Not feeling it. So far it's a mess.
Since they are saying it is a six episode event, by my count they have only three more episodes to get it right.
I really don't understand what they are trying to do with the show. So far they have served up badly written, badly acted episodes that simply degrade their previous work.
I want to believe in them, but so far they have been a disappointment.
Rose colored glasses. When it first came on X-Files was revolutionary. Nobody had ever shaggied up a story line like that, nobody had played with fringe science and the paranormal so straight before. But that was 20 years ago, a lot of the things that X-Files did first are now fairly standard. And with the space we forget things, like the fact that Duchovny has always been pretty wooden, and at least half the episodes are just damn silly.
Yeah.... I think you and many others have missed an important aspect of the story. Mulder and Scully have been out of the x-files for years. They have become jaded and tired of hoaxes, also feeling a little distraught that much of their work was for naught.
So I think after that last episode with the Lizard-man, Mulder may have reclaimed his old self - he got his hope back. So I would expect to see future episodes with him acting more like his former.
As for the episode itself, I thought it was an excellent work. It was not their typical style and certainly could not be taken as a serious episode. It was a lot like their Halloween episodes - more comical. They had the gag-reel of people doing drugs and a story that seemed to twist and turn in unsuspecting ways. I can’t believe so many viewers didn’t enjoy it, as I was laughing my head off.
David’s performance was always a bit odd, it doesn’t seem all that different than the older episodes (he was good in the were-monster episode).
Scully is as hot as always.
I disagree. Its been fine so far.
Is it only me but are Anderson’s legs unshapely?
Unfortunately, the short run and lack of clear follow on plans makes the current episodes feel like a sterile and stilted addendum to the original series. Indeed, since the original series more or less resolved the UFO mystery, it is not quite clear what premise can be contrived for a renewal of the show as a series. And, in our new age of Muslim terrorism, it is not at all clear that we can be induced to care about the old X-Files formula of UFOs alternating with a monster of the week.
I was particularly disappointed with this weeks episode. Silly.
I missed the first 2 episodes then watched the 3rd episode. I loved it and thought the writing was witty aided by New Zealander Rhys Darby’s great comic acting. I was surprised to read the responses on here that completely trashed it and even found the first two episodes lacking. I have since gone back and watched those episodes on Hulu and found them to be a seamless transition from the original series just directing their investigation toward government involvement in the alien scenarios instead. What more can I say, I really liked it.
it is just bad