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Edit: She had never heard of the show either.

  • ComradeSharkfucker
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    2 months ago

    I have literally never seen an episode of the x-files. I’m late in my college years at this point. It is simply before my time tbh. Granted I know vaguely what it is but I wouldn’t be able to recognize character names thats for sure

    • CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      If the show came out today it would be denounced as a woke, anti-american commie monstrosity by all of mainstream media

      The second episode alone would’ve created a firestorm about “anti-US military” narratives being pushed on “our children”

      Shit half the “left” would deride it as “qanon for tankies” considering all the pro-NAFO and pro-state department takes being pushed around these days

      I envy you, I wish I could watch it a first time again

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      It would likely seem dated in many respects. After Twin Peaks it was one of the very first shows to have season long narrative arcs and a meta-plot that stretched from season to season. Since there was no real way to re-watch episodes you missed most shows prior to the 90s were self contained monster of the week things with very limited if any ongoing plot. Twin Peaks and X-files were some of the first shows to break with that and start telling a story that built up over the course of the series. If you missed an episode you could ask your coworkers what happened the next day, or you could read a summary in an actual magazine made from real dead trees, but that was pretty much it. So having a show where you really did have to watch every episode was a really radical development in tv story telling.