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Gillian Anderson Says Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot “Is Going To Be F****** Cool”

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Kevbot1000 Mar 25, 2026 +1027
This is the most excited she's sounded about X Files in ages.
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a-hthy Mar 25, 2026 +378
I don’t blame her after what they did to scullys character in s11. I think after that she was pretty much out. The writing was atrocious.
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WySLatestWit Mar 25, 2026 +284
If you watch the show all in one go the constant abuse that Scully is put through starts to feel really dark and upsetting after a while.
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BlackLeader70 Mar 25, 2026 +161
I rewatched it a few years ago in a binge format and the abuse Scully goes through is way more evident than having a week to forget what happened in the last episode.
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WySLatestWit Mar 25, 2026 +176
By the time you get to her baby being the product of being >!artificially raped by the cigarette smoking man!< it starts to feel like Chris Carter just hates the character.
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thutruthissomewhere Mar 25, 2026 +84
Oh 100%. Carter has a weird issue with Scully, his own f****** character.
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WySLatestWit Mar 25, 2026 +104
It should surprise nobody that Chris Carter has a long documented history of sexual harassment towards his women employees. He just seems like a total creep. His relationship with Gillian seems to have soured a lot the older and more opinionated that Gillian got - remember Gillian was only 24 years old in the pilot episode - and that doesn't feel coincidental to me.
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runwkufgrwe Mar 25, 2026 +59
𝙴𝚇𝙴𝙲𝚄𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙳𝚄𝙲𝙴𝚁 𝙲𝙷𝚁𝙸𝚂 𝙲𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙴𝚁
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WySLatestWit Mar 25, 2026 +44
Carter has addressed it already. Its a ceremonial producers credit because he created the show. He is not by his admission involved in any creative capacity with this reboot.
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runwkufgrwe Mar 25, 2026 +45
I was just trying to bookend your comment in classic X-files style
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ShyguyFlyguy Mar 25, 2026 +8
Entourage pretty much taught me that most producer credits are just handed out as favors to people.
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XFilesranker Mar 25, 2026 +49
This is quite something. I don’t know if you’ve ever actually watched any interview with him, but he comes across as pretty much the opposite of what you’re describing. You’re talking about the person who stood up when everyone at Fox wanted to fire during her pregnancy, and who is the godfather of her first daughter. Yet your comment jumps straight to implying something pretty disgusting about him. He and Gillian were on great terms for years. The real tension only shows up much later, around the revival, and largely over disagreements about Scully’s direction. What your comment suggests, intentionally or not, is this idea that Gillian was somehow naive when she was younger and only later “realized” who Carter was, which just doesn’t line up with reality. It ends up painting him as some kind of villain while ignoring the actual history between them. Criticizing the writing is completely fair. This kind of accusation isn’t.
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Popular-Drummer-7989 Mar 25, 2026 +6
Now you know what Every career woman is subjected to. Fictional or not.
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Cavewoman22 Mar 25, 2026 +27
There was no season 11, that was someone's self indulgent fever dream money grab.
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HibbletonFan Mar 25, 2026 +9
I just watched it for the second time and I think Reyes was done dirty, I feel like she was a completely different character in that season.
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ihaveblink Mar 25, 2026 +3
I'm glad Doggett never came back. Hopefully he might in the new one, but CC just don't have it anymore.
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CircStar89 Mar 25, 2026 +5
The fact that she didn't get to have a normal home life was just stupid. Her own kid turned out to be some weird alien thing, right? Why can't some things be normal with the character...
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hyyerrspace Mar 25, 2026 +30
If she’s saying this I will have to check out the reboot. We got Scully approval
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justintheplatypus Mar 25, 2026 +598
The fact that Coogler could do anything he wants and he goes to X Files makes me really curious what he's planning.
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PartyDontStop69 Mar 25, 2026 +373
He’s doing it for his mom who is a huge fan of the original series.
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burnalicious111 Mar 25, 2026 +207
That's so f****** sweet omg
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RobertdBanks Mar 25, 2026 +91
Great reason to be making it and a great person to be making it and a great person with a great reason to make it sounds like a good combo for success. Excited for it.
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ZestyChinchilla Mar 25, 2026 +40
Ryan Coogler is a very sentimental kind of guy, and I mean that in the best way. He originally created the special 70mm print of *Sinners* specifically so it could be shown in that format at his childhood movie theater (the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland) because that’s where he went to see movies growing up. He wanted to do something special for that theater, although it has since been shown in a few other theaters that are setup for the 70mm format.
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goddamnitwhalen Mar 25, 2026 +16
And he’s bringing his DP who shot *Sinners* and *The Last Showgirl*, so it’s going to look incredible too.
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matt6680 Mar 26, 2026 +4
F***, I am crazy excited for this now.
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RomanReignsDaBigDawg Mar 25, 2026 +76
He made Creed for his dad and this for his mom. You don't want to put famous people on a pedestal but he comes off like the loveliest dude
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Existing_Set2100 Mar 25, 2026 +29
Yeah good vibes with him.  I also like the vid where he discusses aspect ratios: https://youtu.be/78Ru62uFM0s
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Knale Mar 25, 2026 +10
Man I'm just obsessed with his hyper-specific Bay Area accent lol Just fun to listen to that dude talk.
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goddamnitwhalen Mar 25, 2026 +3
Fun fact: he played wide receiver at Sacramento State.
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trexmoflex Mar 25, 2026 +22
He is THE coolest guy in Hollywood right now, and I hope studios throw a bazillion dollars at him to let him cook. Him and Christopher Nolan are friends (Nolan mentored him early in his career), and I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall while those two are talking movies. Also great Criterion Closet guest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_wzBKheKEE
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pocketjacks Mar 25, 2026 +7
Yeah, and I love the way that he's such a projection nerd as well. Aspect ratios, gear holes... dude had to have been a projectionist during his time coming up.
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Cubanitto Mar 25, 2026 +3
Nice, I'm excited
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We-are-all-dead-90 Mar 25, 2026 +2
Common Coogler W
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SpaceJackRabbit Mar 25, 2026 +71
That's how I feel about Denis Villeneuve working on Bond 26.
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LPMadness Mar 25, 2026 +20
Ah, I forgot all about that. I been wrapped up waiting for him to drop Dune 3. I cannot wait to see what he does with Bond and I can see setting a phenomenal foundation for the next era of Bond.
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onehornymofo1 Mar 25, 2026 +20
I will watch anything that Coogler and Denis put out tbh, I trust them completely
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caninehere Mar 25, 2026 +5
I like Coogler a lot but I'm more excited about what he does in the future, if it follows the vein of what he's done already then I won't be as interested. He has so much talent and it's a shame he spent years making two Marvel movies when we could have had more things like Sinners. Black Panther wasn't even bad - it was one of the better Marvel flicks, not that that is saying a lot - I just really don't care about the Marvel stuff at all anymore. He has a really creative vision and should be making original stuff, and I hope the success of Sinners means he gets to do it for a long time. X-Files gets a pass from me because instead of dragging the old characters back in he's going to actually bring in a new cast and X-Files always had a lot of variety week to week anyway. Be interesting to see how he works w/ TV though because most of his TV work has just been... Marvel stuff, and nothing particularly interesting.
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Summer_Chronicle8184 Mar 25, 2026 +7
He's still so young for a director. Like, he's not even 40 yet, tons of time to get artsy as he's made his big blockbusters
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Mysmokingbarrel Mar 26, 2026 +2
It’s crazy how young he is and how much the mans accomplished. Just an exceptional career so far
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We-are-all-dead-90 Mar 25, 2026 +5
As much as I love everything Villeneuve has done I don’t know if he’s the right choice for Bond. I think a Bond movie needs to have a lot of fun, sex appeal and a certain level of camp - I have never, never seen Villeneuve do any of that in any of his movies. They’re awesome but fun and s*** they’re not. And I really don’t want a dour, self-serious Bond. 
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Knale Mar 25, 2026 +5
Between Bladerunner, Dune, and Arrival I have 100% faith that Denis is a brilliant, open, and curious filmmaker who will have absolutely no trouble finding and distilling what makes James Bond fun and great. To your point, I think he's smart enough to know that directing a Bond movie is a perfect time to lighten things up and try a new tone.
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SpaceJackRabbit Mar 25, 2026 +2
Steven Knight is the writer.
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Gyshall669 Mar 25, 2026 +8
I think Bond makes a lot more sense career wise. It’s villeneuve doing another big budget action movie. Sounds like Coogler has very personal reasons for x files
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roguesignal42069 Mar 25, 2026 +2
What?? No way! Just found out my favorite director is doing a Bond movie. Now I’m stoked!
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HandbagsAtNoon Mar 25, 2026 +3
He’s making that Bond for his step-father who is a huge fan of Bond.
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Levonorgestrelfairy1 Mar 25, 2026 +7
Its basically the Godfather of the modern procedural Drama.
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paul__k Mar 25, 2026 +4
What about if Mulder could *smell* aliens?
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TG-Sucks Mar 25, 2026 +2
Hmm.. I like it, but it needs a twist.
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pepperbet1 Mar 25, 2026 +187
>Gillian Anderson is hyping up Ryan Coogler‘s X-Files reboot and praising the pilot after reading the script. >Hulu ordered a pilot for the long-gestating reboot, which will be written and directed by Oscar-w***** Ryan Coogler. >During an appearance at Awesome Con, Anderson teased the pilot, revealing she had had “a few conversations” with the Sinners filmmaker, which could lead to her reprising her role of Agent Dana Scully. >“He’s such a cool guy and so talented,” Anderson said of Coogler, adding that “the pilot script is really good.” >“I would say, have an open mind and give it a chance because it’s gonna be f****** cool,” she said. “It’s something different. It’s different, and it’s special, so give it a break.”
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turej Mar 25, 2026 +54
SMG was saying the same things about the new Buffy ;)
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YoureTheManNowZardoz Mar 25, 2026 +27
Yeah, creative people tend to have a different take than the MBAs with the checkbooks.
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caninehere Mar 25, 2026 +14
In the case of Buffy it just makes me question SMG's judgment because the script is out there and is horrendously bad.
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magus678 Mar 25, 2026 +12
It seems to me that headlines like the OP are pretty meaningless, as bad mouthing these projects is generally a very poor idea for actors who want to work ever again.
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PM-PicsOfYourMom Mar 25, 2026 +2
They never flat out say it's terrible, but sometimes they hint at it. Like when Mark Hamill said he fundamentally disagreed with everything Rian Johnson wrote for Luke Skywalker. Or when they asked Emilia Clarke if she was happy about the final season of Got and she laughed and sarcastically said "best season ever" while trying not to cry.
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Toby_O_Notoby Mar 25, 2026 +6
Nah it's not that "THE" script is out there, "A" script is out there. Scripts change all the time and what leaked was a draft. [From the woman herself:](https://www.polygon.com/sarah-michelle-gellar-buffy-reboot-script/) > Gellar reiterated that the script circulating isn’t the final version and pleaded with fans not to read it. I mean, it would be like judging the original series by its pilot where Willow was played by a completely different actress. The whole point of developing a pilot is seeing what works and what doesn't.
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TheJuliettest Mar 25, 2026 +3
Yeah but she was showrunning it - I don’t think Gillian is involved in any way with the production.
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Somnambulist815 Mar 25, 2026 +5
I think Coogler is riding hot enough off Sinners to get this through. Yeah, Zhao had Hamnet, but I feel like that's too many worlds away from vampire slaying to be transferable cache
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shtaaap Mar 25, 2026 +3
I live down the road from Scullys apartment in the show, Wonder if it will be making another appearance!
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throwawaylogin2099 Mar 26, 2026 +2
In the second X-Files movie, Scully and Mulder are living together in a house in the country. In the revival, Scully is living in a big house that is fully wired with smart devices. The apartment Scully was living in during the original series run is long gone.
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XThePlaysTheThingX Mar 25, 2026 +4
I know nothings set in stone but this is an extremely positive indicator that she will in fact show up in the series. 
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lordnoak Mar 25, 2026 +45
I Want To Believe
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Applesburg14 Mar 25, 2026 +75
I didn’t hate the last 2 revival seasons, but they’re better off scrapping the entire mythology and going their own direction with it.
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desperaterobots Mar 25, 2026 +26
There were two…? I just remember the one with that sad flat wig they gave Anderson.
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Scorpionoshow Mar 25, 2026 +8
That f****** wig...
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SpaceCases__ Mar 25, 2026 +2
Season 10 and 11
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Quiddity131 Mar 25, 2026 +10
The last 3 - 4 seasons of the show (including the revival seasons) the mythology episodes were by far the worst part of the show.
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Dogbuysvan Mar 25, 2026 +7
The were-monster was the only good episode of the revival.
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throwawaylogin2099 Mar 26, 2026 +3
That was definitely the best of the bunch, but I did like the episode where Mulder and Scully were running from all the drones and other smart devices after they failed to give a five star rating to the fully automated restaurant where they had dinner. That one could’ve been a Black Mirror episode.
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revertothemiddle Mar 25, 2026 +8
Please, no more mythology! Give me monster of the week again.
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SolenoidSoldier Mar 25, 2026 +3
Just make em all monster of the week. Those were, cause consistently, the best part of the show...from season 1 all the way to the revival.
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elfy4eva Mar 25, 2026 +42
I'm still confused by the last two seasons reboot.
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Armand9x Mar 25, 2026 +73
I’m not sure what you mean? It ended beautifully in 2001. Yup. Nothing else after that. Nothing at all.
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Existing_Set2100 Mar 25, 2026 +38
Arguably earlier tbh, the later seasons had some decent stuff at times but moving filming out of Vancouver was the beginning of the end. 
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desperaterobots Mar 25, 2026 +19
We just finished our rewatch, which concluded with the first movie.
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Zomburai Mar 25, 2026 +12
That's really not a bad conclusion. There was some worthwhile stuff after that really is where it became clear that Carter had absolutely no idea where the show was going, or where it was *supposed* to go
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tsraq Mar 25, 2026 +16
> Carter had absolutely no idea where the show was going, or where it was supposed to go IIRC, they never, at any point, had any idea where show would be going. They just managed to wing it and keep it plausible enough for first five (?) seasons before it (lore) started to hopelessly get off the rails. I always liked "monster of the week" episodes way more than "lore" ones anyway, and those keps show watchable for much longer.
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Quiddity131 Mar 25, 2026 +5
The fact is that a lot of the key early show major story decisions happened not because Chris Carter had a master plan but because Gillian Anderson became unexpectedly pregnant and he had to write around it. Skinner and the Cigarette Smoking Man become much bigger characters. Alex Krycek gets introduced as Mulder's new parter then spins off into a different role. Scully gets "abducted", something they fall back on with the story for many years afterwards.
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Mattyzooks Mar 25, 2026 +4
Yea. Season 2 sets up the mythology properly with the slow build up of the Syndicate in Krycek, Mulder's dad, clones, Mr. X, etc. before we meet the Syndicate proper in the s3 premiere.
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NuclearTurtle Mar 26, 2026 +2
The conspiracy episodes were the JJ Abrams "Mystery Box" writing before JJ Abrams did it. During my first time watching through the series I got to about season 2 before I realized the mythology they were setting up wasn't going to go anywhere and switched to just watching the monster of the week episodes
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Armand9x Mar 25, 2026 +3
I literally started watching last week, I’ve never seen it front to back yet. I’m on S1E06 now.
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KongoOtto Mar 25, 2026 +3
The early season were so atmospheric 😍
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Rogpog777 Mar 25, 2026 +5
Moving productions can often kill the spirit of the show. It’s such a huge reset: mood of the crew, familiarity of the locations, different filming rules…these background decisions often ripple into the frame. SOURCE: Worked on Tell Me Lies Season 1 & 2, they moved to Toronto to save money, show’s cancelled now.
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Indigocell Mar 25, 2026 +5
The mood of the show itself changed drastically. Goes from a cooler rainy/grey atmosphere that matched the tone of the series to that warm and bright California sun.
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CircStar89 Mar 25, 2026 +2
Well it's also the cinematography in general. The revival series was even worse, just flat as hell.
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KongoOtto Mar 25, 2026 +2
I wasn't a big watcher back then but zou could feel the tonal shift when they Vancouver.
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CelestialFury Mar 25, 2026 +2
Vancouver helped give X-Files that creepy atmosphere and that bright LA light did no favors in that regard.
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elfy4eva Mar 25, 2026 +3
And not after the beloved PS2 Era Video Game Resist or serve?
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HandbagsAtNoon Mar 25, 2026 +7
>It ended beautifully in 2001. If we’re making up preferred endings then I’d suggest earlier. The actual finale was not exactly a beautiful conclusion. Midway through season 6, the post-movie mythology arc and whatnot, might have been fine… Or the finale of season 7, which arrives shortly after the conclusion to the Samantha storyline (season 7’s “Closure”).
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Quiddity131 Mar 25, 2026 +4
Closure was the single worst episode of the show for me and a great example of the fact that Carter just made it up as he went along without caring much about continuity. The season 7 finale was pretty good though.
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Mattyzooks Mar 25, 2026 +2
Season 8 finale actually isn't even that bad. Baby is born. The next gen of agents are going to continue fighting the good fight. Krycek is dead. Mulder and Scully have their happily ever after. It sucks Mulder isn't in half of season 8 but a lot of it works and the mytharc is surprisingly not very confusing (until season 9 fucks up the whole alien replicant plot).
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deepfriedcertified Mar 25, 2026 +17
It had solid monster of the week episodes, but it’s best not to discuss the mythology.
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JackCoull Mar 25, 2026 +4
I watched the last season quite recently to specifically watch the monster of the week episodes and just skipped the last 2 episodes. As expected they were pretty good and worth watching I did the same on the previous season 10 and I think I was skipping the mythos ones in season 9 before the long hiatus as it was just a clusterfuck at that point
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ConstableGrey Mar 25, 2026 +7
Joel McHale's InfoWars character was just bad lol.
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Krodis Mar 25, 2026 +3
Chris Carter completely lost the plot, literally and figuratively. Other than him it's fine.
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xeonicus Mar 25, 2026 +29
Considering Hulu is producing it, I expect to eventually read about how they decided to pull the show and not release it.
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WySLatestWit Mar 25, 2026 +15
With the clout Coogler has after Sinners and Black Panther and his relationship with Disney, who now owns Fox and The X-Files, i doubt very seriously they'll shelve an X-Files pilot written and directed by Ryan Coogler.
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xeonicus Mar 25, 2026 +28
The Buffy reboot was directed by Oscar-w***** Chloe Zhao. Written by Lilla and Nora Zuckerman who wrote the critically acclaimed show P**** Face. They managed to convince Sarah Michelle Gellar to sign on as an Executive Producer and a returning character. And despite such unbelievable backing, Hulu cancelled it. Point being clout and talent didn't matter in that case. The same thing that happened to the Buffy reboot could happen to the X-Files reboot.
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Snarl_Marx Mar 25, 2026 +12
I hope we get Director Scully to replace Skinner…
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The_Erlenmeyer_Flask Mar 25, 2026 +14
Personally, I don't want this show to have anything to do with the Mulder/Scully run. Give me new leads, new supporting characters, new location for the show, new overarching storyline. Nothing against Gillian/Scully but it just feels like Disney trying to continue to use a Skywalker to keep Star Wars successful when they need a fresh look on the franchise.
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danmanx Mar 25, 2026 +6
Just write good characters. That's all I want! Good stories. I'm a superfan of the original, but I do have a lot of doubts.
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blokedog Mar 25, 2026 +17
Why does it sound like "You probably won't like it, but you should." ?
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OkStrategy685 Mar 25, 2026 +6
I loved her in Hanibal and American Gods. That scene where she's dressed up like Bowie was excellent and hilarious.
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Guessididntmakeit Mar 25, 2026 +12
The same was said about the Twilight Zone remake and then they had a terrible CGI Rod Serling dragged through the dirt.
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goddamnitwhalen Mar 25, 2026 +5
That’s because nobody understands what made the original *Twilight Zone* good.
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Guessididntmakeit Mar 26, 2026 +2
Like good writing that makes you think? I guess you're right.
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kon--- Mar 25, 2026 +19
Anderson's endorsement carries weight yet... reboots just, don't have it.
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windershinwishes Mar 25, 2026 +7
New King of the Hill was good.
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RunTheJules-11 Mar 25, 2026 +5
Goddamn she looks good!
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freedraw Mar 25, 2026 +4
You know what would be really f****** cool? 22 episodes every year.
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[deleted] Mar 25, 2026 +37
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UnreliableNarr8or Mar 25, 2026 +28
I really like Ryan Coogler but I would not describe Black Panther 2 as "knocking it out of the park." Edit: Looks like I've angered some Marvel fanboys. Look, I fully recognize that the movie had a lot working against it outside of Coogler's control. I'm not making an indictment against his talent. I'm a huge fan. But I thought that movie sucked, sorry.
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Singer211 Mar 25, 2026 +24
I think it turned out as best it could given the difficult factors it was dealing with.
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thehalfwhiteguy Mar 25, 2026 +21
considering the situation he was in with Chadwick’s passing and the fact that the movie still made over $850 million, I’d say he did a pretty f****** great job lol
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theneworiginalnub Mar 25, 2026 +14
Bro made a decent Marvel sequel despite the lead actor dying. What more do you want from him?
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Derry-Chrome Mar 25, 2026 +8
The responses to the original common are so tame, this is what you call angered Marvel fanboys”?
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JackBauersGhost Mar 25, 2026 +3
You edit looks a lot more angry than any of the replies lol
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Khal-Stevo Mar 25, 2026 +4
Creed is one of, if not the most successful legacy sequels ever made. He knows how to handle things like this
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Bananaman9020 Mar 25, 2026 +3
They said that about the last season. They lied about that one
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rhunter99 Mar 25, 2026 +6
I’m always nervous when stars have to hype their project. 😬
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JDHannan Mar 25, 2026 +2
firstly, she's not in it as far as i know secondly, every star in every tv show and movie hypes their project
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Rakhsev Mar 25, 2026 +5
She might star in it, what else is she going to say? I guess she could say nothing.
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cutcss Mar 25, 2026 +10
And Bill Murray said the new women lead Ghostbusters was gonna be great, people paid to endorse new versions of old things they participated in endorse new version, more news at 11
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Ok-Metal-4719 Mar 25, 2026 +14
Not if Sinners is any indication.
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TheSerpentDeceiver Mar 26, 2026 +3
Didn’t hate it, but something about Sinners seemed so c**** and overacted.
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boomosaur Mar 25, 2026 +15
He makes decent stuff but sinners was grossly overrated.
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scriptkiddie1337 Mar 25, 2026 +5
Hope we are getting the Lone Gunmen too making an appearance
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STALKS_YOUR_MOTHER Mar 25, 2026 +5
The fact that they’re in their 60s and 70s now is insane to me
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BishopofHippo93 Mar 25, 2026 +3
How could we? They died in season nine. 
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bretshitmanshart Mar 26, 2026 +2
They did come back in the revival seasons despite being dead. Langley's mind is trapped in the Matrix
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Feeling_Education_35 Mar 25, 2026 +4
I’m hopeful but with the recent buffy situation still not going to get my hopes up
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PriorOk1304 Mar 25, 2026 +4
As cool as her hair?
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BasenjiMaster Mar 25, 2026 +4
Do people really still feed off these awful PR articles? How many times have we heard this same fan feeding c*** from actors or directors? "Oh it's going to be better" or "Goes back to it roots" etc etc, only to be disappointed time and time again?
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headphones_J Mar 25, 2026 +13
I hate when celebrities I like do this. There's a possibility that she's absolutely right, but what are the odds?
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ErstwhileAdranos Mar 25, 2026
It’s Ryan Coogler. The odds are certainly better than they might have been otherwise.
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Sql_master Mar 26, 2026 +2
Please let this not suck. 
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markotza Mar 25, 2026 +5
Please just let it rest for f sake. The story is done, the revivals did it no justice at all.
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DemadaTrim Mar 25, 2026 +4
I trust Gillian's judgement here far more than about anyone else's. Chris Carter should never have been allowed to make more, he had already proved he couldn't do an overarching plot worth a damn, and her insisting the last season be the final absolute end was about the best idea in the whole continuance series. Well, the monster of the week episodes weren't bad either.
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peon47 Mar 25, 2026 +4
As long as the showrunner sits down and pre-plans the actual backstory and central mystery and sticks to it, I'm hopeful.
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FluxChiller Mar 25, 2026 +5
".......she had had “a few conversations” with the *Sinners* filmmaker, which could lead to her reprising her role of Agent Dana Scully." “He’s such a cool guy and so talented,” Anderson said of Coogler, adding that “the pilot script is really good.” So reading between the lines, home girl basically wants a job and is sucking up to hopefully get a scrap. /sorry, i like her but not much to see here.
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bluehawk232 Mar 25, 2026 +3
I just don't think it would work. XFiles worked well with 90s America. How to do XFiles in Trump and Kash Patel FBI era
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ValkyrieITGuy Mar 25, 2026 +5
So is Ryan “I pissed off Rocky fans” Coogler going to pissed off X-Files fans?
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ValkyrieITGuy Mar 25, 2026 +4
The first Creed was excellent but Creed 2 and 3 was bad so bad it made Sly Stallone mad.
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sgthombre Mar 25, 2026 +3
He pissed off Rocky fans? But Creed was excellent?
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ToonMasterRace Mar 25, 2026 +2
Wot if the aliens were racist Wot if the leech monster was racist Wot if the werewolf was racist
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psychedelic_tech Mar 25, 2026 +4
Sinners probably sounded good on paper too
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QueasyLegKC Mar 25, 2026 +7
A completely new idea would be a lot cooler.
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Sporkedup Mar 25, 2026 +1
I don't generally disagree, but the X Files is such an open and broad concept (a small faction in a government agency investigates paranormal events) that I don't mind reuse of the label. As long as they don't get bogged down by the confusing ET conspiracy lore that made the original X Files a bit too dense from time to time, and instead focus on creating a new and more relevant primary conspiracy lore... I'll be pretty happy. The people involved with this give me a lot of hope.
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Armand9x Mar 25, 2026 +4
Hollywood has been out of ideas for decades. It’s why reboots, sequels, and spinoffs make up 80 percent of what is in theatres.
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bediaxenciJenD81gEEx Mar 25, 2026 +2
Well it's not a very specific idea, it's basically just scifi cops.   It's not like they'll be redoing the same overarching plot points or monsters of the week, the ideas will be new. 
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TheLadyEve Mar 25, 2026 +2
She has great taste and I trust her judgment so I'm excited!
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xenojive Mar 25, 2026 +2
I believe it
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Tube_Warmer Mar 25, 2026 +4
I mean, how the f*** would she know? Everything Ryan does is about race. And, I know Ill get downvotes, but I just cant be arsed with any more blunt American politics in tv shows and movies. I want an escape from the horrors of the world, not a constant reminder every time I change the channel. You can all hate me now. I accept that I am in the minority.
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drunkpunk138 Mar 25, 2026 +10
Nah I'm with you, I want a show about supernatural shit, not supernatural shit being an allegory for racism in modern America. I also accept that I'm the minority after sinners but I don't think it's unreasonable criticism, and it's pretty laughable that some folks are accusing you of racism for having such an opinion.
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Ragnar_Dragonfyre Mar 25, 2026 +15
The agents will both be people of colour in an organization that is mostly run by white men. The first monster of the week will be a white man that transforms into a monster but in reality, he’s more of a monster when he’s in his human form because he’s racist.
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diesel78agoura Mar 25, 2026 +11
r/persecutionfetish
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desperaterobots Mar 25, 2026 +4
Oh you want an escape from the horrors of the world? Tune in next week when human breeding torso is rolled out from under the bed in a creepy farmhouse to be raped by her sons. It’s a laugh riot! Need something a little less zany? Coming up, the ancient stretchy bile-nest humanoid that eats livers to survive is here, and the economy drives him to menial janitorial work! Sad! Oops, it’s Cancer! Our hero Dana Scully is diagnosed with terminal cancer, but a wacky turn of events means that it goes into remission when she reimplants a microchip that was forcibly inserted into her during a hilarious prior kidnapping/abduction event!
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SydneyBriarIsAlive Mar 25, 2026 +2
I figured it might be, but cool that Anderson agrees to.
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Media_Browser Mar 25, 2026 +2
Being a potty mouth Gillian is not …cool .
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klagan73 Mar 25, 2026 +2
do not believe. just hyping.
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Blacknite45 Mar 25, 2026 +1
I mean I hope it is, just wondering how it's gonna play out, they gonna be adding on to the prior series or is it gonna axe everything else and pretend that never existed
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ArchAngel621 Mar 25, 2026 +1
Really excited. I didn’t even know one was in the works.
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needsomeair13 Mar 25, 2026 +1
Dude not after what twilight zone did to peele. Fvk these stupid endeavors. Why can’t he direct something like actually cool that he owns?
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Slyzxx78 Mar 25, 2026 +1
20 episodes of might be aliens last episode 20 seconds before season ends it's a alien. New season it was just lights.
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JackhorseBowman Mar 25, 2026 +1
I thought the sorta reboot with Claire from Six Feet Under was pretty good.
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ravia Mar 25, 2026 +1
Didn't they already do a (lousy) reboot? Am I remembering correctly?
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CordiallySuckMyBalls Mar 25, 2026 +1
Lotta new concepts to work with so I hope so
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Datamat0410 Mar 25, 2026 +1
The two leads for this new series need to be really good whoever they are. Those earlier reboot seasons were disappointing. Until they start filming this I’d not be so confident it’s going to happen though. The fact they keep trying to bring X Files back (every 10 yrs or so) proves the franchise has a degree of momentum and interest attached to it. I think there can be a bright future for a proper high quality X Files sequel. Hopefully it happens and it’s actually really good.
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Fantastic_Manner_832 Mar 25, 2026 +1
Well that would be an improvement.
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Va1crist Mar 25, 2026 +1
I just hope they go for a similar formula , just can’t get excited these reboots converted into the streaming binge slop these days , not only am I over it I’m also tired of these 7-8 episodes every 2-3+ years .
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A_Nonny_Muse Mar 25, 2026 +1
After all the shit her character went through, I'd say a reboot would be her worst nightmare.
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snidece Mar 25, 2026 +1
Wagering a mystery arc, long arc of Black Mirror type adventures that reveal the most dystopian existence of all time.
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yukichigai Mar 25, 2026 +1
I thought the last revival was decent, so if she thinks this one is that much better then I'm rather hype.
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icchansan Mar 25, 2026 +1
Just make another xfiles movie
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NeiClaw Mar 25, 2026 +1
I agree with the other comments here. Carter just botched Scully and I’m still kind of fuming over the last couple of seasons which kind of undermined her character. If she’s got a script that means she might make an appearance which would mean I’m all in here.
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chubuio Mar 25, 2026 +1
wait ryan coogler doing x files sounds actually really good?? thats a wildly cool combo
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Hot-Boysenberry945 Mar 25, 2026 +1
I really wanted the reboot to be fbi version or Reno 911.
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Informal_Daikon_9812 Mar 25, 2026 +1
Is she going to be in it? Because it would be a lot cooler if she was. ^(Alright Alright Alright)
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pamalamTX Mar 25, 2026 +1
Can't wait!!
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mastyrwerk Mar 25, 2026 +1
Omg how does she look hotter than she did thirty years ago?!
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munkijunk Mar 25, 2026 +1
I really f****** hope they make a serialised show that has an over arching mystery, and not a movie split over 10 installments.
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chubuio Mar 25, 2026 +1
there is a weird freedom in imagining that honestly. no more awkward social lies too though which would be chaos
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mrshelenroper Mar 25, 2026 +1
She’s a goddess. I can never get too much.
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ohyeesh Mar 25, 2026 +1
Oh man I really got her confused with Genevieve O'Reilly (Andor), I had to look her up
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Recent-Lemon-9930 Mar 25, 2026 +1
She swore unnecessarily, that's how you know she's right.
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yonaiker-joestrella Mar 26, 2026 +1
Lets hope it isn't a disappointment likr Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone.
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Android1822 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Sorry, gonna have some major doubts. I loved the original x-files, but there is no way they will recapture what made is special. A combination of monster of the week, cool conspiracy lore, and most of all, the chemistry between mulder and scully. I said it before, it should not be called the x-files, it will be compared to the original and fail. Instead, they should have done a spinoff set in the x-files universe. My idea is to have them work for one of the many secret factions on the show, a sort of scp/mib group that does the same thing as the x-files, but their goal is to hide, capture and exploit these anomalies for the organization they work. They are neutral to bad guys, who will do anything to complete their objective. Would be interesting to see things from the other groups perspective.
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wildbooks Mar 26, 2026 +1
Everything about this is enticing
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SpookySchatzi Mar 26, 2026 +1
I. Can’t. Wait.
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Affectionate_Use406 Mar 26, 2026 +1
in between this , the new spielberg movie and the last few years in general , you can not tell me society isn’t beeing soft launched towards some kind of ufo revelation type beat . i don’t know man
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KTOWNTHROWAWAY9001 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Narrator: It sucked.
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Happyhaneke Mar 26, 2026 +1
Not to be a negative Nancy but it’s not
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Dinmorerensofa Mar 26, 2026 +1
F*** reboots
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