{"id":111,"date":"2000-11-03T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-11-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=111"},"modified":"2021-05-16T01:03:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T05:03:47","slug":"the-next-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2000\/11\/03\/the-next-files\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\nThe season premiere of my favorite show is just a couple days away, but strangely I am not looking forward to it.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; I used to be a huge <i>X-Files<\/i> fan, but now the thought of the show&#8217;s return fills me with unease. All the newspapers and magazines say I should be ecstatic that the show did not end following the resignation of lead actor David Duchovny. I should be turning cartwheels that the producers of the show have hired a new lead and that the show was snatched from the jaws of cancellation and can continue. But in fact I feel quite the opposite. I can honestly say I was hoping the previous season would be the last. I wanted to see my favorite show end with some class, rather than being bled dry by Fox&#8217;s desperate need for an hour-long drama. Even Chris Carter himself had stated he only stuck around for season eight since Fox threatened to continue the show without him.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; I know I&#8217;m not the only one almost dreading the start of the new season. I can&#8217;t stop thinking about such doomed projects as <i>Archie Bunker&#8217;s Place<\/i> or <i>AfterMASH<\/i>, which were pale imitations of their forebears. \u2026Yes, I&#8217;ll continue to watch, but I seriously doubt the show will be worthwhile or even survive. Sad to say, it&#8217;s already been chasing its tail for maybe three or four years, with all its monster-of-the-week episodes seeming like remakes of previous episodes. And I&#8217;m confident Chris Carter will screw up Scully&#8217;s pregnancy just like he did the conspiracy arc and the Samantha arc.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; But at least, thanks to TCFHE video, I&#8217;ll have season two to watch soon, and then season three, back when the show was good\u2026back when the show was the best thing on TV\u2026back when I couldn&#8217;t wait to watch the next week&#8217;s episode\u2026and, sadly, unlike <I>this<\/I> season.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Please let me be proved wrong.\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The season premiere of my favorite show is just a couple days away, but strangely I am not looking forward to it.&nbsp; &nbsp; I used to be a huge X-Files fan, but now the thought of the show&#8217;s return fills &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2000\/11\/03\/the-next-files\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}