![]() ![]() Nowadays, the US government is investigating alien sightings and deepfakes are swinging elections across the world, while AI is being used to resurrect ancient languages and billionaires are buying Michelin meals in space. (There’s even an AI Adam Curtis documentary about the series.) With the original seasons taking inspiration from the collective fears of the era – the oil wars were unfolding, while domestic terrorism such as the Unabomber and the Columbine High School massacre raised alarm bells about very real threats on US shores – we, too, are entering a new, uncharted era characterised by increasing unreality, surveillance and paranoia. First landing on screens in 1993, the TV series emerged in the window between the Cold War and 9/11, with its supernatural accounts of alien colonists, ghosts and government conspiracies reflecting the horrors, psychological anxieties and political conspiracies of its time.ģ0 years on, The X-Files is arguably more resonant than ever – and in many ways predicted the times we live in now. ![]() “The Truth Is Out There,” goes the catchphrase of The X-Files, Chris Carter’s cult hit about two FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigating unsolved paranormal cases across America.
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