tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post8878702124524293666..comments2024-03-29T04:57:26.162-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Announcing My New Book: The X-Files FAQ (2015)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-85073036216192196232015-09-09T08:13:24.125-04:002015-09-09T08:13:24.125-04:00Hi James,
Thank you so much! I loved writing Terr...Hi James,<br /><br />Thank you so much! I loved writing Terror Television. That's one of my favorites of all the books I've written, in part because it was so much fun to research programs such as The X-Files, Millennium, Ghost Story, and so on. I agree with you about the importance of The X-Files: it is the first series that really made horror mainstream, and a pop phenom. I also agree with your conclusion that we would likely not have Lost or Walking Dead (and certainly not Fringe...) without the Carter program. I hope you enjoy the book!<br />John Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-57967323451922992522015-09-08T20:49:02.189-04:002015-09-08T20:49:02.189-04:00Awesome news John and congratulations!
Really lo...Awesome news John and congratulations! <br /><br />Really looking forward to this! Your "Terror Television" is hands down the best reference/critical analysis book about genre television I ever read. I loved your "X-Files" coverage in that book, written when the show was still on the air. So it will be interesting to read your reflections now fifteen years later.<br /><br />I don't think it's possible to overstate what an enormous influence this series was, not only on genre television, but across the entire pop culture spectrum. There would have been no "Lost" or "Walking Dead" if X-Files hadn't come along. I think the show forced all television dramas to up their game with stronger writing and more cinematic production techniques,James J. Caterinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01457868136494514710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-30238653054923079832015-09-07T13:16:40.921-04:002015-09-07T13:16:40.921-04:00Hi SFF: Thank you so much for the words of support...Hi SFF: Thank you so much for the words of support, my friend. I agree with you. The X-Files for me is one of the three or four true greats in television history, and it opens up, continually, to new analysis, new perspectives. Such a brilliant program. I hope you enjoy the book!!!John Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-17814893785183091312015-09-07T10:41:36.091-04:002015-09-07T10:41:36.091-04:00John, Your latest publication is a great and pleas...John, Your latest publication is a great and pleasant surprise.<br />The X-Files is such an endlessly entertaining and thought-provoking series that lends itself to limitless scrutiny and analysis. I never tire of reading of the series and I am thrilled you have selected this as your latest project. <br /><br />Congratulations on this endeavor and I very much look forward to supporting you and reading this publication. Best wishes. GSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.com