

So, the world doesn't end or something?

 

[Respect]

Anyway to bring back Mr. X? The biggest bad ass ever?

Spoiler

He's not dead, I don't believe it.

 

[Lonestar]

Maybe there were rumors before this, but it seemed like Nerdist brought up the idea to Gillian Anderson on a podcast, and it's gone on from there. Feels odd that it's actually happening.

I enjoyed X-Files, but I was never a hardcore watcher of it, but I'm happy it gets a chance to live again (as I was when 24 came back, and even I'm happy Heroes is kind of coming back, perhaps even to fix all the horrible shit they came up with originally)

 

[Dsyndrome]

Sucks they killed off a lot of the cast before the show ended

Spoiler

Cancerman, Lone Gunmen.

Still need to watch the second movie, is it worth it at all?

 

[Respect]

Sucks they killed off a lot of the cast before the show ended

Spoiler

Cancerman, Lone Gunmen.

Still need to watch the second movie, is it worth it at all?

No, it isn't imo.

 

[biggersmaller]

Awesome! I really hope these are six standalone eps that aren't serialized. They can remain the same characters in the same universe, but I don't need explained why they are agents again. Just stick them in the same office and give them some cases. Plus, the old one-off eps were always my favorite by far. They're still really fun to watch. With those I could just pretend Skully was doubting supernatural activity for the first time and hadn't experienced 100 eps worth of crazy shit already.

 

[TheRagnCajun]

6 separate monster of the week episodes and we are all good.

I want it to be this, but how does that make sense in the overall narritive of the story? Scully and Mulder reunite after 13 long years to solve 6 kooky unrelated cases? Doesn't really seem to hold a lot of weight.

 

[Liferebooted]

I still can't believe that this is happening.

 

[Zyae]

favorite show, lets go

 

[squidhands]

6 separate monster of the week episodes and we are all good.

No, five SEEMINGLY separate monster of the week stories that all tie in to one another by the end episode. That is what I want more than anything.

 

[Zombie James]

Holy shit, didn't expect this.

 

[Verger]

This will be a tricky thing. It seems it will divide the fans between the ones who just want MOTW stuff and the ones who wanted a definitive finish to the Alien storyline. And I do no think they can do both in only six episodes.

 

[User 479360]

I'm only on board if it IS six episodes of one-offs. The overarching "they're coming" story wore thin as shit for me in the later seasons.

Ice is the one that has stuck with me most.

 

[Ovid]

Nice!!!

One of my favorite shows.

 

[stufte]

I'm only on board if it IS six episodes of one-offs. The overarching "they're coming" story wore thin as shit for me in the later seasons.

Agreed. The show was at its best when it wasn't trying to hold together an overarching, convoluted storyline.

 

[jstripes]

“I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” Carter said. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.”

This is exactly why I have hope for a new series. The current state of affairs is perfect for the show. Things are even more fucked up than they were in the '90s, and plenty of the fears of that era have come true. The NSA is in the news daily.

 

[SimleuqiR]

X-Files is back!

...for 6 episodes

I'll take 6 vs 0

 

[Dictator93]

Well god damn. Cool.

 

[a secret-boss]

6 episodes means less filer and procedural content

 

[Loofy]

6.. I hope its not one continuous alien conspiracy story.

Yes Im hoping for at least 4 monster of the week episodes.

 

[Tunesmith]

Giddy thinking about how they're going to deal with the Dec 21, 2012 date.

 

[inm8num2]

The X-Files and Twin Peaks coming back for new seasons. Early 90s tv for the win!

 

[Vinci]

Ideal plan:

Chris Carter writes 1 episode, because he has to.

Vince Gilligan writes 1 episodes.

Darrin Morgan writes 4 episodes, all classics.

Darin Morgan would have to be pretty damn broke to write that much in succession. In interviews he always described the writing process as torturous because of his crazy attention to detail.

That said, I would love that scenario way too hard.

 

[Vyrance]

This is awesome! I still love watching through the series every so often

 

[TheSeks]

All I ask is that they continue the finale's invasion arc. That's all I want. That's all I want. The second movie was disappointing to me for that reason alone. They had a cliff-hanger ending of a finale and didn't even give a "yes, we're fucked/no M&S save us" nod or anything.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

I wonder if they'll address why the hell the alien invasion / apocalypse never happened.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

No, five SEEMINGLY separate monster of the week stories that all tie in to one another by the end episode. That is what I want more than anything.

That sounds like a great way to shackle the potential of five episodes with the compromise of a single idea. Fuck that.

 

[BkMogul]

6 separate monster of the week episodes and we are all good.

Then what's the point if it's not advancing the overall story arc? That would be a waste. Let's get wrap-ups and resolutions.

 

[Derpyduck]

I hope they bring characteristics from their latest characters (hers from The Fall and his from Californication) and just fuck for an entire episode.

 

[Nameless]

Not that Scully wasn't attractive, but Gillian Anderson has become jarringly hot with age.

 

[Patryn]

Then what's the point if it's not advancing the overall story arc? That would be a waste. Let's get wrap-ups and resolutions.

Good and entertaining episodes? As I keep saying, MOTW episodes were much better than arc stuff.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

This had better pick up the Alien plot line, I don't want six episodes of them facing six random monsters of the week or werewolves...

 

[metsallica]

My first real, and possibly greatest, TV love. Can it live up to the rose-colored version dancing in my head for over a decade? That second movie sure didn't! Still...

I WANT TO BELIEVE.

 

[The Elite]

Six episodes is disappointing but I will take what I can get. Can't wait.

One of my favourite TV shows of all time.

 

[Timeaisis]

6 episodes? Bollocks.

I guess I'll take what I can get.

 

[googly]

Look forward to this! I'm currently watching the entire run right now, on season 8. I didn't watch the Doggett seasons when they first aired. I think I was bitter at the time.

 

[Verger]

When I rewatched the series recently I didn't find the Dogget episodes bad at all and really liked the character. I think at the time though most people just could not or would never accept any substitution for Mulder and Scully and that still holds true else this revitalization would probably never have happened if they weren't on board.

 

[Hex]

Not that Scully wasn't attractive, but Gillian Anderson has become jarringly hot with age.

My friend, when she was on Top Gear recently it was dangerously yummy.
Stunning and feisty.


From what has been said in the lead up to this, the 6 episode thing is to allow for no burn out and allow schedules to be open for other things.
If things go right, again according to the lead up sources you may see a second run of six later.

 

[John Bender]

One of the best TV series of all time.
DAY 1

Hope they will make more episodes after these (successful) six episodes.