Thanks to jenna56 for the heads up.
Q:Are you shooting the new ones in Vancouver?
A:Yeah.
Q:Is that why you’re doing it now? Or does the time feel especially ripe for it for some reason?
A:The time is right because we got our [act] together to do it. In terms of culturally or what people want to see, I don’t know. I imagine if we waited too much longer people would eventually lose interest. It’s different from something like “Star Trek,” which started out campy and then, especially with the J.J. Abrams stuff, became legit somehow. You might argue with me, but I always felt like we were legit. We’re still trying to do the same show. It’s not like were trying to make it 2.0, or whatever the .0 is now. 3.0. We’re gonna make the same show. But it’ll be interesting because Gillian and I are older. I don’t want to act like it’s 20 years ago.
Q:Is it going to be serialized or just like a collection of movies of the week?
A:We’re gonna do both. I’m pretty sure it’s gonna begin and end with the mythology. But I really don’t know.
Q:Part of the “X-Files” legacy surrounds genre, but another part was the way it combined serial storytelling with the Monster of the Week episodes. And this whole notion of—mythology.
A:It kind of introduced specialized knowledge, though you didn’t have to do homework to watch the show. They were always kind of juggling about what people needed to know, especially when we made the movies. Can we get somebody in who’s never seen this? And I’m sure we’ll have to juggle that again with this iteration of it.
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A:Yeah.
Q:Is that why you’re doing it now? Or does the time feel especially ripe for it for some reason?
A:The time is right because we got our [act] together to do it. In terms of culturally or what people want to see, I don’t know. I imagine if we waited too much longer people would eventually lose interest. It’s different from something like “Star Trek,” which started out campy and then, especially with the J.J. Abrams stuff, became legit somehow. You might argue with me, but I always felt like we were legit. We’re still trying to do the same show. It’s not like were trying to make it 2.0, or whatever the .0 is now. 3.0. We’re gonna make the same show. But it’ll be interesting because Gillian and I are older. I don’t want to act like it’s 20 years ago.
Q:Is it going to be serialized or just like a collection of movies of the week?
A:We’re gonna do both. I’m pretty sure it’s gonna begin and end with the mythology. But I really don’t know.
Q:Part of the “X-Files” legacy surrounds genre, but another part was the way it combined serial storytelling with the Monster of the Week episodes. And this whole notion of—mythology.
A:It kind of introduced specialized knowledge, though you didn’t have to do homework to watch the show. They were always kind of juggling about what people needed to know, especially when we made the movies. Can we get somebody in who’s never seen this? And I’m sure we’ll have to juggle that again with this iteration of it.
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I am looking forward to this, loved the show and movies.
ReplyDeletehey, me too
ReplyDeleteHeroes and now The X Files. You know me so well. YAYYYYYY. Can't Wait.
ReplyDeleteDoing both myth and monster. Surely that means 3 of both.
ReplyDeleteEpisodes 1, 5, 6 being myth eps and episodes 2,3,4 are monster of the week episodes.
That's the only way it can work, no way will they do just 2 myths for eps 1 and 6 and rest monsters. I'd even prefer just two monsters EPs and more myths.
I just started watching the series with the new german HD remaster(which is mind-blowing by the way) and I AM LOVING IT! I can't wait to finish the whole show and wait for the new season!
ReplyDeleteAwesome as. It sucks I can't see HD. They must release a complete blue ray set once the mini series ends. The ultimate x files boxset.
ReplyDeleteI loved David's opinion about Fox.
ReplyDelete"He was the worst FBI agent of all time he never solved a case!" Too Funny!
I bet E1&E2 will be aired together to make it more of an event. 90 minutes doesn't make sense with FOX's schedule. A comedy lead-in/lead-out won't work.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they will air a rerun of the pilot rebroadcasted in HD as a lead-in to the first episode, or some sort of special.
ReplyDeleteSomehow, The X-Files having its own show tag makes me veeeery happy :D
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