Everyone is still talking about X Files Revival, even after a week of big news for all of the fandom. Considering Gillian's encouraging Twitter campaign #XFiles2015, Fox's official statements, and David's excitement for another short run series, this is what various media websites had to say, highlighting their thoughts, speculations and conclusions:
MTV Nothing can't stop it now! Throw your hands in the air and your pencils at the ceiling, “X-Files” fans, because Mulder and Scully are back in business! Or, okay: They’re probably back in business, as one possible
obstacle to an onscreen reunion for our favorite supernatural
investigators has just disappeared as thoroughly as if it had been
abducted by aliens. (And hopefully, unlike certain abductees, it won’t
suddenly turn up at the last minute, pregnant with an extraterrestrial
baby.) Meanwhile, “X-Files” fans don’t care whether it’s a full season, a
mini-series, or a Lifetime Original Movie. All that matters is that we
might get to see this happening onscreen again, one more time, for old
time’s sake.
Vanity Fair Believe! But the big push to revive The X-Files didn’t come from Fox
or even from the show’s creator, Chris Carter. It came from Scully
herself, Gillian Anderson. Earlier this month on The Nerdist podcast,
Anderson said she would be “f—ing overjoyed” to make more episodes of
the show that jumpstarted her career. (Despite the fact that she’s currently starring in The Fall.) Anderson and hosts Chris Hardwick and Matt Mira encouraged listeners to tweet the hashtag #XFiles2015 and the response was overwhelming. We’ve reached an interesting age of crowdsourcing decision-making
when a hashtag can bring 20-year-old TV series back from the dead. Then
again, it’s not the first time the Internet has wielded such power.
The Sudbury Star Yes, I want to believe. But is The X-Files reboot a good idea? It depends how you define "reboot." If it simply picks up where the original series left off (or where
the "meh" movies did), it isn't really a reboot. It's a revival, like Arrested Development on Netflix.But a true reboot - like the one J.J. Abrams pulled off on Star Trek - would be more than welcome. Give me all those things in the reboot, Chris Carter. And give me
Cancer Man and Alex Krycek and The Lone Gunmen. But for Pete's sake,
let's start over with the alien invasion - maybe with the abduction of
Mulder's sister which started the whole thing. And keep the plot going
straight ahead from there. And if you lose track of the conspiracy
again due to multiple writers taking it in multiple directions, fess
up. Don't claim it was part of your plan all along.
+ FIVE MUST-SEE X-FILES EPISODES
Of course, there were a lot more than five, so don’t beat us up over this. But here’s a quintet that remain on our brain.
SQUEEZE (Season 1)
HOME (Season 4)
DRIVE (Season 6)
BEYOND THE SEA (SEASON 1)
BAD BLOOD (Season 5)
Chip Chick The Truth Isn't That Far Out There! Well, nothing is set in stone yet, but what the hell, get excited anyway—the greatest television show of all time looks like it’s about to make a comeback. Rumors of new episodes of The X-Files are picking up steam now that it’s been confirmed that yes, both Mulder and Scully are very much interested in teaming up to probably get abducted by aliens again. There’s good reason for trepidation about another attempt at a revival. But, it seems like The X-Files was always going to be better as a serial, with each little horror show trying to top the one before it while leaving you hoping, desperately, for the appearance of any number of shadowy characters that drove everything forward. And, come on? Multiple new episodes? Do we really think a direct hit from a rocket killed the Smoking Man? I want to believe.
Inquisitr The seed was planted, however, and the
idea has been blossoming since that reunion, thanks in no small part to
Gillian Anderson. It seemed Gillian Anderson was alone in
her mission to bring back the beloved Chris Carter series, but, as the
movement to revive The X-Files gained momentum, the Fox Network began to take notice. Rumors of meetings have since begun to flood the internet, regarding an X-Files reboot. The remaining wild card is Chris Carter and, although Fox has stated that The X-Files creator has expressed interest, there has been no official word from Mr. Carter as of yet.
Den of Geek From a creative standpoint, it doesn’t make sense to make a third feature film seven years after The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
Even though it more than doubled its budget with modest box office take
of $69 million, few would consider the film a successful outing for the
franchise. Let’s call what the 2008 film was: A lukewarm
Monster-of-the-Week episode. That’s no way for Mulder and Scully to go
out. As for The X-Files, pairing Mulder and Scully
up again, restoring what fans were was mostly deprived of during seasons
eight and nine, would be the best reward for fans who always wanted to
believe they’d one day return in a meaningful way (that’s another shot
at the 2008 film, which we’ll have to soon do a retrospective on). Let’s
take the glass half full approach here: All the time away from the
project could pump life into the characters and spark exciting new
storylines. Hopefully, a reboot can introduce a new generation to the
monsters-of-week and the agents who put their lives on the line to hunt
them down.
Daily Herald The prospect of a new "X-Files" season is exciting, especially if
creator Chris Carter is able to once again strike a balance between
mind-bending alien conspiracy stories, creepy monster-of-the-week yarns
and quirky comedy episodes. Don't want to commit to eight days of "X-Files"? Here are five essential, self-contained episodes to enjoy:
"Ice," Season 1
"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," Season 3
"Home," Season 4
"Bad Blood," Season 5
"Triangle," Season 6
Metro The X-Files *was* an amazing TV show, but it wasn’t without its faults. The first few seasons are exceptional, but it suffered from the law
of diminishing returns. Season by season, the show got clunkier and
clunkier and the show was all but out of ideas by the time it came to a
close. One only has to look at the two movie efforts, X-Files: The Movie and
X-Files: I Want to Believe to see that there is no going back. Besides, this also means that David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson
will need to give up any other exciting projects they potentially had on
their books to lace up their boots as Mulder and Scully again just
because Fox is all out of ideas. Is that fair on them? They’ll be paid sure, but reprising the roles
that made you stars doesn’t always work out for the best – just ask Jim
Carrey and Jeff Daniels about the reception Dumb and Dumber To got. Yes, The X-Files was a brilliant show. But they key word there is ‘was’. It *was* a great show, but it doesn’t need to come back. Just like we
don’t need a reboot to Ghostbusters. Just like we don’t need any of
these reboots. We deserve something more.
Unconfirmed from IMDb:
Unconfirmed from IMDb: