[katana]

Looking back at the original X-Files via Netflix, it always was cold and stilted, which worked back in the 1990’s. Innovative for the time but perspectives change. Both the lead actors played the roles so cool they were cold. Re-watching certain shows you notice that they may or may not have aged well. Fringe, for example, is in the same genre as X-Files but is still entertaining because of John Noble’s performance.

[rbg81]

Looking back at the original X-Files via Netflix, it always was cold and stilted, which worked back in the 1990’s. Innovative for the time but perspectives change.

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Concur 100%. The only reason there is any buzz about the reboot is because it was so big in the 1990s and is now considered a “classic”. If they tried the same formula from scratch now, it would fall absolutely flat.

[DiogenesLamp]

Fringe, for example, is in the same genre as X-Files but is still entertaining because of John Noble's performance.

I regard "Fringe" as a virtual spin-off of the "X-Files", and yes, John Noble is my favorite character in Fringe.