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.

by Glen Boyd Are you a writer, passionate about this or any other topic? Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “x files”

• Sounds Like Religion and Science Fiction

  
  Exploring Our Matrix — Authority: 597
  It sounds like it has something to do with religion and sci-fi, but it doesnt. Today the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog highlighted the indeed very useful Virtual Manuscript Room of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research in Münster, Germany . In the process they referred to documents that are ...
  1 day ago

• More custom iPods: The X-Files

  
  iPhone / iPod Plus — Authority: 124
  Recently the special edition iPods personalized with engravings of the Simpsons, but that is not the only FOX series that offers this option. You can see in the photo and nano iPods motif classic X-Files, a series that is back in fashion for the relatively recent release of his second film. Do you ship ...
  4 days ago

• The X-Files: Young at Heart

  
  Billie Doux — Authority: 132
  Case: The apparent return of an old nemesis of Mulder’s, a murderer believed to have died in prison four years ago. Destination: Washington, D.C. area When a jewelry store robbery and murder are linked to a series of armed robberies/murders Mulder helped to solve as a new agent, he begins to believe a man he ...
  5 days ago

• Fringe Discussion: “Earthling”

  
  Bureau 42 — Authority: 131
  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.
  5 days ago

• Shady character brings Fringe and X-Files closer

  
  TVOvermind TVOvermind TV That Controls You — Authority: 628
  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. ...
  6 days ago

• #226 Greg Santos: A Romantic and a Traditional Gentleman

  
  Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story — Authority: 125
  Greg Santos was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1981. His birth parents were Cambodian, but he was adopted when he was 4 months old by his Spanish Mom and Portuguese Dad. Greg was an only child and had a happy childhood. His parents gave him so much love and support. The family lived on a cul-de-sac, had bonfires, ...
  6 days ago

• Thursday, November 5, 2009

  
  Baxojayz - Centricity — Authority: 146
  maunder \MON-duhr\ , intransitive verb; To talk incoherently; to speak in a rambling manner. To wander aimlessly or confusedly. Origin: Maunder is perhaps a dialectal variant of meander (possibly influenced by wander). Piglet Flu During times of pandemic, the common flu is known as ...
  6 days ago

• Alainn or Appalling: Jane Lynch

  
  gaelick — Authority: 128
  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 ...
  6 days ago

• Jason’s Top 10 Alien Invasion Movies

  
  Fandomania — Authority: 529
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• The Fourth Kind ‘Abduction’ Featurette and Genre Picks

  
  The Flickcast — Authority: 560
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• ‘A Dimension Not Only of Sight and Sound, But of Mind’

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 814
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• RIP Amin Howeidi

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 165
  Amin Howeidi , the former spy Chief and minister of war during presidents Nasser  has passed away today after month of severe illness. Amin Howeidi who was born on 22nd of September 1922 was the first Read More......( read more )
  1 week ago

• Your Weekend Justice #42: Silver Shamrock

  
  Needcoffee.com — Authority: 481
  And were back. Please note: this podcast, if you havent figured it out, is profane and not safe for consumption by children or animals. Or sentient creatures of any sort. You cant say we didnt warn you. Download audio file (wjustice103009.mp3) Agenda: The Rox Halloween Randomizer The obligatory discussion ...
  1 week ago

• Uma nova False Flag poderá ser o assassinato de Obama?

  
  O Vigia — Authority: 121
  [ DISCLAIMER : como facilmente se compreenderá, não tenho qualquer conhecimento sobre eventuais planos para assassinar o Presidente Obama, esta entrada é apenas um exercício sobre eventuais cenários que se possam colocar, baseados no que se vai lendo, vendo e ouvindo por essa rede internet fora; a entrada tem ...
  2 weeks ago

• Halloween Horrors: 5 Spooky TV Shows You Can Watch Online

  
  Underwire — Authority: 139
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gillian Anderson Flashback!

  
  multipleverses.com — Authority: 140
  Just for fun- I managed to find this vintage interview with Gillian Anderson from 1998- she appeared on the Daily Show with her movie co-star John Stewart. They chat some about the X-Files and its success and then just have fun. I love that Gillian is dressed very Dana Scully in the interview.
  2 weeks ago

• And Hollywood Prepares To Unleash Another Slew Of Sequels

  
  SeanPAune.com — Authority: 475
  And once again Hollywood shows us that they have no original ideas left. Now, I can understand another James Bond movie, the 23rd in the series, as that is the nature of the original novels and the films themselves.  There will always be new villains for James Bond to take on, so of all the news I’ve heard ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancy

  
  Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists! — Authority: 400
  In 1888 New England, young orphan Will Henry serves as an apprentice to Dr. Pellinore Warthrop, a scientist who performs the secret practice of monstrumology, or “the study of life forms generally malevolent to humans and not recognized by science as actual organisms, specifically those considered products of myth ...
  2 weeks ago

• Filmmaker set to reopen Lothian’s very own X-Files – Scotsman

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 455
  Filmmaker set to reopen Lothians very own X-FilesScotsman… and the mens experiences pre-date the spate of alien abduction claims which were sparked by the X-Files television series in the mid-90s. …Famous UFO story of Edinburgh pair to be made into movieDeadline Press & Picture Agencyall 3 news ...
  2 weeks ago

• Squeeze

  
  'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?' — Authority: 495
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

Comments about x files