X-Files season eleven confirmed.

[The Romulan Republic]

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-04- ... 1th-series

Okay, so, I mostly hated the last one, but at least they won't end on that cliff-hanger, and they've got more episodes to play with to develop things better (hopefully).

Fingers crossed for the return of Agent Dogget, this time.

[FaxModem1]

I can't wait to see the gymnastics over what is canon and what is not-canon this time. Like last season, when Mulder said that it was all the government's fault, with the aliens not really being involved, when both he and Scully had both been abducted by aliens, and we had plenty of scenes from previous seasons showing to the contrary.

No, nevermind, I can wait and am not really interested in whatever crap Mulder will be pushing.

[TGLS]

I know! It will be revealed Mulder was replaced by an android duplicate programmed by Russians to discredit the US government during the miniseries!

[Rocketboy1313]

There was 1 good episode in season 10. And it was a spoof of how the whole premise of the show has been ruined by the ubiquitous nature of cellphone cameras, infinite internet hiveminds researching all of the "mysteries" into nothing, and how empty the life of a typical person is.

So when I guessed that the show's return would be a complete waste of time, I was wrong. It had one good episode that consisted of pointing at the show and calling it a tonal time capsule from a 90's that just won't die in the cultural zeitgeist. That is worth something.

[ChiggyvonRichthofen]

My thoughts on season 10, which many were disappointed with-

The new mythology episodes (episodes 1 and 6, My Struggle I and II) had a few moments, but were largely pretty disappointing, especially because of the retcon. The mythology should have been streamlined and simplified, but instead Carter added another level of incoherence that contradicted the best original episodes. Maybe he has a real plan (I doubt it), but some of what was said/implied needs to be clarified and preferably undone. The mythology is easily the biggest hurdle going forward.

Founder's Mutation was pretty much just a low level Monster of the Week episode. Not offensive or bad, just pretty unremarkable.

Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster was an instant X-Files classic. Darin Morgan is a legendary tv writer who stuffs a lot of nuance into hilarious episodes.

Home Again was a bit disappointing. It had a lot of good stuff, Glen Morgan still hits the emotional beats well here, the monster is spooky... and yet somehow it just didn't come together perfectly. Still maybe the second best episode of the season.

To me, Babylon was just horrible on every level.

Summary- season 10 was a mixed bag. I'll defend Carter (up to a point) for some of his writing, directing, and decision-making during the X-Files original run, but the jumbled myth-arc is on him. He's tried too hard to "stay relevant" without updating his storytelling techniques.

With all that said, season 10 wasn't bad enough to prevent me from getting excited about season 11. I don't buy the argument that the concept of the show can't work in the 21st century. The Monster of the Week episodes can still be great, and nine bad episodes would be worth one more Darin Morgan classic. The best news would be if a new voice became involved in the overall direction of the mytharc, or if Carter took a backseat in that regard.

[Independent George]

The only way I'd be interested in S11 is if they went to Twin Peaks, OR and teamed up with Agent Bryson to investigate Dale Cooper's mysterious disappearance/return.

[Karha of Honor]

There was 1 good episode in season 10. And it was a spoof of how the whole premise of the show has been ruined by the ubiquitous nature of cellphone cameras, infinite internet hiveminds researching all of the "mysteries" into nothing, and how empty the life of a typical person is.

So when I guessed that the show's return would be a complete waste of time, I was wrong. It had one good episode that consisted of pointing at the show and calling it a tonal time capsule from a 90's that just won't die in the cultural zeitgeist. That is worth something.

Tonal time capsule? Care to elaborate?

[FaxModem1]

There was 1 good episode in season 10. And it was a spoof of how the whole premise of the show has been ruined by the ubiquitous nature of cellphone cameras, infinite internet hiveminds researching all of the "mysteries" into nothing, and how empty the life of a typical person is.

So when I guessed that the show's return would be a complete waste of time, I was wrong. It had one good episode that consisted of pointing at the show and calling it a tonal time capsule from a 90's that just won't die in the cultural zeitgeist. That is worth something.

Tonal time capsule? Care to elaborate?

Well, the Were-monster episode has Mulder showing Scully all these big conspiracy theory things from the 90s, and showing that nowadays, they're all debunked and given real reasons. Essentially, the episode is one long potshot at how out of date Mulder is in the 2010s because today's audience usually knows better, or can consult the internet.

[Karha of Honor]

There was 1 good episode in season 10. And it was a spoof of how the whole premise of the show has been ruined by the ubiquitous nature of cellphone cameras, infinite internet hiveminds researching all of the "mysteries" into nothing, and how empty the life of a typical person is.

So when I guessed that the show's return would be a complete waste of time, I was wrong. It had one good episode that consisted of pointing at the show and calling it a tonal time capsule from a 90's that just won't die in the cultural zeitgeist. That is worth something.

Tonal time capsule? Care to elaborate?

Well, the Were-monster episode has Mulder showing Scully all these big conspiracy theory things from the 90s, and showing that nowadays, they're all debunked and given real reasons. Essentially, the episode is one long potshot at how out of date Mulder is in the 2010s because today's audience usually knows better, or can consult the internet.

Debunked, the UNUSUALLY popular candidates were Bernie and burn it all down Trump. Consult the internet and find a ZILLION NARRATIVES AND SPECULATION.

[Rocketboy1313]

Tonal time capsule? Care to elaborate?

Well, the Were-monster episode has Mulder showing Scully all these big conspiracy theory things from the 90s, and showing that nowadays, they're all debunked and given real reasons. Essentially, the episode is one long potshot at how out of date Mulder is in the 2010s because today's audience usually knows better, or can consult the internet.

Basically this.
Conspiracy theories reached their golden age at the end of the Cold War and the dawn of the internet. We are now in the middle of what I would like to coin "The Cold Peace" with Russian influences and are neck deep in the internet. Conspiracy theories like blurry photos of UFO's feel super out of date to the point of being naive. Everyone has a camera now and the number of bigfoot and UFO photos has not gone up.

Maybe the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but it isn't building Mulder's case at all.