The X-Files - Season 10 (2016) (season)
Creators:
Chris CarterDirected by:
Chris CarterScreenplay:
Chris CarterCinematography:
Joel RansomComposer:
Mark SnowCast:
David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Joel McHale, Annet Mahendru, Giacomo Baessato, Hiro Kanagawa, Rance Howard, Gardiner Millar, Aliza Vellani, William B. Davis, Nneka Croal (more)VOD (2)
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Fox Mulder and Dana Scully have been approached by Tad O'Malley, a popular conspiracy theorist web-TV show host, who believes he has uncovered a significant government conspiracy. With the assistance of FBI Asst. Dir. Walter Skinner, O’Malley seeks to enlist the help of former X-Files agents Mulder and Scully, who have since severed ties with the FBI. Through O’Malley, they are introduced to Sveta, a possible alien abductee who shares shocking information with them that will challenge everything that Mulder has ever believed about the existence of aliens and the government’s role in covering them up. (iTunes)
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Save for a couple of exceptions, the mythology episodes of The X-Files were always annoying, and the same goes for the first episode of the revival. The problem is mostly how confusing it is. Honestly, I am convinced that not even the showrunners – or Christ Carter even – are fully on top of all these conspiracies. Everyone is always ranting about something, talking in riddles, nobody gives a clear answer to anything, everything is in doubt, and it has never, and will never, lead to any proper conclusion. Nevertheless, is nostalgia as hell; the feeling of the 1990s is tangible, Mulder is Mulder, Scully is Scully, Skinner is Skinner… Basically, it’s The X-Files. I’m looking forward to the next episodes, in its way, this one has been a “necessary evil”.
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My life's become a punch line. A standard and uninteresting mythological episode that has always been one of the weaker ones that the X-Files offered, as they were never enough atmospheric or horror as monster of the week episodes or black-humorous and packed with one-liners as cult playful meta-episodes. And this one is no different. This one is over the top "Carter movie", which mixes everything together and hopes that something would work.
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