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 ...
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• I Believe T-shirt

  
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  You’re not gonna get this I Believe t-shirt unless you’re a chain-smoking Scully and Mulder fan, but for all you true black oil-blooded X-Files lovers out there: the invasion starts 12/22/2012. Link: http://www.theawesomer.com/c/click.php?id=7945 Price: $18
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• Opponent uses X-Files footage to make Harry Reid an ex-senator

  
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  Danny Tarkanian, a Republican who wants to unseat Harry Reid in Nevada, used old X-Files footage to make fun of Harry Reid and “the missing congressional districts.” When an opponent is willing to make fun of you like this it’s a pretty good indication that your campaign is in big trouble. Source: National ...
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• Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 7: Of Human Action

  
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• Fringe August S02E08 (Fox)

  
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  Fringe intertitle, image via Wikipedia It’s fitting that this show will premiere on Fox, since this was the network of the X-Files. Fringe has got much in common with the X-Files, yet it is different. Fringe is the latest show of wunderkind J.J. Abrams . Like most new shows, the pilot was leaked on the internet a ...
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• Fringe Of Human Action S02E07 (Fox)

  
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• Fringe Earthling S02E06 (Fox)

  
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• Video: “The R Files”: Anti-Harry Reid X-Files parody

  
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• Watch It Before It’s Gone

  
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• Gillian Anderson – Number 23 Sexiest Women in Sci Fi Of All Time

  
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• Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor, with illustrations by Jim Di Bartolo

  
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• Believe Again: A Celebration of the X-Files...

  
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• Bad Blood

  
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