I’ve never really met a fan who didn’t like it. I’ve met lots of fans who didn’t see it... but it was a really well done, polished movie that didn’t rely on cheap special effects, and instead employed the same kind of tension-building that made so many great thrillers in the 80s and 90s that just don’t exist today.

That’s simply not true. The first X-Files movie is fantastic. Go back & watch it. True, the second movie was tragic, but that’s because Fox forced him to drop the mythology stuff & his heart wasn’t in it. We’re currently rewatching the series on Netflix, in preparation for the new series, and it’s obvious that Chris…

The Chris Carter hate among X-files fans is strong.

I’m not sure how “The first one was good but the second was mediocre” translates to “Never let Chris Carter make another X-Files movie”.

People have short, selective memories. Chris Carter is a fantastic writer who wrote many of the series best, most intelligent and ambitious episodes - The Erlenmeyer Flask, The Host, Duane Barry, Paper Clip, Memento Mori, The Post-Modern Prometheus, Triangle, How the Ghosts Stole Christmas. Incredible range and…

Is it sacrilege to say that I enjoyed the second movie? It was neat and self-contained and more satisfying than the tentpole movies that outgunned it.