X files is it the biggest load of rubbish ever

People like spooky stuff, plus plots about the government knows all sorts of extraordinary phenomena that it's not letting on.

The setting was also modern, in the sense the hero and heroine were not larger than life figures, but two people trying to get the job done on one hand, and trying to avoid flak from the boss on the other.

It was just FUN to watch. Not everything has to be intellectually stimulating...does it? Well...not for everyone...I am what I am I guess.

I loved it then; still love the re-runs.

Chacun a son gout.

The first season or two of X-files were great. They had variety and were a perfect distraction from the mundane. But when they started focussing on the whole "The Aliens are responsible for everything and the government knows and is covering it up" thing, I kinda lost interest. I still watch it though, but I make a point not to enjoy it as much

Its supposed to be relaxing. If you want deep and stimulating read a book.

You are right Jinkie...the whole Government Conpiracy with Aliens and all...got old quick. I LOVED the ones that had creepym unexplainable things in them though...some were just gross...Do you remember the family of inbreeds that kept their Mother under the bed and procreated with her? SO WIERD! That's not one of my favorite, but strangely it is the only one I can remember.

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Yeah, the early X-Files were the best, though the early intimations of the government/alien whatever were cool... the first time you saw the eyes get all black, etc. Then they painted themselves into a corner and it became anti-climactic.

I loved Chupacabra, and the Feejee Mermaid -- I think the latter is the one where Scully chomped a cockroach, and that wasn't a special effect! She did it! (I adore Gillian Anderson and think she and Duchovny had great chemistry, BEFORE they were supposed to fall in love anyway -- they were much more believable as platonic soul mates/ foils. You could sense that they had giggle fits before and after any love scenes.)

Ewww... YEA Chupacabra. And the one where that man could get into drawers. All you saw were the eyes in a little drawer...holy cow...so good! And one of the earlier ones where the victims kept showing up in the background of pictures taken by polaroids? That was good too! Yea...I have to say I love the X-files.

Yes, I loved the earlier seasons, the creepier the better.

The one with the cute little evil genius twin girls was one of the creepiest for me.

I believe that "The Twilight Zone" was also made up, but Ill get back to you on that.

Im having trouble, is Google down this AM?

You have stunned me Farmerman, it will take me some time to come to terms with this revelation, I don't know where to start

Unlike others, I think the show was good right on up to the last episode… which I happened to watch just this evening.

If others think the show corny, so be it, but the show will be seen within a decade or so as on par with the likes of classic TV shows such as the Lucy Show for continuous quality of writing, directing, and acting.

I would place the episodes "Home," "'Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (which earned Emmy awards for writing and Peter Boyle's acting), "Musing of a cigarette smoking man" ( the psychological anatomy of a thoughtful assassin) "Beyond the Sea" (with a stellar guest spot by Brad Dourif), and the twofer of "Duane Barry/Ascension" equal to any standard tv program. The "monster-of-the-week," from the liver-eating elasticman Tooms, the human Seafluke, and the vampire with decades of patience (in season 8) were as cool as they come.

Even the funny programs, like "Post-Modern Prometheus," the Unnatural" (about a baseball loving alien disguised as a 1947 home-run hitting Negro) and the freak show episode, "Humbug," were better than anything on the tube throughout the 90's.

The male-female team of Mulder and Scully also broke new ground by elevating the female part of M/F TV teams to equal status and competence to the male. I may have lost count but Scully saved Mulder life 5-6 times while Mulder saved hers (including the x files film) 7 or 8 times. So for young female viewers Scully was a role model of competence, and not a typical damsel in distress.

Nine years in television is akin to infinity minus one for that type of art work; here today and gone tomorrow, but week after week the x files delivered a well written, well acted, whodunit that ranged from alien bounty hunters running around Washington DC stabbing people in the back of the neck to sulfurous spores in the Cascades that turned people's lungs into stone, to camouflaged cannibalistic Indians in the Okefenokee swamps of Florida… and of course the Jersey Devil.

Some shows were written by notable authors; William Gibson "Kill Switch, "First Person Shooter" and Steven King "Chinga."

And a nod to "The Lone Gunmen," RIP. Only a geek can appreciate another geek.

Of my top five TV programs it is up there at the top with "The West Wing, "The Sopranos," "Mash," and "The Twilight Zone."

Where else could a dialogue like this make such sense and be just as laughable for being spoken so nonchalantly.



From "Terms of Endearment" (year 6)

Classic case of demon fetal harvest?

Only on the X files.

I read somewhere that Gillian Anderson had a heckuva time getting the role of Scully -- she was supposed to be a bit more babealicious. But she really fought for it, and I think Duchovny fought for her too, and ended up having a huge influence on the character.

I'll take your word for that sozobe, what is certain beyond all doubt is that without the charisma of the two principal players the X files would never have made it

You know, that's one of the main ones I remember too! it was awful. About like Texas Chain saw Massacre - once is too much.

hun. if television ws meant to be intellectually simulating, crap shows like the real world, pimp my ride and the flavor of love would have been canceled a long time ago.

we need more shows like modern marvels and how its made.

i remember one of those episodes scared the living sh** out of me!
there was this freaky little kid from a third world counrty with no legs, who would ride around on the litttle dollies mechanics use to roll under cars. The little kid would crawl up inside people and kill them and use them as human flash puppets. (he had a brownish reddish orange tint to his skin as a result of the bloodstains) and only children could see past his disguises. the only warning you had before he killed you was a mysterious *squeak squeak squeak* I can never go into a public bathroom now, without being a little paranoid that that damn kid is going roll under the stall divider. I'm going to hide under my desk now and try to make the bad thoughts go away.

my aunt loved this show so much she named her dog skully.

That wasn't the creepy kid in the next stall, it was the creepy Senator Craig.