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Social media archive: 2015 (part 2)

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8 Sep 2015, 22:21

Some day my Facebook page will have something to say about this https://www.facebook.com/EatTheCorn


9 Sep 2015, 12:34

Progetto Con X-Files – Find the Truth
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The more we are, the more it will become true! #findthetruth #Xfilesitaliancon, #Xfilesitacon.
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10 Sep 2015, 17:26

1st ep of #XFilesRevival to be shown in Cannes event in Oct. Will it leak to the internets before January?

https://twitter.com/etc1013/status/641995508156923904


10 Sep 2015, 18:40

World premiere Oct-6, but only MIPCOM attendees can enter

The Hollywood Reporter: MIPCOM: ‘X-Files’ Revival to Get World Premiere


10 Sep 2015

Sep-10-1993: 22 years since we first saw Mulder & Scully meeting the Class of ’89


10 Sep 2015, 23:14

#TheXFiles201Days #mythXplained The X-Files continues exploring the memory of World War II and the Black Oil makes its radioactive, spooky entrance with Carpenteresque music from @[114444205294473:274:Mark Snow]

3X15: Piper Maru / 3X16: Apocrypha

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/895465670491167/


11 Sep 2015, 00:26

#mythXplained Atención a tod@s los X-philes hispanohablantes: la cartilla de la mitologia XF ahora en español!
Aquí podeis encontrar un resumen y una explanación detallada de la mitología de Expedientes X.

Mytharc Primer


14 Sep 2015, 21:27

M-S romance: “I had been thinking about it” and this is probably the one thing Carter wanted to ‘correct’ in the story of the series. What remains to be seen is if this will be a well-managed evolution or just a gimmick die to lack of imagination in order to have tension.

The Hollywood Reporter: ‘The X-Files’ Boss Chris Carter Explains Mulder and Scully Split


14 Sep 2015, 22:32

#mythXplained Avatar puts the spotlight on Skinner, w/ story by Gordon & Duchovny, mixes well a monster-of-the-week story and serialized mythology #TheXFiles201Days

3X21: Avatar

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/897761636928237/


17 Sep 2015, 00:42

#mythXplained Wetwired: SFX master Mat Beck writes, explores MK Ultra, sets up tragedy to follow with Mr X #TheXFiles201Days

3X23: Wetwired

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/898713136833087/


17 Sep 2015, 20:18

“The date is set”: Carter & Duchovny deliver a literate ep that is calm but drives the mythology in a definitive direction. Colonization, manipulative conspirators, undercover aliens, musings about faith and science and power, the Campbellian hero who discovers where he comes from, Mark Snow’s atmosphere, a very “meta” guest star, it’s all there. A memorable finale to perhaps the show’s best season.

3X24: Talitha Cumi / 4X01: Herrenvolk

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/899085936795807/


23 Sep 2015, 15:16

Chris Carter’s “The Red and the Black”, DVD vs HDTV comparison. Is the BluRay planned yet, The X-Files?


23 Sep 2015, 21:17

Chris Carter interviewed by @[127419440630254:274:Kyle Thiermann] – a great insight into the man, his creative process, his approach to time management and multitasking, and some real complicity between fellow surfers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skX67bhMT1k


25 Sep 2015, 15:34

#XFiles photorealistic art by James Zark – for Stephen Harber’s article series


25 Sep 2015, 19:58

“Medici”: After @[1600262146899838:274:The Man in the High Castle], another very interesting development from @[108381559187017:274:Frank Spotnitz] — who has been developing TV projects with diverse international teams in Europe for a while now. The Medici have links to banking, the Vatican, Galileo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo…there’s a big potential in this!

https://www.xfilesnews.com/news/latest-news/887-medici-master-of-florence-frank-spotnitz-new-drama


25 Sep 2015, 21:16

#mythXplained “Musings”: mythology or pastiche? character study or parody? Shakespearean tragedy or pulp fiction? All of that and more!

4X07: Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/901902226514178/


25 Sep 2015, 23:10

Vancouver in film & TV: The X-Files get a mention. What @[802493469802487:274:Every Frame a Painting] doesn’t get right though is that upon leaving Vancouver, XF payed the city a tribute and set a scene in Vancouver: the chess match at the opening of 5X20: The End!


26 Sep 2015, 10:04

#XFilesRevival trailer coming soon — via @[8273206453:69:The X-Files Lexicon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyaMXTK6DUI


27 Sep 2015, 02:48

#mythXplained “Tunguska”: after examining World War II in s3, The X-Files get into Cold War territory in s4, in one of the most complex, multi-layered and satisfying two-parters of the series. Among the spookiest scenes with the worm-like Black Oil, cult scenes for Skinner & Krycek!

4X09: Tunguska / 4X10: Terma

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/902268076477593/


28 Sep 2015, 10:54

Dec-9 in Australia: X-Files BluRay release before the airing of the revival?

https://www.facebook.com/TheXFilesForever/photos/a.427045274055377/918573654902534/


29 Sep 2015, 08:37

@[105537122813421:274:Dean Haglund]: “I think they’re going to [shoot] a seventh [episode]”. Second batch of #XFilesRevival not too far away?

https://xfiles9302.tumblr.com/post/130117545234/dean-haglund-on-the-x-files-season-10-this-is


29 Sep 2015, 14:40

So. @[362989843738755:274:The X-Files] trailer is here. Weary Mulder and reluctant Scully, check. Dark spaces and flashlights, check. Supportive Skinner, check. Shadowy old informant, check. The immortal Cigarette-Smoking Man, check. Modern paranoia and secrets from our post-World War II past, check. Beautiful photography, check. The date is set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kteho5bgxLI


29 Sep 2015

The nineties…

https://twitter.com/revengepsycho/status/648661539289976832


30 Sep 2015, 22:21

Some heavy-weight work on the promotional material for the #XFilesRevival! It’s good to see FOX putting its trust on the material (unlike, say, with I Want To Believe).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xexcBLJBiVU

Social media archive: 2015 (part 1)

Archived from Eat The Corn Twitter account @etc1013 (no longer used). Things like announcements of interviews archivals and personal interactions not included.


Jan 5, 2015
Chris Carter’s The After cancelled — now what? https://deadline.com/2015/01/the-after-chris-carter-series-cancelled-amazon-studios-1201341268/

Jan 13, 2015
History of the Universe & the Big Bang, narrated by @GillianA https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gfgfq (+nice #XFiles touch!)
‘X-Files’ Creator Chris Carter: What Might Have Been The Lost Interview https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/x-files-creator-chris-carter-what-might-have-been-the-lost-interview-66343/

Jan 14, 2015
The X Files: Shapes – Werewolf Transformation http://www.tymiller.org/the-x-files-shapes-werewolf-transformation/

Jan 17, 2015
After #TwinPeaks announcement +repeated failure to raise interest in #XF3 movie I was expecting this’d happen https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/400729-fox-is-in-discussions-to-revive-the-x-files #XFiles
Carter-Anderson-Duchovny in on the FOX-supported #XFiles revival https://www.givememyremote.com/remote/2015/01/17/fox-boss-gary-newman-on-a-potential-x-files-revival/ I guess it could come as soon as early 2016?

Jan 18, 2015
[FOX] “would not move forward without Chris” Carter https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/17/the-x-files-may-return-to-television #XFilesRevival
Time to refresh your memory of that labyrinthine mythology of yours, Chris! https://www.eatthecorn.com/mytharc-primer/ #XFilesRevival

Jan 21, 2015
David Duchovny is onboard for ‘X-Files’ reboot https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/01/20/david-duchovny-x-files-return-gillian-anderson/22063573/ via @USATODAY #XFilesRevival
RIP Jaap Broeker, Stupendous Yappi & @davidduchovny’s stand-in in #XFiles https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10155284767145495&id=254377915494

Jan 22, 2015
Mythology read-a-long: Piper Maru/Apocrypha https://www.eatthecorn.com/eps/3X15_3X16.htm http://www.feralaudio.com/34-s3ep1516-piper-maru-apocrypha-with-michael-mcmillian/ @XFilesFiles @McMillzz oh, and #XFilesRevival!
Smoking man William B. Davis hopes X-Files returns to Vancouver https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/smoking-man-william-b-davis-hopes-x-files-returns-to-vancouver-1.2927899 #XFilesRevival
The time has come! #MillenniuM #1 by @joeharris @Colin_Lorimer @JoanaLafuente is out & it’s awesome! http://www.idwpublishing.com/the-new-year-brings-an-all-new-millennium/ @IDWPublishing

Jan 23, 2015
Everything on the #XFilesRevival news + The After no more + Season 11 coming https://www.eatthecorn.com/2015/01/23/revival-revival/ @FoxTVStudios @joeharris @FrankSpotnitz
FYI @nerdist @sambarsanti @zhandlen @DenofGeekTV @DeadlineNellie @robbricken @rtg0nzalez @bradmiska @devincf @Darren_Mooney @XFiles_Truth @axepisodes @EsX @GrupoTheXFiles @XFilesArg @Lady3Jane1013 @XFilesManiade @XFBluebook

Jan 27, 2015
New interview: Fox “hopeful” about #XFilesRevival http://www.tvinsider.com/article/191/fox-confirms-theyre-planning-an-x-men-series-after-months-of-speculation via @tvinsider

Jan 29, 2015
Chris Carter on #XFiles history at @aoloriginals #AOLInspired http://on.aol.com/show/inspired-518308359.491/518605107

Jan 31, 2015
The Lowdown on the return of Frank Black by @joeharris @Colin_Lorimer @JoanaLafuente! https://www.eatthecorn.com/2015/01/31/mm-1-the-lowdown/ @IDWPublishing @dentontipton
On MM#1 @TIWWA @back2frankblack @4thHorsePress @lancehenriksen @JKMuir @XFilesNews @easyqueenie @nerdyshow @jsolis82
“King of the Watery Deep” by @shroudmag in upcoming #XFiles Trust No One prose anthology edited by @JonathanMaberry https://timpdeal.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/new-story-king-of-the-watery-deep-to-appear-in-new-officially-licensed-x-files-anthology/

Feb 1, 2015
#XFiles meets Close Encounters in alien invasion horror game The Hum https://www.pcgamesn.com/the-hum/making-it-in-unreal-flipping-through-the-x-files-with-extraterrestrial-horror-game-the-hum via @pcgamesn

Feb 17, 2015
Wait. Worry. We care. B2FB #Millennium Trailer scored by Mark Snow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HLz4R6QGac @back2frankblack

Feb 18, 2015
Congratulations to @FrankSpotnitz for The Man in the High Castle being picked up for series https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/amazon-greenlights-5-series-renews-mozart-in-the-jungle-for-season-2-1201435977/

Feb 26, 2015
Check out @XFileslexicon’s great itw w/ Vince Gilligan http://www.x-fileslexicon.com/exclusive/vincegilligan.html on #XFiles, LoneGunmen, #XFilesRevival !
@dhaglund get Vince on your podcast again! The Lone Gunmen Live!

Feb 27, 2015
#RIPLeonardNimoy That makes Mulder sad. http://www.chrisnu.com/s6/gal/dreamland2/Screenshot002.jpg #XFiles

Mar 7, 2015
A long time coming, trippy G-23 lowdown of #XFiles comics 19&20 https://www.eatthecorn.com/2015/03/07/s1019-20-the-lowdown/ courtesy of @joeharris @MandrakeTom @SianMandrake

Mar 10, 2015
#XFiles opening titles: The Modern Edit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK88KTq0tc8 (taking cue from True Detective & more) #XFilesRevival

Mar 20, 2015
#XFiles final Season 10 issue (#25) coming in June — and SEASON 11 coming in August! https://www.cbr.com/article/mickey-mouse-debuts-x-files-godzilla-conclude-in-idw-publishings-june-2015-solicitations/ wow @joeharris @dentontipton
#XFiles Revival Nears Greenlight At Fox; Network Eyes Short Order (less than 10 episodes) https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2015/03/the-x-files-revival-nears-greenlight-at-fox-network-eyes-short-order-gillian-anderson-david-duchovny-to-return/ via @TVWiseNews

Mar 24, 2015
Let the rumor mill run wild!… #XFilesRevival #XFiles2015 #XFilesResolution http://www.xfilesrevival.tk/
@thexfilesfox #XFilesRevival This is it!
After “a 13-year commercial break” @thexfilesfox “Six-Episode Event Series”, shooting summer 2015! The OS is back! http://www.fox.com/the-x-files/thexfiles
#XFiles return to @thexfilesfox with 6-part series after a 13-year hiatus https://www.eatthecorn.com/2015/03/24/the-x-files-return/ to get the proper wrap up it deserves!
#TheXFiles #XFiles #XF3 #XFilesRevival #XFiles2015 and #DontGiveUp got @20centuryfoxTV’s attention! And so heres @thexfilesfox!
Attn: Chris Carter: ICYMI the summary of your complicated mythology https://www.eatthecorn.com/mytharc-primer/ get your plot coherently together! #XFilesRevival
The X-Files Theme Song (Techno Trance Remix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6bTbKK63MY via @YouTube
‘The X-Files’ Creator Chris Carter on Scully and Mulder’s Return https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-x-files-creator-chris-carter-on-scully-and-mulders-return via @jjamesjoiner #XFilesRevival
#XFilesRevival Isn’t About Fans Or Closure, It’s About Netflix https://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2015/03/24/x-files-reboot/ @MerrillBarr + BluRay I’d add? Interesting take

Mar 25, 2015
#XFiles “Smoking Man” talks six-episode #XFilesRevival https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2015/03/25/x-files-smoking-man-talks-six-episode-reboot/ via @News1130radio Shooting in Vancouver! CSM resurrected?!

Mar 26, 2015
Chris Carter looks back on ‘The X-Files’ legacy @HitFix https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/chris-carter-looks-back-on-the-x-files-legacy

Mar 27, 2015
#XFilesRevival to shoot in Vancouver, Smoking Man in it https://bc.ctvnews.ca/new-x-files-episodes-to-shoot-in-vancouver-smoking-man-confirms-1.2299762 how? why? comics season 10 dealt with that resurrection well!
“Edward Snowden was still a kid, who probably watched The X-Files” hehe #XFilesRevival + @JonathanMaberry interview https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/the-xfiles-new-series-will-mulder-and-scully-pull-it-off-in-a-more-cynical-postsnowden-era-10134091.html
Today’s and future announcements: I for one hope that @joeharris will somehow be involved with the #XFilesRevival …

Apr 2, 2015
ECCC ’15: Talking To Joe Harris About X-Files Season 11 Comic From IDW – Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News https://bleedingcool.com/comics/talking-to-joe-harris-about-x-files-season-11-comic-from-idw/

Apr 9, 2015
Details for the collector: “X-Files Comics Unfiled” by @elegiacomo https://medium.com/@elegiacomo/x-files-comics-unfiled-8632c5c9b931
4 rumored cast members make #XFilesRevival v.exciting — don’t know if true, but Grey-Haired Man? this is detailed! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4549938/

Apr 11, 2015
‘X-Files’ creator riffs on the U.S. military https://www.airforcetimes.com/off-duty/movies-video-games/2015/04/10/x-files-creator-riffs-on-the-u-s-military/ via @MilitaryTimes

Apr 14, 2015
Lowdown for S10 #21&22 is up! https://www.eatthecorn.com/2015/04/14/s10-21-22-the-lowdown/ Congrats @joeharris @matthewdowsmith @whoajordie @dentontipton Just in time for #23!

Apr 27, 2015
Carter on #XFilesRevival: to air in 2016, might not wrap everything up to keep open the possibility for more http://fw.to/CBW78HD

Apr 28, 2015
Carter on wrapping up storylines: “there’s a distinct possibility that they will not” Now I’m worried https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/x-files-creator-chris-carter-says-there-are-new-truths-out-there/article24105758/ #XFilesRevival
Carter: “a big chance” for Lone Gunmen return, Mulder-Scully “relationship is not where we left it” https://www.brandonsun.com/entertainment/breaking-news/interview-chris-carter-talks-x-files-maintaining-mystery-of-mulder-scully-301561181.html #XFilesRevival
Glen Morgan @GlenMrgn, James Wong to do 1 episode each in #XFilesRevival https://tvline.com/2015/04/28/x-files-writers-glen-morgan-james-wong-fox-revival/ +1 for Darin M leaves 3 Carter mythology eps

Apr 29, 2015
Chris Carter’s unfinished business in Vancouver/604 https://shar.es/1pwRKQ via @WestenderVan #XFilesRevival

Apr 30, 2015
Robert Patrick (Doggett) not to be in #XFilesRevival it seems? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4370492/board/nest/243170840 FYI @doggettscully
Chris Carter calls Vancouver ‘perfect place’ to film #XFilesRevival https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/x-files-creator-chris-carter-calls-vancouver-perfect-place-to-film-reboot-1.3051327

May 1, 2015
@GlenMrgn “half-way through” writing his #XFilesRevival episode! Interview at http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2015/05/the-truth-is-out-there-nicole-talks-to-x-files-screenwriter-glen-morgan.html Give him some TFWID & Kristen love!
Draft of #XFilesRevival 1st epi now exists! Airdate: Jan-2016. Carter on getting notes from his wife, returning to BC http://www.btvancouver.ca/videos/4206406080001/
Fun fact: Chris Carter’s 1st videogame experience was Space Invaders (itw at minute 23) https://nerdyshow.com/2014/12/episode-200/ @nerdyshow

May 2, 2015
Confirmed: Vince Gilligan busy with @BetterCallSaul, won’t be part of #XFilesRevival https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/34g1us/i_am_vince_gilligan_ama/

May 3, 2015
Carter: “I certainly will leave the door open” for more #XFilesRevival http://www.theprovince.com/1993+over+again+Files+cast+reunites+show+miniseries/110221390/story.html + each writer will direct his episode!

May 4, 2015
W.B.Davis & Nick Lea on CSM & Krycek + Lone Gunmen presence (or not?) in #XFilesRevival http://www.theprovince.com/Files+characters+could+come+back+from+dead/11025400/story.html Comics S10 déjà vu? 🙂

May 5, 2015
The X-Files: Joe Harris talks X-Files Season 10 and the Revival https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-x-files-joe-harris-talks-x-files-season-10-and-the-revival/ via @DenOfGeekUS

May 7, 2015
Excellent! #XFiles Facebook Project! http://www.saharsblog.com/category/the-x-files-facebook-project/ by @Saharou

May 27, 2015
William B Davis on Cigarette Smoking Man return in #XFilesRevival + MSR spoilers! https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-x-files-return-of-a-cigarette-smoking-man/ via @DenOfGeekUS

Jun 3, 2015
Long time coming: Lowdown for #XFiles S10#23&24 https://www.eatthecorn.com/2015/06/03/s10-23-24-the-lowdown/ penultimate S10 issues @joeharris @matthewdowsmith @dentontipton
‘The X-Files’ Fox Revival Enlists Joel McHale As Guest Star https://deadline.com/2015/06/x-files-joel-mchale-cast-guest-star-fox-limited-series-1201437173/ via @deadline

Jun 10, 2015
@XFilesNews @NoBordFromOrbit Impressive amount of info and its only Day3 #XFilesRevival! Welcome to 2015–but at this rate massive spoilers!

Jun 26, 2015
This week’s cover: ‘The X-Files’ returns https://ew.com/article/2015/06/25/this-weeks-cover-x-files-returns/ via @EW

Jul 4, 2015
A piece of XF history! RT @joeharris: My attempt at retrospection over XF: S10 (w/ scripts, pitches, and secrets): http://www.joeharris.net/?p=2889
#XFilesRevival shooting locations in Vancouver https://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-vancouver-film-tv-production-x-files-20150702-htmlstory.html WOW Strughold Mining Co!!!

Jul 8, 2015
7.7.15-1.24.16: THE X-FILES | 201 Days Of The #XFiles | FOX BROADCASTING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoIRNja8pMc with first-ever footage of #XFilesRevival!

Jul 11, 2015
Rhys Darby is Going to Be on X Files | TVShows | 3 News http://www.3news.co.nz/tvshows/newsworthy/rhys-darby-is-going-to-be-on-x-files-2015070712

Jul 17, 2015
#XFilesRevival really feels like old time + I think we’ll get flashback to Roswell crash and CSM’s younger days https://twitter.com/thexfilesfox/status/621854922502307840

Jul 21, 2015
Nerdist Writers Panel #204: Chris Carter http://nerdist.com/nerdist-writers-panel-204-chris-carter/ @nerdistdotcom
Excellent review by @Darren_Mooney as always — although don’t agree w/ everything, this is the mythology after all! https://twitter.com/Darren_Mooney/status/623281581449330688

Jul 22, 2015
Lauren Ambrose (6FU!), Robbie Amell Join #XFilesRevival https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/x-files-lauren-ambrose-robbie-amell-1201544737/ one-ep guests? or nextgen agents for future seasons?
Comics S11 & #XFilesRevival: “we’ll be able to reveal some of what we’re doing to bring everything into convergence” https://twitter.com/DynamicForces/status/623194516892315648
Wow! The Lone Gunmen coming to #XFilesRevival! https://twitter.com/dhaglund/status/623849442739941376
@dhaglund: “today they contacted us. We’re shooting July 28. The Gunmen are in the final 6” https://twitter.com/TV_Rev/status/623853470026588160

Jul 23, 2015
Alleged title to #XFilesRevival ep4, Carter’s “out there” episode – focused on Scully’s faith? BDSM/suicide themes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupio_dissolvi

Jul 28, 2015
The X-Files creator Chris Carter talks government conspiracies https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-xfiles-creator-chris-carter-on-government-conspiracies-and-paranormal-experiences-10416742.html

Jul 29, 2015
Shooting ep4 #XFilesRevival https://twitter.com/RobbieAmell/status/626238410798297089
Kudos to https://201daysofxfiles.tumblr.com/ for loads of material + featuring Ang & Nielsen artwork from ETC https://www.eatthecorn.com/dossiers/waveart.htm
#XFiles LEGO from @BrentOnInternet https://www.flickr.com/photos/wetwired/sets/72157653517558225 If this is not marketed, will pay for custom 3D printing! https://twitter.com/BrentOnInternet/status/624733460771438592

Jul 30, 2015
Fox Mulder and the Problem of the Romantic Conspiracy Theorist https://www.tor.com/2015/03/03/fox-mulder-romantic-conspiracy-theorist/ via @tordotcom food for thought for an #XFilesRevival
“we can use epigenetics to finally close several #XFiles cold cases” https://gu.com/p/444j5/stw @enniscath FYI @JossaDosBichos #XFScienceSundays
Interview with the awesome @Annealiz1 on science in #XFiles! Great that she’s back for #XFilesRevival https://twitter.com/Annealiz1/status/626758585616236544

Jul 31, 2015
More #XFScienceSundays: Those nanobots from ‘The X-Files’ are now a real thing https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/09/those-nanobots-from-the-x-files-are-now-a-real-thing/ FYI @JossaDosBichos
The Cigarette Smoking Man Talks #XFilesRevival and radical new take on the M-S relationship (?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5JqhsQ2XGY via @east_coastbias
My first XF episode ever! https://www.eatthecorn.com/eps/2X01.htm #TheXFiles201Days #nostalgia https://twitter.com/Darren_Mooney/status/627103466243104768
Chris Carter on #XFilesRevival and new French series “Witnesses/Les Témoins” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4322508/ https://twitter.com/8artglobal/status/619535627609108480
The long-delayed Lowdown for #XFiles Season 10 final issue is here! https://www.eatthecorn.com/2015/07/31/s1025-the-lowdown/ TY @joeharris @matthewdowsmith @whoajordie

Aug 4, 2015
RIP Jeff Rice, the man behind #XFiles inspiration “The Night Stalker” https://twitter.com/FrankSpotnitz/status/628597892287066112
#TheXFiles201Days #mythXplained C.Carter writes+directs “Duane Barry” https://www.eatthecorn.com/eps/2X05_2X06.htm decides to do XF movie https://twitter.com/thexfiles/status/628581356625264640
And so @Darren_Mooney becomes one of the few to go all the way through the end. Congrats! #Millennium https://them0vieblog.com/2015/08/04/millennium-goodbye-to-all-that-review/

Aug 6, 2015
Quoting the other major news of this article: Mulder in #XFilesRevival: “conspiracy had nothing to do with aliens”! https://ew.com/article/2015/08/06/x-files-mulder-scully-break-up/
#XFilesRevival *spoilers*: ‘the key to everything’: sounds like Gibson Praise http://zap2it.com/2015/08/new-x-files-scene-sveta-annet-mahendru-key/

Aug 10, 2015
Putting the science in files since 1993! https://twitter.com/Annealiz1/status/630723977816707072

Aug 11, 2015
More love for @Annealiz1 and Margaret Fearon, scientists behind the return of ‘The X-Files’ to television https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/meet-the-scientist-behind-the-return-of-the-x-files-to-television/2015/08/09/e983fc40-3bba-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html

Aug 12, 2015
[SPOILER] EXCLUSIVE: Casting News for #XFilesRevival https://www.xfilesnews.com/news/latest-news/783-agisback but for sure R.Patrick is not returning. Ep6 is getting crowded!
Steven Williams — “Mr.X!” — not invited to #XFilesRevival but would be excited to reprise role https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNFuaPBKSA via @FlicksCity

Aug 15, 2015
Bring #Millennium on @Netflix and all 21st century platforms! Lo, for MM is more topical than ever! #Millennium4Netflix

Aug 18, 2015
Shooting James Wong’s ep.5 #XFilesRevival https://twitter.com/Vik__Sahay/status/633533244030357504

Aug 20, 2015
After Clinton & GWBush, Obama’s photo makes it in XF’s FBI! (comics got there first though @joeharris) https://twitter.com/GillianA/status/634140454133497857
Monica Reyes in #XFilesRevival ep6 “My Struggle II”. I wonder what she knows about William, Gibson Praise or Doggett https://twitter.com/annabethgish/status/634026858191921153
Nov-2015 solicitations: XF S11 #4: Home Again 3/3 (?) by @joeharris @matthewdowsmith covers by @menton3 & @hificolor https://www.cbr.com/article/idws-november-2015-solicitations-include-orphan-black-helsinki-our-expanding-universe-more/

Aug 24, 2015
Different IWTB poster? https://twitter.com/Gabe_Rotter/status/635853778973908993

Aug 25, 2015
Will Mulder & CSM duet on “Hell or High Water” in the closing of #XFilesRevival? https://twitter.com/Braddny/status/635583916754272256

Aug 25, 2015
Sadly, the arm grab was not clear in the finished ep https://twitter.com/beyondtheseait/status/636168692573847552

Aug 27, 2015
FIND THE TRUTH: The first Italian Convention for The X Files. FOLLOW FOR MORE INFO #xfilesrevival #xfilesitaliancon https://www.facebook.com/groups/1480399608947522/
@EsX @Expediente_X_Es Proyecto convencion XF organizando en Italia,inscribete para hacerlo realidad #Xfilesitaliancon

Aug 28, 2015
Section No: XF_GT7382 https://twitter.com/RobbieAmell/status/637027378833788928

Sep 1, 2015
XF 2017 and beyond? https://twitter.com/Annealiz1/status/638475665747128320

Sep 2, 2015
Some harsh but intelligent reviews of XF s6&7 by C Knowles & R Sisodia https://secretsunjr.blogspot.com/2015/08/x-files-lite-part-1-season-six.html + https://secretsunjr.blogspot.com/2015/08/x-files-lite-part-ii-season-seven.html join the conversation

Sep 3, 2015
Reviews of Harsh Realm: that other 1013 show that could have been so, so much bigger than Fox allowed it to be. https://twitter.com/Darren_Mooney/status/638501856843460608
It’s a wrap! (BTW: everybody calls this “Season 10″… I wonder what IDW/@dentontipton thinks) https://twitter.com/GillianA/status/639446834746777600

Sep 6, 2015
Musings on the state of XF comics w.r.t #XFilesRevival + the S11#1 lowdown @joeharris @dentontipton: Cantus Gibsonio! https://www.eatthecorn.com/2015/09/06/state-of-the-comics-s11-1-the-lowdown/
Some serious pop culture analysis gets the print treatment https://twitter.com/JKMuir/status/640489045324361728

Sep 8, 2015
Real-life science: Black Oil meets the “Ice” worms in virus in Siberian permafrost https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11851464/Scientists-to-reanimate-30000-year-old-giant-virus-found-in-Siberia.html FYI @Annealiz1 @JossaDosBichos
Some great discussion about tie-in merchandise/fiction and the C-word (canonicity!) re: X-Files, Lost, more https://twitter.com/DaveJProbert/status/639716934917988352
Some day my Facebook page will have something to say about this https://www.facebook.com/EatTheCorn https://www.facebook.com/EatTheCorn/posts/413373265523239

Mytharc Primer : Spanish edition

As the X-Files reaches its 22nd birthday, EatTheCorn expands into non-English speaking populations with this first translation of the Mytharc Primer, in Spanish!

Bienvenida a nuestros visitores de Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Estados Unidos de América, España, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Cuba, Guatemala, República Dominicana, Honduras, El Salvador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Panama, Uruguay y Guinea Ecuatorial!

Aquí podeis encontrar un resumen y una explanación detallada de la mitología de Expedientes X.

E.T.C sección internacional > Español

Cartilla de la Mitología

Sección 0: La mitología en pocas palabras
Sección 1: Biogénesis (Desde el Big Bang hasta el Siglo XX)
Sección 2: Nuevo Orden Mundial (De la Segunda Guerra Mundial a 1973)
Sección 3: Un Sindicato colaborativo (1973-1998)
Sección 4: Las agendas ocultas (1996-2000)
Sección 5: Regreso al Plan A (2000-2012)
Sección 6: Destinos (1992-2008)

Muchas gracias a Laura Macias de Synopsis Plus para su ayuda con la traducción.

Edit: Aquí esta una versión en PDF de todo el texto de la cartilla.

State of the comics + S11 #1: The Lowdown

After a season 10 in comics that lasted for 25 issues, a number close to that of the number of episodes in a television season, IDW switches to a season 11. However, much has changed since January 2013 when IDW announced this series. IDW seems to have resurrected the XF franchise at the correct time, preceding only by a short while the return of XF to the popular discourse. The revival of the XF live series both accompanied and reinforced the presence of the X-Files in people’s minds, with several retrospectives, art projects, podcasts and discussions having appeared over the past year and a half, and IDW’s comics are part of that general movement. What is old is new again, and popular culture has reached the point where late 1980s-early 1990s items are what is being recycled and what given inspiration to the creations of today.

Chris Carter and comics Part I: not Harsh Realm

Chris Carter and comics Part I: Not Harsh Realm

Joe Harris’ Season 10 in comics was successful in certain surprising ways thanks to its plotting, using a lot of fan service with the return of old (often deceased) characters, a staple of comics, and a close adherence to the show’s past mythology. However, in other ways it was overall it is not going beyond what tie-in merchandise confines itself to, drawing much more from the past and from what readers identify with the brand name, than evolving the concept and innovating with new topical threads. Season 10 did have several novel ideas and nicely incorporated in the X-Files’ fictional world several real-world elements in the way that the TV series did, however it veered little from the status quo of “two agents investigating the paranormal” despite the passage of time. Building off of Season 10, Season 11 could try to expand beyond that into unexplored territory.

Scully melts in anticipation for another alternate universe

Scully melts in anticipation for another alternate universe

That being said, Season 11 comes into being in a very different context. The X-Files (live) revival will air when issues 6 and 7 of Season 11 will be published. The revival is being referred to as “Season 10” in several media outlets and even in the scripts and call sheets themselves. The risk that the IDW comics will be relegated to a non-canon “alternative universe” status, while it had been launched as a canon continuation of the story with the benediction of Chris Carter, is very real. Joe Harris has said that ideally the comics storyline will dovetail into the revival, i.e. that the comics Season 11 will end where the live series will begin. This is a seductive outlook, however given the first indications as to the state of things at the beginning of the revival series — not to mention the likely appearance in the revival of a certain character that was given a central role in the comics — this progressively seems as a challenge.

Previously on the X-Files...

Previously on the X-Files…

Let’s not judge too early. The mythology Harris has created is worth taking more time to explore and resolve, one possible outcome could be that the comics series continue for a while — why not years? — before eventually wrapping up, either concluding where the revival series will start or confirming that this is an alternate world in which Harris has the full freedom to drive storylines where he wants and for as long as he wants. In all cases, it would be a shame to shorten the comics Season 11 because of the revival. Given the excitement around the revival, it makes full commercial sense for IDW to continue as it has: alongside the central line of Season 10/11 there is the Annual one-shots, the Jonathan Maberry-helmed “Trust No One” prose short story collections (of which at least 3 volumes are planned), the board game (for which an expansion pack is planned), the republishing of the XF comics of the 1990s (which is nearly complete already), the prospects of more comics (like the Lone Gunmen or Millennium), and who knows what now that the XF brand is hot again.

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And so Season 11 begins with #1, “Cantus“! Lowdown and spoilers after the jump!

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