The X-Files Re-Opened – Interview with Chris Carter & Joe Harris
The X-Files is back!
The FBI’s unsolved case files have been reopened in a 10th season continuing Mulder and Scully’s quest for the truth – a comic book executive produced by series creator, Chris Carter. The first collected volume comes out this week and we’re joined by the entire creative team: series writer Joe Harris (Great Pacific) editor Denton J. Tipton, and Chris Carter for their first joint interview and an all-X-Files episode!
The X-Files is one of the most prolific TV shows of all-time – a cultural zeitgeist, and in many ways a contributing factor to the world becoming a nerdier place. When the series ended there were still myriad questions, and Season 10 is every X-Phile’s long-awaited wet dream. Cap is joined by guest host X-Fan specialists: Nina Bernardakis from Ghostbusters: Resurrection and Mike Roffman from Consequence of Sound and Time.com for a journey into the unknown. They learn the origins of the comic, it’s canonical place with the rest of the series, how the often-rumored 3rd X-Files movie fits in, and about the upcoming annual written by X-Files writer/ producer Frank Spotnitz and Ten Thirteen’s Gabe Rotter. The Nerdy Crew also discusses our favorite episodes, the series’ lasting impact, chilling conspiracies, and our own real-life paranormal encounters.
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Tracks:
- Twilight Invasion :: Jay Tholan
- 6th Kind :: Zantilla
- Space Drive :: Theophany
- Cruel, Cruel Moon :: Paul and Storm
X-Files Links:
- Get volume 1 of X-Files Season 10
- Mike’s X-Files article on Time.com
- Get X-Files complete series & movies on DVD
- Get The Lone Gunmen on DVD
- Get Millennium on DVD
- Back to Frank Black the fan-made Millennium companion book
Other Links:
- Mike’s Time.com articles
- The “Reptilian Sisters” video – warning: intense!
- More on Chris Carter’s The After
- Amazon’s drones
- Jay Tholan’s Dropsy
- Afterlife with Archie
Nerdy Show Links:
- Nerdy Show’s conspiracy episode: Nerdy Show Declassified
- Nerdy Show’s lycanthropic encounter
- Nerdy Show Book Club
- The Real Congregation Monkee’s Special Part 1 | Part 2
X-Files Episodes Mentioned:
4 Comments
I have to disagree with a statement you made: “at one time, it was the longest-running science fiction programme of all time”.
Doctor Who had/has that title! It started in 1963, and ended (before the ’96 film and the 2005 re-start) in 1989 – that’s 25-1/2 years!
It may have held the title as the longest-running American Science Fiction show at a time though!
@phantomsteve Fair enough Steve! A very valid point.
Isn’t Dr. Who “science fantasy?”
Personally, I would say so. But with X-Files having dipped into so many elements of sci-fi crossover in the past – from vampires to genies it’d be tough to argue which is more of a “real” sci-fi.