Now why does this sound oddly familiar...?

[rheasilvia]

It seems Chris Carter is poised to launch another series about - wait for it - mysterious happenings and government conspiracies surrounding top-secret US military base Area 51.

Apparently, the show is described as a contemporary conspiracy thriller revealing the true story behind the infamous Area 51, America's most mysterious military installation.

Yeah RIGHT. How about "a contemporary conspiracy thriller randomly tossing about all manner of intriguing clues and mysterious events for their momentary coolness value, only to culminate in a huge crescendo of gobbledegook because the creator had no actual concept and is at a loss of how to tie it all together".

I am strangely unenthusiastic. Fancy that.

(Am I the only one who has lived in blissful ignorance thus far...?)

Comments

[extempore]

For me it's the "new" topic of Area 51 that's offputting, because it has been done sosososo many times already. Talk about beating a dead horse.

[rheasilvia]

Yeah - that makes it a lot worse. Also, really, CC has no alternate plot up his sleeve after all these years he could have been developing something new? Talk about being a one trick pony.

[torch]

No, I had no idea. (And Chris Carter, apparently, only has the one.)

[rheasilvia]

I'd actually be embarrassed to repeat myself quite so blatantly, if I were him. Maybe we should be taking bets on the main characters - let me take a totally wild guess: a competent no-nonsense woman to be the voice of reason, and a visionary brilliant man all of whose out-there theories turn out to be correct.

Definitely not a series I plan to watch.