‘The X-Files’ Early Buzz: A Missed Opportunity Or A Return To Form?
By Jack Giroux/Jan. 12, 2016 4:30 pm EST
After the jump, read reviews for the upcoming premiere.
Variety’s review, especially, is quite negative:
Throughout the premiere, it’s simply hard to escape the prevailing malaise of this being a deal-driven exercise, a chance to cash in on the name recognition of the title in a format that mitigated the time commitment for all concerned, particularly Duchovny and Anderson. Heck, they’re even back shooting in Vancouver, the town Duchovny rather famously pushed to leave during the show’s heyday.
Tim Goodman is a big fan of the show, but The Hollywood Reporter critic was also left disappointed by the premiere:
But The X-Files is indeed back and we did indeed get only get one. There’s no getting around that.
Or this: It’s not very good.
Given that the second episode airs one night later (Monday, 8 p.m.) and wasn’t sent, that’s not a good sign.
Now, there’s still hope left in the room that the five episodes to follow will be good, just like there’s hope somewhere out there that Twin Peaks also won’t be bad when Showtime revisits it. But given there’s only this hour to go on, let’s get started with the alien autopsy.
Here’s an excerpt from Indiewire’s review:
Comic Book Resources, on the other hand, were more positive:
Keeping in mind this is only one-sixth of the series set to debut this January, there’s plenty of time to recover. If the coming episodes — written by fan favorite “X-Files” veterans and focusing more on monsters than mythology — can hone, focus or somehow support the huge scope established all too quickly, Season 10 could still be a very welcome revival. But after one hour, I seem stuck in a strange place of wishing there were more episodes coming — giving them more time to work out the kinks — and wishing we would’ve never awoken this massive beast at all. While things could get better, they could also get a lot worse.
The limited series premieres on Sunday January 24th at 10 p.m.
