Random Talk

[Uncle]

I've tried to watch through the x-files a number of times, never make it through more than 4 or 5 seasons

finally just went and looked up what the central plot/conspiracy is

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alien colonists plan on coming back to earth to resettle it, and there's a syndicate on earth now prepping it for colonization, and then there's more shit about a black oil DNA thing that can turn things into aliens and/or attempts to make human-alien hybrids

I guess it's never meant to be spelled out in simple terms, throughout the show you just get a small hint here or there, but this just sounds so incredibly quaint, boring, and obvious

I get that these themes are horrifying if they were true, but it doesn't feel like it's the kind of thing that should be "the answer" to all the buildup

by comparison, an example I would give of something that is truly original and weird even when summarized is twin peaks