Oh sure, what heights of culture could not be gleaned from the post production effects department "forgetting" to replace the aluminum foil stuffed clear plastic crystal skull prop with the CGI generated far-more-believable alien skull. Great minds will ponder ahead nonetheless.
Get it? 'Ponder a-head'? Crystal skull?…

No, no, please don't be sorry; simple is as simple does and remains very easy to spot…

Probably indentured servants could state a case for legitimate comparison.

I don't know of anyone who would be able to bust them out …or why they would bother!

Consider what to be really hard?

Well… save your synapses the torment and never, ever watch the second X-Files film. Probably there's another intelligent JJ Abrams movie you can find to see instead!! I'm pretty sure he's made a few with a big monster that goes "raaaarrrrrrghh" at some point in the story, to accommodate that intelligence quota.

Quantitative evidence = lots of clapping seals. I never said I liked them (1,2,3) better, I personally enjoyed 4,5,6 more, but 1,2,3 are the far more intriguing and interesting stories. And, relevant to the article this parade-of-self-indulgence-thread is connected to, I like the first X-Files movie much more than the…

Likely I'm the only person (at this moment) within editorial earshot of your hamster wheel; a sphere of influence you somehow interpret to be 'the world'.

The Star Wars 1,2,3 prequels made 4,5,6 look like the kiddy movies they are. George made the generous but incorrect assumption that the younger audience who liked 4,5,6 had grown up and with some life lessons under their belt would appreciate the deeper complexities that underlie 1,2,3.
Not a chance. George neglected…

I definitely mean 'overestimating'.

If it had been called 'Sculley's Choice' it would've won every Oscar that year.
The only mistake Chris Carter made is the same mistake George Lucas made with the Star Wars prequels: optimistically overestimating the general audience's aggregate intelligence and taste by an order of magnitude.