Chris Snellgrove | Published
In some respects, X-Files It is one of the easiest TV shows ever made. Certainly, the myths about alien plots and government concealment were a bit confusing at times, but viewers didn’t have to unravel whether a particular plot beat was a minor photor for any kind of message. However, two of the series’ biggest writers secretly felt that the show’s driving plans were actually a postmodern way of analyzing one of the main characters. In their comments X-Files With the premiere of season 2, “The Little Green Men,” authors Glen Morgan and James Won revealed that they thought the aliens on the show symbolized Fox Mulder’s innermost fear.
At the time, this X-Files The episode felt important as it showed us more alien life on screen than we’ve seen before. Mulder actually saw one of the “Little Green Men” and Wong felt that this moment was “the purpose of this whole series.” It’s about him that he concocts the show “What is your little green man?” or “What is it in your mind that you’re afraid of or that you need to face?”
now, X-Files Fans who watched this episode can be confused by this phoric analysis. Because we actually see the alien screen, there is no hint that this is a hallucination on Mulder’s side. However, Morgan revealed that he and co-author Wong were trying to take up the concept, “Was that there? Is this true?”
Interestingly, X-Files The writer felt that these crunchy, philosophical questions premonitored that Mulder would approve of Scully that he was beginning to doubt that his sister was actually accused of an alien. Morgan feels that this may cause the audience to ask if alien fears are “in his head,” and then asks, “Would we create this kind of fear for ourselves?” He also revealed that both he and Wong wanted viewers to consider “the idea that we all have to fight against our little green man and the idea that we have to carry around.”
The most fascinating thing about this idea is that it is ahead of its time and shocking… in the days of the Gold Post in the world of TV, you won’t be surprised if Ryan Coogler is going to go on. X-Files The reboot teased the idea that Mulder might not be crusading the truth, but rather chasing an alien who exists only in his mind. However, in the quirky 90s genre shows, the idea that viewers couldn’t trust what their main characters were seeing was rarely conceived. For example, even numbers Twin Peak (a spooky sister show featuring David Duchovny) dealt with the paranormal oddity encountered by FBI agents of its own crusades.
but, X-Files Fans who have been re-watched multiple times of the entire series (it’s not just us, right?) may enjoy watching the show through the lens of Glenn Morgan and James Won’s own alien plot. Suddenly we are forced to ask how many of Mulder’s extraterrestrial encounters actually happened, and how many may be a forgery of his inner fear. Plus, Scully is assigned as Mulder’s partner… Certainly, she’s there to expose Mulder’s work, but perhaps the FBI wants her there as she’s worried that their best agent suddenly loses her mind and starts bawling about the aliens.
Sadly, these two X-Files The writers eventually left the show, and their vision of fighting Mulder when the aliens left with them fought the demons on the surface. But their comments completely changed how they view “Little Green Men” and other early episodes of this pioneering show. Mulder could be the most unreliable narrator of television, we can’t hang on In this ingenious show’s next rampage session, to unravel what he had and never imagined.
