Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I hear you but nah. We have more than enough “realistic” and “gritty” shows. The whimsy of X-files was what made it tick. Taking that way would just make it boring which is the worsts possible outcome for such a show.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
We don’t have nearly enough shows that promote healthy skepticism and the scientific method though.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
True, but I feel the original X-files had that in droves with Scully and practically everyone else opposing Mulder at every turn. It took a damn long time for him to finally be vindicated, arguably until the movie.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Did it promote skepticism and science though? It showed them being applied, sure. In the end though, the show was always on Mulder’s side of the “truth”. Of course it also kind of said “Scully’s work is important” but it was always assumed that her view of any situation would ultimately be the wrong one. Her science-oriented methods break down when it comes to (in the broadest sense) “supernatural” phenomena - because they are, by definition even, outside science.
rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 3 weeks ago
I only watched the first 2 or 3 seasons of The X-Files, so I there’s lots of episodes I haven’t seen, but this seems incorrect to me. Scully and Mulder were chasing unexplained phenomena, which are entirely within the realm of science. Humans tend to call things “supernatural” when we don’t know how to explain them (ghosts, fairies, aliens, etc), but those entities (in the context of The X-Files where they are actually real), once observed, can be subjected to the scientific method the same as anything else. Aliens in The X-Files aren’t magic; it’s just extremely rare for humans to be able to observe and study them.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Even in the movie they weren’t technically aliens. It was just ancient sapient black goo that was here long before we evolved.