Comments on: X-Files the movie will fail

By: Optimus

Optimus — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:10:00 +0000

Luckily enough I like some of the paranormal episodes in the past, so it won’t be much of a dissapointment for me. At least if they can manage to pull out some interesting scenario as deep and mysterious as the alien/conspiracy theme can be.

By: elmindreda

elmindreda — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:58:00 +0000

Well, no, but I agree with him; the standalone episodes are best imo.

By: William Eggington

William Eggington — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:25:00 +0000

The Star Trek series sat on their “simple format” for too long. It was almost odd how stale it became. Even when they tried to have a story ark it would always revolve around such typical “ratings show that this works” themes that it just bored me to death. “OOooo here we go again. . . back in time. . . on earth.” Zzzzz.

X-Files had me. . . then lost me for the same reason. The story just kept floundering around getting nowhere.

The new shows like Lost and Battlestar have learned from others mistakes and have struck a really good balance between episodes being fun to watch from beginning to end but then continue a story ark.

Hard to believe the X-Files creators haven’t realised this. :-/

By: l3v1

l3v1 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:18:00 +0000

Just one thing I have against your feelings about this future movie: just because you don’t like certain parts of a series, and just because there are people who like one or the other part of a series, that does not in any way by itself mean that a movie not based on a previously more popular sub-theme would be a total failure. Either aliens or not, I’m looking forward to it, and all I can say about it is: we’ll see.

By: steve uk

steve uk — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:06:00 +0000

What a shame we still read the negative comments like this (fortunatley they are far & few between)the majority of people i know were big fans of the x-files & still are to this day, but then the show was primarily aimed at the more interlectual rather than the would be critic who can only critisise other peoples work because they themselves could never achieve that level of entrtainment, thank god the intelligent outweigh the stupid.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:38:00 +0000

That’s pretty sad. I’m going through the series again and while the monster episodes are OK I’m always waiting to hit an arc episode.

By: Tom Dison

Tom Dison — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:23:00 +0000

This is a common theme – artists and producers not understanding what made something great. For example:

L.A. Law – this show started as a great legal show. The legal cases were very interesting and well done. Later, the producers (or whoever) thought it was the characters and their personal intereactions that people wanted. It wasn’t.

Matrix – the creators apparently thought it was the special effects (the matrix bullet-dodge, etc) that made the movie great. Actually it was the sci-fi story. The 2nd and third episodes were duds in my book because of not understanding this.

On the other hand, I can think of an example of the opposite:

Law and Order – this show has a simple format – the crime, solving it, prosecuting. As lng as this simple theme is followed, the show succeeds. It offers just enough character depth to provide a real backdrop, but they are smart enough to know we do not want a soap opera with bullets.

By: Imran

Imran — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:20:00 +0000

Yes i agree with Eugenia that X-files really took off for me that is after that alien plot.

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:12:00 +0000

Steve uk: Go make a doodoo. While we might not agree, you have no right to tell me I am stupid. As a viewer of the series, I can be the critic as much as I can be the fan. The point is: MOST people watched X-Files BECAUSE of the alien subplot. You like it or not, THIS WILL BE a negative point for the X-Files movie. Just because you might be a fanatic of the series, the rest 90% aren’t. X-Files took off only after the alien subplot was given more episodes and depth. Viewers WANT continuity, because that’s what makes a series feel REAL.

So, get a clue.