Comments on: Drinking the Chris Carter kool aid http://www.restaurantfuel.com/2006/06/19/drinking-the-chris-carter-kool-aid/ Politics and Popular Culture Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:20:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Derksen http://www.restaurantfuel.com/2006/06/19/drinking-the-chris-carter-kool-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Derksen Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:01:43 +0000 http://www.restaurantfuel.com/?p=76#comment-16 You know, I always hated the "mythology" segments of the X-Files because they were by far the least inspired and most disjointed storytelling of the entire series. The standalone episodes poking into the week's weirdness were far more creative and far superior to the never-ending ouroubouros Carter's misguided mythology offered. Those standalone episodes occasionally even touched greatness; "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" is one of the better ones that comes immediately to mind... Given time, I suppose I could pull a few more forward, but in the end, I am forced to agree with you. While the dialogue was occasionally great, a consistant plot was always one of Carter's greatest enemies. The X-Files may have been dramatically and technically revolutionary, but television has come a long way since then, and the X-Files have become nothing more than another guilty pleasure leftover from the mid-nineties. You know, I always hated the “mythology” segments of the X-Files because they were by far the least inspired and most disjointed storytelling of the entire series. The standalone episodes poking into the week’s weirdness were far more creative and far superior to the never-ending ouroubouros Carter’s misguided mythology offered. Those standalone episodes occasionally even touched greatness; “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” is one of the better ones that comes immediately to mind… Given time, I suppose I could pull a few more forward, but in the end, I am forced to agree with you. While the dialogue was occasionally great, a consistant plot was always one of Carter’s greatest enemies. The X-Files may have been dramatically and technically revolutionary, but television has come a long way since then, and the X-Files have become nothing more than another guilty pleasure leftover from the mid-nineties.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.restaurantfuel.com/2006/06/19/drinking-the-chris-carter-kool-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Sarah Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:37:25 +0000 http://www.restaurantfuel.com/?p=76#comment-15 My father was always huge into X-files, but I never cared much for it (I tended to like episodes that were based in the realm of odd/creepiness like the episode with the inbreeders which completely freaked me out), or sci-fi shows for that fact. But my husband is a huge sci-fi fan and thanks to him, we now own every Star Trek series on DVD, sans Enterprise, and quite a few other sci-fi shows he favored when he was younger. I never much cared for Star Trek outside of TNG, but watching DS9 with him recently has been quite fun. The characters ended up being much more interesting and amusing than I thought they would be. The only drawback is that season 5 (which is what we're on now) seems out of place with the writing that was on the previous seasons. I find myself not liking a majority of the episodes in season 5 and that kind of makes me sad. Especially since I can't think of a season in TNG that I didn't like. My father was always huge into X-files, but I never cared much for it (I tended to like episodes that were based in the realm of odd/creepiness like the episode with the inbreeders which completely freaked me out), or sci-fi shows for that fact. But my husband is a huge sci-fi fan and thanks to him, we now own every Star Trek series on DVD, sans Enterprise, and quite a few other sci-fi shows he favored when he was younger.

I never much cared for Star Trek outside of TNG, but watching DS9 with him recently has been quite fun. The characters ended up being much more interesting and amusing than I thought they would be. The only drawback is that season 5 (which is what we’re on now) seems out of place with the writing that was on the previous seasons. I find myself not liking a majority of the episodes in season 5 and that kind of makes me sad. Especially since I can’t think of a season in TNG that I didn’t like.

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