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Character i play, mulder is the intuitive one. and scully is the rationalist, the doctor. >> a lot of folks who enjoyed "the x files" who otherwise didn't watch tv might have been drawn to the show by its, for lack of a better way to put it, stick it to the man ethos. 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 user...

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...

Fresh air in the early '90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. the internet was starting to spread like hard core computer users so you could have message boards and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees, and i would go to alt.tv. -- people were nuts for this show. >> it's pure science fiction. >> i think the "x files" influenced nerd culture and in other words taking over the culture, and it was an opportunity to reach a wide audiences. so it did lead to shows like "buffy t ""buffy the vampire slayer"

It's a dark and cynical message but was kind of a rhett of fresh air. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies and the internet was trying to spread like hard core computer users. everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulder's sister and what the cigarette smoking man would do. i'd go to alt tv/the files. people were so nuts r for this show. >> it's pure science fiction. that's what i like about it. >> it changed the way people watched television. >> seeing how they could do things differently than five or ten years ago. sometimes that led to challenging network television...