Re: The X-Files Starts Tonight (1/24)--DON'T FORGET!
Now I know this is just me, but I'm wondering if all this is, is a set-up for something bigger.
Let me say, I am really liking the series, warts & all, but c'mon! Some of these warts have grown into full on appendages.
The first episode went out of it's way to almost completely wrap up the previous 9 seasons worth of mythology in one fell swoop, with the idea that the whole thing was just misdirection from the powers that be. That felt too...off...for this show. Then, as others have said, the editing was so bad, I almost was thinking of INCEPTION, with the idea that, in a dream, you never travel, you're just suddenly where you need to be. I thought to myself, though, that's ludicrous...then the other episodes aired, & to be truthful, although I liked them, they've all had something in them that was almost sloppy. Sloppy to the point of being glaring.
One minute, the office is in shambles, unused for over a decade, then suddenly, it's like they never left, including the poster that Mulder tore in the earlier episode. I may have missed it, but I still don't know why the X-Files were reopened & why Mulder came back full time. The there's the question of the CSM, how he survived, & why he seems to be in a position of power again. the entire were-lizard episode with it's meta moments. Finally, how every single story seems to tie into William in some way or another...etc.
I know Carter, Morgan, & Wong aren't perfect storytellers, but I truly believe that they're better than this. I'm not saying the last shot will be of either character in some coma-like state, where all their thoughts are being manipulated from the MiB or anything, but I can't help but think there's something going on that we just don't see from our POV.
Heck, wasn't William supposed to have some sort of psychic or telekinetic powers? Just sayin'...
