Third watch. First time: around early '00s where I rented its VCD Blockbuster, having never seen the series before. Second time: during college breaks in early '10s when I watched most of the first 5 seasons (via an online list of recommended episodes), rewatched the film, then felt it a natural pause point and somehow never got back to it. Now I've slowly made my way through the series since August 2021, all episodes this time, and reached this film again.
At this point the mythology episodes have neared the nonsensical breaking point of how it can feign at expanding itself while often reaching some walk-back gotcha endings (and the surface drama/mystery have decreased a bit in quality as well), so a souped-up version for the big screen has a ceiling limit of interest. That said, the core relationship/rapport/chemistry of Mulder-Scully is developed and executed stronger here than the majority of Season 5's mythology episodes, so it is still a reasonably good time.
Shout by PongpengVIP 2BlockedParent2023-05-07T14:08:22Z
Third watch. First time: around early '00s where I rented its VCD Blockbuster, having never seen the series before. Second time: during college breaks in early '10s when I watched most of the first 5 seasons (via an online list of recommended episodes), rewatched the film, then felt it a natural pause point and somehow never got back to it. Now I've slowly made my way through the series since August 2021, all episodes this time, and reached this film again.
At this point the mythology episodes have neared the nonsensical breaking point of how it can feign at expanding itself while often reaching some walk-back gotcha endings (and the surface drama/mystery have decreased a bit in quality as well), so a souped-up version for the big screen has a ceiling limit of interest. That said, the core relationship/rapport/chemistry of Mulder-Scully is developed and executed stronger here than the majority of Season 5's mythology episodes, so it is still a reasonably good time.