Because it is not their trade to make criticism.

Coming up with a good idea for a show/movie is not the same as showing actual aptitude for the craft of writing (not to beat a dead horse here, but all you have to do is run a quick search on this thread for "Lucas" if you want 100 different voices echoing that exact sentiment).

"It's an incredible opportunity, and shouldn't by squandered by writers on pre-production teams just because they don't put the time or effort into a particular season or episode or TV show in general."

Well…if you ever do manage to break through, just PLEASE promise me that you will never name any of your characters "Einstein" (or "Sherlock," or "Descartes," etc.). ;)

I am normally fairly open-minded when it comes to aesthetic tastes, but I am literally incapable of understanding how anyone actually thought that mini-mytharc (or whatever the hell you wanna call it) was objectively "good."

Better call Vince, indeed.

Well, at least you admit CSM being alive is beyond ridiculous — I was actually beginning to question your sanity there.

Wasn't the first episode always the first episode?

First of all, I'm on record as (mostly) hating this revival, so in the larger sense, I'm completely with you.

He's a mediocre writer that has turned into a hack, and that's about as far as I'm willing to negotiate my opinion.

Really, though, considering his modus operandi when it comes to "crafting" a "story," is that really any surprise?

"The Tar Is In There"

"She really should have just broke into a military base, stole a tank, and pancaked a bunch of cars in her search for Mulder."

The whole thing was gross-looking — even in Morgan's well-written episode, the look was definitely off.

That's the problem with Carter scripts, though (and esp. the ones this season), isn't it? You're just forced to "kinda figure" when things don't quite make sense.

"I can look at what we were given in this mini-series and make sense of it with the previous mythology."

Continuing to work in an industry filled with (popular!) crap isn't really an indicator of anything to me, other than Sturgeon's Law and sheer perseverance (I'll give him that one).

Wow. Apparently there really are people — much like the truth — "out there" who are legitimately nostalgic for Season 9, lol.

This is an age-old debate (esp. when centered around screen violence), but I don't really agree with the idea that a speculative piece of fiction should be held responsible for the real-world actions of dummies.

"UFOs, Roswell, alien DNA, etc…that stuff doesn't speak to the times we're in right now."