"The X Files" The Post-Modern Prometheus (1997)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

8.3/10   

Regisseur:

Chris Carter

Drehbuchautoren:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by)

TV-Serie:

"The X Files" (1993)

Erstausstrahlung:

30. November 1997 (Staffel 5, Folge 5)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A letter to Mulder from a woman who has become twice pregnant through strange circumstances, brings the agents to her small town...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Title Spoken By Character | Glock | Shipper | Romantic Tension

Nutzerkommentare:

Cher is a moron...

Besetzung

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
John O'Hurley	...	Dr. Pollidori
Pattie Tierce	...	Shaineh Berkowitz
Stewart Gale	...	Izzy Berkowitz
Chris Giacoletti	...	Booger
Chris Owens	...	Mutato
Dana Grahame	...	Reporter
Jean-Yves Hammel	...	Goat Boy
Tracey Bell	...	Cher
Lloyd Berry	...	Old Man Pollidori
Miriam Smith	...	Elizabeth Pollidori
Xantha Radley	...	Waitress
C. Ernst Harth	...	Huge Man
Jerry Springer	...	Himself

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Firma:

20th Century Fox Television

Dies und das:

Mutato watches the 1985 movie Mask starring Cher. It is also another reference to Frankenstein, where the monster studied and related to John Milton's Paradise Lost, Mutato here can relate to the boy in the movie.

Dialogzitate:

Dana Scully: Why are you humoring them Mulder?
Fox Mulder: I'm not humoring them, Scully. This is a very serious crime.
Dana Scully: So is perjury. So is calling out F.B.I. agents under false pretenses.
Fox Mulder: For the purpose of what?
Dana Scully: Isn't it obvious? I think what we're seeing here is an example of a culture for whom daytime talk shows and tabloid headlines have become a reality against which they measure their lives. A culture so obsessed by the media and a chance for self-dramatization that they'll do anything in order to gain a spotlight.
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Querbezüge:

Enthält ausschnittsweise Mask (1985)

Cher is a moron...

This is one of the better Chris Carter episodes. After this one it seems like he tries to recreate it. The main things I love about this episode are the scenes with the monster dancing to cher, all the animal people, and the mad scientist. The casting is very interesting on this episode. Originally Chris wanted to have Rosanne Bar play the mom and Cher play herself. Can't remember why Rosanne couldn't be in it but I watched some of the Season 9 Special Features discs recently and on one disc there is a guest star retrospective documentary where they talk to a number of the guest stars. Interestingly they interview Cher even though she declined appearing in the episode of "The Post-Modern Prometheus" and she basically says that she didn't do it because she thought the script seemed corny and she wasn't thrilled about playing herself rather than acting but after she saw it she regretted it and wishes she had done it. That's what you get I say. You don't turn down an opportunity to be on the X-Files unless you are a total moron. Anyway the other interesting thing about casting is how many extras they have in this episode playing the animal people. I would love to be on an episode of X-Files. Anyway, I like this episode and I give it 9/10.