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Rubin Farr

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  1. 26 minutes ago, zero said:

    Carter of course came up with the idea for the show, largely influenced by '70s B-horror TV show Kolchak Night Stalker. he also lucked out finding some very gifted writers/directors early on (Howard Gordon, James Wong, Vince Gilligan, Frank Spotnitz). and obviously Duchovny & Gillian Anderson nailed it... but IMO, Carter didn't have much in the way of talent outside of that. the eps he wrote/directed weren't as good as the others, and the shows he launched thanks to his X-files fame all tanked.

    they need to leave the show alone at this point. it was a mid '90s gem that has been rebooted twice with horrible results. the story line has run its course. but that's not the way the money machine operates... I also don't know Coogler, but an easy comparison point would be what Jordan Peele did with the recent 4th or 5th reboot of Twilight Zone, which was absolute garbage. and then there's the subpar track record in terms of quality for all TV reboots in general. not a good omen.

    of the S10/S11 eps, I remember there were probably 1-2 decent ones each season. the "funny" eps I remember were p good, largely because they brought back Darin Morgan to write those. he wrote some of the '90s classics like Jose Chung's from outer space (the one with Alex Trebek) and Clyde Bruckman's Final repose. incredible stuff.

    The only really good ones from the last reboot were the Kolchak tribute, and the automated restaurant episodes. 

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