The world has changed so much since the show went off the air in 2002. I think that this is certainly a good time to be telling these X-Files stories. Did you foresee that the program would have this much longevity? Why do you think that is?ĬHRIS CARTER: I think there’s two reasons. I watched The X-Files when I was younger but have been steadily rewatching them over the past few years, on DVD then more recently on Netflix, and I've noticed a lot of other people have done the same. Carter is neither Mulder or Scully at heart, but rather a keenly proud parent, grabbing any opportunity to point out the tenacity of each of his two protagonists in the face of the search for truth. The writer-director weighed each question with care, discussing topics like Edward Snowden’s revelations with unrehearsed interest. office, his speaking voice was straight out of studio-era Hollywood: steady, polished, impenetrable.
When we talked in November about the context for the new series, over the phone from his L.A.
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From an early critique of sexism in the tech industry (“First Person Shooter,” series 7) to a neon sign of an episode about public privacy violation (an NSA agent chillingly says “I know everything about you, you, and you” in “Trust No 1” from season 9), he trusted his instincts to explore storylines that tapped into real world anxieties, often before the media picked up on them. Someone who has kept his eyes wide open to these kind of questions over the past 20-odd years is The X-Files creator Chris Carter. But which information is good information-what should be trusted? Where Mulder and Scully fought tooth-and-nail for scraps of information, the modern world is drowning in it. However, the context couldn’t be more different. And now, 14 years on from season nine’s hair-raising revelations about a conspiracy to create “super soldiers” with alien powers, Mulder and Scully are about to be reunited this Sunday for a super-brief, five-episode 10th season on FOX, and trust is still the name of the game. If you’re seeking guidance in today’s injustice-strewn landscape, there are plenty of gnaw-worthy nuggets to be discovered in rewatching The X-Files, which many have done since its episodes were re-upped in HD on Netflix last April.
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