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By its--for lack of a better way to put it-- its stick-it-to-the-man ethos that said, "don't trust the government, "don't trust big business, don't trust anybody but yourself and your friends and family," i guess. it's a message that's somewhat dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early '90s. - the '90s was a time of conspiracies, and the internet was starting to spread beyond just, like, hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and usenet newsgroups, and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulder's sister and what the cigar...

The doctor. - a lot of folks who enjoyed "the x-files" who otherwise didn't watch tv might've been drawn to the show by its--for lack of a better way to put it-- its stick-it-to-the-man ethos that said, "don't trust the government, "don't trust big business, don't trust anybody but yourself and your friends and family," i guess. it's a message that's somewhat dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early '90s. - the '90s was a time of conspiracies, and the internet was starting to spread beyond just, like, hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and us...

Alt.tv.the-x-files and people were so nuts for this show. >> it's just pure science fiction and, um, that's probably what i like most about it. >> "the x-files" changed the way people watched television. you could sense these successful creators trying to see how they could do things different than they had done five or ten years ago. sometimes that led to really challenging network television that was cool and fun to watch, and sometimes it just seemed to fall off the edge a little bit. >> let's be careful out there. >> at the time, steven bochco was a very successful producer of hour dramas ...

Don't trust the government or big business or anybody but yourself and your friends and family, i guess. it's a message that's somewhat dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early '90s. >> the '90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulder's sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. >> i would go to alt.tv.the-x-files. and people were so nuts for this show. >> i...

But was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early '90s. >> the '90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulder's sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. go to alt.tv and people were so nuts for this show. >> it's just pure science fiction. that's probably what i like most about it. >> the "x files" changed the way people watched television. >> you could sense the successful creators t...