The X Files
The X-Files was a popular science fiction series which ran for nine seasons on the Fox Network, beginning in 1993 and ending in 2002. The X-Files was also the subject of two full-length movies, Fight The Future in 1998, and I Want To Believe in 2008.
Created by Chris Carter, the show starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, FBI agents assigned to the often thankless job of investigating UFOs and other paranormal cases.
During its run, The X-Files became a pop-culture phenomenon by cleverly capitalizing on the UFO and conspiracy mania sweeping the country at the time. The show played this to the hilt, with stories that often incorporated real-life UFO incidents like Roswell, and using buzzwords like Area 51.
In the The X-Files mythology, Mulder and Scully always had to stay a step ahead of a government conspiracy involving nefarious characters like the Cigarette Smoking Man. The slow burning romance between the nerdy agents also made for a conspiracy theorist's wet dream.
Most fans agree that the show ran out of steam when Duchovny left the show, and his character was replaced by Robert Patrick's Agent Doggett, who never really caught on. Still, the show remains a cult classic and the subject of numerous blogs.
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Video: Will Barack Obama Open the X-Files (UFO Investigations) to the Public?
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UFO enthusiasts have their own PAC. The Extraterrestrial Phenomenon Political Action Committee is gathering signatures in the days leading up to President-Elect Obama’s inauguration in an effort to get the new President to disclose military “contacts” with UFOs. The EP PAC believes that it is time for the US to ...5 days ago -
Square Eyes Poll: Best Christmas Episode?
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Hey dudes! Christmas is coming up quickly, which leads to an obvious question for this week’s poll… <br /> <a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2415450/” mce_href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2415450/”>What is Your Favorite Christmas TV Episode?</a><span ...6 days ago -
Prog 967 24/11/95
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Perhaps I’m feeling jaded by The Slog but not only am I finding 2000 AD unimpressive at the moment but I’m unable to muster up enough fury about it either. That’s how I feel about the comic at the moment; under-whelmed. For example, although Steve White is a superior writer of Rogue Trooper to his ...6 days ago -
Confessions of a Spec Tater — Life after Death
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James Cameron, the man who brought movie audiences such cinematic masterpieces as Piranha Part Two: The Spawning and some other movie about a boat that I can’t remember the name of right now, is finally returning to the big screen with Avatar , his theatrical adaptation of the popular cartoon series, The Smurfs ...1 week ago -
Interview with Chris Carter
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If you boast any familiarity with my blog, you probably already know that -- across the last five years -- I have written frequently abut the TV and film productions of Chris Carter and Ten Thirteen Productions. There are many reasons why I find myself continually drawn back to Carters oeuvre . In broad terms, ...1 week ago -
Prog 957 15/09/95
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It’s probably quite right that the hold of the Future Shock over the self contained short, sharp, shock style of thrill be reappraised. The problem with it over recent years is that it has become the training ground for new talent with varying degrees of ability and this approach to it undermines the overall tone ...2 weeks ago -
Farscape: The Complete Series – DVD Review
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Reflecting back on the past decade, it’s easy to see just how far TV has come in the last ten years, especially in the area of science fiction. Sure, there’s a still a ton of bad stuff out there, but looking at series such as Lost and Battlestar Galactica , both of which could compete with major blockbusters in ...2 weeks ago -
Video: TV Guide: Sexiest Women of Sci-Fi
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Courtesy of HULU: TV Guide Specials - Sexiest Women of Sci-Fi, Part 1 TV Guide Specials Special|05:33| TV Guides new special uncovers the SEXIEST WOMEN OF SCI-FI! Check out some of the hottest alien, supernatural and intergalactic babes in TV history, including Jennifer Love Hewit t, Hayden Panettiere , ...3 weeks ago -
Movies Worth Stealing
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My car was broken into tonight and I had the misfortune of leaving some Blu-Rays and standard DVDs in the car. Besides my iPod, here is what is worth stealing apparently: AND. . . NOT WORTH STEALING. . . Yup. . .the criminal scum went through my car, stole my CDs, iPod, and two Blu-Ray movies but when ...3 weeks ago -
In Defense Of: The X-Files: I Want to Believe
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*There are spoilers here.* Ive been meaning to write this for a while, but wanted to wait until I could give The X-Files: I Want to Believe a second viewing, which I finally did yesterday, on beautiful Blu-Ray. I am a long-time X-Phile; the show, which I started watching around age 13, is one of my formative ...4 weeks ago
