Montana Smith
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I saw The X-Files Pilot when it first aired in the UK, but never kept up with the series. I watched the odd episode, but without seeing them in order they didn't leave much of an impression.
Several months ago a suitcase of DVDs came my way. Dumped half of them, sold a quarter and kept the remainder. Among those retained were six seasons of the show (1-5 & 7). I kept them out of curiosity, not expecting to enjoy them.
However, having now seen the first two seasons I'm really surprised how much I do like these. They pretty much stand the test of time, due to the storylines and the relationship between Mulder and Scully, and the fact that Chris Carter often cheated by creating suspense by sometimes not showing too much of the creatures or the effects. It was a budgeting consideration, but it works.
I have the feeling that Mulder is what Indy himself might have become if Lucas had followed through with his interpretation of the character as a paranormal investigator. He would have been Mulder and Scully rolled into one, exposing hoaxes and dealing with supernatural reality.
The X-Files, as Jose Chung commented in this thread, wasn't all about aliens. Poltergeists, satanic worship, native American mythology, telekinesis, and aliens, it's all viable in their world. Similar to Indyverse with its competing religions and practises, as well as aliens. The way that Mulder and Scully move effortlessly from an alien episode to a non-alien event is how Indy would probably treat his own adventures. He was at Roswell in '47 but seemingly took that in his stride as just another of his paranormal experiences.
Where's Matt deMille? I want to believe!
Several months ago a suitcase of DVDs came my way. Dumped half of them, sold a quarter and kept the remainder. Among those retained were six seasons of the show (1-5 & 7). I kept them out of curiosity, not expecting to enjoy them.
However, having now seen the first two seasons I'm really surprised how much I do like these. They pretty much stand the test of time, due to the storylines and the relationship between Mulder and Scully, and the fact that Chris Carter often cheated by creating suspense by sometimes not showing too much of the creatures or the effects. It was a budgeting consideration, but it works.
I have the feeling that Mulder is what Indy himself might have become if Lucas had followed through with his interpretation of the character as a paranormal investigator. He would have been Mulder and Scully rolled into one, exposing hoaxes and dealing with supernatural reality.
The X-Files, as Jose Chung commented in this thread, wasn't all about aliens. Poltergeists, satanic worship, native American mythology, telekinesis, and aliens, it's all viable in their world. Similar to Indyverse with its competing religions and practises, as well as aliens. The way that Mulder and Scully move effortlessly from an alien episode to a non-alien event is how Indy would probably treat his own adventures. He was at Roswell in '47 but seemingly took that in his stride as just another of his paranormal experiences.
Where's Matt deMille? I want to believe!