Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files

Dieses Buch ist für jeden Fan absolut zu empfehlen! Auch wenn ich die Folgen alle schon mehrfach gesehen habe, waren die Reviews dazu spannend zu lesen, und beinhalten auch interessante Kritik. Besonders gefällt mir, dass auch die neuen Staffeln 10 und 11 mit dabei sind.

Buenísimo. Acompañar la serie con este libro es muy gratificante. Incluye escritos y reseñas sobre todos los episodios (incluidas las temporadas 11 y 12) y ambas películas. Lecturas cortas y amenas. Recomendada para todos los fans de la serie

I am at a loss to understand the negative reviews this book is getting, there is absolutely nothing spiteful about it? I am as big a fan of The X-Files as anyone, but all fans understand that episode quality was always hit and miss, so that one week you might be watching a brilliant episode like Bad Blood or Home, the next you might be watching one of the widely acknowledged stinkers like Space or 3, episodes that fans themselves have always joked about. (Heck even the show made a meta joke in season 11 about what a terrible episode everyone thinks the cat one from season 3 was). All the book does is fairly appraise each episode with the understanding that some are better than others, and in fact the authors argue that season 6 (the first season set in LA with a lot of comedy episodes) and season 8 (first season without Mulder) are far stronger than fans allow, and they go to bat for the revival series as well and seem to like it very much, in fact it gets a much more positive response in this book than I have ever seen online. Yes they talk about the mythology eventually not making any sense, but that’s nothing that nearly all viewers haven’t argued themselves? They also interview nearly all of the writers, including Chris Carter, as well as actors like the ones for Skinner and Doggett, all of which have a lot of additional insight to offer. And each season and movie are accompanied by gorgeous black and white drawings as well. So again I’ve no idea why this book is being dismissed as hating on the show, it’s no harsher on season 9, or on some of the really terrible episodes like Fight Club, than most of the fans themselves have been. If you want a book that is completely uncritical and gushes over every episode, then this will not be the book for you, but that’s still a far cry from the writers hating the show, their love for it comes across loud and clear

Always a big fan of the show and recently have embarked on a streak of watching it all over again. I was looking for a reference book on the X-Files series and movies and found this one, which is the perfect companion. No fat, all meat. If you were/are a fan, this is the one.

Que lindo! Capa dura com jaquet. Vou ler aos poucos pois ainda estou aprendendo a ler em inglês.