Ryan Coogler to reboot "The X-Files"

[Phoenix219]

So, Fringe.

Fringe Division, and its predecessors the X Designation, have been a drain on the federal government for far too long!!! - Fringe S2 premiere.

 

[Phoenix219]

You could of course flip the X-Files on its head. What if this modern variant of the X-Files had been set up by the FBI to debunk paranormal activities and conspiracies. You'd have to be careful you didn't stray into Scooby Doo territory but the majority of episodes would end with Milder and Skilly (or whatever we call them) proving there is no werewolf/UFO/ghost. Make it a quirky detective show ala Jonathan Creek where they have to work out why/how people think it's a werewolf/UFO/Ghost.

The rub of course would be that every once in a while they would come across something genuinely perplexing and slowly over time our cynical non believers would start to waver, or maybe just one of them would.

Effectively your show, initially at least, would be more akin to those rare episodes of The X-Files where there's no supernatural element (Irresistible, Home, The Amazing Maleeni) and rather than a believer and a sceptic you'd start with two sceptics, two Scullys essentially, but over the course of the series one of those Scullys becomes a Mulder.

Evil leaves a lot of its mysteries open ended like that, and Castle played with this every so often lol.

 

[Phoenix219]

You know when it comes to alien in the "X-FIles" I always liked it best in the early years when they were just grey aliens who sometimes abducted people. Once you move away from the more grounded look at alien abduction and alien encounter stuff the more Sci-Fi like they feel. I liked the more early grounded look at them. When the secret cabal would maybe be hiding their visitations. But it starts to get more silly when you start talking about colonization plans and now they are shape shifters and all of that.

The early seasons (1-5) were the best, before you even knew for sure that the aliens are real, and that almost everything could be the government misdirecting blame onto aliens to cover up their own experiments, mutants and other super powered people. psychic little girls, telepaths, fire-starters, toombs, sewer-creature, super soliders that don't have to sleep, etc, and all the early season stuff with the human soul, kind of works itself into a little mythology of its own if you take away all the alien stuff.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Even though it's little more than just an idea at this point, I think any reboot of the X-Files can't simply do what was done before. It's got to be different in tone, pacing, and even it's mythology, IMO. It may help if the show has shorter seasons so there's less episodes to drag things out and a tighter, straight-to-the-point focus maybe.

Its a prequel about the smoking man in the 1960s trying to knock up Mulder's mum.

 

[Jayson1]

The early seasons (1-5) were the best, before you even knew for sure that the aliens are real, and that almost everything could be the government misdirecting blame onto aliens to cover up their own experiments, mutants and other super powered people. psychic little girls, telepaths, fire-starters, toombs, sewer-creature, super soliders that don't have to sleep, etc, and all the early season stuff with the human soul, kind of works itself into a little mythology of its own if you take away all the alien stuff.

I agree. Though I did like some of the more gimmick stuff in season 6 even if the show was no longer as grounded as it use to be. Plus I did like Reyes and especially Doggitt even if the episodes were not as good as the ones in the shows Prime. Not only that but I will say I actually enjoyed "The Lone Gunmen" show. For it's one and only single season before being cancelled.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Evil leaves a lot of its mysteries open ended like that

Except its main antagonists' plot, which were presented as real, and/or shared experiences (which could only be of Satanic origin) by several characters. That said, Ben could be occasionally written to be a contrarian to the point of being willfully clueless to things his sister, not to mention David and Sister Andrea all pointed to as being beyond any application of a scientific explanation.

 

[Phoenix219]

Except its main antagonists' plot, which were presented as real, and/or shared experiences (which could only be of Satanic origin) by several characters. That said, Ben could be occasionally written to be a contrarian to the point of being willfully clueless to things his sister, not to mention David and Sister Andrea all pointed to as being beyond any application of a scientific explanation.

About the only one that really makes me feel that it is all real is Sister Andrea, and the remote viewing, which isn't necessarily religious or spiritual. The rest played it right along the line, even the cult, which could have just been a bunch of evil crazy people doing crazy people things. Ben and his literal tin foil hat was great. (And Ben was written quite appropriately like Scully in that manner as the skeptic.)

 

[JD]

I know but you can only tease the viewers for so long until they lose interest.
FROM is doing that now.

FROM?

 

[Phoenix219]

I know but you can only tease the viewers for so long until they lose interest.
FROM is doing that now.

From (TV series) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Didn't know about this one. Thank you.

 

[Jayson1]

Whatever they do I want it to stay within the already created universe and not a brand new reboot. I don't want a new Mulder and Scully for example.

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[Phoenix219]

Whatever they do I want it to stay within the already created universe and not a brand new reboot. I don't want a new Mulder and Scully for example.

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