04-28-2002, 11:19 PM
In September of 1993 a small show started on FOX Friday night, a show that conceivably should have failed before the midseason. It started with nothing more than small following but became THE dork show of the mid 90s. The show was about a man's quest, one assigned to keep him harnessed to the world of science, a government of nameless men who had no loyalty and was an intelligently done show with real main characters, fascinating supporting characters and intriguing plotlines for standalone and the uniting mythology episode. That show was "The X-Files" and it ended up as a bigger hit than FOX ever expected with great significant episodes were balanced with fine stand alone ones, blending comedy, drama and the supernatural. And it really was one hell of a good show.
It's easy to harp on the bad moments, the awful seasons they churned out over the past five or so years. The show obviously should have been cancelled years ago when it became first apparent that Chris Carter was a nothing but an adequate storyteller who couldn't see for the long term. He kept adding on plotlines without closing others (clones shapeshifters, super soldiers, black oil, etc.) and didn't seem to care. By the end it came to the point where they just thought saying "oh that wasn't real what you saw" as a credible excuse. hell the sister plotline was resolved with her in an intergalactic game of ring around the rosey- AWFUL!
Yet for a few years (maybe three or four) it was a good show, a cultural phenomenon. It still had a chance of developing successfully and intelligently. The characters and the writers weren't exhausted. And at least the final season proved to us that Robert Patrick is actually a pretty good actor who would definitely get noticed if his cop character were any other cop show.
Starting tonight and continuing for the next four weeks the final four episodes of X-Files will be on FOX Sunday nights in what is called “The X-Files: Endgame” allegedly planning to tie up the loose ends that have been created over the years. Now, X-Files is thankfully being put to rest years after it was due but for a couple of years at least, it was a great sci-fi drama that was better than most any other long running show on TV today.
...and there's always the second feature film coming out in 2003/4
Edited By IkeaBoy on April 28 2002 at 7:36
It's easy to harp on the bad moments, the awful seasons they churned out over the past five or so years. The show obviously should have been cancelled years ago when it became first apparent that Chris Carter was a nothing but an adequate storyteller who couldn't see for the long term. He kept adding on plotlines without closing others (clones shapeshifters, super soldiers, black oil, etc.) and didn't seem to care. By the end it came to the point where they just thought saying "oh that wasn't real what you saw" as a credible excuse. hell the sister plotline was resolved with her in an intergalactic game of ring around the rosey- AWFUL!
Yet for a few years (maybe three or four) it was a good show, a cultural phenomenon. It still had a chance of developing successfully and intelligently. The characters and the writers weren't exhausted. And at least the final season proved to us that Robert Patrick is actually a pretty good actor who would definitely get noticed if his cop character were any other cop show.
Starting tonight and continuing for the next four weeks the final four episodes of X-Files will be on FOX Sunday nights in what is called “The X-Files: Endgame” allegedly planning to tie up the loose ends that have been created over the years. Now, X-Files is thankfully being put to rest years after it was due but for a couple of years at least, it was a great sci-fi drama that was better than most any other long running show on TV today.
...and there's always the second feature film coming out in 2003/4
Edited By IkeaBoy on April 28 2002 at 7:36
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