The X-Files : Season X (Spoilers!)
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Well, I have only liked 1 out of 5 episodes. The things that I don't like...I really don't like. It feels like a chore rather than entertainment.
I have good memories of the original series, but the later seasons were declining in quality. The final movie was awful, and this series (to me) is increasing the awful exponentially.
My tastes appear to have changed too much to enjoy this. There is just too much good TV on now to torment myself with this.
Again, this is just how I feel. I'm happy that people are enjoying the revival, but it doesn't speak to me at all.
I felt the same way about Heroes Reborn. I saw every single episode with the exception of the finale. By that time, I had grown weary of the series. I liked Heroes and wanted to like Reborn, but the plot and characters left much to be desired. I didnt't care to see the ending at all; it also aired the same night as the Legends of Tomorrow premiere, which I ended up watching.
It has been a really confusing season.
Generally, I am enjoying the light-hearted mood of Mulder and Scully. They have been doing this for 20+ years, they are older and wiser, it seems natural that they are having some fun during their cases. However, the majority of the plot-lines are a bit silly. They seem to have potential, but feel incomplete.
That being said, I also liked Miller and Einstein. I would not object to them sticking around (assuming there are more episodes to follow). After all, as I said, Mulder and Scully have been doing this for 20+ years, they should involve someone new. As long as Mulder and Scully are also around and the plot-lines become more tight, I am fine with it.
Generally, I am enjoying the light-hearted mood of Mulder and Scully. They have been doing this for 20+ years, they are older and wiser, it seems natural that they are having some fun during their cases. However, the majority of the plot-lines are a bit silly. They seem to have potential, but feel incomplete.
What, indeed? That is what I mean, there are many loose ends in almost every episode.
That being said, I also liked Miller and Einstein. I would not object to them sticking around (assuming there are more episodes to follow). After all, as I said, Mulder and Scully have been doing this for 20+ years, they should involve someone new. As long as Mulder and Scully are also around and the plot-lines become more tight, I am fine with it.
I just got caught up on this whole miniseries last night.
Overall I found it pretty enjoyable. It did stick out quite a lot how episodic and very light-hearted it is - I know there was plenty of that sort of thing in the original show (I don't really know what percentage as I was never a huge fan of the original), but I wouldn't have expected such a short season to go in that direction. Even so, I've enjoyed it quite a bit overall. Not super amazing but definitely fun. Especially the were-creature ep.
I really only have a problem with the first and the fifth episodes:
The first one came on way too heavy. I liked the new premise, even if it is a bit cliched at this point, and for a show that was actually going to focus on that premise it would've been a solid opening, but this clearly is not that show, since the whole idea has barely been discussed all season. They should've backed off that just a bit so it didn't clash so much with everything else. Also: why are the X-Files reopened at all? When was that explained? Didn't Skinner just say that he'd been wishing the X-Files were there for years? Why now? And if it's actually a problem for the conspiracy, which controls the govt. and was able to shut down the X-Files in the first place, why was it allowed? That was a really weird detail to just completely gloss over.
The fifth one, Babylon... Well, that was just plain bad. I liked Miller and Einstein, in a funny meta tv show kind of way (like when the Supernatural guys went to a Supernatural fan convention, or when the Stargate guys had to deal with Wormhole Extreme), but I definitely wouldn't want them to become major characters. Outside of them... there was nothing good here.
You want to take on a serious topic like terrorism? Ok. Do something interesting with it. Not hamfisted !angrypundits and endlessly boring cliches, mixed with completely weird reactions - why exactly is Miller acting like the terrorist is an innocent little boy again? And what the hell was up with the random conspiracy moments? Agents try to muscle their way in and throw out the FBI - is the terrorist really a patsy for the big conspiracy? Psych, they're just big angry jocks throwing their weight around. Suspicious nurse follows immediately after - is something going on here after all? Nope, just a mind bogglingly stupid nutjob. It's like the writers forgot how to turn off their conspiracy font. Or they somehow thought those moments actually added something to the story? I can't imagine what. Then, of course, we have the totally random, bizarre, and unbelievable (even for the X-Files) mushroom trip which magically allows Mulder to save the day. Even though he's never met the kid, has no connection to him and doesn't speak arabic. Yeah...
I almost don't even want to mention the after school special ending. Maybe that's what God wants - for everybody to just get along, golly gee!
Overall I found it pretty enjoyable. It did stick out quite a lot how episodic and very light-hearted it is - I know there was plenty of that sort of thing in the original show (I don't really know what percentage as I was never a huge fan of the original), but I wouldn't have expected such a short season to go in that direction. Even so, I've enjoyed it quite a bit overall. Not super amazing but definitely fun. Especially the were-creature ep.
I really only have a problem with the first and the fifth episodes:
The first one came on way too heavy. I liked the new premise, even if it is a bit cliched at this point, and for a show that was actually going to focus on that premise it would've been a solid opening, but this clearly is not that show, since the whole idea has barely been discussed all season. They should've backed off that just a bit so it didn't clash so much with everything else. Also: why are the X-Files reopened at all? When was that explained? Didn't Skinner just say that he'd been wishing the X-Files were there for years? Why now? And if it's actually a problem for the conspiracy, which controls the govt. and was able to shut down the X-Files in the first place, why was it allowed? That was a really weird detail to just completely gloss over.
The fifth one, Babylon... Well, that was just plain bad. I liked Miller and Einstein, in a funny meta tv show kind of way (like when the Supernatural guys went to a Supernatural fan convention, or when the Stargate guys had to deal with Wormhole Extreme), but I definitely wouldn't want them to become major characters. Outside of them... there was nothing good here.
You want to take on a serious topic like terrorism? Ok. Do something interesting with it. Not hamfisted !angrypundits and endlessly boring cliches, mixed with completely weird reactions - why exactly is Miller acting like the terrorist is an innocent little boy again? And what the hell was up with the random conspiracy moments? Agents try to muscle their way in and throw out the FBI - is the terrorist really a patsy for the big conspiracy? Psych, they're just big angry jocks throwing their weight around. Suspicious nurse follows immediately after - is something going on here after all? Nope, just a mind bogglingly stupid nutjob. It's like the writers forgot how to turn off their conspiracy font. Or they somehow thought those moments actually added something to the story? I can't imagine what. Then, of course, we have the totally random, bizarre, and unbelievable (even for the X-Files) mushroom trip which magically allows Mulder to save the day. Even though he's never met the kid, has no connection to him and doesn't speak arabic. Yeah...
I almost don't even want to mention the after school special ending. Maybe that's what God wants - for everybody to just get along, golly gee!
That was kind of supposed to be the point, Mulder & Scully have been doing this for 20+ years, while Miller & Einstein are Mulder & Scully form 20 years ago, though they didn't do much, or really anything with that in this episode, which was kind of weird much like the rest of the episode.
I don't think they were ever meant to be more than a one-off.
I did not finish watching #5 'Babylon'- I just could not stay interested in it. Might have just been in the wrong last night.
I was just about in the same frame of mind, but I pushed through.
I think next weeks will be epic though.
Watched the fifth episode last night.
OY. What an unfocused, scattered mess. The shifts in tone were jarring and in general, I found myself a bit embarrassed for all involved. Even hubby, who LOVES the X-Files, put the remote down and said, "Well, that was crap."
OY. What an unfocused, scattered mess. The shifts in tone were jarring and in general, I found myself a bit embarrassed for all involved. Even hubby, who LOVES the X-Files, put the remote down and said, "Well, that was crap."
I'm hoping that the last one can end on a good note. As much I was hyped for new X-Files, the new season/miniseries has been rather underwhelming. This is how I feel about the episodes up to this point:
My Struggle: Alright.
Founder Mutation: Good
Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster: Almost great.
Home Again: Decent
Babylon: Terrible
My Struggle: Alright.
Founder Mutation: Good
Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster: Almost great.
Home Again: Decent
Babylon: Terrible
I think the placebo thing was just Einstein covering for Mulder.
Babylon was decent, but it was jarring going from a terrorist plot to humor and back. I did love Mulder's Mushroom trip scene, even though I didn't notice the Lone Gunman.
In terms of ranking the episodes:
My Struggle: Decent
Founder Mutation: Good
Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster: Best of the season
Home Again: Disappointingly boring
Babylon: Average
In terms of ranking the episodes:
My Struggle: Decent
Founder Mutation: Good
Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster: Best of the season
Home Again: Disappointingly boring
Babylon: Average
I think those "agents" were affiliated with the terrorists and were trying to clean up the loose end, which is why they ran when challenged. Real government agents would have hauled out IDs to back up their status. And the hateful nurse represented another side wanting to kill the terrorist. And neither really thought about the young man as a real person in maybe a no win situation. Only his mother saw him as a real person. Muldur on 'shrooms was hilarious. If only Scully could have seen him.
I've enjoyed this run. Scully and Muldur have aged and changed over time which is what people do. That said, I really don't care about the story line about their child but I guess they have to address it or it becomes like the Borg child.
I've enjoyed this run. Scully and Muldur have aged and changed over time which is what people do. That said, I really don't care about the story line about their child but I guess they have to address it or it becomes like the Borg child.
Some of her dialogue seems to indicate otherwise, and it would have been a pathetically small dose if it was the real thing.
