Extinction or Extermination? by Sarah Stegall Copyright 1999 by Sarah Stegall. All rights reserved. “I’m dying, you idiot.” — Fox Mulder to the Cigarette-Smoking Man “Biogenesis” written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, directed by Rob Bowman. “The Sixth Extinction” written by Chris Carter, directed by Kim Manners. “The Sixth Extinction: Amor Fati” written by David Duchovny and Chris Carter, directed by Michael Watkins. Something really is in danger of dying on The X-Files, and it’s not just Fox Mulder. The last episode of the sixth season of The X-Files (“Biogenesis”) started with the most visually stunning opening sequence I…
The X-Files: “The Unnatural”
Straight Over the Top By Sarah Stegall Copyright (c) 1999 by Sarah Stegall “The Unnatural” Written and Directed by David Duchovny “If you just understood baseball better, all those questions would be answered. The aliens, the conspiracies, they would all in their way be answered by the baseball gods.” — Arthur Dales The really great movies about baseball–“Bull Durham”, “A League of Their Own”, “Field of Dreams”–are not about winning. They are about the passion for the game, not the lust for victory. They celebrate the game even when the team loses, even when dedication to what is, essentially, a…