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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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 ...1 week ago -
Exclusive: Executive Producer Paul Stupin Revisits Dawson’s Creek
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With the Paley Center’s “Dawson’s Creek: A Look Back” panel and the release of “Dawson’s Creek: The Complete Series,” I’ve been on a DC high the past week and a half. Imagine my delight in finding someone who was not only just as enthusiastic but also chock full of insider stories only true fans ...2 weeks ago -
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The overlapping territory between stories with a sci-fi or paranormal element and crime fiction is one that interests me a good deal. I mentioned a while back the vampiric elements that I introduced into the seventh Harry Devlin novel, First Cut is the Deepest – although the murder mystery there had a solution ...2 weeks ago -
Fringe Discussion: “Earthling”
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Fringe returns, with a creepy if uneven episode involving a shadowy figure who makes ashes of his victims.For once, the mystery connects to Broyles’ past, instead of a certain mad scientist’s.3 weeks ago -
Shady character brings Fringe and X-Files closer
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The following article was originally posted on WaltersLab.com by Sam McPherson. You can read the original article there . For the introduction of something as huge as extraterrestrial life in a series that has simply never hinted at the concept, Fringe s twenty-sixth episode "Earthling" was fairly subtle. ...3 weeks ago -
Alainn or Appalling: Jane Lynch
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Anyone who, like me, has an heroic big sister who would readily go into battle to for you, can completely understand why everyone loves Jane Lynch. She is, like that big sis, smart, scathingly sarcastic, sassy as all hell and, underneath, soft as a kitten. Born in Illinois in 1960, Jane worked in theatre for years ...3 weeks ago -
Jason’s Top 10 Alien Invasion Movies
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Aliens are all the rage these days, with The Fourth Kind hitting theaters soon and the new V series premiering on TV this week. With UFOs, invasions, and abductions giving us a brief reprieve from vampires and zombies, here’s a look back at my personal favorite alien invasion movies. I took this thing pretty ...4 weeks ago -
The Fourth Kind ‘Abduction’ Featurette and Genre Picks
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If you have been eagerly anticipating Friday’s release of The Fourth Kind, here is a creepy little featurette from Universal and Yahoo Movies to prime you for the movie — which you can watch after the jump. It’s no spoiler to note that the plot of the movie has to do with missing people in Alaska, and ...4 weeks ago -
‘A Dimension Not Only of Sight and Sound, But of Mind’
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Fifty years ago this month the smartest television show of all time first aired. As a writer, I am a sucker for good writing. “The Twilight Zone,” as Michael Anton recently wrote in his commemoration at National Review Online, is nothing if not a writer’s show. Modern sci-fi fans, caught up in dazzling ...4 weeks ago -
Halloween Horrors: 5 Spooky TV Shows You Can Watch Online
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Hundreds of TV channels and nothing creepy to watch on Halloween — now that’s horrifying. Luckily, the internet dishes out plenty of terrifying treats for Halloweenies haunted by a lack of excellent seasonal programming. From Twin Peaks ‘ harrowing series finale (above) to Iron Chef America ’s offal ...4 weeks ago -
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The ‘impossible crime’ story is capable of infinite variations, and although some people think it’s a played-out sub-genre, confined to traditional Golden Age mysteries by the likes of John Dickson Carr, I disagree. The continuing popularity of ‘Jonathan Creek’ shows the potential for intelligently written ...5 weeks ago
