Ryan Coogler's The X-Files

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Bald Brah said:
I don't think it's that serious my dude. They are just doing a cheap easy remake to make a quick buck. Some idiot will watch it.
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Probably this, yes. It doesn't have to be "another crack in the foundation of the West", it's just somebody trying to cash in on an old show that was wildly successful. This'll probably last one season and then quietly go away, like so many other reboots ("24" is a good example because they did the exact same thing with it). Maybe it'll get renewed for seasons 2 and 3 immediately (like before it even airs) depending on how progressive the studio wants to look, and will limp along with hardly anyone watching it until someone in actual book-keeping notices that they're $60 million in the hole and ends the project (like what happened with Discovery, Picard, now Starfleet Academy).

The problem isn't the cast so much as the fact that it's a reboot nobody asked for or wants; a sequel would have made more sense.
 
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I always thought The Powers That Be wanted all of us happy/complacent/distracted by entertainment media. "Panem et circenses" and all that. Given that Americans are some of the least-rebellious people of all time, it worked.

This idea that they actually want us miserable is a new one to me, and historically speaking, isn't very conducive to suppressing the masses from turning on their masters.
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Its the demoralization thing. Its not new.

They put on an ugly woman that everyone agrees is ugly, then tell you she's beautiful, and have all the other characters react as if she was beautiful, and call you a racist if you don't say shes beautiful too.
 
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The Sinners period casting he's doing for it is unusual. Unless he plans setting the FBI field office in the South. I feel like HBO "It: Welcome to Derry" already burned people out on all that type of racially charged setup, so it'll be interesting to see if it can generate any appeal at all.
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And yeah, there's also this aspect. This show is already almost inevitably going to underperform, and they'll put the nail in the coffin by having the show preach about racial issues within the first couple of episodes. (Usually the first episode is really good to get people on board, then it's episode 2 or 3 where they hit you with the overt messaging). Nothing seems to revolt the Actual Modern Audience like giving them a sermon about race. Any real politicization or bashing of Orange Man will turn off half of the already-underperforming viewership.

The irony is that Orange Man is a molotov to the established order, and the original show's government-criticism was OF the established order... the "establishment" is not a president with a four-year term, and people seem to be becoming less and less aware of that, but I'm digressing here.

Now, if they can refrain from all of that and have the characters as apolitical (in terms of taking a side in the blue vs red puppet show) as they were back in the original show, they might be alright for a bit.
 
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Rajaah said:
I always thought The Powers That Be wanted all of us happy/complacent/distracted by entertainment media. "Panem et circenses" and all that. Given that Americans are some of the least-rebellious people of all time, it worked.

This idea that they actually want us miserable is a new one to me, and historically speaking, isn't very conducive to suppressing the masses from turning on their masters.
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It's a giant MLM designed to rob you of thought and will. If the bread and circuses fail, they want you too demotivated and miserable to be able to resist.

Honestly, they want us all dead. How the sausage gets made doesn't really matter to them. They can't actually say this or we would yeet them instead.
 
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Rajaah said:
I always thought The Powers That Be wanted all of us happy/complacent/distracted by entertainment media. "Panem et circenses" and all that. Given that Americans are some of the least-rebellious people of all time, it worked.

This idea that they actually want us miserable is a new one to me, and historically speaking, isn't very conducive to suppressing the masses from turning on their masters.
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“He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself."

"He loved Big Brother."
 
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It's just more of the same "Blacks have always done everything better, so it's time to make media portray it that way."
And it's retroactive. They're rewriting all the great literature to replace white people with blacks, straight people with gays, and normal people with Trans. Next, we'll see I Love Lucy rewritten as I Love Laquisha, Sherlock Holmes and Watson will become a Trans relationship where every crime they solve will revolve around hate towards "Marginalized People", etc.
 
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M Power said:
I didn't fully respect the hotness of Lucy Liu until I got older.
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At what age did you become straight? ba-dum-tsh.
 
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I see you guys are on top of this one but both leads have been browngraded. Lovely.
 
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Leaked Ep1 production still, they're on the case !
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At least they are not going to pretend they are Mulder and Scully.
 
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Chanur said:
At least they are not going to pretend they are Mulder and Scully.
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While I agree with that statement at face value, I'm so jaded at this point I see it as "These are totally different characters! *wink wink*"
They could have created their own thing, but they used X-Files and cast "Marginalized" people for the very reason we all know they did.
 
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While I agree with that statement at face value, I'm so jaded at this point I see it as "These are totally different characters! *wink wink*"
They could have created their own thing, but they used X-Files and cast "Marginalized" people for the very reason we all know they did.
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Don't get me wrong, this is absolutely going to be shite.
 
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Rabbit_Games said:
While I agree with that statement at face value, I'm so jaded at this point I see it as "These are totally different characters! *wink wink*"
They could have created their own thing, but they used X-Files and cast "Marginalized" people for the very reason we all know they did.
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I don't mind him doing it. I'm sure he was a big fan of this stuff as a kid or whatever age he is.

I just hope the studios realize remaking classic shows primarily aimed at white audiences which are 60-70% of the country for 14% of the country might not make the most financial sense. But good on him for getting them to do it. I'm not the target audience and won't be tuning in.
 
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moonarchia said:
"I Want To Breathe"
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I can see it now.

Have a short promo that shows them walking out of a jewelry store that has been broken into. They stop just outside of the door with this look of mystery. Flash in the Ex-Con Files, with the "I want to Breathe" under the logo. Then, have a Bird Chirp sound go off. They both look at each other questioningly as the X_files soundtrack starts up......

If only I could work with some AI....
 
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