Fox to close ``X-Files'' in May

Yahoo/Variety ^ | January 17, 2002 | Josef Adalian

[Seeking the truth]

Oh well, this will reduce by one more the remaining handful of things I watch on TV.

[Revelation 911]

too bad - it was a neat show - I enjoyed the occasional offbeat attempts at humor - particularly the episode where the bug crawled across the screen.

Mulder was the show for me - though I have to admit, Scully is a major babe

[Truth29]

Check out the new Babylon 5 movie this Saturday. If the ratings are good enough, they may revive the series.

[4Freedom]

This nut wants to end a successful, money-making series, while it's still on top. Does this make sense?

That's like David Duchovny leaving the series to pursue a serious acting career.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

While I will miss the show, it just wasn't as interesting after Mulder left. Jose Chung's "From Outer Space" may have been one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[Ptaz]

This nut wants to end a successful, money-making series, while it's still on top. Does this make sense?

In a way it does in that from a creative standpoint, I'm sure Chris Carter doesn't want the product they place on the air to go downhill so much that it sullies the show. This is one of my all-time favorite series and I will miss it. I'm not sure they could reproduce something this unique with a second series in a million years.

[steve-b]

Carter wanted "The X-Files" to end while it still had creative and commercial strength.

I'm afraid that he's a couple seasons too late on the former.

[Long Cut]

Unfortunately correct. They jumped the shark, IMHO, back when Scully got pregnant.

[Duke Nukum]

I disagree. The last two seasons have been among the best in the series. The season before Mulder left really sucked though.

[steve-b]

Some of the individual episodes have been good, but the series generally has gone downhill. Carter has been painting himself into corners and cutting through the walls to get out of them, and eventually he damaged too many of the story's load-bearing elements.

[Jmouse007]

I agree with all of your assessments. They should have wrapped up all the loose ends when David Duchovny gave them the heads up that he wanted to jump ship. The last two seasons have been a patchwork of misdirected themes that failed to move the story line forward to a conclusion that would tie up all the loose ends and provide their faithful audience with a satisfactory ending/resolution that successfully deals with all the threads and unanswered questions.

At this stage of the game, due to time and financial constraints, what they will do (true to form) is quickly hobble one or several shows together that try to wrap it all up. They will "HYPE IT, HYPE IT, HYPE IT" and people will watch. But, it will be like cotton candy: a lot of fluff but not much there, sweet to the taste, but ultimately unsatisfying.

As they say; "it was good while it lasted, but the thrill is gone".

[RaceBannon]

What else is there to watch on TV????

[Fred Mertz]

He did promise, once and for all, to tie up all the show's mythological loose ends.

I don't see how that's possible. This is my only weekly TV show I have on my must-see list.

Mulder, you need to change your screen name;^)

[Crusher138]

If you like the X-Files try:

Alias (ABC - Sunday, 9:00pm)- Smart, edge of your seat action, a little "James Bond" gadgetry, and a little of the X-Files type of conspiracy theory. One show recently featured Sidney (the main babe character) obtaining a bit of binary code written 600 years ago.

Farscape (Sci-Fi Channel, various times) - While it is in reruns now, new episodes are about to be released. It is the story of an American Astronaut who gets sucked into an accidentally created wormhole and transported to a distant part of the galaxy. A good portion of the show is him trying to get home, but he lives on a giant living ship with some really interesting passengers. Great special effects and intelligent - and witty - writing make this one of my favorites.

Also worth mentioning:

On The Sci-Fi Channel: The Chronical (crap, but fun crap)

On UPN: Enterprise (Star Trek lives on as a prequel, but this one is better than Voyager)

On Fox: Dark Angel (Jessica Alby is reason enough to watch, but the show is classy and engaging)

[tberry]

"its ratings have declined this season opposite tougher competition and in the wake of cast changes. "

I used to be a regular viewer but I think they have really slipped.

At first they had the characters, action, continuing plot to build week by week. Lately they seem to have gone to flopping from one darkly lit scene with frightening mood music to the next . It is now predictable and more boring.

[Truth29]

"What else is there to watch on TV????"

Shameless pitch: Root for the revival of Babylon 5 - IMHO, the finest serious SF program in recent years.

[bobsatwork]

Novelist Fox Mulder awakens with a start. "Whoa! What a weird dream!"
The End

[tberry]

"Check out the new Babylon 5 movie this Saturday. If the ratings are good enough, they may revive the series."

I plan on watching this new movie. I sure do hope they continue the series at the same quality as the original.

I really think the offerings of the Sci Fi Channel and the UPN Network have more than given X Files competition for viewers.

[Mannaggia l'America]

At first they had the characters, action, continuing plot to build week by week. Lately they seem to have gone to flopping from one darkly lit scene with frightening mood music to the next . It is now predictable and more boring.

The other problem, at least it seemed to me, is that lately there were never more than 2 or 3 new episodes aired in a row. I would watch a few new episodes, and then they would go back into re-runs or put something else on. I couldn't get into a groove.

I wonder if it means the end of X-Files movies?