Comments on: TV That Molded a Geek: The X-Files

By: Herb

Herb — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:03:07 +0000

How does it hold up today?

As someone who never watched it during its original run (it started as I was spending most of my life poking holes in the north Atlantic) I bought seasons 1 & 2 last year. I enjoyed them enough to buy season three when I found it under $30. I like it more often than not. Being old enough to remember a primary inspiration, Kolchak, I had a reason to like it. Being male I needed a Scully too although for different reasons.

So I think it holds up. Not as well as ST:TOS but more, much more than ST:TNG.
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By: Pluto

Pluto — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:58:14 +0000

I just wanted to say that I have that same ugly green/purple T-Shirt that you mentioned! It’s incredibly rare!

And yes, you should watch the show again. It’s still just as much fun to watch the episodes again, as it was in the 90′s the first time.

By: Dan Geer

Dan Geer — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:26:29 +0000

For me, to this day The X-Files still holds up as one of the best TV shows ever created. I personally think it is the best that there has ever been for television. Sure, some of the earlier episodes seem somewhat dated, but the stories hold up very well and the characters are still just as charming today as they were back then.

I was a mythology episode fan growing up with the show. But I loved the Monster-of-the-Week episodes as well. I really hope they get to make that third film that ties up all the loose ends of the mythology.
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By: nofate18

nofate18 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:44:14 +0000

Thank you for this article. I remember discovering The X-Files when I was still very young. It brought out a lot of the geek hiding in me and also helped mold me into who I am today. I even seriously thought about following Scully’s career path. Now I’m in the medical field although not a medical doctor or a forensic pathologist. I still watch an episode on dvd every now and then when there’s nothing good on the tv (and really there isn’t anything as good as The X-Files on tv now) or just want to relax. I’m still hoping for more movies too.

By: Kylie

Kylie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:22:26 +0000

Great article! I think you should go back and watch it all over again. I did in preparation for IWTB in 2008 and I have to say that being older and wiser, I fell even more in love with it. (I even hooked my then 18 year old roommate, who had never seen the show before. So, yes, for all you newbies out there, I think you will find yourself digging this show.)

The X Files is a huge part of who I am today and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I even have the X Files X tattooed on my body. Along with the theme words from the last movie, “Don’t Give Up”. I am a proud Phile Nerd and it’s always nice to find out there are still “more” of us out there.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:19:57 +0000

I remember when X-Files first started as well. I was starting 10th grade and hadn’t seen many movies. It was very unique with its production, so at the time, it seemed like a movie on TV to me. Plus all the conspiracies, crazy monsters, great villains with secretive names (Smoking Man, Well Manicured Man), no idea who to trust (the tagline of the show was “Trust No One”!), and the super-hot Scully (she helped develop my love for red heads), it was wonderingly addicting.

Since it was the budding days of the internet, and there was no Google (NO GOOGLE?!?!), I can’t remember how I found it, but I did somehow find a fan group called the X-Philes. It really was just a mailing list, but it was still a fan group to talk about the show and be all geeky. It was wonderful.

I am still disappointed with the way the show went. It really should have ended 2 seasons before it actually stopped, and I never was a “shipper” (someone that wanted Scully and Mulder to get together).

I did like the Lone Gunman spin off and was sad that was canceled.

By: J

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:59:43 +0000

@Mike – Well, I watched Millennium when it first aired, and it never really hooked me, but maybe I was too young to really appreciate it. One show I always did want to catch, and never did, was the Lone Gunmen show. Loved those guys. Come to think of it, aside from the conspiracy theories, those sorts of guys have been friends for most of my life.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:57:20 +0000

If you liked (or rather still like) the X-Files, it might be worth checking out the series Millennium. It was created by the same guy that created X-Files.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_(TV_series)

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:55:39 +0000

I still get chills when I hear the opening music. I loved it so much… I remember having several different X-Files themes on my computer.

I just recently saw the second X-Files movie and was shocked to learn that there had been a 10 year gap between movies. It certainly hadn’t seemed like that long.

By: e

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:36:52 +0000

I have seen every single episode of X-Files, thanks to an old boyfriend who had them all on DVD. He was such a fanboy that he got an alien tattooed on the back of his shoulder with the words “I want to believe.”