0 comments by Bart D on 2/26/2016
The Truth might still be out there, but are more X-Files episodes? Following a successful six-episode run (ratings-wise, at least), there could be more to come. With more loose ends hanging out there than at the end of the original series, continuing the revival would be a good thing and maybe that was the intention […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/23/2016
This can’t be the end of The X-Files. It just can’t. “My Struggle II” culminated the 10th season revival, a six-episode blast to the past that at times felt clunky, comedic, rushed, smooth, and authentic. The finale provided an ending that was inconclusive and completely ridiculous. Maybe this is the ultimate X-File, a miniseries purported […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/16/2016
Give this to Chris Carter and The X-Files team, they’re cooking everything in the fridge for one meal and trying to figure out what the folks at the table like. “Babylon,” the fifth episode of this miniseries revival, was without question the most “out there” episode of this 10th season thus far. A fictitious hour of a […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/9/2016
“Home Again” was the first episode of the X-Files revival that really drew blood from the struggle of trying to put what’s basically a 10th season together with only six episodes, reintroducing very nuanced storylines while shoehorning in the “Monster of the Week” theme. This fourth episode starts out in typically creepy fashion. Basically, if you watch the […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/3/2016
Well, last week, the “X-Files is BACK!” piece was written with glee. This week was like a blind date set up by a friend, and she turns out to be a size zero in a denim skirt who drinks beer and screams at the football game on TV. She exceeds all expectations. “Mulder and Scully Meet […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/26/2016
Well, we got our old X-Files back. Following a debut Sunday night that felt like a bad first date with an ex-girlfriend from 20 years ago, it would have been understandable to newbies if they “lost” the X-Files’ cell phone number and moved on. Clearly, that would have been a mistake, as “Founder’s Mutation” felt like the […]
0 comments by Bart D
We see it happen in music all the time. The band breaks up after a series of great albums because members need to sow their own oats with side projects, realizes after some period of time that they miss what they used to have in terms of notoriety, and gets back together for an album […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/21/2016
At long last, The Truth is Still Out There, back from the dead after 14 years. The X-Files revival takes center (television) stage this Sunday (Jan. 24) on Fox as the science fiction horror drama that received multiple Emmys, Golden Globes, and a Peabody Award returns its main two cogs — special agents Fox Mulder […]
