The X-Files: My Struggle II (2016)
Season 10, Episode 6
3/10
comparison with old episode with the same story
30 October 2016
Warning: Spoilers
so i wasn't really excited about the 10th season judging by how awful 9th was it was quite obvious that the series was tired enough to not worth watching like pretty much all the series no exceptions at some point going bad

i was stunned however by how bad those episodes were

the last episode in particular reminded me of a very good one episode of the 2nd season called emasculata. the similarities in story are so close that it makes perfect for comparison

so 10th season , the whole production was cheap like u watching an episode of friends everything in focus everything supposedly perfect lined up lighting etc going back to 2nd season all the angles have something unusual weird lenses shots from above or below movement etc lighting again the old series knew how to take a simple setup and turn it into a horror scene with dark lighting that's nowhere to be found in the new series

acting new series have a scaly that is too bored and a molder that makes jokes like a clown nowhere near the old series were Sculley was always dramatic to Oscar levels and molder was funny but not too much almost to James bond type of thing u know small jokes just enough

Cancer man . again new series a bunch of useless talk that make no sense. u get the idea that this guy must be the bad guy but that's it. old series always limited words and to the point example molder "-u withhold information from us we could have prevented all this " Cancer man "-how?"

editing pace .

new series is horrible back and forth from one person to the other with editing that causes u to get tired and too much discussion that turns the series into a Mexican soap opera

old series simple slow shots that rarely change therefore when something happens out of the blue u are indeed surprised very few words. story is unfold mostly by the things that u Don't say than the thing u do. mostly by insinuations

all in all i would say that the new series is basically THE X-FILES for children comedy with a bit of stupid conspiracies

also an other issue about the politics

i don't really know why but the new series has a thing with liberal propaganda the bad companies the good environment the bad wars and a bunch of political stereotypes that not even Hillary would say maybe just sanders

old series could easily create a dramatic situation for instance a bad pharmaceutical company that kills people to pass the FDA tests and has the government to cover her and still not make a party- political statement that takes skill the first thing is the easy and too cliché way
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