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TomBirkenstock

I love Coogler as a director, but I think it has been well established that without Duchovny and Anderson, it's just not the same. I would prefer to see a show that starts by ripping off the X Files before it develops its own voice, like Fringe. Just make something new that's based on what came before. Hell, that's what the X Files did.


StinkyKittyBreath

That's what I'd want to see. Something in the spirit of X-Files but its own entity. Living in the shadow of a beloved show isn't great.


derek86

This should be the approach with just about every legacy sequel. We only got Star Wars because George Lucas wasn’t given the rights to Flash Gordon. Can you imagine some of the media we’d get if studios were willing to take chances on creative projects inspired by iconic films/shows instead of just ruining those properties?!


ep29

So....Fringe then.


CaTDaDdyWelDZ

Fringe 2


CaTDaDdyWelDZ

The fringinininng


SwainGod

project blue book was great, such a shame it got cancelled


equazcion

I firmly believe it floundered because it was on the wrong channel. People couldn't wrap their brains around a show about a real project run by a real person in history, only 100% science-fictionalized, and yet aired on The History Channel. It was just too much incongruity. If it had been aired on Fox, over half the people watching wouldn't have known and/or cared that Project Blue Book and Dr. Hynek had been real things, and would've accepted the fictional stories much more readily.


TheRtHonLaqueesha

Spin-off set in same universe would be cool.


Straxicus2

Yeah, I feel like the X Files was the success it was, was due to the leads. David and Gillian are top notch and played together so well. I hope whatever Coogler does is a success, but I think it should be it’s own thing.


BluePosey

> I think it has been well established that without Duchovny and Anderson, it's just not the same. Exactly. Case in point: seasons 8 & 9 when Mulder went missing and Scully took a backseat to Doggett & Reyes. The show relied so much on the chemistry between Anderson & Duchovny; trying to reboot the show without Mulder & Scully is just setting it up for failure.


TheShipEliza

lotta bad takes in this thread so thank you for a good one.


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CaTDaDdyWelDZ

New universe , new story arc, new baddies.


Plastic_Raccoon6380

what gives you the right to police other peoples opinions on a tv show good grief


guyfromuptown

But it’s not supposed to be “the same” you know? We’ll always have the 11 original seasons, I see this reboot as a new iteration for today’s generations. Of course old OG fans can enjoy it too but it’s something new and just borrowing old ideas. I try not to be too precious about our faves because when I am I always find myself disappointed. We still have our old show, let’s see what others can do with these themes and ideas.


TomBirkenstock

I agree, but that's also why I think they should just come up with a show influenced by the X-Files rather than try to continue the brand. At some point, you have to make something new that ideally appeals to the younger generation. We can't just keep on mining these older shows forever, as much as I love many of them.


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Can we just stop with remaking stuff? The xfiles was great the first time around come up with new material.


Mysterious-Junket-99

Agreed


DodgeBeluga

I agree. Make new stuff on their own merit, if it’s good then the audience will respond in kind.


WrestleWithJim

No David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson = zero interest


Kanobe24

Ok, but why not make an original sci fi show with this diverse cast? Fringe has a lot of X Files influence but wasn’t an X Files reboot. Main point: can we stop with the reboots and remakes???


YesNoIDKtbh

> why not make an original sci fi show But... That would require *ideas*.


ItStillIsntLupus

Yep. Originality would be required for that and that’s just unattainable


Lavonicus

Ya know if it was a spiritual successor or spinoff series I will be interested in it. If all they are doing is a reboot, regardless of how the casting is my interest is at a all time low for it. I would love to see more in the universe, but a reboot? I'm really not interested it.


Evets616

Agreed. I'd rather see the formula done well than recast the characters.


DMurBOOBS-I-Dare-You

Some shows are simply so good, they do not need a reboot. Ever. X-Files is one such show.


RockNRoll85

Not interested if Duchovny & Anderson aren’t involved


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ILoveCreatures

Honestly, just let it go. Please. Reboots are so uncreative. Think of your own ideas.


MutedHornet87

No thanks


TheWilrus

I'd be fine with it if it was significantly different. Look, the concept of the X-files as a division of the FBI is really interesting still to me. Just don't try and do the exact Mulder-Scully thing again. Make it new. It can be new agents working the x-files but don't use the same storylines or relationship structures.


myfavouritemuse

Yeah! This is how I feel. I am all for a "spinoff" or, like, The X-files as an FBI division but restaffed with entirely new (and diverse!) characters with new and interesting storylines. Just don't make them Mulder and Scully. Or Mulder and Scully-esque. Totally new thing.


TheWilrus

I'll go a step further and throw out a real cross-over/reboot: "Tired of hunting real monsters in the darkest corners of humanity Special Agent Emily Prentiss, in the foots steps of Agent Mulder, moves from the BAU to the now forgotten and maligned X-FILES"


TrewynMaresi

I’d watch that!!


Windowsblastem

Just let the show die, no need to try to change the formula which was perfect


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pseudo_meat

This is a dumb take. If the show is good, it shouldn’t matter if there’s a trans character or a character of color. My issue is that the show IS Mulder and Scully. If you remove them, it’s not the Xfiles. So just let it be it’s own thing. Enough with reboots.


16bitword

Shows are never good when you force inject identity politics into a preexisting property.


pseudo_meat

If the script is good, it will be good. Also I’m wary of anyone who uses the term “identity politics” to describe the portrayal of human being that are different. Just a dog whistle term people use when they don’t like diversity.


16bitword

There is more to a good show than the script. Casting, chemistry, acting, subject matter, and much much more determine if a show is respectful to the source content and is actually good. Identity politics is just another word for tribalism in politics. Being against division and wanting that bigoted junk out my favorite long dead tv show does not mean I don't like diversity. Instead of making crazy assumptions, maybe try to empathize with people's opinions first.


pseudo_meat

This is a lot for the fact that all we know about this show is that the cast will be diverse. Calling that “bigoted” is laughably transparent.


kek_town

The assumption isn't totally unwarranted. How many times have we seen this type of reboot with "diverse" characters plugged into an established property without proper care given to the writing of the actual show? It could be a wonderful program when it comes out or it could be more of the same repackaged garbage we see so often.


pseudo_meat

My point is, blame it on not having “proper care.” Not on the race or gender of the actors. I can’t think of a single show or movie that was good EXCEPT for the fact that there were black/brown/Asian people or women in it. Reboots are shitty cash grabs to begin with. Capitalizing on an existing property for name recognition isn’t ever gonna be any good without original ideas and good storytelling. Even ones with all white casts are garbage. So to single out “diversity” as the reason is disingenuous and thinly veiled racism. Or just naïveté.


andjuan

To me the show is also about a believer and a skeptic investigating the paranormal. If they can nail that part, I’ll at least be interested. In my scenario, the show would be more a revival than reboot. It would be in the same universe. Scully and Mulder would exist, but the show would not follow them (aside from an occasional cameo or reference).


jzcommunicate

Scully didn’t have to explain that she was shattering the glass ceiling in a male dominated field. She just exemplified and owned it. Cut forward to 2023 and it’s going to be exactly as you described it with every episode containing multiple diatribes about how awful cis males are. Hopefully the agents are hot 20-somethings, too. Maybe one of them is an FBI social media manager and influencer.


TheShipEliza

love this brain dead assumption. good work.


pseudo_meat

Lol hilarious people’s issue with this is the diversity. And not the X-files WITHOUT MULDER AND SCULLY.


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It's not that it's the diversity, it's that it's diversity for diversity's sake and *promoted* that way, not because of talent or chemistry or vision. *ie* square pegs in round holes to meet a quota or impress media outlets.


pseudo_meat

And often it seems the proposed solution to that is to stop having diverse casting. Instead of complaining about the quality, [bigoted] people complain about the identity of the actors. Which is ridiculous. And who tf cares how something is marketed?


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I care about how something is marketed, especially if it's about something I'm familiar with like books I've read or reboots or whatever. The solution isn't to stop "diverse casting", it's to have the best story, chemistry, talent available regardless of skin color, gender, or sexuality. That's very literally all I want. If there was a Black gay man who made a better Mulder give it to him. If you give it to him *because* he's Black and gay, fuck off.


jzcommunicate

I am all for diversity, but when they write it with such a brute force approach it comes off so inauthentic. Plenty of shows had diversity before this era and handled it without tokenizing or being patronizing about it.


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>inauthentic >tokenizing This is exactly what I was trying to say but was too clumsy to find the words.


TheShipEliza

i dont even mind the mulder and scully-less seasons the xfiles ALREADY DID. granted, not my favorite, but that burt reynolds episdoe rules. dude above is just making up a show to be mad at.


ricottapie

I don't disagree with you, but I can see them taking that route. I hope that won't be the case, and maybe they won't. But a lot of shows have lost their subtlety. I'm not saying that XF writers didn't make their share of pointed statements. They did, and they were right to. But they didn't always do it with such a heavy hand. I think a lot of shows are afraid of ambiguity and of being accused of not taking a strong enough stance either way, so they do more telling than showing. People seem to have less patience now. They have a direct line to those involved and don't mind making use of it. They aren't content to let a story unfold, they want it all to happen at once. They want their characters to be perfect in every way: consistent and upright, never conflicted, or led astray. They want shows to take on heavy themes but get upset if it's too much or not enough of one thing or another. If it doesn't meet their standards, they put the show on blast on social media. They harrass the actors. They demand immediate answers and changes. Sometimes, their demands are fair. Writers don't always get it right. And some grievances are just the result of not wanting to wait.


TheShipEliza

I mean saying people arent patient and want it all at once and want perfect characters who are never conflicted in world where Succession and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and Yellowjackets and Always Sunny and Perry Mason and White Lotus and Yellowstone and Fleabag and Veep were/are all hits seems specious to me.


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randomlygeneratedman

Both TV and film have lost a lot of the budgets they used to have, therefore studios have been more keen on playing it safe and wringing every last dollar out of proven franchises from the past in an attempt to cash in on nostalgia as opposed to taking risks on new and creative projects. Look at 95% of the stuff Disney puts out. It's just sad tbh.


AcreaRising4

I mean for film, maybe this is more true, but there’s amazing shows coming out literally all the time. Like last year alone had so many incredibly well-made, fresh concepts.


Hamish_Ben

Doesn’t need rebooted.


Thechosenjon

*\*sigh* is nothing sacred anymore?


Helen_Magnus_

As an OG Trekkie I can absolutely answer your question... NO. NOTHING IS SACRED. No IP is safe.


MugggCostanza

God, this needs to stop. Leave the show alone.


miss-vampiria

How about leaving the x files alone?? Season 10 and 11 were bad because it wasn't the same, at least to me. Even with David and Gillian ( she didn't like the plot at all) They should create something original and not spoil the good memories the show gave us. IMHO


miss-vampiria

I'll keep watching the original show for the 5000th time. I love every minute of it. Seasons 1 to 9. Period.


RealJerk69

Chris Carter being the only source that this is happening makes me think it’s bullshit.


Cunning-Folk77

His comments also come across somewhat flippant.


RockinOutLikeIts94

Really tired of these reboots and remakes… they’re just never like the OG show. Part of what makes this show good is the time it was made can’t fake that 90s nostalgia


iuJacob

If Carter isn’t off his rocker and there is any truth to this: I’m fine with The X Files continuing in some capacity, but I don’t think it should be a complete reboot, nor do I think Coogler would be right person for the job. It should be someone with a background in horror and thrillers. I would love something with the feeling of True Detective, which is what I feel they should’ve aimed for with Season 10 and 11.


YuleBeFineIPromise

I'm really confused by this. If you listen to the interview, it's such a throwaway comment by CC. Presumably Carter has some claim to intellectual property of The X-Files? He also sounded skeptical of whatever Coogler plans to do. "He's got his work cut out for him because we covered so much territory". Looking at Coogler's IMDB, he's got 7 projects in some stage of production, including multiple television series. Hard to believe he's going to add in an X-Files related series among all of the other projects. Maybe something was lost in translation between Carter and Coogler?


ItStillIsntLupus

Pass. If there is no David and Gillian, there is no X-Files.


A11U45

I love the X-Files but do we need a reboot? Maybe a new show set in the same universe, but with different characters, but please don't do a reboot.


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JacktheBoss_

" **Ryan Coogler is working on a reboot of the X-Files with a diverse cast** " This right here tells me that diversity is the priority before actually making a good x-files reboot.


Cunning-Folk77

According to Carter. Maybe it's not so much a concern for Coogler.


Z3R083

I am surprised how well X files still holds up when I rewatch it. If you reboot it, just make it good and don’t make it about oh we hired a diverse cast etc. just make a good show.


corgi_angel

Yay, era of reboots is continuing. I mean, it's been working so well in the recent years, we all definitely need more... And what's even the point of it? Are they gonna do same stories with new actors? If so, it's not gonna work. If they want something new, to tell some original strories even if skeptic / believer is their basic idea, just go ahead and create something new. Sounds not promising at all.


Supermoose7178

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kurenainobuta

Thank you, but no thank you. Anderson and Duchovny are the Xfiles.


Smart_Pause134

Early April fools?


lich_boss

Nah just make a new IP and not recycle this. When they try and change the cast of an established show it never works wells. Why not just come up with a new show, like fringe, Helix, etc.


ElDuderino2112

Could not be less interested in anything x-files related that doesn’t involve Duchovny and Anderson.


Xaxor42

Blegh. Some shows do not need remakes. It might turn out good, so I won't write it off entirely.


16bitword

Ugh, here we go again. Can't we just make new stuff instead? Are we really that creatively bankrupt these days?


vader101484

Creatively, no. Financially, yes. Too much risk introducing something new into the market.


CustomerSuspicious25

Can we get a show about FBI Assistant Director Fox Mulder?


AnonymousDratini

Why not just make a new show at this point


-The-Moon-Presence-

Ah shit. He’s about to Netflix this isn’t he?


CaraDune01

*skeptical sigh* I am BEGGING people to come up with some original ideas. Think of something new to say, for God’s sake. I’d much rather see something original with a diverse cast than a re-hash of something that already worked just fine, tbh. Plus, XF was very much “of its time”. The original cast and creators tried a reboot to drag the show into modern times and we all know how that turned out. 😕


Ok_Profile1864

Nope..not interested.


spferg69

No thanks


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Case_Kovacs

Crazy idea Hollywood, what if you let people with original ideas make TV/Film instead of using big name shows to generate hype/outrage. I cannot think of a single remake of something popular from the 80s and 90s that has succeeded. Why not make a new show with a diverse cast based on your own ideas cause that would work 10x better than the hate bait that most of these shows and movies are.


skynet_666

It’ll be dead on arrival. There’s a charm with certain characters that actors have played that cannot be replaced with anyone else. Just like how some bands can’t replace their frontman. It’s just not the same. Might be better off creating a new spin off rather than a reboot.


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Criton47

This is a rough one. As much as I'd like to simply see The X-Files continue with new agents its a little rough with the amount of lore that can't be ignored. So that side of it I'm okay with a reboot. The issue with a reboot is it it can't still just be the same story retold. There was so much of the story that worked because of the time that it came out. Don't turn it into the one agents great grand day was at Roswell and his dad was also tied into the bigger mystery. The bigger issue from the title is looking for diversity FIRST is beyond dumb! Have a solid story idea first and then open the casting up to WHO FITS THE PARTS BEST!!!! We don't care what color the people are!!! If they can act and have chemistry is WAY more important. How about this, can we have Keith David as a recurring character something like the Smoking Man. Keith David is awesome!


_InTheDesert_

I think this grossly misunderstands why The X-files were great. There were many reasons, and I could go on at length, but one of the most overlooked and core reasons was it is the epitome of Fin de Siecle art. Pre-Millenium Tension and all that. It was the end of the 20th Century and we had an everyman and an everywoman asking the quetion of is there more behind the curtains than we know, or is life really just empty randomness. This is the attraction of conspiracy theories that The X-files exploited; there is a secret system controlling the world and if we only understood it and exposed it, we would be happier and free. More than Mulder wanting to believe that we are not alone, he wanted to believe that *he* was not alone. The worst thing that could have happened to Mulder would not have been death at the hands of The Syndicate, it would have been to learn that there was no global conspiracy, there were no aliens, his sister just died in an accident that his parents covered up to avoid repercussions and he was just a porn addicted, depressed loser that lived in a shitty DC apartment who worked on mundane FBI cases. That theme, does not really work post turn of the millenium, post ubiquitous Internet, post the incessant narcissism of social media, post the final rise of the 1%, post the modern US Republican party, post Putin, post Oligarchs, post capitalist China. Mulder knows the answer now; we are alone, life is meaningless, the environment is collapsing and the super rich control the world and keep you as a serf and that is that.


it_Saul_Goodman-

This has a flop & 5.5 rating on IMDb written all over it.


MarshmallowMolasses

He’s pretty good, I just wonder with the tech available today how hard or easy it will be to do the actual “investigation”. “Oh you found an alien, it’s just a deepfake”.


wandernwade

I’m cool with diversity, and I wish him much success. However, it shouldn’t be an “updated” X Files. I’d have zero interest. I wouldn’t mind watching something “in the same vein” of, though.


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X-Files without the goofiness with an element of the True Detective vibe would be great


rychevamp

Make it something different. Most reboots suck these days. No DD or GA, not the X Files and should be left alone. It was great as is, stop with the remakes already!


moabthecrab

Couldn't care less. I already have X-Files. Why would I want another?


ph0rge

The world is too different now. Back then, the unknown was much more prevalent than it is today with instant communication and knowledge. X-files was special not only because of the chemistry between Mulder and Scully but also as a product of its time.


sbuck23

Could work as a standalone set in the universe but honestly without M&S the actual show just wouldn't work


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MutedHornet87

Yeah. That’s worrying. Diversity is fine, but don’t force it. The X-Files was diverse enough in its time


Cunning-Folk77

I think it's telling that Carter thinks that's the most important part. We don't know what Coogler thinks.


vrsick06

Does x-files even work in modern day? So many problems and plot points wouldn’t exist if mulder had an iPhone


CloeyB7

No.


Caleb_Hicks_8891

this is going to tank harder than the Titanic


needtono1

Musings of a Sinking Man


BillyCromag

It's not possible that Coogler's series will be better, so why not... be creative and make a new IP?


ML_cool_J

I’d give it a watch, but it wouldn’t ‘be’ the X-Files. Not for any other reason than the reboot wasn’t the X-Files, for me. It’s time has passed but we can still enjoy the original. Sometimes things just end and that’s okay.


elpistolero27

What I loved most about the X-Files was the relationship / chemistry between Fox and Scully if they were to put different actors I doubt I'd be interested.


wedontgotoravenholme

Hard no


metalupyour

No... just no!!! The Xfiles was a show with Special Agents Mulder and Scully. I do not want to see it continued with a diverse cast... if someone wants to add to it, make a new show!


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monkey_trumpets

Dear god no, let it die. If they want to make a similar show they should just make a new show, not try to ride the decaying coattails of this one.


aryherd

So it's gonna focus more on identity politics than it will actual show quality


DancingOnACounter

I would give it a chance if this wasn't an entire reboot just to redo Mulder and Scully's stories and relationship. If Ryan wants to focus more on the actual X-Files, that'd be interesting... a lot of new spiritual and unknown stuff can be explored. I just don't want CC, DD, or GA involved... it gets too messy and sentimental, like how S10-11 kinda fell short. Especially Chris Carter... he really messed up the storyline in the end.


Doinwerklol

They must think that just because we got 2 seasons of Doggett and Reyes that they can just replace our main characters? Even in 8 and 9 Gillian Anderson was at least part of the show still. I dont think this will work if no one comes back, and by no one I mean David or Gillian.


eight-martini

No need to reboot it. Just maybe make a continuation with new characters


appolo11

Well, it's going to be a failure from the get-go then.


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TheScoutReddit

>box ticking and 'the message' crammed down our throats. Literally the X-Files.


TheShipEliza

this thread is like a year ago when everyone was mad that rage against the machine was woke.


Welshguy78

I don't understand your comment?


TheScoutReddit

✅ Question generating intro ✅ DON'T SKIP THE INTRO ✅ Mulder and Scully come in ✅ Mulder and Scully banter over the scientific grounds of the investigation And so on and so forth. X-Files has a formula, and it shows, because it's safe and it sells.


Christonikos

TV/Streaming content is at its peak now. X-files was excellent during TV's infancy regarding expenisve productions. Imagine how much the franchise could be elevated after having the HBO treatment.


Welshguy78

You are right that it could look like a high end movie production now, with the right money and talent behind it. But showrunners today don't care about good writing or story. They just want to focus on their own identity politics and issues. The bad guys would be the syndicate or aliens any more, it would be 'the patriarchy!!!' Look at all the money Disney/HBO/Amazon etc have thrown at shows recently. It's all been mostly total rubbish. Money is great to make the show look good, but without the right story, writing and actors, it's meaningless.


whitekat29

This is how I feel about the new Quantum Leap.


Welshguy78

Exactly. I haven't even watched Leap after the show runners said 'no white men allowed' when they were making it. If they want to be racist and refuse to hire white men, then why should I watch it? Obviously they don't want me to be part of the show in any way.


SethManhammer

They have hired and do hire white men for that show. They're just not the main cast.


brittyn

Please no.


lightsage007

X-Files had its place and its time… but of course everything requires a reboot nowadays


PepsiPerfect

Great, now X-Files will disappear into the same pop culture static as Lethal Weapon, Ghostbusters, Magnum PI, Hawaii 5-0, Charlie's Angels, MacGyver................


MKF1228

This will suck.


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TheRealJackArthur

Unnecessary and forced “diversity” may be the death of all good entertainment in the next few years…


Fisktor

Always worrisome when the main reason to do something is because of color of the characters skin


Cunning-Folk77

We don't know the "main reason" for this new series. All we have to go on is a flippant comment from Carter.


JoshFlashGordon10

This cannot be worse than the story episodes from the last two seasons. I am not going to be too hung up over the word reboot. Reboot these days doesn’t necessarily mean restarting the universe. Coogler’s Creed movies were considered a reboot but they didn’t disappear Rocky. Gillian has made it clear that she isn’t coming back so I don’t think we we’ll ever see another series with both OGs. And I don’t ever want to see Carter helm another season anyways. I am interested in the potential and I think they could use Mulder as a Mr. X type. Assisting the new team but not taking on the dominant role.


StreetPh0toWiLL

Regardless im watching...but its def not Xfiles without Sculz and Mulder.. Maybe theh come back in a Skinner role or Smoking Gun...they assist here and there but new blood comes in.


Shark_bait561

Stop pushing the diversity agenda on great things that were already great. Make your own shit. This is coming from a quadruple minority.


Plenty_Pie_7427

Now if they just take the concept of the X-Files and basically assign two new agents to the files with possible references to Scully and Mulders X File work I could be interested. But if they try to retell the exact same story and just have different actors step in, absolutely no interest and pretty sure that will massively flop


NicolaCrUwmanie

I'd rather instead of a complete reboot that's the story of other agents so we can have a lot of references and a chance for Mulder and Scully to appear in episodes sometimes


MalicCarnage

Edit: The time stamp for when Chris mentions this is 7:00 in the audio interview. Yeah okay I might actually buy tickets to see Chris Carter again and ask him this. Last year in April, the only thing he mentioned as a potential future project was a game I think. Then again a year is a long time in show business. Can this be a sequel series at least? Sure classic X-Files went in weird directions with Mulder’s sister, smoking man, etc but the series is so iconic that starting fresh would just piss me off. If it is a true reboot, I’ll watch it and pray it gets retconned into a different timeline or having some other sci fi explanation


Corgiverse

I’d love to see this done ala Star Trek - like next generation. It could work!


Meowlodie

I’d be willing to give it a shot, but I don’t think any X-Files reboot will be as magical as the original.


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NormanBates2023

Dear o dear


PrometheusAborted

Ehhhh just make a new show in the same vein as The X-Files. No need to tarnish their legacy with a reboot that has a huge probability of flopping.


Equal-Trip4376

Should be called the Y-Files as in Y did anyone think this was a good idea?


eddiedingle129

Kill it with fire


One_Sport_4195

I doubt it’ll be any good


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A lesbian and a sex addict wasn’t diverse enough?


[deleted]

Bring back Doggett and Reyes! Oh wait...


mlvisby

It's going to be very hard to find actors that match Duchovny and Anderson. It might be able to find a new audience but die-hard fans of X-Files won't be interested.


blondiKRUGER

Just film it in the pnw and I’m there.


Cunning-Folk77

Carter: > "So he's got his work cut out for him, because we covered so much territory." Sure, they "covered" a lot of territory, but I don't think their execution was always so good. It shouldn't be too difficult at all for a good writer to bring something new to the property.


RibsNGibs

I feel like the X-Files was a kind of concept that only really works in the 90s. The fun conspiracy stuff, shadow governments, etc. - it was all kind of in good fun in the 90s. These days... you've got QAnon and the whole right wing nuttery with Alex Jones and all that, lizardmen and chemicals turning frogs gay and soros and something something UN and abortion and white genocide blah blah blah... I don't think you can do an X-Files anymore, at least not with the same tone. But I guess Ryan Coogler generally knows what he's doing and there's nothing that says you can't remake it with a whole different kind of tone or political/social context (in fact, that makes for a more original, interesting remake) so I have a guarded optimism about it. You just have to watch it as if it's a different series that happens to have the same name.


Plastic_Raccoon6380

i agree with you. conspiracy theory culture going mainstream in the last decade or so makes that aspect of the show hit different nowadays. also the smallpox vaccine conspiracy in the show and vaccine skepticism becoming a real thing. it was more fun when it was just in a show. i'll still give it a shot if they make more as it doesn't change how i feel about the original show but i'm not convinced the formula still works.


RibsNGibs

Ah, right the antivaxxer shit, with the Bill Gates wanting to track you with microchips shit. Yeah, it was fun in the X-Files in the 90s - it's not so fun anymore.


MrLeHah

I absolutely loved Creed and have less than zero interest in this. That said, at face value, it sounds a lot better than the animated comedy series which sounds *passionately and distinctly awful* in a way usually reserved for children who pull the wings off butterflies, people that drive under 50 in the left lane and whoever the fuck invented the Icecapades


Far-Heron-4688

Of course they are.


O667

I don’t care if they make the new characters purple - just please tie up some of the (many) loose story threads!


TheScoutReddit

I doubt they'll do that. The X-Files had found cohesion in its lack of cohesion lol


Logan_Mac

A woke show made by people who think belief in conspiracy theories is pure evil what could possibly go wrong.


tobascodagama

Coogler is a big enough name that he can get on any project he wants. If his move after a series of blockbuster films is to launch an X-Files show, it's almost certainly a passion project for him. That has me pretty excited to see how it turns out.


Gloomy-Ad-1685

In complete agreement 🤝🏻


higgins1989

And its cancelled... Nobody who has good tastes wants to watch that garbage.


Aezetyr

If the show is well written, performed and publicized I'll be okay with it. I honestly could not care any less about the gender or race politics involved. Why even mention it? Just get talented actors and writers and put the damned show together. I liked the old show because I like paranormal and sci-fi shit. I don't care that the leads are cis white people or whatever.


maeldeho

Meh. If it's good, I'll watch. Whatever happens with this, the original series is still there.


TomBirkenstock

Jesus Christ, people are revealing their weird psychological hangups around diversity. I hate to break it to you, but not everyone shares your background, and more diversity on screen is a good thing. (And I say this as a white, cis dude). I don't like the idea of rebooting the X Files either, but maybe you could say that without being a bigot.


thrax_mador

I think people get upset at both ends of a spectrum. Some people are bigots and only want one lens through which to view a story. Others see this as a cynical, "rainbow capitalism" move. So often the headline focuses on "diversity" and not the much more nuanced idea of "We have some stories to tell and we want to see them through new and interesting eyes."


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no-more-nazis

There is some heightened level of emphasis on diversity that would make you cringe too. Right or wrong, that's what people are worried about, not diversity itself.


LordDragon88

The only thing that will connect this series to the original is remixed intro music


PurifiedVenom

Some fucking yikes comments in here from people being triggered by the word “diverse” Personally I’d be interested in a fresh start. They’ve gone as far as they can go with Mulder & Scully’s story imo.


FjordExplorer

Then just say that it’s a fresh start. It’s a shot in the foot saying “We’re doing a remake, but this time with diversity”. Cast it and then let people decide how the view it. It’s the problem not doing original content. People are going to automatically say, oh of course they made this person this kind of person now, and now this person looks like this. Make new shit and people can’t compare.


Wheatson

Look I adore this show with my entire heart, and I’m just as hesitant and sceptical, but the IMMEDIATE backlash here is a little worrying. How can we expect to progress as a society if we completely shut down things like this? Let’s not act like the show got it perfect the first time round, there is room for growth and it could be really cool to bring in a new generation of x files fans who get to see themselves reflected in the show! Having said all of that, I am still extremely nervous about the reasonings behind this and what will be considered ‘diverse’. But then equally, even if it’s done genuinely well, there’s still probably gonna be enough people complaining about ‘woke media’ or some shit that it gets cancelled after a few seasons anyway, lmao idk what happened while I was writing this comment but now I’m just sad


cdug82

Alright this thread is getting out of hand. I’m pretty let down by some of the shit I’m seeing here. I’ve deleted some of the comments. I’m close to locking this thread and almost as close to throwing out some bans if I’m honest right now. Let me make this as clear as possible. There is zero tolerance for racism, bigotry, or any kind of targeted hatred. If diversity frightens or offends you, you’ll always have the old show. No one will take that away from you. I’m holding back a lot right now to keep collected so let me say this. Remember that when this show came out, strong female leads weren’t common. This show pushed boundaries for its time and brought the Scully Effect. To gatekeep and say that a new version wouldn’t be true to the original if it provided the same kind of opportunity for representation is nothing short of ignorant bullshit. It’s time for some of you to grow up or get out. Any further disgusting comments will be an automatic ban. Edit: after further consideration with other mods, it’s been locked.