X-Files Officially Returning for 6-episode Season 10

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Slaythe said:
The X-files game (which was like a big movie) had very little Mulder and Scully and was brilliant.

But I am really scared of Carter's genius being long gone after that terrible, TERRIBLE, last movie. it wasn't just disappointing, it was literally god awful.

I wouldn't mind having Mulder only investigating stuff, or as an advisory to new agents maybe. Once in a while. Like in the old days.

I am not implying that Mulder and Scully are not a vital part of the X-Files, they obviously are, I am just saying that the show demonstrated several times that it could actually do amazing without them.

On the other hand, it also showed terrible things both with them and without them (sadly, anything recent).

Let's hope for the best. I want to believe, definitely.
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The second movie was clearly rushed by the writers strike. Not that it excuses it's poor quality, but that definitely had an impact.
 
I actually enjoyed I Want To Believe, even though it didn't give me any conclusion to the mythology. Super hyped for this limited series.
 
So I just watched "Jump The Shark" again. Are the Lone Gunmen coming back? They never actually show their death, just caskets. If cigarette smoking man can come back from a missile to the face, I think TLG can make a comeback.
 
DarkFlow said:
So I just watched "Jump The Shark" again. Are the Lone Gunmen coming back? They never actually show their death, just caskets. If cigarette smoking man can come back from a missile to the face, I think TLG can make a comeback.
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I just watched that one the other night too, isn't that where the TLG TV series picks up?
 
DarkFlow said:
It was actually the ending for it since it got canned before they could end it.



I also like Fallen Angel.
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I'm mistaking it for the Season 10 comic then, That will tell you if they're still around. Though that was supposed to be canon, I hear it's being ignored for the new series
 
yeah I have pretty much zero recollection of most of season 8 and 9, I didn't even remember the lone gunman thing. I'm currently on the 2nd last episode of THE ENTIRE FUCKING SHOW and it's about the brady bunch house, wtf?
 
wetwired said:
yeah I have pretty much zero recollection of most of season 8 and 9, I didn't even remember the lone gunman thing. I'm currently on the 2nd last episode of THE ENTIRE FUCKING SHOW and it's about the brady bunch house, wtf?
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Hah I just watched that one also. Finch from Person of Interest is in that one, I thought it was kinda funny.
 
Crimson-Death said:
I remember reading an interview a long time ago, Chris Carter saying that he could continue the X-Files without Mulder and Scully indefinitely as long as they come up with the stories. Well, no.

That was the period of time when Duchovny was suing Fox and alleged Carter was involved in syndication issues I think.
http://www.ew.com/article/1999/09/03/david-duchovny-vs-fox

Duchovny wanted out of the show by then, tired of the many years put in it, and Gillian was pretty close herself to burnout. In some interviews Duchovny said he wouldn't mind the show continuing in movie sequels, and that he'd be excited to revisit the Mulder character at different stages of his life.

That's the way they should have done it, a movie every couple of years, and if they weren't successful at the theaters then Fox should have done X-Files specials every so often. But of course, all the behind the scenes politics and deals and agendas prevented all that, and the X-Files universe was left to stagnate and the powers that be wanted to squeeze it out of the last drops of blood left in it. The story of that fictional world suffered for it.

They passed the torch to Doggett and Reyes, and although able and competent, it all was just not the same. The X-Files= Mulder & Scully= Duchovny & Anderson. And that's that. If new actors are to be used, they might as well make it a completely different show since the dynamics of the people involved will be completely unique. Like Fringe, which I hear is good. Otherwise, the old show with new actors risks aping the past not its own, becoming a clone, a drone, a cataloger, chattel, a slave to the nostalgia of indescribable magic.

The X-Files can only be stretched out so thin, and in that era it was already exhausted, after seven, eight, nine years, it was close to burn out and went past it.
The X-Files is the kind of show that needs to have a set time to end, an outline, a punchline to its plan. Or at least, let it come back at the times the original creators and actors really want to, when they regain that passion and fire to revisit that world. Their fans will be waiting.

The times are different now. People are more sophisticated, technology changes the very culture and the way stories are told. I am excited to see how the X-Files deals with current times, and I think their stories will be invigorated, fresh, and at the very least it's likely we will have the strong character moments that set the show above others like it. I really did miss it, and I wish they recapture that old magic, as elusive as the truth out there.
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I read that in the voice of Mulder narrating...heh.
 
Crimson-Death said:
I remember reading an interview a long time ago, Chris Carter saying that he could continue the X-Files without Mulder and Scully indefinitely as long as they come up with the stories. Well, no.

That was the period of time when Duchovny was suing Fox and alleged Carter was involved in syndication issues I think.
http://www.ew.com/article/1999/09/03/david-duchovny-vs-fox

Duchovny wanted out of the show by then, tired of the many years put in it, and Gillian was pretty close herself to burnout. In some interviews Duchovny said he wouldn't mind the show continuing in movie sequels, and that he'd be excited to revisit the Mulder character at different stages of his life.

That's the way they should have done it, a movie every couple of years, and if they weren't successful at the theaters then Fox should have done X-Files specials every so often. But of course, all the behind the scenes politics and deals and agendas prevented all that, and the X-Files universe was left to stagnate and the powers that be wanted to squeeze it out of the last drops of blood left in it. The story of that fictional world suffered for it.

They passed the torch to Doggett and Reyes, and although able and competent, it all was just not the same. The X-Files= Mulder & Scully= Duchovny & Anderson. And that's that. If new actors are to be used, they might as well make it a completely different show since the dynamics of the people involved will be completely unique. Like Fringe, which I hear is good. Otherwise, the old show with new actors risks aping the past not its own, becoming a clone, a drone, a cataloger, chattel, a slave to the nostalgia of indescribable magic.

The X-Files can only be stretched out so thin, and in that era it was already exhausted, after seven, eight, nine years, it was close to burn out and went past it.
The X-Files is the kind of show that needs to have a set time to end, an outline, a punchline to its plan. Or at least, let it come back at the times the original creators and actors really want to, when they regain that passion and fire to revisit that world. Their fans will be waiting.

The times are different now. People are more sophisticated, technology changes the very culture and the way stories are told. I am excited to see how the X-Files deals with current times, and I think their stories will be invigorated, fresh, and at the very least it's likely we will have the strong character moments that set the show above others like it. I really did miss it, and I wish they recapture that old magic, as elusive as the truth out there.
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What ever came of this suit?

After just now finishing my rewatch of the series, the last 2 seasons were really depressing, seeing what became of the show, some of the lines anderson had to deliver to explain mulder's disappearance are just a joke, even she can't believe what's been written "just don't ask me, I can't explain it"

Also seeing Scully turn into the complete believer just doesn't work in my opinion. Plus as a no-romo, they should never have gotten together :P
 
just give me the damn blu-rays, ill have them whenever and wherever I want them after I rip them. No need to worry about whether hulu or Netflix has what season in which resolution.
 
im watching on netflix, im on season 3 and so far everything has been on crystal clear HD, actually im surprised at how good these episodes look being so old, the show is excellent, first time watching, i have read about mulder not being in the lat 2 seasons and i don't know how i will feel about it when i star watching, the chemistry between mulder and scully is the best ive seen on a tv show
 
bananafactory said:
We don't have Hulu in Canada

Hopefully Netflix will give us some of that HD goodness soon. I'm aching for a rewatch
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Dude I'm in canada as well. But I have u.s. Netflix on my Xbox one. I set the dns to the ip address provided by unblock us. It's great. I have Canadian netflix on my smart tv for a better movie selection. Best if both worlds.
 
R-User! said:
I read that in the voice of Mulder narrating...heh.
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I was hoping someone would understand and remember my rather obscure reference, but you are pretty close. ;D

It's from one of my top X-Files scenes. Some of what Cigarette Smoking Man talks about is pretty relevant even today, although we could say today that the true men in power are now using religion to control and misdirect the masses.
The quality is crappy because Fox takes down all videos of their shows.
 
Love me some X-Files. I remember watching some clips of Duchovny and Anderson at a convention a while back and it was nice to see that they still had a good relationship, and that there was still a lot of sexual tension between them. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy about the 90s or something.

Also, Anderson was still looking pretty damn fine.
 
Dsyndrome said:
New teaser that aired during Wayward Pines:
Youtube Link

So short, I want more!
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Looks great, can't even remember that last time I've been this excited about anything on TV before. Love M&S back in FBI suits, and are those men at the beginning wearing period outfits? Almost looks 1950s. Can't wait for January!
 
dEvAnGeL said:
im watching on netflix, im on season 3 and so far everything has been on crystal clear HD, actually im surprised at how good these episodes look being so old, the show is excellent, first time watching, i have read about mulder not being in the lat 2 seasons and i don't know how i will feel about it when i star watching, the chemistry between mulder and scully is the best ive seen on a tv show
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Well, Mulder is still in Season 8, just on a more limited basis. I really enjoyed that season overall. But yes he's not really in Season 9 which many fans found quite problematic.
 
It's always impressive when a simple 15-second teaser can get me super hyped for a tv series.

Welcome back, old friend! :)
 
wetwired said:
What ever came of this suit?

After just now finishing my rewatch of the series, the last 2 seasons were really depressing, seeing what became of the show, some of the lines anderson had to deliver to explain mulder's disappearance are just a joke, even she can't believe what's been written "just don't ask me, I can't explain it"

Also seeing Scully turn into the complete believer just doesn't work in my opinion. Plus as a no-romo, they should never have gotten together :P
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I might have had more info at the time, but this is all I could find now regarding the subject of the lawsuit:
From http://duchovny.net/articles3/heraldsun.htm

Three months ago, the truth was out there and X-Files fans didn't like it one bit. The show's star, David Duchovny, wasn't going to sign for another season. The search was on for a new co-star for Gillian Anderson. The major problem appeared to be Duchovny's unresolved 10-month lawsuit against Fox Television. Duchovny alleged Fox had sold X-Files rerun rights to its off-shoot cable company FX at a reduced price, rather than placing the show on the open market. The sale, he said, had cheated him out of $25 million in shared profits.

On May 16, Fox announced it was going ahead with an eight season, with or without Duchovny. Twenty-four hours later, Duchovny had signed for the eighth year, but his return came at a hefty price.

He would appear in only 11 of the 22 episodes, for which he would receive a reported $7.7 million, plus an additional $20 million as settlement of his lawsuit. But the X-Files fans were happy. Half a season with Fox Mulder was better than none. Duchovny admits it was a stressful time. "However, now that things are settled, I'm enjoying being back at work," he says.
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And now he is back again, and I am very eager. And oh yeah, Gillian looks deliciously fine, she has aged very gracefully, or perhaps like the finest wines, better with age. But her looks are not all the appeal, she just has a certain fire of intelligence, strength and personality that makes Dana Scully one the best women in television ever.
 
I can't believe how gorgeous Gillian Anderson still is. I remember being 12 or 13 and being in love with her. Honestly, I think she looks even better now than then.
 
Kumail Nanjiani will be on the new X-Files, proving that dreams do come true (AV Club)

https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/622460424877772800/photo/1

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Awesome! Kumail is hilarious on Silicon Valley.
 
Super excited for this 6-hour event series. It's clear that Carver and even Fox would be willing to do more episodes, ratings pending and actor interest pending but I feel like this event series is going to bomb in ratings and that my hope for even more X-Files will die with it.

Anyone else feel like this is probably the last we will see of X-Files? I feel like the interest in this isn't very big outside a few old school fans. Not a whole lot of people are talking about it.

I really wish we could get more seasons. Or at the very very least, a conclusion to the story. I would even keep watching with new actors if the David and Gillian didn't want to return anymore.
 
My prediction: They're treating the 6 episode event series as a send-off for Mulder and Scully and if it does well enough, they'll launch a new series with new leads.
 
Seems like they're squeezing a lot into these 6 episodes. I know I'm going to completely geek out when the theme music plays for the first time this season.
 
DiipuSurotu said:
But...
they showed up as ghosts in the series finale :/ Unless they'll just return as ghosts again (would be nice to have an explanation as to why Mulder was seeing dead people).
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I like to think the entire 9th season never happened and it all ended with Mulder and Scully finally kissing at the end of season 8.
 
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