The X-files

[Trevor]

I think I'm in a minority when it comes to The X Files: I Want To Believe as I really liked the film: incidentally, the ending of that film with Gillian Anderson smiling made me cry ~ she was really beautiful in that shot.

[vukxfiles]

I've been rewatching the shows, just started on season four. My memory of the show is way better than the actual show.

The main thing that gets me is what an anti-science show it really is.

It's odd you should say that cause I remember reading the book The Real Science Behind The X-Files (a good read, BTW) the authoress (a biologist who served as the show's science consultant) addressed that same point.  She said to her the show was very PRO science because it was one of the few shows that consistently showed scientific methods and procedures being used correctly.  For starters, they show the correct type of microscopes being used for specific types of test (rather than just pulling out ANY microscope like most shows of the time would do), and details on various tests one would perform on an unidentified substance before one could declare it to be of extra-terrestrial origin.  And so on. 

She conceded that yes, more often than not, Scully is wrong in many of her attempts to scientifically explain certain events, but let's face it, if she'd been right week after week, the show would be very popular.

Anyway, like I said, it's a neat book, you might want to check it out. http://www.amazon.com/Real-Science-Behind-X-Files-Meteorites/dp/0684856182/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280911784&sr=8-1

What do you mean the show would be very popular? It was very popular. Everyone in the world knows about it even if they never saw it. ANd the theme song is is also very well known

[BTM]

She conceded that yes, more often than not, Scully is wrong in many of her attempts to scientifically explain certain events, but let's face it, if she'd been right week after week, the show would be very popular.

What do you mean the show would be very popular? It was very popular. Everyone in the world knows about it even if they never saw it. ANd the theme song is is also very well known

DOH!  Typo!  That should read, "if she'd been right week after week, the show wouldn't be very popular."