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Darin Morgan expressed his concern that his more comedic style might not fit with where the show stood in Seasons 2 and 3: “I was always very conscious of having it still be an X-File” (Brian Lowry’s Trust No One). For example, fans will say things like, “‘The Rain King’ just isn’t The X-Files, ” and, “Scully’s jealousy was out-of-character”. We use the language of essentialism to talk about fiction, and I wonder how this is affecting our experiences of our favourite shows. But how many fans feel like it successfully captured the soul of the show that they love? It featured the proposed essence (Mulder and Scully). I wonder what it would take to successfully replicate The X-Files -does the show itself have a soul, or an essence? In the revival seasons the show did its best to recreate a variety of episode types from the original run-there’s an evil technology episode, a cannibal cult episode, and a couple of quirky Darin Morgan comedies. T here’s even an episode called ‘Essence’, where in the opening monologue Mulder wonders whether human souls can be found in DNA, and whether like DNA they can be replicated. This idea manifests itself in The X-Files in a few ways, for example in immaterial souls, and the legitimisation of ghosts and reincarnation. In other words, essence precedes existence. For example if the essence of a door is that it opens, then something that does not open cannot be a door.
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Is it therefore possible to identify an objective essence?Įssentialism holds that things, including people and TV shows, have a particular set of characteristics that are necessary to their existence. Then there are those who are wholeheartedly committed to the Vancouver era (Seasons 1-5) claiming it was more X-Files -y than the LA era.
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Some people prefer the mythology episodes over the monsters of the week, while others skip over the Myth Arc entirely. Being part of the fandom means observing people who have clearly had radically different viewing experiences-many would say, for example, that the MSR is essential to The X-Files, while some would argue the opposite. Doing something without them is not understanding the essence of the show,” and the word “essence” stood out to me. Twitter user wrote, “There’s no X Files without Mulder and Scully. This, clearly, is the story that is gripping Korea's advertising industry like nothing else.A clickbait article about an X-Files reboot recently did the rounds on Twitter, and it had some fans reeling. The journalists initially interviewed for the report have also joined the fray, issuing lawsuits and taking the opportunity to ask Cheil to come up with a solution that will restore their damaged integrity.Īccording to The Korea Times, notable names in the report include Bae Yong Jun, Choi Ji Woo and Kwon Sang Woo.
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A committee of showbiz personalities and entertainment agencies are now drawing up lawsuits that are expected to result in Korea's largest-ever legal action, and Cheil is suitably contrite - issuing an apology and noting that the file is presumed to have been leaked by the research house. Predictably enough, the report has been leaked onto the internet, and has spread through cyberspace like wildfire. It is this last category that lists all manner of lurid details about the stars' sexual proclivities, illegitimate children, drug use, and dalliances with business tycoons and even cabinet ministers. The report was, however, unusually thorough - and in addition to such categories as career history, acting ability and public image, was the one on 'rumours'. In November last year, Cheil Communications tasked independent research house Dongseo Research with compiling a report on the advertising value of 99 local celebrities. It has it all, from sexual shenanigans to political scheming and, in a delicious twist, it just happens to involve one of the country's advertising giants. "This is the real news."Īnd so Diary stumbled onto what looks set to snowball into the biggest Korean story in a long while. "It's the 'Celebrity X Files'," came the answer. A new global mega-pitch perhaps? Or moves by WPP to acquire yet another agency? A routine call to Korea was clearly about to reap rich dividends.