The X-Files
The FOX drama The X-Files premiered in 1993 and immediately tapped into the zeitgeist of the nation. Arriving on the scene just as the World Wide Web began to erupt across the country, The X-Files was one of the first to build a network of fans that could instantaneously discuss the latest episodic narratives. More significantly, the combination of government conspiracy and the supernatural proved to be the right ingredients for the time period. Although FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigated all sorts of supernatural activity over the course of the series, it was the cover-up surrounding the existence of aliens that truly established the series as a television classic. Combining actual strands of contemporary UFOology, The X-Files crafted a mythology that not only enthralled its audience but validated the belief that aliens really do exist, and that no government is above keeping secrets.
The X-Files: The Truth Is Still Out There An overview of the FOX drama The X-Files and how the series not only remains a sci-fi classic but that it also provided a narrative background for the years that it aired.
The X-Files and Men In Black Examination of real world Men In Black encounters, using the episode “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space” from The X-Files and The Real Men In Black by Nick Redford as catalyst.
The X-Files and Roswell Examination of the events in Roswell, New Mexico, and how the supposed crash of a UFO in 1947 has been incorporated into the mythology of the classic FOX sci-fi drama The X-Files.
Alien Invasions and Body Snatchers Exploration of alien-themed television dramas like Falling Skies and The X-Files and their similarities with the 1956 science fiction classic film Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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