X Files - Mulder & Scully are back again!

[Alex W.]

Was that the ridiculously cheap Amazon deal? I was so tempted.

[ngchol]

£99 for the X-Files in beautiful HD? DO IT.

[sprite]

Was that the ridiculously cheap Amazon deal? I was so tempted.

Is this not the normal price, the £99?

I'm tempted too but I really want it on iTunes and I was hoping the pricing there would drop in line

[strider]

Well it's just come out as was £150 a week or two back. Tempted to get it myself.

[JohnC]

The new mini series will be on Channel 5 in the UK. No exact date, just "early 2016".

Fox are also considering a spin-off series about the two new agents played by Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose.

[Salsa Party Animal]

This arrived today.... it'll need some serious commitment to get through before the new series begins!

How the blu rays output so far. Is it good or great transfer ?

[ryodi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgRUzEdPfHA

There are some episode spoilers so do not watch it if you want to go in blind.

[JohnC]

[Steven]

I wish they'd just stick to a monster of the week format now. There's also no way, bar crap ratings, that this can be limited to six episodes if the conspiracy gubbins is returning.

[Tezcatlipoca]

I'm still expecting this to suck.

[taurusnipple]

I'm not, can't wait to see this! Just watched the episode 'Monday' where it's Groundhog Day at the bank. Fun episode. Before that I watched 'Drive' with Bryan Cranston! That's a good episode too, even better that I didn't remember it!

[MrPogo]

The real question is do I torrent it (is that still what the pirates are using these days?) ASAP or wait until Channel 5 decide when they're going to air it? They seem to be claiming February, but won't commit to a date.

[Mr. Gerbik]

Are they at least willing to commit to a year?

[memories]

Anyone seen it? thoughts?

[Sexton Hardcastle]

It's a bit exposition heavy in places trying to remind everyone who a returning character & their motives might be, but other than that I thought it wasn't bad for an opener. The weirdest unexplained thing was when Jeff from Community appears as a main character, played straight!

Episode 2 is on tonight btw.

[CactuarBill]

The episode is really good and turns the whole mythology of the show on its head. It is a clever move because it actually makes perfect sense.

[JohnC]

I liked how they kept the original titles, complete with images of their younger selves.

And a quick recap of world events and trends fitting neatly into the conspiracy.

[strider]

When is this on channel 5?

[JohnC]

Can't seem to find anything more specific than early February.

[Death's Head]

I really enjoyed it, but didn't they already do a plotline about

Mulder being convinced his belief in aliens was misdirection? Back in like season 5 or 6?

Otherwise, I loved the way they've expanded the series mythology to include modern conspiracies and shock jocks - of course a modern-day X-Files would have something to say about stuff like truthers, and even take the concept semi-seriously.

[taurusnipple]

I liked it too, the preview of tonight's and future episodes shows great stuff to come.

[Tezcatlipoca]

I really enjoyed it, but didn't they already do a plotline about

Mulder being convinced his belief in aliens was misdirection? Back in like season 5 or 6?

Otherwise, I loved the way they've expanded the series mythology to include modern conspiracies and shock jocks - of course a modern-day X-Files would have something to say about stuff like truthers, and even take the concept semi-seriously.

Yes, they did.

Season 5, episodes 1 and 2 "Redux".

[Tezcatlipoca]

I watched the first new episode tonight.

While it was nice to see Mulder and Scully again, I wasn't impressed.

It came across to me as just yet another badly written Conspiracy episode. Although I admit I did like how it tied into real life stuff that has happened since the series finished.

So, just because Nina from The Americans tells Mulder that she was actually taken by men and not aliens, suddenly he just abandons his beliefs and decides "IT'S ALL BEING DONE BY THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT!", despite everything that he has seen?! And - hang on - didn't he do the same back at the start of season 5, when the word of one person made him think the whole alien side of things was a hoax and it was all being done by the government / military / corporations etc.? Why, yes he did!

It shouldn't be news to Mulder that men were carrying out abductions and experiments, or making use of alien technology - he fucking knew the Syndicate was doing that for the Colonists and for itself back in the original series - so WTF did hearing one lone abductee say "it was men, not aliens" make him decide the Conspiracy was just men all along?

And it's not just everything Mulder's seen that has now conveniently been called into question just so that Carter can retcon the Conspiracy, there's everything *we've* seen too.

Nope, turns out it was all just the men in black performing a massive alien hoax because <reasons>, so that they can TAKE OVER THE WORLD WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, even though they've *long* been in possession of badass weapons and spacecraft and Stargate style zero point energy

[Tezcatlipoca]

Oh, something else:

The reviews I've seen thought that the first episode was average, at best, while the second and third (especially the third) were much better.

Would it surprise anyone here that Chris Carter wrote the first episode, James Wong the second, and Darin Morgan the third?

[taurusnipple]

The only thing bugging me is how tight Mulders shirt collar looks.

[Comrade]

Holy shit, this was fucking terrible. I can't remember when I last saw writing this bad on an actually broadcast TV show. And David Duchovny was apparently basing his portrayal of Mulder on a well aged plank of teak.

Was the X Files always like this? It's been well over a decade since I saw any of it, so maybe it was, I cant remember.

As Tezcatlipoca says above, seriously, Mulder just abandons all belief in aliens based on the rather vague mutterance of a girl he just met? Despite the fact that, if I remember correctly, he personally saw aliens loads of times?

And Glenn Beck is a good guy? Fuck off.

[deerokus]

This just seems like something they should have rebooted (and ditched 90% of the conspiracy theory shite) rather than relaunched as a continuation.

[DarhkFox]

Yeah i'm intrigued to watch this, i was a big fan of the x files back in the day. However, personally i felt that x files as a whole was massively hit & miss. There were some great episodes but a large majority where mediocre. I really get bored of the alien conspiracy storylines - they seemed to drag the show down at times.

[Capwn]

Just felt like safe, dry, generic drama to me. Stale acting all around, constant music too try and make the scenes seem more compelling etc. Too many Garth Merenghi DarkPlace style flashbacks too, played completely seriously of course I might give it 1 or 2 more episodes but there really isn't much hope.

[El Spatula]

Well if Capwn doesn't like it, chances are it's pretty good!