'The X-Files' thrills its fans with sci-fi speculation
'The X-Files' thrills its fans with sci-fi speculation
By Sri Ramadani
JAKARTA (JP): Do you believe in Extra-Terrestrial (ET)? That
human beings live side by side with other creatures in the
universe?
Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, both agents of America's Federal
Bureau Investigation (FBI), really believe there is a world
outside the earth that cannot be explained by rational thought.
The investigative efforts by Mulder (David Duchovny) and
Scully (Gillian Anderson) is the focal theme of the popular TV
series The X-Files created by Chris Carter.
Every Wednesday night (10 p.m.), SCTV airs The X-Files, which
centers around the search for an alien life-form and the U.S.
government conspiracy to cover-up information of ET existence,
with Mulder and Scully trapped in the middle.
Fox 'Spooky' Mulder believes the government conspires to cover
the truth about the existence of alien life forms. Mulder's
partner Scully, a doctor turned an FBI agent, remains skeptical
of Mulder's theory.
The X-Files' creator Chris Carter cleverly develops mystery
and atmosphere in each episode by insinuating supernatural power,
virulent viruses, voodoo, evil spirits, and a plethora of extra-
terrestrial creatures into a dazzling plot.
SCTV has been screening the series since l993 (now the seventh
season) and like the rest of the world, the show has found a
growing colony of avid fans in Indonesia.
The series had its silver screen debut two years ago after
completing its fifth season on the tube. The movie storyline
features Mulder and Scully investigating a mysterious bombing of
a skyscraper in Dallas.
It was not a big hit compared to Mission Impossible, The X-
Files movie only ended up decently in the world cinema.
Last week's episode The Goldberg Variation told the story of
Henry Weems who was thrown from the roof of a multi-storied
building by gangsters after winning $100,000 in a card game.
Surprisingly, the man survived with no bruises. Agent Mulder
theorizes that the man has a special healing power, but Scully
insists he is just a lucky guy who fell in a carry all filled
with heaps of towels.
This week's episode (July 19), Orison, directed by Rob Bowman
and written by Chip Johannessen, focuses on Reverend Orison
(Scott Wilson) who wants to free his friend Donnie Pfaster (Nick
Chinlund) from prison. But Pfaster only wants to meet the person
who saved his life -- Scully.
SCTV will broadcast 22 episodes of the seventh season of The
X-Files including Sixth Extinction, Sixth Extinction II: Armor
Fati, Hungry, The Amazing Maleeni, Signs and Wonders, Sein Und
Zeit, Brand X, Hollywood A.D, Fight Club, Je Souhaite, Requiem.
It is a pity, Duchovny has decided to quit the series after
finishing the 8th episode.
If you want to know more about The X-Files, you can surf
www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/4303xftable.html,
www.interalpha.net/customer/tim/xfiles.htm,
www.eonline.com/Facts/People/0,12,86,00.html.
www.scifi.com/xfiles, and www.darkhorizons.com/TV/xf-s7.html.