X-Files: I Used to Believe...

The X-Files tv show was one of the best during the 90's. In some ways it stood as a reference, before other tv shows like Heroes or Lost.

I remember to watch the pilot episode by pure chance. It was a Sunday night back in 1994 if I remember, and during a quick zapping before going to sleep I saw... something. A forest, darkness, a very bright light behind the trees... so far, nothing special... and then the famous theme starts.
A big X, I want to believe, government denies knowledge, paranormal activity, the truth is out there... and I was hooked!
From that day on I got addicted to X-Files. Yes, I like and I believe (to some extent) in the paranormal and in extra-terrestrial life (don't confuse it with little green men). Above all, I like a good conspiracy, when something is being hidden from the public opinion (that was my big reason to read The Da Vinci Code! eheheh).

And so it was like this that I started my alien-conspiracy-addiction. I bought dozens of VHS tapes in order to record all episodes... and I even skipped some classes in university in order to arrive home in time! eheheh Hey, it could be worst, right? eheh

Besides the paranormal, aliens and government activities, the show had two big stars: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. A different angle from the good cop/bad cop, where one played the open minded agent and the other the religious/scientific one. For years the chemistry worked marvellous, with dilemmas regarding what is true and what is believable, without being explicit and at the same time keeping a reasonable distance between a man/woman relationship.

This week I saw the latest X-Files: I Want to Believe ... and I really would like to believe. It's not a bad movie, but you must look at it as a long TV episode, nothing more. The movie doesn't bring any of the highlights that made it famous. It was nice to see both actors together again, fighting for the same causes, but at the end there was no justification for a new feature film. Replace the main characters by any others... et voilá, you have your typical thriller.

Ten years after the first X-Files movie (in 1998) fans were expecting a little bit more... and this was exactly my reaction after seeing the latest Indiana Jones movie! :P

One thing these two movies have in common: each one have a music theme that no one will never, never, never forget.
I do believe...