This had all the highlights of the X-FILES. Creepy aliens, the Cigarette Smoking Man and Well Mannicured Man, and awesome settings. Plus, that bee sting interrupting the kiss made the audience gasp.
I LOVED this movie! We were huge X-Files fans and I'm not sure this movie could have been done any better. Tied into the series while allowing non-X Files watchers to jump right in and enjoy it. Great tension. Scully got to really step up her in charge vibe. That first 30 minutes or so is borderline flawless film making. Sets the hook (the BC bit) leads into today with the kids in Texas and the whole building bomb portion... chef's kiss! Taut film making! So good!
This is a great movie. It was originally going to serve as the series finale, leaving on a cliffhanger where Mulder will fight for the truth and fight the future. However, executives at Fox wanted to do 4 more seasons of the series.
My Beloved dragged me into The Files, kicking and screaming. She has seen every episode many times. It is hard to deny the humor and good nature of it all... I liked the movie. We made sure to see it in the theater and I have watched it on TV a few times. Those two are a great paring, Mulder and Scully. Good stuff. Nice review...
I'm pretty sure Samantha Mulder's file was the only one not burned to a crisp, since the CSM took it with him before setting the X-Files office on fire at the end of season 5. As for the movie, I think it's quite enjoyable and very well shot. The production design is stunning. However, I was always bugged by the absurd amount of small coincidences in the plot, but specially the first, bigger one. Mulder is grudgingly brought into a response team to a bomb threat. Fine. Except, wouldn't you know, this particular bomb threat just so happens to have been engineered by the very Syndicate of which his own father was a part of and which he has been investigating for 5 seasons, I mean, years. And then Mulder just so happens to head into the vending machine room right as the MIB responsible for planting the bomb is leaving and, of all the machines inside, he tris the one in which the bomb is planted. It's cute and all, but come on. Though I can see how AFTER the bomb set piece the investigation continually puts Mulder and Scully in the position to witness further coincidences - the train passing by at the right moment, the noromo bee, the hole on the ship that leads Mulder straight to Scully -, wouldn't it make more sense, at least at the start, for Mulder to have been anonymously tipped on the bomb threat by, say, Kurtzweil, and then have maneuvered his way into the threat response team and then become a suspect of whatever Gwyneth's mom was rambling about and then start his rogue investigation into the case? I guess the writers wanted a more lighthearted introduction to the characters so Mulder needed to be initially unaware of what was actually going on, but as a fan of the show, I found it kind of beneath him to be so clueless. I also dislike how Scully is once again turned into a victim for Mulder to save at the end. If it's not an alien abduction, it's a serial killer kidnapping; if not that, it's terminal cancer; if not that, it's a freaking bee with an alien virus; if not that, it's being pregnant with a messiah alien baby. I mean, I get the appeal to turn Mulder into the movie's action star, but It always made more sense to me for Mulder to get into whatever sticky situation he puts himself in and then have Scully be the one who has to save him, like in episodes such as Little Green Men, End Game, 731 or Demons. Maybe a movie is not the best place to do that, but in the first theatrical outing of the franchise I didn't like seeing Scully robbed of her agency.
Nikki... if you are a TEXAS native... We are so blessed to have you. You are a treasure of our state for all geeks and nerds. Your videos are so well thought out and delivered awesome. Thank you for sharing.
There are two types of people in this world: Those that watch "X-Files," and those that do not. I, like many other critics who walked into "The X-Files" movie, fall into the latter category. But it doesn't matter, because I don't believe that there are any real twists in the plot or "revelations" like the extended title implies there may be. In fact, I think that even the strict fans of the television show may be a bit in the dark by the time the credits start to roll. I got lost about 2/3 of the way through, but I still had a fun time. Scully and Mulder, the two FBI Agents (I think) from the famous television show of the same name, make their big-screen debut in a feature-length, theatrical film release that plays much more like a clever science fiction film than a stupid one. I do not claim to be a huge fan of the science-fiction genre -- I like softer sci-fi such as "The Terminator" -- but I admire the hard sci-fi films that make an effort to reach those of us who many not be the most enthusastic sci-fi geeks. "The X-Files" has a harder task -- it has to reach those who not only have never seen the show, but also those who may not love sci-fi too much, and it does a good job. I admire it above all else for being able to do this.Mulder and Scully are drawn into an elaborate plan, a plan for alien colonisation.
Season 6 still had quite a few excellent MOTW episodes, but as far as the mythology storyline, after this it is all a disaster. Pretty much nothing of what happens in the movie is followed up in the tv series.
I'm actually going through the series for the first time in years, & I of course watched the movie between seasons 5 & 6. I've never been a fan to be honest, but I mostly enjoyed it this time. One of my problems is that it kinda feels like a generic blockbuster. It also does repeat ideas previously seen, like the deadly bees. The gestating aliens just draws comparisons to Alien, & its just not as great as what is seen in the Ridley Scott, or James Cameron films. Watching it again this time, I thought the interior of the space ship reminded me of trying to be something so otherworldly & unsettling as the derelict ship seen in Alien (not a criticism, just an observation). While I did enjoy it seeing it this time, I still don't think its a great movie. It could have just been another multi part mythology episode. I just don't think it feels like a real cinematic experience. Just compared to Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, which is pure cinema. I am in the minority, but I actually liked the sequel movie more, which I think is better than its reputation. If the series ended with this movie, we would have missed out on a lot of amazing episodes or moments. I'm up to season 8, but the moment from season 7 where Mulder got closure with Samantha is still affecting me. I also really like the character John Doggett. While I am not the biggest fan of this movie, its not the low point of the series. Season 7 is honestly at its weakest, but there are still some great episodes in it. It just became too goofy & lighthearted at times, which sometimes worked (The Goldberg Variation & The Amazing Maleeni), & other times didn't (Fight Club, although I don't hate it, as there are moments I enjoy, but it is just way too OTT in goofiness). I know it comes off as I am bashing this movie. I don't dislike it as much as I used to, but I'm not one of its biggest fans either.
As a fan of Millennium, I am gutted that Chris Carter had forsaken this series to go and make the first X-Files movie. (The behind-the-scenes making of Millennium goes more into this.) But I can't deny the film is excellent. Though it's confusing to see Terry O'Quinn playing a character who isn't his Millennium character, Peter Waits - complete with his classic pencil moustache.
The proper final was mid of season 6 when the syndicate guys died. For me this was the end of the mythology arc. Everything after that was just life support
at xfiles fan fest I have william b davis who play cigarettes smoking man sign my dvd of the the xfiles movie I even photo sitting next william b davis next to me
Sorry to break it out for you but your momma lied (or was at least mistaken). She´s not gay (heteroflexible, for sure). She married 3 times I think (currently with one of the creators of The Crown) and has like 4 children from current and previous relationships.
@@trhansen3244 "In 2015 when asked if she would be interested in having a same-sex relationship again, she told The Guardian, "I wouldn’t discount it, I did it before and I’m not closed to that idea. To me a relationship is about loving another human being; their gender is irrelevant." So, yeah. She's bi (or pansexual more specifically)
I watched this show as a kid. It got too scary for me to finish and i never found out what happened to his sister, if she was abducted by aliens, and who the cigarette smoking man was.
They need to make one more movie about being abducted only to wake up and find they had the same dream and unable to prove if it was real or not. They find others that shared their same dream, but no certainty that it happened in this world timeline.
If I remember correctly (and it was a while ago) the movie was originally called "The X-Files." "Fight the Future" was the tagline, and then it was added to the movie title later.
I love the series and Fight The Future, and I always thought they were going to wrap up the mythological arc with a big movie in 2012 (year set for the alien invasion according to the show), but no... They basically made another long but boring episode for cinemas and made a revival which retconned the story and ended worst than Game of Thrones, just no one cared by that moment... Thanx!!!
To be honest. I think the whole mythology arc should have ended when Mulder found out what happened to his sister. That was his intention all along. The whole part about their son being a product of the csm, really did not sit well with fans.
I was really disappointed in the movie when it came out. I don't think I've seen it since. I just wish they hadn't gone with the Alien conspiracy for the movie. The one weakness of the X-Files was the alien conspiracy. There were some great alien stories in the show but the conspiracy angle ended up so full of holes that it became annoying. The movie does have its moments (Terry O'Quinn steals the show) I just wish they'd gone with a clean, self-contained story for the movie.
X-Files Fight the Future is a very well done movie and I felt they did a good job with the story and I saw the movie in the theater when it came out. The movie still holds up. I can't say the same about the second movie though. I wish they did more X-Files movies instead of the season 10 and 11. Not that I didn't like them I just feel that season 10 and 11 are not as good as the show and the first movie was. I think they should have ended the show after season 6.
I didn't understand this movie when i younger. Watched it as an adult like 5 years ago. Now i get it. Love the end credits songs the x-files theme and walking after you by the foo fighters.
I hate Chris Carter and I wasn’t much of a fan of this movie. However, I was so discontented with this movie that I went home and started writing my own narrative. I left the first draft on the shelf until about 2010 when my mother passed away. That year made me realize that I could die myself at any time. After I rewrote my book, it sat on the shelf until about three months ago. I’m going to release it this year. There will be a lot of true life events of my own. I’ve had a close relationship with the paranormal for my entire life. Theres none of That skeptic bullshit like Chris Carter. I have first-hand knowledge that at least the ghosts and the alien shit is real. I can’t speak to worm men or sewer creatures, or werewolves or vampires. The X-Files overall is a pretty good series. I give it three out of five stars. However, that last movie I give it zero out of five stars. The season 10 and 11 it’s total trash, and I think it was me just an attempt to discredit the first nine seasons of The X-Files. Considering what we have heard from the government it seems that X-Files was closer than we thought to real life as far as aliens. When I see videos of anybody, questioning, whether alien life is real, I immediately block their channel and give them a thumbs down. The government does not just go around, saying aliens are real for no reason. They may not have had good intentions, but they finally admitted that people who claim to see aliens, were not all kooks and crackpots.
I think it's absolutely appalling that you would express hatred for Chris Carter. He never did anything designed to hurt you. You don't know him personally. I doubt you've ever met him. (I have.) He has certainly done nothing to warrant such nastiness from you. Your, 'analysis,' of the seasons and the movies are just your opinions and theories based on your own beliefs - and prejudices. Just because you disagree with Chris Carter doesn't mean you need to be so negative about him or his work. You seem to have some quite serious issues which you are projecting onto him. I suggest you get some therapy.
@ OMG! talk about someone who needs to get some therapy? You are so stupid. The only thing that anyone can ever express is their own opinion. Fuck Chris Carter. You need to calm down and go take your medication. Make sure you do before you go to work tomorrow and shoot the place up you little beta male punk.
This had all the highlights of the X-FILES. Creepy aliens, the Cigarette Smoking Man and Well Mannicured Man, and awesome settings. Plus, that bee sting interrupting the kiss made the audience gasp.
Nikki is one of my favorite JoBlo people. Thank you for talking about one of my favorite cinema experiences in 1998.
I listened to that soundtrack at least 500 times. I discovered the hidden track at the end. Great video. Thanks.
Would it be to much to ask for Nikki to cover every X-Files episode ASAP?
Check out The X Files Revisited Podcast
Honestly a Season by Season video series would be 👌🏽
Here now😮😢
YES! PLEASE!
It's too much, yes. I am going to order a pizza, though.
Movie fact: Mitch Pillegi plays the role of villain Pinker in Wes Cravens 80s awesomeness ' SHOCKER' Starring a youngish Peter Berg.
I’m one of the non shippers. I like them as friends. Not every male and female protagonist needs to end up as a couple.
True but these two really did belong to each other. On every level. And they were both Republicans and hate Joe Biden. So I say good for them!
I LOVED this movie! We were huge X-Files fans and I'm not sure this movie could have been done any better. Tied into the series while allowing non-X Files watchers to jump right in and enjoy it. Great tension. Scully got to really step up her in charge vibe. That first 30 minutes or so is borderline flawless film making. Sets the hook (the BC bit) leads into today with the kids in Texas and the whole building bomb portion... chef's kiss! Taut film making! So good!
This is a great movie.
It was originally going to serve as the series finale, leaving on a cliffhanger where Mulder will fight for the truth and fight the future. However, executives at Fox wanted to do 4 more seasons of the series.
My Beloved dragged me into The Files, kicking and screaming. She has seen every episode many times. It is hard to deny the humor and good nature of it all...
I liked the movie. We made sure to see it in the theater and I have watched it on TV a few times. Those two are a great paring, Mulder and Scully. Good stuff. Nice review...
I'm pretty sure Samantha Mulder's file was the only one not burned to a crisp, since the CSM took it with him before setting the X-Files office on fire at the end of season 5.
As for the movie, I think it's quite enjoyable and very well shot. The production design is stunning. However, I was always bugged by the absurd amount of small coincidences in the plot, but specially the first, bigger one. Mulder is grudgingly brought into a response team to a bomb threat. Fine. Except, wouldn't you know, this particular bomb threat just so happens to have been engineered by the very Syndicate of which his own father was a part of and which he has been investigating for 5 seasons, I mean, years. And then Mulder just so happens to head into the vending machine room right as the MIB responsible for planting the bomb is leaving and, of all the machines inside, he tris the one in which the bomb is planted. It's cute and all, but come on.
Though I can see how AFTER the bomb set piece the investigation continually puts Mulder and Scully in the position to witness further coincidences - the train passing by at the right moment, the noromo bee, the hole on the ship that leads Mulder straight to Scully -, wouldn't it make more sense, at least at the start, for Mulder to have been anonymously tipped on the bomb threat by, say, Kurtzweil, and then have maneuvered his way into the threat response team and then become a suspect of whatever Gwyneth's mom was rambling about and then start his rogue investigation into the case? I guess the writers wanted a more lighthearted introduction to the characters so Mulder needed to be initially unaware of what was actually going on, but as a fan of the show, I found it kind of beneath him to be so clueless.
I also dislike how Scully is once again turned into a victim for Mulder to save at the end. If it's not an alien abduction, it's a serial killer kidnapping; if not that, it's terminal cancer; if not that, it's a freaking bee with an alien virus; if not that, it's being pregnant with a messiah alien baby. I mean, I get the appeal to turn Mulder into the movie's action star, but It always made more sense to me for Mulder to get into whatever sticky situation he puts himself in and then have Scully be the one who has to save him, like in episodes such as Little Green Men, End Game, 731 or Demons. Maybe a movie is not the best place to do that, but in the first theatrical outing of the franchise I didn't like seeing Scully robbed of her agency.
❤❤. This was so much fun being in a theatre full of X-Files fans. And every weekend the same people would attend❤❤
Did anyone get the X-Files action figures that came out when the movie opened?
Thanks Niki
Nikki... if you are a TEXAS native... We are so blessed to have you. You are a treasure of our state for all geeks and nerds. Your videos are so well thought out and delivered awesome. Thank you for sharing.
8:09 - it's not "supend our belief". It's "suspend our disbelief" that movies ask from us.
There are two types of people in this world: Those that watch "X-Files," and those that do not. I, like many other critics who walked into "The X-Files" movie, fall into the latter category. But it doesn't matter, because I don't believe that there are any real twists in the plot or "revelations" like the extended title implies there may be. In fact, I think that even the strict fans of the television show may be a bit in the dark by the time the credits start to roll. I got lost about 2/3 of the way through, but I still had a fun time.
Scully and Mulder, the two FBI Agents (I think) from the famous television show of the same name, make their big-screen debut in a feature-length, theatrical film release that plays much more like a clever science fiction film than a stupid one. I do not claim to be a huge fan of the science-fiction genre -- I like softer sci-fi such as "The Terminator" -- but I admire the hard sci-fi films that make an effort to reach those of us who many not be the most enthusastic sci-fi geeks. "The X-Files" has a harder task -- it has to reach those who not only have never seen the show, but also those who may not love sci-fi too much, and it does a good job. I admire it above all else for being able to do this.Mulder and Scully are drawn into an elaborate plan, a plan for alien colonisation.
The X-Files is the greatest show of all time 😍😍😍
Season 6 still had quite a few excellent MOTW episodes, but as far as the mythology storyline, after this it is all a disaster. Pretty much nothing of what happens in the movie is followed up in the tv series.
I'm actually going through the series for the first time in years, & I of course watched the movie between seasons 5 & 6. I've never been a fan to be honest, but I mostly enjoyed it this time.
One of my problems is that it kinda feels like a generic blockbuster. It also does repeat ideas previously seen, like the deadly bees. The gestating aliens just draws comparisons to Alien, & its just not as great as what is seen in the Ridley Scott, or James Cameron films. Watching it again this time, I thought the interior of the space ship reminded me of trying to be something so otherworldly & unsettling as the derelict ship seen in Alien (not a criticism, just an observation).
While I did enjoy it seeing it this time, I still don't think its a great movie. It could have just been another multi part mythology episode. I just don't think it feels like a real cinematic experience. Just compared to Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, which is pure cinema.
I am in the minority, but I actually liked the sequel movie more, which I think is better than its reputation.
If the series ended with this movie, we would have missed out on a lot of amazing episodes or moments. I'm up to season 8, but the moment from season 7 where Mulder got closure with Samantha is still affecting me. I also really like the character John Doggett.
While I am not the biggest fan of this movie, its not the low point of the series. Season 7 is honestly at its weakest, but there are still some great episodes in it. It just became too goofy & lighthearted at times, which sometimes worked (The Goldberg Variation & The Amazing Maleeni), & other times didn't (Fight Club, although I don't hate it, as there are moments I enjoy, but it is just way too OTT in goofiness).
I know it comes off as I am bashing this movie. I don't dislike it as much as I used to, but I'm not one of its biggest fans either.
As a fan of Millennium, I am gutted that Chris Carter had forsaken this series to go and make the first X-Files movie. (The behind-the-scenes making of Millennium goes more into this.) But I can't deny the film is excellent. Though it's confusing to see Terry O'Quinn playing a character who isn't his Millennium character, Peter Waits - complete with his classic pencil moustache.
Too bad they could never actually give us a proper finale
The proper final was mid of season 6 when the syndicate guys died.
For me this was the end of the mythology arc.
Everything after that was just life support
Wow Nikki you rock! Great recap of the material! Keep it going!
Thanks so much!!
My home is currently consumed by Rob Bowman as we’re watching a combo of Star Trek TNG, X-Files and Castle!
This was huge for fans at the time. My wife saw this three times on opening day.
at xfiles fan fest I have william b davis who play cigarettes smoking man sign my dvd of the the xfiles movie I even photo sitting next william b davis next to me
I caught the movie by accident the other night. I was really surprised at what a ride it turned out to be! Glad it's holding on after all this time.
I loved fight for the future...I wanna believe not so much
Gillian Anderson is still one of my Red Crushes. I was so hurt when my mom told me she's gay. Still dig Scully. Need a fan flick of her and Ripley.
Sorry to break it out for you but your momma lied (or was at least mistaken). She´s not gay (heteroflexible, for sure). She married 3 times I think (currently with one of the creators of The Crown) and has like 4 children from current and previous relationships.
She is about the most opposite of gay a woman can be. She is totally into men. Just not feminine men, like most men are today.
@@trhansen3244 "In 2015 when asked if she would be interested in having a same-sex relationship again, she told The Guardian, "I wouldn’t discount it, I did it before and I’m not closed to that idea. To me a relationship is about loving another human being; their gender is irrelevant." So, yeah. She's bi (or pansexual more specifically)
@@ComoGotasdeAguaCine If I find out she is gay I am done. I will throw every movie or tv show of hers in the trash.
I NEEEEED a video on the movies of Herschel Gordon Lewis
I miss X Files, was a dedicated fan👍👽👍😊❤️
I watched this show as a kid. It got too scary for me to finish and i never found out what happened to his sister, if she was abducted by aliens, and who the cigarette smoking man was.
I need X-Files back in my life on a daily basis!!!!!!!!
They need to make one more movie about being abducted only to wake up and find they had the same dream and unable to prove if it was real or not. They find others that shared their same dream, but no certainty that it happened in this world timeline.
It's funny. I tend to just think of this as "The X-Files Movie" so when I hear "Fight the Future" I go "X-Files 2?"
If I remember correctly (and it was a while ago) the movie was originally called "The X-Files." "Fight the Future" was the tagline, and then it was added to the movie title later.
I Remember X-Files The Movie Trailers That They Showed A Whole Lot Back In '98.
I love when this lady does the Xfiles
It also spawned a great line of action figures, including a dead body on a stretcher.
I love the series and Fight The Future, and I always thought they were going to wrap up the mythological arc with a big movie in 2012 (year set for the alien invasion according to the show), but no... They basically made another long but boring episode for cinemas and made a revival which retconned the story and ended worst than Game of Thrones, just no one cared by that moment... Thanx!!!
I LOVE the movie! I saw it twice in 2 days when it was released. ☺️
(I also love the soundtrack.)
To be honest. I think the whole mythology arc should have ended when Mulder found out what happened to his sister. That was his intention all along. The whole part about their son being a product of the csm, really did not sit well with fans.
Jess is with Sam ? Not John
This movie rules. I still have my VHS copy. And I don't own a VCR😊
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X-Files forever 👽🫶🏼
I was really disappointed in the movie when it came out. I don't think I've seen it since. I just wish they hadn't gone with the Alien conspiracy for the movie. The one weakness of the X-Files was the alien conspiracy. There were some great alien stories in the show but the conspiracy angle ended up so full of holes that it became annoying. The movie does have its moments (Terry O'Quinn steals the show) I just wish they'd gone with a clean, self-contained story for the movie.
"Songs in the Key of X" is the true Soundtrack for the X-Files. I couldn't get into the movie soundtrack
Meet in Dallas
X-Files Fight the Future is a very well done movie and I felt they did a good job with the story and I saw the movie in the theater when it came out. The movie still holds up. I can't say the same about the second movie though. I wish they did more X-Files movies instead of the season 10 and 11. Not that I didn't like them I just feel that season 10 and 11 are not as good as the show and the first movie was. I think they should have ended the show after season 6.
I had such a crush on Scully❤
My favorite narrator and TV show.
Cave men in Texas?
Well, it's way better than the ufo in Indiana 4😏
I didn't understand this movie when i younger. Watched it as an adult like 5 years ago. Now i get it. Love the end credits songs the x-files theme and walking after you by the foo fighters.
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Too bad part 2 was absolute trash. Mudler & Schully on the big screen part two was trash did I mention that
LOL They sure got "North Texas" wrong
6th street
I hate Chris Carter and I wasn’t much of a fan of this movie. However, I was so discontented with this movie that I went home and started writing my own narrative. I left the first draft on the shelf until about 2010 when my mother passed away. That year made me realize that I could die myself at any time. After I rewrote my book, it sat on the shelf until about three months ago. I’m going to release it this year. There will be a lot of true life events of my own. I’ve had a close relationship with the paranormal for my entire life. Theres none of That skeptic bullshit like Chris Carter. I have first-hand knowledge that at least the ghosts and the alien shit is real. I can’t speak to worm men or sewer creatures, or werewolves or vampires. The X-Files overall is a pretty good series. I give it three out of five stars. However, that last movie I give it zero out of five stars. The season 10 and 11 it’s total trash, and I think it was me just an attempt to discredit the first nine seasons of The X-Files. Considering what we have heard from the government it seems that X-Files was closer than we thought to real life as far as aliens. When I see videos of anybody, questioning, whether alien life is real, I immediately block their channel and give them a thumbs down. The government does not just go around, saying aliens are real for no reason. They may not have had good intentions, but they finally admitted that people who claim to see aliens, were not all kooks and crackpots.
I think it's absolutely appalling that you would express hatred for Chris Carter. He never did anything designed to hurt you. You don't know him personally. I doubt you've ever met him. (I have.) He has certainly done nothing to warrant such nastiness from you. Your, 'analysis,' of the seasons and the movies are just your opinions and theories based on your own beliefs - and prejudices. Just because you disagree with Chris Carter doesn't mean you need to be so negative about him or his work. You seem to have some quite serious issues which you are projecting onto him. I suggest you get some therapy.
@ OMG! talk about someone who needs to get some therapy? You are so stupid. The only thing that anyone can ever express is their own opinion. Fuck Chris Carter. You need to calm down and go take your medication. Make sure you do before you go to work tomorrow and shoot the place up you little beta male punk.
🎉シーズン1から見直して、今はシーズン10のブルーレイ観てますよ👍️
I watched this at the movies and I fucking loved it. Tell me I'm wrong.
THIS WAS PERFECTION NICOLE!!!!!!!!
BEFORE IT BECAME THE WOKE FILES.
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