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Fox 10pm tonight..
http://www.avclub.com/article/x-files-back-after-13-years-and-we-still-want-beli-230888
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi drama series The X-Files for all nine seasons (19932002). Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012) and two X-Files films: The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). Her other notable television credits are Any Human Heart, The Crimson Petal and the White, portraying Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2011) and Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal. In 2013, Anderson began starring as DSI Stella Gibson on the critically acclaimed BBC crime drama television series The Fall. She has been serving as an executive producer from its second series.
Aside from film and TV, Anderson has taken on the stage and has received both awards and critical acclaim. Her stage work includes Absent Friends for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer, A Doll's House that earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and a portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire for which she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress.Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running and widely popular series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth (2000), and Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' Bleak House. Among other honours, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi drama series The X-Files for all nine seasons (19932002). Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012) and two X-Files films: The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). Her other notable television credits are Any Human Heart, The Crimson Petal and the White, portraying Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2011) and Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal. In 2013, Anderson began starring as DSI Stella Gibson on the critically acclaimed BBC crime drama television series The Fall. She has been serving as an executive producer from its second series.
Aside from film and TV, Anderson has taken on the stage and has received both awards and critical acclaim. Her stage work includes Absent Friends for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer, A Doll's House that earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and a portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire for which she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Anderson
blogslut
(38,000 posts)dumb old football is going to delay the premiere
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)Gotta listen to a lot of stupid "analysis" now. Stupid post-game show.
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)Initech
(100,076 posts)elias49
(4,259 posts)I've been looking forward to this!
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Initech
(100,076 posts)elias49
(4,259 posts)elias49
(4,259 posts)Zorro
(15,740 posts)One of my favorite baddies.
nolabear
(41,963 posts)I'm curious as to how that plays out. I mean, "the government" is the government, no?
So far some pretty creepy fun!
Archae
(46,328 posts)Yeah, you guessed it, I consider "X-Fools" to be a total shit program.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)and I'm going to enjoy it again. And, no, I'm generally not considered to be a fool.
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Vattel
(9,289 posts)The alien conspiracy episodes drove me crazy.
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)The conspiracy mytharc was a pretty compelling idea, but wasn't really executed well. X-Files wasn't the only show that had that problem though. TV in the 90s was transitioning between standalone episodes and the more continuous storytelling that is common now. X-Files, Deep Space 9 and Buffy all had weird pacing where they would spend a couple episodes catching up on the seasonal story arcs, and then go back to standalone episodes for 3 or 4 weeks.
My favorite X-Files were the ones where they got all self-referential, and poked fun at the entire premise of the show. The one with the carnies, and the one with Alex Trebek and Jesse Ventura as Men in Black come to mind.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)the same story from their own perspective was great too. I don't remember the MIB one with Trabek and Ventura. OMG, maybe . . .