The X-Files...back this summer

[steve58]

It's been more than 13 years since "The X-Files" aired on network TV, but on Tuesday Fox announced the spooky sci-fi series is returning for a six-episode run that will begin in the summer of 2015.

"The X-Files," which originally premiered in Sept. 1993, aired for nine seasons and earned 16 Emmy nominations during its run. The series centered on FBI agents Scully, played by Gillian Anderson, and Mulder, played by David Duchovny. Both stars will be reprising their roles for the reboot.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/03/24/x-files-officially-returning-to-fox-in-summer-2015/?intcmp=features


...only for 6 episodes  :-\, but maybe the run will be a catalyst for more  O0

[OJsDad]

I always liked the early X-Files when they were stand alone episodes.  When they started going down the conspiracy path and you had to watch every episode for clues is when I drifted away, mostly because life didn't allow me the time to keep up.

[Tpek]

1) This is great!

2) This will probably suck, and honestly both Duchovny and Anderson have grown a bit old, probably too old for this sort of silly role.

[mirth]

Cool. I always enjoyed X-Files. I wasn't a hard core viewer, but it seemed like a solid show.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Scully was good, Mulder meh.

They need to make it like the Twighlight Zone. Conspiracy Central was crap.

[mirth]

Honestly I could never keep up with the conspiracy stuff. CSM, black oil, oy vay!

[Centurion40]

1) This is great!

2) This will probably suck, and honestly both Duchovny and Anderson have grown a bit old, probably too old for this sort of silly role.

Hopefully Mulder will channel a little bit of Hank Moody!  Motherf....ah!!!!

[undercovergeek]

theyre all on netflix now

[Sir Slash]

I want more "Scary" and less "Conspiracy". Scully naked also wouldn't be bad.

[Centurion40]

I liked the whole aliens and government conspiracy plot.  That being said, I did not like all of it.

[JasonPratt]

I liked the whole aliens and government conspiracy plot.  That being said, I did not like all of it.

This. It hurt that Carter (and his main writers) were making it up as they went along, and padding it out so it wouldn't be resolved.

Maybe this will resolve it, and they can move along to doing monsters of the week plus a seasonal plot plus maybe a low-key overarching plot that reveals a little more each season. Like Doctor Who has developed since its restart.

It should probably stick to a 13 ep year, too. Even mundane crime procedurals are hard to keep fresh on 25 eps a year, and this requires a new monster every week. Though again WHY NOT HAVE MORE RETURNS LIKE IN DOCTOR WHO!? Bring back popular hits, do new things with them, save a little money on prep work to put toward increasing the overall quality.

[Centurion40]

Good points.

[mirth]

theyre all on netflix now

Sweet. Did not know that.

[JasonPratt]

I was wondering last night, why have there never been Blu conversions for the series? There have been at least two full DVD releases, plus a set which focused only on the mytharc. (And left off some pieces.  :P )

And the (two full) DVD sets were crap, complete and utter crap, on the picture quality. Worse by far than the official VHS tape releases. (Both DVD sets used the same encoding transfer; not sure about the mytharc-only set. For reasons of availability I ended up mixing the two DVD sets to create a full one.) Painfully bad. My mind eventually adjusted to it but it took a while.

I wonder what Netflix looks like... should check on that out of curiosity if nothing else. But there's no guarantee they'll remain available, of course.

Anyway, my guess is that due to how the eps were routinely lit and shot, they worked okay on videotape but needed a lot of detailed fiddling to look good on DVD which just wasn't done. And would need more for Blu-Ray. Possibly computers have advanced enough now to make a new HD conversion from the masters cost-effective, but I can just imagine the nightmares involved in trying to adjust for various factors without DNRing everything to hell and making Moose & Squirrel look like supermarionettes.

See also: the Blu edition of Jurassic Park. Some parts look great, others are way worse than a VHS recorded from broadcast. Completely dependent on how the scenes were lit and shot, and also on how important the scenes are -- which tells me extra effort/money was spent on some things (like the T-rex attack in the night) and not on others (humans fumbling around inside after the power goes out).

[besilarius]

The truth is out there.