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Transcripts for CNN The Nineties 20240604 00:08:00

And bliss out. - you also had experimentation that set the stage for a lot of what came later. [mark snow s the x-files ] - it s kinda hard to pin down what exactly the x-files is. i mean, on the surface, it s a show about investigating paranormal activities. - unidentified flying objects. i think that fits the description pretty well. tell me i m crazy. - mulder, you re crazy. - [chuckles] - that dynamic, that dramatic tension of believer versus skeptic is one of the engines of the show. and you were always seeing it from a specific point of view. - [screaming] help! help! - they re equals. - yeah, absolutely. yeah, they re equals, and in a way, they ve kind of switched gender stereotypes. because the character i play mulder is the intuitive one. - the large intestine. - and scully is the rationalist, the doctor. - a lot of folks who enjoyed the x-files who otherwise didn t watch tv might ve been drawn to the show ....

The Tonight Show , The X Files , Bliss Out , Mark Snow , Flying Objects , Gender Stereotypes , Point Of View , Believer Versus Skeptic , Plus One , Must See Tv ,

Transcripts for CNN The Nineties 20240604 02:08:00

No more schools, no more bodegas, no more tabernacles, no more cineplexes, all right? you re gonna snuggle up to your fiber optics, baby, and bliss out. - you also had experimentation that set the stage for a lot of what came later. [mark snow s the x-files ] - it s kinda hard to pin down what exactly the x-files is. i mean, on the surface, it s a show about investigating paranormal activities. - unidentified flying objects. i think that fits the description pretty well. tell me i m crazy. - mulder, you re crazy. - [chuckles] - that dynamic, that dramatic tension of believer versus skeptic is one of the engines of the show. and you were always seeing it from a specific point of view. - [screaming] help! help! - they re equals. - yeah, absolutely. yeah, they re equals, and in a way, they ve kind of switched gender stereotypes. because the character i play mulder is the intuitive one. - the large intestine. - and scully is the rationalist, ....

The X Files , Fiber Optics , Bliss Out , Gonna Snuggle , Mark Snow , The Tonight Show , Flying Objects , Point Of View , Believer Versus Skeptic , The One With Prom Video , Gender Stereotypes ,

Transcripts for CNN The Nineties 20240604 00:09:00

They re equals, and in a way they ve kind of switched gender stereotypes. because the 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, 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 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/x-files. and people were so nuts for this ....

The One With Prom Video , Gender Stereotypes , The X Files , The Tonight Show , Didn T , Don T Trust Us , Big Business , Stick It To The Man , Don T Trust The Government , Usenet News Groups , Computer Users , Message Boards , Fresh Air , Cigarette Smoking Man , Alt Tv X Files ,

Transcripts for CNN The Nineties 20240604 02:09:00

they re equals. yeah, absolutely. yeah, they re equals and in a way they ve kind of switched gender stereotypes because the character i play, mulder, is the intuitive one. large intestine. and scully is the rationalist, the doctor. 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, its stick it to the man ethos. it 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 hardcore 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 cigarette smoking man was up to. and i would go to ....

The One With Prom Video , Gender Stereotypes , The Tonight Show , Stick It To The Man , Didn T , Don T Trust Us , Big Business , The X Files , Don T Trust The Government , Fresh Air , Cigarette Smoking Man , Hardcore Computer Users , Message Boards ,