Topic: Would you watch a re-launched X-Files series?
Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago #46,844
With David Tennant in a primary role?
He just seems so suited for it.
He just seems so suited for it.
squeegee joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 29 seconds later[^] [v] #616,672
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 15 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #616,687
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squeegee replied with this 11 years ago, 5 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #616,696
@616,687 (A)
not really. and back in the day when it was new it was all anyone ever talked about. it was like Game of Thrones in the 90s but with significantly more narrow appeal. i can understand why people like it, i saw plenty of episodes and even the movie, but i am just not a big fan of the paranormal and even with its aliens and government secrets conspiracy stuff i always lost interest when they'd do vampires or ghosts or some random boogie man. i was interested to see what the answers were to the big over-arching conspiracy plot, but they never wrapped that up in any kind of satisfactory way. and at the same time i was losing interest everyone was just talking about it more and more, and people still talk about it as the pinnacle of paranormal TV. i've just been sick of it for years. i was not thrilled to see it get a re-launch.
but, i hope that people who liked the 90s show will like the new one.
not really. and back in the day when it was new it was all anyone ever talked about. it was like Game of Thrones in the 90s but with significantly more narrow appeal. i can understand why people like it, i saw plenty of episodes and even the movie, but i am just not a big fan of the paranormal and even with its aliens and government secrets conspiracy stuff i always lost interest when they'd do vampires or ghosts or some random boogie man. i was interested to see what the answers were to the big over-arching conspiracy plot, but they never wrapped that up in any kind of satisfactory way. and at the same time i was losing interest everyone was just talking about it more and more, and people still talk about it as the pinnacle of paranormal TV. i've just been sick of it for years. i was not thrilled to see it get a re-launch.
but, i hope that people who liked the 90s show will like the new one.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 20 minutes later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #616,719
FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 33 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #616,738
not sure. if david tennant is the doctor I think he is, then I believe OP is trolling.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 56 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #616,756
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squeegee replied with this 11 years ago, 11 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #616,781
@616,719 (A)
really? i could've sworn i saw that they were doing that.
yeah, they are. new x-files.
http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/626327-new-x-files-trailer#/slide/1
really? i could've sworn i saw that they were doing that.
yeah, they are. new x-files.
http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/626327-new-x-files-trailer#/slide/1
squeegee double-posted this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #616,782
@616,756 (A)
i never really watched dr who.
but have you seen that they're doing an Americanized Sherlock Holmes? it looks like Sherlock with a Gun + Procedural Forensics show. in either new york or la probably. lol
i never really watched dr who.
but have you seen that they're doing an Americanized Sherlock Holmes? it looks like Sherlock with a Gun + Procedural Forensics show. in either new york or la probably. lol
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Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 18 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #616,784
@616,696 (squeegee)
The feel in the 90s was different. There wasn't such a widespread availability of information.
Conspiracy theories in the 90s were things traded via late-night radio shows, at coffee shops, in back sections of book stores, or over dial-up BBSes if you were a nerd. If you wanted to know about conspiracies surrounding the Illuminati or the Philidelphia Experiment or aliens at area 51 you had to go on a sort of treasure hunt through new-age book shops, dial up message boards, or friends who had heard something from their uncle who was in the CIA/the Masons/whatever. You had to read a lot. You couldn't just Google something and get thousands of results. You really had to piece shit together from any sources you could find, and that made it feel valuable. It didn't even really matter if you believed any of the crap, it was just fun being "in the know" about some crazy theory because you had done some research on it.
When the X-Files came out it was fun seeing mainstream TV make a series about all these things you had only heard about being cover-ups and secret government projects. Nowadays making a show about uncovering some organization set to create a new world order or reptilian aliens on our planet just seems trite. You just think, "Didn't some crazy ex-wrestler turned governor do that or something?" It just doesn't seem that eerie when the "history" channel is talking about Nostradamus, Mayan prophecies, ancient aliens, and all kinds of other stupid shit.
The difference is that no one had tapped the batshit insane market before the X-Files found it. Now everyone is doing it. (I'm not judging. I loved the original X-Files. I love reading conspiracy theories to this day despite thinking it's all a load of crap. It's fun entertainment. I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but I usually have more fun reading them than actually believing them.)
The feel in the 90s was different. There wasn't such a widespread availability of information.
Conspiracy theories in the 90s were things traded via late-night radio shows, at coffee shops, in back sections of book stores, or over dial-up BBSes if you were a nerd. If you wanted to know about conspiracies surrounding the Illuminati or the Philidelphia Experiment or aliens at area 51 you had to go on a sort of treasure hunt through new-age book shops, dial up message boards, or friends who had heard something from their uncle who was in the CIA/the Masons/whatever. You had to read a lot. You couldn't just Google something and get thousands of results. You really had to piece shit together from any sources you could find, and that made it feel valuable. It didn't even really matter if you believed any of the crap, it was just fun being "in the know" about some crazy theory because you had done some research on it.
When the X-Files came out it was fun seeing mainstream TV make a series about all these things you had only heard about being cover-ups and secret government projects. Nowadays making a show about uncovering some organization set to create a new world order or reptilian aliens on our planet just seems trite. You just think, "Didn't some crazy ex-wrestler turned governor do that or something?" It just doesn't seem that eerie when the "history" channel is talking about Nostradamus, Mayan prophecies, ancient aliens, and all kinds of other stupid shit.
The difference is that no one had tapped the batshit insane market before the X-Files found it. Now everyone is doing it. (I'm not judging. I loved the original X-Files. I love reading conspiracy theories to this day despite thinking it's all a load of crap. It's fun entertainment. I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but I usually have more fun reading them than actually believing them.)
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Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 15 seconds later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #616,785
i never watched the x files, it never appealed to me
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #616,786
@616,781 (squeegee)
Wait, what the fuck? You mean I made a what if thread about something that is actually happening?
Either way, David Tennant might be a decent actor to cast for a role. He seems good for these types of parts.
@616,782 (squeegee)
Elementary on NBC? With the female Dr. Watson?
Wait, what the fuck? You mean I made a what if thread about something that is actually happening?
Either way, David Tennant might be a decent actor to cast for a role. He seems good for these types of parts.
@616,782 (squeegee)
Elementary on NBC? With the female Dr. Watson?
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FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #616,789
@616,781 (squeegee)
hmmm... I feel like this new version won't be as good. tv has changed too much: writing is different, interests are different, technology is vastly different, and most of all I worry they'll over-use CG special effects. it's one thing if a show is long-running and can adapt slowly as the world changes, but to be off the air for 15 years and then pick up again? I feel like there'll be too much contrast.
hmmm... I feel like this new version won't be as good. tv has changed too much: writing is different, interests are different, technology is vastly different, and most of all I worry they'll over-use CG special effects. it's one thing if a show is long-running and can adapt slowly as the world changes, but to be off the air for 15 years and then pick up again? I feel like there'll be too much contrast.
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