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Social media archive: 2016 (part 3)

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Jan 23, 2016 12:16

Gosh, Mr.Carter no–you will make me blush! “It wasn’t until the second movie that we actually saw them in what I would consider a provocative intimacy, in the same bed together.”

TV Guide: The X-Files’ Chris Carter Is Already Preparing for More Episodes


Jan 23, 2016 12:19

“Are 51” inspiration for revival confirmed:
“It was from scratch… But that’s not exactly true because I had written another script that had nothing to do with the X-Files that had certain elements in it that my wife had remembered and she said “What about this this and this?” and that became some of the raw material that I used to do the pilot episode of this limited series.”
Plus, what to make of this? “Glenn Beck is someone I have a relationship with, same with Alex Jones and his site on the internet. I find it to be fascinating.”
Bonus: “The Lone Gunmen returned so there’s no reason Krycek can’t!”

IGN: The X-Files Creator on Reuniting Mulder and Scully and the Show’s Continuing Appeal


Jan 23, 2016 12:21

Lots of interesting Carter, but oddly not direct quotes:
“Talking about additional episodes, Carter said there were a few he had written that he think could still be used today, and even more interesting, admitted he’s had an episode in his story vault that he’s wanted to bring to air for more than 20 years.”
“Besides the miniseries, however, Carter also said that he was open to making a third X-Files movie, but had a very specific set of rules that would have to be met in order to do so. Unlike the second movie, which Carter admitted was full of problems, the creator said he would have to be given the same kind of freedom and tools he and his team received while working on the first film.”

Polygon: X-Files creator talks show’s future, possibility of a third movie


Jan 23, 2016 23:41

#mythXplained “William”: Here it is, the XF episode that singlehandedly badly tarnished the reputation of the entire series and casts a long dreadful shadow to this day! (Not to mention the entirely unnecessary resurrection of a certain character.) The adoption was perhaps necessary, in the mind of Carter, in order to clear the complications and have Mulder & Scully ready to jump in the movie franchise still hoped for at the time. However since then this plan backfired somewhat — and hopefully the upcoming revival will start making amends.

9X17: William

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/950818294955904/


Jan 23, 2016 23:52

#mythXplained “The Truth”: what’s been called the “series finale” for the past 13 years…is no more! A highly frustrating ending to a disappointing season, only bits of this episode are memorable. As a cry to the world, Carter spends most of this episode summarizing the mythology, to *prove* that this whole enterprise is not as non-sensical as most reviewers/fans were accusing for years — but simultaneously turns the big finale into a clip show. Another unnecessary return and re-death of a dead character later… the Mulder-Scully couple reunite in a scene recreating the motel scene from the Pilot; whatever truths they will seek, they will seek together.

9X19/20: The Truth

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/952210421483358/


Jan 23, 2016 23:57

Today, January 23, is a full moon. I think revival ep.3, Darin Morgan’s “Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster”, takes place today!
Oh, what a moving tribute to director Kim Manners and assistant director Jack Hardy — among the chief Ten Thirteen people who have passed away over the past decade — in Darin’s episode!

https://images.spoilertv.com/The%20X-Files/Season%2010/Promotional%20Episode%20Photos/Episode%2010.03%20-%20Mulder%20&%20Scully%20Meet%20the%20Were-Monster/XF_sc55pt_0013DJ1_hires2.jpg.php


Jan 24, 2016 00:09

D-1 for revival–yet also D-30 for “My Struggle II”! In barely one month it will all be over. It’s been a wild ride for a year since last January when serious declarations started being made for a revival — let us hope it will have not only been worth the wait but that this revival will be worthy to take its place next to some of the best work of one of the best series of the past 20 years. See you after the premiere!

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/952147748156292/


Jan 25, 2016 23:46

10X1: an epic review for an epic episode!

You can skip to the parts that interest you most. In short, a great return to form, although some story directions are odd but we will refrain from passing quick judgment before seeing episode 6 as well.

What are your first impressions?

10X1: My Struggle

 


Jan 28, 2016 11:12

10X2: a return to s1 general paranoia and expertly shot scares + an unprecedented insight into Mulder & Scully’s feelings

What are your first impressions?

10X2: Founder’s Mutation

 


Jan 29, 2016 20:16

Excited about this one!

THE POWER TO BELIEVE TURNS OUT TO BE THE STRONGEST FORCE THERE IS ON AN ALL-NEW “THE X-FILES” MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, ON FOX

Episode Written and Directed by Creator Chris Carter; William B. Davis, Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose Guest-Star

When an art gallery that’s showing potentially offensive artwork is bombed, Mulder and Scully seek some way to communicate with the comatose bomber in order to prevent a future attack. Meanwhile, a pair of younger FBI agents on the case (guest stars Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose) push Mulder and Scully to examine their own beliefs as Scully seeks answers from neuroscience and Mulder from mysticism in the all-new “Babylon” episode of THE X-FILES

SpoilerTV: The X-Files – Episode 10.05 – Babylon – Sneak Peeks, Promo, Press Release & Promotional Photos *Updated*


Jan 31, 2016 9:44

Interview with Garfield Whitman, Production Manager in The After and revival

https://www.facebook.com/groups/8273206453/posts/10154024902461454/

http://x-fileslexicon.com/exclusive/whitman.html

Social media archive: 2016 (part 2)

Archived from the Eat The Corn Facebook page.


Jan 15, 2016 15:41

Behind the scenes at , many revelations from Carter!
Carter “wrote a third movie—which has yet to see the light of day” ?!
On the CSM being back: “In Episode 6, you’re going to see exactly what the product of that failure to die [in the 2002 series finale] was.”
Season 11? “Carter hopes the hard-core fans are satisfied, and since much is left unresolved at the end of Episode 6, another miniseries is possible.”

TV Insider: Inside ‘The X-Files’ Revival, and the Surprises Mulder and Scully Will Face


Jan 15, 2016 18:35

Confirmation: has been written!!! It exists somewhere in Chris Carter’s laptop!
“Chris Carter wrote a third movie before Fox ordered the limited series”
@[96190405425:274:20th Century Fox], pick up that budget sheet and make it happen!

 


Jan 15, 2016 18:54

Another trailer, for #ΤCA16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_9YuMynW0


Jan 16, 2016 00:45

The “Story and visual influences on The X-Files” guide is being updated. Film, TV and literature inspirations, both story-wise and cinematography-wise, complete with visual comparisons! — here is Season 1.
D-9 days!

Story and visual influences on The X-Files : Season 1

 


Jan 17, 2016 21:15

We reenter the “Carter universe” in one week. On this occasion, EatTheCorn presents an original look on “The Obsessions of Chris Carter” than can be seen throughout his entire corpus: history and memory, loss, religion, trust, family. A very interesting article by French academic Séverine Barthes (Paris IV-Sorbonne).
D-7!

The Obsessions of Chris Carter

 


Jan 18, 2016 22:08

#mythXplained “NIHT”: And so the most controversial season begins. Carter went away during the summer holidays, leaving Spotnitz to develop what would have been the “Next Generation XF”, and Carter came back at the very last minute as a show-runner for season 9. Instead of making a clean break with Mulder, Scully and the whole mythology around them and focus just on the new faces, season 9 chooses to make Mulder the absent centre (again), make baby William into a mystery (again), make Scully the weeping caretaker (alas!), and add soap operatic drama making Reyes less interesting (introducing her ex Brad Follmer). Nevertheless, these two episodes are perhaps the season’s most interesting mythology episodes, with more mysteries around the Supersoldiers (governmental? alien?), more genetic experiments and more conspiracy theories (chloramine in tap water). It goes downhill from here.

9X01 / 9X02: Nothing Important Happened Today

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Jan 18, 2016 22:14

#mythXplained “Trust No 1”: NSA surveillance, constant paranoia, Terry O’Quinn, suspicions of experiments on babies: what could go wrong with such an episode? Yet this episode comes out as some of the most bitter experiences of watching The X-Files: not just the horribly out of place melodrama of the Scully and Mulder e-mails and love sickness, but also the focus yet again on whom we know we will not see, and the cheesiness of the kryptonite-like magnetite and the scene of destruction of a Supersoldier. Many interesting things, but not the XF we knew…

9X08: Trust No 1

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/945841692120231/


Jan 18, 2016 22:19

#mythXplained “Provenance/Providence”: The setting is familiar: religious cults, secrets buried underground, alien-as-God parallel, flashbacks revealing truths about the military, hints of greater forces at work (here, while Doggett is recovering at the hospital)… And yet it comes down to this: William is the object of an alien prophecy. The X-Files had gotten us used to more subtlety and more interesting storylines. Regardless, the decision has already been taken: The X-Files will be ending with this season and after these episodes everything accelerates to the conclusion.

9X10: Provenance / 9X11: Providence

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/947798358591231/


Jan 19, 2016 12:26

Sad news from our friends at @[109517928483:274:BacktoFrankBlack Campaign]: despite a very interesting five-issue special featuring the return of Frank Black and his dark/light universe, it seems IDW will not be producing more “Millennium” comics. IDW does have many plans for The X-Files though, so perhaps another crossover would not be impossible?…

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10154462798328484&id=109517928483

No matter what you are hearing, IDW has no plans to continue the Millennium comic unfortunately. Lots of rumors and speculation with no facts, we on the other hand have spoken to IDW.


Jan 19, 2016 22:54

201 episodes, 2 movies = 205 references! The illustrated guide into the story and visual influences on The X-Files has just been updated.
From “The Mothman Prophecies” to “Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography”, from H.P. Lovecraft to “Alien”, from “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” to Semisonic’s “Closing Time”, and many many more…
I tried to hit exactly 203 references, but then I figured this list can only grow, so why bother?

Story and Visual Influences on The X-Files: Updated


Jan 21, 2016 17:24

Chris Carter himself on revival:
“In this context, it seemed like a perfect time to rattle some cages and shine a light on the dark and distrustful mood toward government that polls tell us pervades our country.”
“Over the past ten months about 500 people came together to make six episodes of the best TV we know how.”
“Mulder and Scully, colleagues who developed a tempestuous affection and intimacy, have a child together, William. He was put up for adoption when they feared for his life, due to the same conspirators Mulder so believes in. This becomes a very personal story that is explored through the course of these six episodes.”
via @[183227235893:274:YahooTV]

Yahoo: Chris Carter on Reviving ‘The X-Files’: ‘I Knew We Had Stories to Tell’


Jan 22, 2016 9:54

Vancouver on display

Vancouver Is Awesome: 10 Vancouver landmarks in the original X-Files TV show


Jan 22, 2016 11:02

teases from Anne Simon:
Genetic modification technology will play a major role, she said.
CRISPR-Cas9 makes it possible for us to alter the DNA of living cells, including human cells. And this science will tie into a “really big” plot twist, that will “kind of explain the whole conspiracy theory and what the cigarette-smoking man was doing.”
From 2X08: One Breath:
BYERS: The Thinker reports the protein chains are a result of branched DNA.
MULDER: Branched DNA?
LANGLY: The cutting edge of genetic engineering.
BYERS: A biological equivalent of a silicon microchip.
LANGLY: This is way beyond cutting edge. This technology fifty years down the line.
MULDER: What’s it used for?
FROHIKE: Could be a tracking system.
BYERS: Developmental stages of a biological marker.
MULDER: You mean a high-tech identity card?
LANGLY: Or something as insidious as grafting a human into something… inhuman.
(The computer beeps again.)
BYERS: Good theories, gentlemen, but all for naught.
(He points at a protein data map.)
This branched DNA is inactive. It’s waste product. Whoever was experimenting on Scully is finished. Now it’s nothing more than a biological poison.

BuzzFeed: Genetic Engineering Will Be A Big Part Of The “X-Files” Reboot


Jan 22, 2016 11:41

The world’s most original marketing is in Madrid! A 400 kg Roswell UFO! Details: https://t.co/lYI0ecXFnu

https://www.facebook.com/foxtves/photos/a.230148732610/10153246993537611/


Jan 22, 2016 16:20

Congratulations to Chilean fans, who after the 2008 XF Expo are coming back with a convention throughout this weekend!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1506334549669209/

23 JAN 2016 AT 15:00 – 25 JAN 2016 AT 00:00 UTC+01
VII Convención The X-Files
Sala Auditorium Telefónica

Social media archive: 2016 (part 1)

Archived from the Eat The Corn Facebook page.


Jan 02, 2016 23:17

3 weeks left! A round-up of the latest news, general pre-launch feeling and tie-in products around in this busy and exciting time for XF fandom!

Three weeks and counting…

 


Jan 03, 2016 16:10

Carter doesn’t like spoilers, no surprise here!

The Hollywood Reporter: Chris Carter on Rebooting ‘The X-Files’ in a Spoiler-Obsessed Culture


Jan 07, 2016 9:56

The airing order of is revealed to be the following (via producer Gabe Rotter, via XFilesNews – http://xfiles.news/index.php/news/latest-news/1045-txf-season-10-founder-s-mutation-will-air-on-01-25):

“My Struggle” – 01/24/16 – 10PM (Aprox.)
“Founder’s Mutation” – 01/25/16 – 8PM
“Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster” 02/01/16 – 8PM
“Home Again” – 02/08/16 – 8PM
“Babylon” – 02/15/16 – 8PM
“My Struggle II” – 02/22/16 – 8PM (Season Finale)

A press release is also up for the second episode (http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/01/the-x-files-episode-1002-founders.html)
This order is production order 1-5-3-2-4-6, so very different compared to what we naturally thought would be the airing order — especially since the second produced “Home Again” sounded like a natural choice for the a second episode. Mulder and Scully are said to follow an emotional arc throughout the six episodes, with each episode evolving from the previous one and significant elements of the past we believe are revealed in the two “My Struggle”s but also in “Founder’s Mutation”.
Whether the exact airing order was determined beforehand, with production order following actor or other constraints, or whether it was decided in post-production once executive producers Carter and Morgan saw the whole 6 and how they flowed, we do not know (https://twitter.com/Annealiz1/status/684814044767883265). Perhaps this whole business shows that episodes are more independent from each other than Carter would like to admit, perhaps not.
Some more thoughts on the reordering, including some spoilers on actors appearances and re-appearances around the episodes, can be found here: https://twitter.com/DemijanOmeragic/status/684879670450491394


Jan 08, 2016 19:00

All the writers room and much more is here! An excellent history from inception success twilight and revival!…

The Hollywood Reporter: When ‘The X-Files’ Became A-List: An Oral History of Fox’s Out-There Success Story


Jan 11, 2016 17:19

#mythXplained “Within/Without”: The main shortcoming of Season 8 is that…it exists! that the story was not wrapped up properly with the two leads at the end of season 7. Otherwise, these episodes launch one of the most interesting periods of the show, with a solid new lead in Robert Patrick, a great sense of purpose and a welcome return to the darkness of earlier seasons. But these episodes are not free of flaws: mainly the ret-conning of Mulder’s illness, and long scenes in the desert as if material for a bit more than one episode was spread over two episodes.

8X01: Within / 8X02: Without

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/933971366640597/


Jan 11, 2016 17:25

#mythXplained “Per Manum”: The plot thickens, with some great material — experiments in fertility clinics, double agents and general paranoia — and some less so — the unnecessary “who’s the daddy?” plotline. Still, in hindsight, this episode shows how well the season as a whole had been plotted in advance, possibly the only XF season where this happened! (Despite the feature film at its end, season 5 was much more loosely plotted/interlinked.)

8X08: Per Manum

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Jan 11, 2016 17:28

#mythXplained “This Is Not Happening”: Everyone will agree that this is one of the best X-Files mythology episodes. The Mulder missing/dead drama at its height, the introduction of Monica Reyes (back when her character was still quirky and thus interesting), the return of Jeremiah Smith, alien cults and great performances overall!

8X14: This Is Not Happening / 8X15: DeadAlive

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/939803929390674/


Jan 11, 2016 17:44

#mythXplained “DeadAlive”: …and then things get more complicated. A dramatic time jump — to allow for the launch of The Lone Gunmen spin-off series — and Mulder very literally returns from the dead. While the episode tries to mix older mythology elements (Krycek, the vaccine against the Black Oil) with new mysteries, it really fails to clearly explain the central mystery: why were these replicants-to-be dumped randomly, and why Mulder’s replication failed. The tense mysterious atmosphere and production values still make this a success, but at this point the mythology starts challenging suspension of disbelief seriously.

8X14: This Is Not Happening / 8X15: DeadAlive

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/940255056012228/


Jan 11, 2016 22:53

“My Struggle” 1st minute. See a decade of X-Files unfurl before your eyes!

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/946509298720137/

Check out the opening minute of The X-Files before it airs January 24! DoYouStillBelieve.com.


Jan 11, 2016 23:04

Do you still believe?
D-13 days.


Jan 12, 2016 10:30

X-Files Files podcaster and guest star Kumail Nanjiani’s much-awaited chat with Gillian Anderson & David Duchovny, one late night during the shooting of Darin Morgan’s episode, “Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster”!…

FERALAUDIO.COM: 55 – Kumail Talks To David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson on the set of The X-Files


Jan 13, 2016 00:19

Approx. 2 more minutes of “My Struggle” are now online!…

SpoilerTV: The X-Files – Episode 10.01 – My Struggle – Sneak Peeks *Updated*


Jan 13, 2016 00:23

DailyMail stardom!…

“The two may watch now that they will be shown in flashbacks on the reboot. They will appear in episodes two and four.”
“Founder’s Mutation” and “Home Again”? Surely this is wrong. I guess more like “Babylon” and “My Struggle II”.

Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: The twins that played Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny’s baby on The X-Files are now teens and work as models… as they confess they’ve NEVER seen the series


Jan 13, 2016 10:41

Jimmy Kimmel, Mulder, Scully and the Mystery of the 1990s Nostalgia. Epic! And let’s hope that the will be more than that.

 


Jan 14, 2016 00:21

More Premiere press from Carter and the cast, old and new.

Variety: Chris Carter and Cast Explain Why ‘The X-Files’ Revival Is ‘a Trip Down Memory Lane’


Jan 14, 2016 11:44

Duchovny being very candid about Fox’s (non)promotion of IWTB — very different from what we are seeing now for the promotion of the revival from Fox *Television*. , why not?

HitFix: David Duchovny on the second ‘X-Files’ movie: Fox botched the release


Jan 14, 2016 12:07

Darin Morgan’s episode Press Release & Synopsis!

Cast: They managed to bring back the two stoner kids from “War of the Coprophages” and “Quagmire”! + Alex Diakun, another 1013/Darin familiar!

“When a dead body is found in the woods, Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate whether it was an animal attack, a serial killer or just maybe a strange creature as described by eyewitnesses. Meanwhile, Mulder is able to confront some of his own demons about feeling disillusioned with his life’s work”

SpoilerTV: The X-Files – Episode 10.03 – Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster – Press Release & Promotional Photos *Updated*


Jan 14, 2016 22:00

#mythXplained “Three Words”: By now The X-Files is a fully serialized show, with an ensemble cast and storylines unfolding on a week-to-week basis. These are episodes of transition between the old guard, chief among them Mulder, who feels awkward, and the new. A good, classic, efficient episode that recalls many previous ones, notably the Lone Gunmen-aided infiltration of a facility in “Memento Mori”, and a meetup with an informant in a running field like in “Deep Throat”…

8X18: Three Words

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/940707005967033/


Jan 14, 2016 22:04

#mythXplained “Vienen”: The buddy action adventure of Mulder and Doggett! “New” writer Steven Maeda resurrects the Black Oil, last seen (in this form) in the movie 3 years before, and has the obvious idea to link it…to the oil drilling business. A solid episode, that hints at story developments that could have been followed around the Black Oil virus and immunity that were not exploited fully…

8X16: Vienen

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/941733425864391/


Jan 14, 2016 22:11

#mythXplained “Essence/Existence”: Season 8 ends and like with the previous season it could have been the end of it all. Same issues as with “Within/Without”, too many scenes in a single setting (here, underground parking lot). Confusing happenings with who hunts the baby and why. An oddly directed ending for a beloved character that should not have been. A “who’s the daddy?” that is unnecessarily drawn out to beyond the end. And, in retrospective, a very interesting season that ultimately raises too many questions for this to be the end, making a season 9 necessary (as opposed to last year)!

8X20: Essence / 8X21: Existence

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/943030552401345/

Three weeks and counting…

It is now 2016 and not only have we survived another winter solstice since December 22nd 2012 but we are presently less than a month away from entering the world of the X-Files again!

The revival

The FOX marketing machine is gearing up accordingly. “I Still Want To Believe” is the new tagline, echoing the old and underlying the fact that this is a repeat, “more of the same”. This fine line to walk between repeating the old — cozy, reassuring, nostalgic — and the new — bold, risky, unsettling — is a balance that all continuations must face. The recent Star Wars sequel (only very relatively successful, in my opinion) is the most recent example in the impulse to keep on continuing pop culture franchises.

So far there have been exclusive premieres of the “pilot” episode at select festivals (Monte Carlo, Los Angeles, Italy), we have seen posters, trailers, and a behind the scenes documentary. This is a lot of material for a six-episodes event, and goes a long way to show that FOX really believes in this and wants it to succeed. Also, the amount of images revealed goes very far — fans have been trying to assign each single frame to not only individual episodes but also chronologically within episodes — and key plot points have been revealed by the promotional campaign disregarding Carter’s previous obsession with secrecy and spoilers control. This is a very modern way to promote entertainment — the social networks buzz must be fed continuously and at all costs — but could prove counter-productive. Already, there is very little one cannot find on the first episode and many story details on the other five by searching the internet.

However, as a fan, I must admit that it all looks extremely exciting! (Including some worrying aspects on the mytharc, but coming up with theories to fill the gaps/plot holes is what we do for a living here.) It is all calibrated to appeal to those who remember the X-Files from the early seasons, including the radical approach on the Mulder-Scully relationship — which is a mix of a non-risk-taking return to how it used to be in the early days and part of a greater plan to reveal what has happened since 2002 progressively throughout all episodes, especially on the fate of William and their romantic split, using elliptic narration and flashbacks. Hopefully the episodes will actually deliver on the good buzz.

TXF_newyear

Of course, everything is done to promote the new series, which also means that the old series benefits from this buzz too — some even say that financially the new series is made so as to pump up the value of the old series as well for broadcasting rights for internet streaming services. The one-episode-a-day event that FOX marketing is animating over all its social media (head over to EatTheCorn’s Facebook page for some comments on each mytharc ep) is not only a way to count down to the new series but also a way to bring in new fans.

The BluRay

The most important event however, and quite possibly the ultimate and, well, last possible thing that could ever be done with the “old series” is its release in BluRay. Long anticipated with HD broadcasts in Germany and the USA since 2013, the whole package, including the two films and all bonus material from the DVDs, and a slot for the future new series’ BluRays (I wonder where “season 11” will fit if there is one?) was released on December 8 2015. After being one of the very first TV series that was edited in complete form in the DVD format in 2000, the X-Files has made the jump to the next format.

The challenges to do such a release were many — head over here for an interview with Jim Hardy, CEO of Illuminate, the company  behind the transfer — chief among which the fact that every single episode had to be recreated from scratch by scanning the films of the raw unedited dailies. Post-production in the 1990s was done directly on VHS, and creating HD transfers is comparatively easier for shows both before and after that period! We’ll leave the debate on whether original 4:3 aspect ratio or feature-like revisionist 16:9 widescreen was better to the experts — what is out there looks amazingly fresh regardless. However, no release is perfect: the fonts that were used for the XF logo, the opening credits, the cast and crew credits, and the place and time tags are different from the original; some departures from “The Truth Is Out There” tag were not respected; and some other issues. These things are all the more frustrating that they could have easily been respected, and I don’t expect FOX to do a re-release (or a re-scan for 4K for example) any sooner than one or two decades. You can see some DVD to BD comparisons and a detailed list of differences here.

“The rest”

Another important “old series” release could also be very close. The third volume in the X-Files music by La La Land has been postponed from 2015 to early 2016, and I could very well see LLL taking the opportunity to make use of the revival to release it. After two volumes for both X-Files and Millennium, it’s going to be worth the wait — and in the case where LLL lacks inspiration, here is a requests list.

The interest on the X-Files has been rising steadily since IDW started publishing X-Files comic books in mid-2013, and EatTheCorn has been covering closely the storylines developed by Joe Harris. “Season 11” should be drawing to a close with three more issues and what follows next is still unclear, apart from an independent “what if” alternative history issue in April. What is certain though is that IDW will be continuing to publish X-Files comics, with Joe Harris very much involved! What form will these comics take (unique stories, continuing storyline) and what continuity they will follow (alternate universe, pre-revival, post-revival) is not yet revealed.

It’s no wonder that IDW is also expanding its X-Files merchandising line: after the X-Files board game (which should have a couple of extensions in the future) and re-prints of all older comics and novels, a trilogy of X-Files short story collections is coming out, edited by horror writer Jonathan Maberry. The stories mostly take place in the “golden age” of the series, around 1996, but not exclusively. The first volume, “Trust No One“, was released in July 2015 and the second, “The Truth is Out There“, will be released in March 2016. There are some older XF alumni in here: Stefan Petrucha, writer of the (excellent) first 16 issues of the XF Topps comics in 1994-1995, Sarah Stegall, famous XF reviewer of old; Joe Harris and Dean Haglund might participate in a future third volume.

Titan also publishing two X-Files Companion books that seem to consist in collections of already published material, namely articles from the official XF magazine (some of which can be found on EatTheCorn) published by Titan in the 1990s. There will be two volumes: the first “The Agents, the Bureau, and the Syndicate” in January and the second “Monsters & Villains” in March.

I wonder what else we will be seeing in terms of merchandising in the coming weeks and months.

The fandom is also gearing up to the revival. Professional genre expert John K. Muir, who has written on X-Files and all things Chris Carter several times on his blog, also published his book on XF, The X-Files FAQ, featuring reviews and analysis of The X-Files and Carter’s other works. Darren Mooney finished his epic series of reviews of all four Ten Thirteen shows on his site, an incredible amount of text and many amazing insights. The reference site X-Files News has relaunched their website afresh. Retrospective articles in the media abound.

FOX is planning to broadcast the episodes in over 60 countries all around the world within 24 hours of their broadcast in the USA. Barely three weeks remaining for the launch of potentially the first season of the revival.

Social media archive: 2015 (part 5)

Archived from the Eat The Corn Facebook page.


3 Dec 2015, 10:47

Good Fox marketing, continued…

Reminiscent of “THE FOLLOWING STORY IS INSPIRED BY ACTUAL DOCUMENTED ACCOUNTS”

EW: The X-Files uses footage of Los Angeles missile test in new promo


7 Dec 2015, 19:21

#mythXplained Sein&Zeit/Closure: In the mythology-lightest season ever it certainly looks like is heading towards its end — and here comes a double-parter like no other, introspective and elegiac, that even if it doesn’t fit well with the rest of the mythology, it never fails to generate some strong emotions. Thank you David Duchovny, Kim Manners and Moby, among others, for those life-defining moments in Mulder’s life.

7X10: Sein und Zeit / 7X11: Closure

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8 Dec 2015, 19:53

The X-Files comics continue! Lowdown for S11 #5! Can’t say more, not even the title, without spoilers…

S11#5: The Lowdown


14 Dec 2015, 17:09

XFBD is out

Tweaktown: Remastering ‘The X-Files’ in HD, Q&A with Jim Hardy CEO of Illuminate


18 Dec 2015, 15:13

“The series will return as part of a two-night special event across all licensed territories within the international FOX portfolio starting on January 25th, and will reach audiences throughout Latin America in markets such as Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina; in South East Asia including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia; and markets in Europe including Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Africa.”

Fox International Channels: The X-Files Getting a Day & Date Release Across FOX International Channels Markets


21 Dec 2015, 14:18

#mythXplained [catching-up!] “En Ami”: WBDavis writes so he can share some scenes with Gillian A, and CCarter & FSpotnitz take the opportunity to seamlessly incorporate this into the s7 mythology: the CSM’s cynical resignation, hints that Scully oculd have been manipulated, further parallels of the alien and the divine

7X15: En Ami

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/930259463678454/


26 Dec 2015, 02:15

#mythXplained Requiem: s7 ends, and with it a certain life of the show. If there’s any novelistic quality to the overall story of the X-Files, a story with beginning middle and end, then Requiem could very well have been the end! The fates of the characters, tragic or open-ended, are appropriate for a show like XF. Not the end of the series, mostly due to non-XF issues at Fox, but still, this is a memorable and landmark episode.

7X22: Requiem

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26 Dec 2015, 02:30

Full documentary on the ! D-30 days…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Z2iinBwdc


26 Dec 2015, 20:43

Three years ago was Dec-22-2012, a most significant date for X-Files fans for over a decade. Some years after the lukewarm reception of the second movie and before the IDW comics were announced, interest on XF was on an all-time low and its future was at stake. At the time I wrote:

“Would Carter accept anything less than a theatrical release? Actually, sometimes it feels like the unlikelihood of an X-Files feature film is linked to the desire for it to be a theatrical feature, which is inherently more expensive. As if Carter and the X-Files wanted to “graduate” from TV to the big screen, while top-rate directors do not stop at the opportunity of doing the opposite (the Martin Scorcese-directed pilot of Boardwalk Empire reportedly cost $ 18 million) and many recognize that the 1970s kind of inventivity that existed in movies has now shifted to television. In a shifting environment for movie-making, the X-Files could take advantage of new means of release, distribution and funding, such as an exclusive television event, direct-to-video with special theatrical screenings, Japanese-inspired V-Cinema, Video On Demand pre-orders, iTunes premiere or YouTube premiere, funding from multiple sources (see 2012’s Cloud Atlas), international sale bundled with an HD remastering of the entire series, the economies on special effects and on-location shooting using full-greenscreen”

…and here we are some 3 years later barely one month from the release of not a third film but truly one of these alternative solutions mentioned above! D-29 days.

Notes beyond the world’s ending


31 Dec 2015, 18:11

The lowdown on Season 11 X-F X-Mas Special: an integral part in Joe Harris’ on-going X-Files mythos. Reflecting on Christmas Eve on New Year’s Eve.

S11 X-mas Special: The Lowdown

Social media archive: 2015 (part 4)

Archived from the Eat The Corn Facebook page.


2 Nov 2015, 19:12

#mythXplained Bonus! Since FOX-TV does not promote FOX-feature films, we’ll add this to #201daysofxfiles. “Fight the Future”: XF goes BIG summer blockbuster with this Rob Bowman-helmed conspiracy thriller-cum-alien horror flick! Everything XF is here, with added explosions and action pieces. Colonization, the corn, the bees, and strong emotions: much is revealed here. “Multiply your fears by X”

The X-Files Movie: Fight the Future


5 Nov 2015, 14:50

#mythXplained Fight The Future bonus: Chris Carter himself explains the entire mythology in a hermetic hidden track of the film’s album!

Fight the Future : The Album : The Truth Revealed


9 Nov 2015, 16:49

An excellent and detailed history of the X-Files fandom by Matt from @[8273206453:69:The X-Files Lexicon] is now published at @[139191826118516:274:Den Of Geek]! (with a mention of @[413368385523727:274:The X-Files\: Eat The Corn])

Den of Geek: The X-Files: A History of the Fandom


9 Nov 2015, 23:08

Watch writer-producers be themselves: Carter’s long ponders before giving answers, Glen Morgan’s quick as a flash abrasive comments, and Darin Morgan’s dodging characterizing his work as genius

EW: EW Fest: X-Files video with Chris Carter


11 Nov 2015, 09:19

#mythXplained The Beginning (catching up!): Opening shot: a big Californian sun! XF moves production to Los Angeles, changes a big part of its crew, and has to deal with less “free mood” from the rainy Vancouver and higher production costs all around. Still manages to transition from both s5 and the movie in this second pilot of sorts. The closing scene ties everything back together in the alien life cycle.

6X01: The Beginning

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11 Nov 2015, 09:22

#mythXplained SR819: After The Pine-Bluff Variant @[147409421937269:274:John Shiban] creates another tense thriller and brings back Senator Matheson in one of his too rare appearances. Follow the link for musings on WTO/GATT rules and the Tunisian connection!

6X10: S.R.819

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/919240368113697/


11 Nov 2015, 22:42

New promo photo – in HD. What is that cigarette-handling android back there?…

https://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/2015/11/the-x-files-revival-cast.jpg


19 Nov 2015, 10:12

1993-2016

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=900652536718852&id=223500297767416


20 Nov 2015, 13:53

New teaser, epileptic montage… MASSIVE spoilers in these screen captures http://imgur.com/a/ivFoO

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/923119181059149/

YOU DID IT! Because of your tweets, you unlocked exclusive content! Go here: http://findthex.tumblr.com, password: XPhiles. Good job!


20 Nov 2015, 21:38

Official synopsis: 10X01: My Struggle

“My Struggle”
THE X-FILES HAVE BEEN RE-OPENED!! THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE TWO-NIGHT SEASON PREMIERE OF “THE X-FILES” AIRS SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 ON FOX SUN JAN 24 7/8c

Thirteen years after the original series run, the next mind-bending chapter of the thrilling series THE X-FILES has arrived. FOX MULDER (David Duchovny) and DANA SCULLY (Gillian Anderson) have been contacted by TAD O’MALLEY (guest star Joel McHale), a popular conspiracy theorist web-TV show host who believes he has uncovered a significant government conspiracy. With the assistance of FBI Asst. Dir. WALTER SKINNER (Mitch Pileggi), O’Malley seeks to enlist the help of former X-Files agents Mulder and Scully, who have since severed ties with the FBI. Through O’Malley they are introduced to SVETA (guest star Annett Mahendru), a possible alien abductee who shares shocking information with them that will challenge everything that Mulder has ever believed about the existence of aliens and the government’s role in covering them up. “My Struggle,” the premiere episode of THE X-FILES, airs Sunday, January 24 (7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

SpoilerTV: The X-Files – Episode 10.01 – My Struggle – Press Release


21 Nov 2015, 22:20

@[108381559187017:274:Frank Spotnitz]’s @[1600262146899838:274:The Man in the High Castle] — Philip K Dick’s novel adapted into a “TV/web” series — just came out! Find no less than 90 interviews with Frank in Eat The Corn’s Interviews Database!

https://www.eatthecorn.com/itw/tag/frank-spotnitz/


22 Nov 2015, 20:03

“Home Again”: Lowdown for the X-Files comics Season 11 issues #2-3-4

S11#2-3-4: The Lowdown


23 Nov 2015, 22:58

#mythXplained “Two Fathers”/”One Son”: after not much of a build-up in the first half of the season, it’s time for the big reveal! The adding of layers to an ever-complexifying mythology stops, the cards are all laid on the table and the pieces are ranked in chronological order. It’s the end of the mythology that was developed over five and a half years, the quality of which the X-Files will try to imitate afterwards. After this, it’s a different show. The andswers are here

6X11: Two Fathers / 6X12: One Son

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24 Nov 2015, 21:46

#mythXplained “Biogenesis”! The mytharc leaves the abysmally tangled web and moral tale of the Syndicate years, and heads towards a magnificently elegiac exploration of religion, science and spirituality. This results in EatTheCorn’s longest review by far:

6X22: Biogenesis / 7X03: The Sixth Extinction / 7X04: The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati

SCULLY: It began with an act of supreme violence–
a big bang expanding ever outward, cosmos born of matter and gas,
matter and gas ten billion years ago. Whose idea was this?
Who had the audacity for such invention? And the reason?
Were we part of that plan ten billion years ago? Are we born only to die?
To be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth before giving way to
our generations? If there is a beginning, must there be an end?
We burn like fires in our time only to be extinguished. To surrender
to the elements’ eternal reclaim. Matter and gas… will this all end one day?
Life no longer passing to life, the Earth left barren like the stars above,
like the cosmos. Will the hand that lit the flame let it burn down?
Let it burn out? Could we, too, become extinct? Or if this fire of life
living inside us is meant to go on, who decides? Who tends the flames?
Can he reignite the spark even as it grows cold and weak?

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheXFiles/photos/a.371920819512324/924082310962836/


24 Nov 2015, 21:54

After the Spanish version a few months ago, EatTheCorn is proud to present its Mytharc Primer, the definitive chronicle and explanation of the X-Files mythology (until further notice in barely a few months’ time!…) — in German!

Wir begrüßen unsere Besucher aus Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz und anderen Ländern!
Hier finden Sie eine Zusammenfassung und eine detaillierte Erklärung über die X-Files Mythologie finden.

Mytharc Primer : German edition


26 Nov 2015, 00:10

EatTheCorn turns 10 years old today!

Looking back at what has been achieved, looking forward to the future…

10th anniversary!


27 Nov 2015, 09:43

10X01: My Struggle in Courmayeur Festival on Dec-11 (Italy). Length: 52min?

Courmayeur Noir Festival: The X-Files: My Struggle


27 Nov 2015, 18:47

Artist Miran Kim (cover artist on the 1990s XF Topps comics) on recreating the iconic cover for IDW Season 11 !

http://mirankimart.blogspot.com/2015/07/idws-x-files-season-11-variant-cover.html