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There's lots of variables that make comparisons across decades a poor metric of popularity? No way!
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The Glumslinger posted:Except, isn't TV viewership pretty much down across the board from the 90s? Even when compared to a decade ago. Firefly got cancelled for having viewership numbers that would now be a hit. That 19.8 average for the X-Files would make it the most-watched non sports show on TV (or really close to it), and back then it was what, top-20 at best?
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These days(well, for the past decade or so) networks care more about other factors like demographics, blu ray sales, and binge-appeal than they used to, so the emphasis on ratings isn't what it was. If a show has a niche audience, but that audience is critical to the established ad contracts, it may be worth renewing it regardless of ratings. Or if the show has low ratings, but does really well on Netflix, that may justify its renewal because it means viewers are fairly likely to switch to watching episodes live if they catch up.
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This makes me very excited for this episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isPl0qs7TAs
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I just watched episode 1 + 2 and I am so happy that the new broadcasting company kept the original 90's "Strictly Confidential" translation beneath the X-files logo in the intro. EP 1 didn't impress me much, but 2 was so loving good. Can't wait for more MOTW episodes.
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Basebf555 posted:These days(well, for the past decade or so) networks care more about other factors like demographics, blu ray sales, and binge-appeal than they used to, so the emphasis on ratings isn't what it was. If a show has a niche audience, but that audience is critical to the established ad contracts, it may be worth renewing it regardless of ratings. Or if the show has low ratings, but does really well on Netflix, that may justify its renewal because it means viewers are fairly likely to switch to watching episodes live if they catch up. Networks are also making a lot more of the content they air instead of buying it from an outside studio. Which means they get the money from syndication/streaming rights and can tolerate lower ratings from those shows because of it,
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X-Files: Babyface edition http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/29/x-files-robbie-amell-lauren-ambrose
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Big Mean Jerk posted:X-Files: Babyface edition Historically, the survival rate of young, passionate agents who show up to help/impede Mulder and Scully is...not good.
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Slate Action posted:Historically, the survival rate of young, passionate agents who show up to help/impede Mulder and Scully is...not good. They're either gonna die horribly or get a spin off
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euphronius posted:Is the new episodes worth investing some time in ? The first one is kind of like "oh hey we're back", the second one is pretty good.
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lamb posted:This makes me very excited for this episode That's what I'm talking about. This last episode Mulder was too stoic and mono chrome, but this clip shows that the snarky, giddy Mulder still exists and Duchovny remembers how to play him.
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The Glumslinger posted:They're either gonna die horribly or get a spin off Spin off, for the years when Duchovny and Anderson don't want to solve an X-File.
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It's probably been answered but should I watch the entire series through first before watching these new episodes? Will I hurt my enjoyment if I go to these new ones "blind"? I was really casual watcher of X-files back in the day and I have some really, really general knowledge about it but I have no idea of the overall narrative except for the obvious.
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Dessel posted:It's probably been answered but should I watch the entire series through first before watching these new episodes? Will I hurt my enjoyment if I go to these new ones "blind"? I was really casual watcher of X-files back in the day and I have some really, really general knowledge about it but I have no idea of the overall narrative except for the obvious. In the first episode they go over what you need to know. The second episode is just like watching a random episode from the series. You should still watch the series from the beginning eventually, though. Especially now that it looks like a new show in 16:9 HD.
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Spin off, for the years when Duchovny and Anderson don't want to solve an X-File. Unless I totally hate them (that new guy looks iffy), I'd be totally ok with a 12-episode season 11 that DD and GA are only in 8 episodes of.
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euphronius posted:Is the new episodes worth investing some time in ? Definitely, I liked both a lot and I'm not even a hardcore X Files fan
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OldSenileGuy posted:Unless I totally hate them (that new guy looks iffy), I'd be totally ok with a 12-episode season 11 that DD and GA are only in 8 episodes of. So, pretty much a rehash of season 9 is what you want?
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I think this might belong in this thread: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/29/us/cia-releases-x-files-ufo-investigations-irpt quote:The Central Intelligence Agency posted documents of reported Unidentified Flying Objects that range in date from the late 1940s to the 1950s. While playing off the hype of the TV show reboot "The X-Files," the CIA broke down the cases into two categories, whether you side with Agent Mulder or Agent Scully. It's not the FBI, but at least our government appears to have SOME sense of humor.
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lamb posted:This makes me very excited for this episode "Mulder, the internet is not good for you"
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hangedman1984 posted:"Mulder, the internet is not good for you" A good time to be reminded that Mulder loves himself some porn.
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The MSJ posted:A good time to be reminded that Mulder loves himself some porn. Among other things... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJyC0mnlu8o&t=76s
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Mortanis posted:That's what I'm talking about. This last episode Mulder was too stoic and mono chrome, but this clip shows that the snarky, giddy Mulder still exists and Duchovny remembers how to play him. Whoah, let's keep this in the realm of jaded cynicposting.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMUq_adFq6I Me too, Scully. Me. Too.
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Anybody having the "black crush" problem with the season 8 Blu-rays? Uncorrected:  Corrected:  Some dark scenes are nearly impossible to see.
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Mister Kingdom posted:Anybody having the "black crush" problem with the season 8 Blu-rays? Yes, this is a known issue and has already been fixed. Short answer - email foxconnect@orderassistance.com and they'll start the process that will end in you getting 6 replacement discs. Long answer - some X-Files fansite has a lengthy explanation of the whole situation.
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lamb posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMUq_adFq6I I can't wait til the next episode
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lamb posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMUq_adFq6I Christ, this is me in pretty much any conversation with someone I know. (the 'I know what you're going to say' part, I don't regularly talk about Big Pharma monsters) MisterBibs fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Jan 31, 2016 |
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lamb posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMUq_adFq6I  Oh Darin Morgan, how I've missed you.
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The X-Files broadcast it's first episode in Australia, and there's a reference early on by Mulder of a couple in Victoria, Australia who were kidnapped by Aliens. Did other countries get a reference to themselves? It sounded very out of place as a reference to "aliens have been known to kidnap people, here's an example from your own country!"
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No the television was not speaking directly to you
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The Cahill case isn't as big and obvious a name as, say, Betty and Barney Hill or Travis Walton but is reasonably well known within the ufo community so it made a good test.
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lamb posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMUq_adFq6I X Files was always great at making Mulder sound like he actually spent a lot of time researching and thinking about things. Like in other shows whenever you have the character who knows all the facts and has a lot of theories it just seems like it comes from nowhere and they know it because they just know it. With Mulder it always felt like this guy spent a lot of time in a room going crazy thinking about this poo poo.
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Comstar posted:The X-Files broadcast it's first episode in Australia, and there's a reference early on by Mulder of a couple in Victoria, Australia who were kidnapped by Aliens. I thought it was weird too.
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lamb posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMUq_adFq6I I'm surprised people in this thread aren't going "Ugh, he said GMO... 2016 much????"
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I hope not because GMOs have been a thing for like 20 years, if the original X-Files run lasted much longer they probably would've done an episode about alien hybrid corn or something.
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McSpanky posted:I hope not because GMOs have been a thing for like 20 years, if the original X-Files run lasted much longer they probably would've done an episode about alien hybrid corn or something. Wasn't that a subplot in the first movie?
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