Opening The X-Files: A Critical History of the Original Series

More than 20 years after it was first broadcast, The X-Files still holds the public imagination. Over nine seasons and two feature films, agents Mulder and Scully pursued monsters, aliens, mutants and shadowy conspirators across the American landscape.

Running for more than 200 episodes, the series transformed television, crafting a postmodern mythology that spoke to the anxieties and uncertainties of the end of the 20th century. Covering the entire series from its debut through the second feature film, this book examines how creator Chris Carter and his team of writers turned a scrappy cult favorite on Fox into a global phenomenon.

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Opening The X-Files: A Critical History of the Original Series

More than 20 years after it was first broadcast, The X-Files still holds the public imagination. Over nine seasons and two feature films, agents Mulder and Scully pursued monsters, aliens, mutants and shadowy conspirators across the American landscape.

Running for more than 200 episodes, the series transformed television, crafting a postmodern mythology that spoke to the anxieties and uncertainties of the end of the 20th century. Covering the entire series from its debut through the second feature film, this book examines how creator Chris Carter and his team of writers turned a scrappy cult favorite on Fox into a global phenomenon.

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Opening The X-Files: A Critical History of the Original Series

Opening The X-Files: A Critical History of the Original Series

by Darren Mooney
Opening The X-Files: A Critical History of the Original Series

Opening The X-Files: A Critical History of the Original Series

by Darren Mooney

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Overview

More than 20 years after it was first broadcast, The X-Files still holds the public imagination. Over nine seasons and two feature films, agents Mulder and Scully pursued monsters, aliens, mutants and shadowy conspirators across the American landscape.

Running for more than 200 episodes, the series transformed television, crafting a postmodern mythology that spoke to the anxieties and uncertainties of the end of the 20th century. Covering the entire series from its debut through the second feature film, this book examines how creator Chris Carter and his team of writers turned a scrappy cult favorite on Fox into a global phenomenon.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476628806
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 08/23/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 236
File size: 4 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Darren Mooney is a pop culture critic in Dublin, Ireland. He runs his own website (the m0vie blog), co-hosts a weekly film podcast (The 250), and contributes regularly to the Irish film monthly magazine CinÉireann.
Darren Mooney is a pop culture critic in Dublin, Ireland. He runs his own website (the m0vie blog), co-hosts a weekly film podcast (The 250), and contributes regularly to the Irish film monthly magazine CinEireann.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Kamail Nanjiani
Preface
 1. The Cultural Context of The ­X-Files and Ten Thirteen
 2. The ­X-Files: Season One
 3. The ­X-Files: Season Two
 4. The ­X-Files: Season Three
 5. The ­X-Files: Season Four/Millennium: Season One
 6. The ­X-Files: Season Five/Millennium: Season Two/Fight the Future
 7. The ­X-Files: Season Six/Millennium: Season Three
 8. The ­X-Files: Season Seven/Harsh Realm
 9. The ­X-Files: Season Eight/The Lone Gunmen
10. The ­X-Files: Season Nine
11. I Want to Believe
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
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