The X-Files Fan Retrospective: Chris Carter Interview

We interview series creator, Chris Carter! Chris shares his memories from the set, working with the talented crew and cast, answers fan questions from our Twitter account, and shares his message for the fans!
Featuring interviews from over 90+ members of The X-Files cast & crew, The X-Files Fan Retrospective explores the impact The X-Files has had on the pop culture landscape as well as the lasting impression on its fans. Rough-cut interviews are available on this KZbin channel for fans to enjoy while we work on the final project for the 30th anniversary!

[@jas31937]

I love most of Season 11! Episode 2 - "This" stands up to the very best of the best of all time. A great interview! Thanks for posting it! 💀📼

[@allenkelley8859]

By far, the most interesting show I have watched on TV. I can remember looking forward each week to the next episode. The characters, the plots, the music, locations were all top notch. Hope to see the show return.

[@RobertWF42]

Yes. And the humor, too! Mulder has the Gen X sarcasm & disgust with authority. 😅 I liked the atmosphere in the first 5 seasons, when they shot in Vancouver.

[@Ben_3113]

Same

[@Monchurian]

i wish the x files never end. there are so many potentials after season 11.

[@Monchurian]

The season 10 - 11 were showing so many potentials for this show to go on. I wish the x files never end.

[@whyey]

Bring back the Xfiles as good as it was

[@Pot-8-Toes]

When I watch series like The Outsider or From which take at least ten episodes to tell a story, I always remark how The X-Files did it better in a single episode or two. It’s amazing how much they could fit in.

[@TheXfilesFanRetrospective]

Could not agree more!

[@pamelaarmas2217]

They are selling xfiles movies now.comet channel no more!!They want people To pay to watch on apps now.or rent or buy movies x,files..Tell the trith😮 -

[@pamelaarmas2217]

I love X-,files..SCULLY AND DAVID ! OH YES...😊

[@pamelaarmas2217]

We love you all!

[@irenemacias7423]

Great mind , so glad ge never gave up , and I was one of the few that saw “ Wolfen “ and loved it - would had been a great XFiles episode for sure ‼️‼️‼️‼️Thanks for your imagination and talent Mr. Carter 😊😀💖🙏‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@pamelaarmas2217]

Oh yes bring x files back please.I miss Scully and muller so much ..COME BACK....P L EASE !!!!

[@Khaled-eo9mr]

Here currently binge watching the series, really hoping they can come out with a Season 12 one day

[@jw200]

Won't happen. Mulder (Duchovny) was OK with it but Scully (Gillian) was not interested in continuing, sadly. But yeah I love this show, I have every season and every part of this

[@Khaled-eo9mr]

@@jw200 yeah I heard she was disappointed about them not having any women led writers for the episodes and things like that , but yeah X files is one of my favorite shows ever

[@yu2000yu]

​@@jw200 To me, it is very unprofessional and ungrateful for Gillian to say that in public. She’s old enough to know that never say never. I just think that she’s now into the silly woke thingy going on. The show started in the 90s and it was very pioneering that it doesn’t only cast women as smart and professional, but also includes a lot of concepts that how minorities were unfairly casted as outsiders in the society. In Seasons 11 and 12, a lot of minorities were casted as doctors as well. She knows very well that despite how she much doesn’t like the writing, that should be something to deal with Chris Carter or others OFFLINE. You can see how Chris Carter was heartbroken when he mentioned that Gillian decided to never come back on the show. Seasons 11 and 12 are not perfect, but I am more disappointed on Gillian’s reaction than the writing itself.

[@LoreCraft]

Tell'em we want more John Dogget! Love that character - ended up liking him more than Mulder on the rewatch.

[@Pot-8-Toes]

Doggett would be good in an X-Files series of his own.

[@myxfilesfanvideoes]

How am I reading these words now! 20+ years ago I was fighting with anyone who would listen with my love for Doggett. It's a miracle and shows I was right, and he's even better that his character has longevity like this. Because male roles like his are really missed now.

[@randomer5555]

Great interview

[@TheXfilesFanRetrospective]

Thank you!

[@Pot-8-Toes]

Rather than a reboot, I’m sure there’s a tangential path the show could take without David and Gillian being involved. A simple Doggett show would be fascinating now. It’s time for the man-bat to sniff him out again.

[@myxfilesfanvideoes]

So true!! Doggett is the best character. But RP is quite far from Doggett now, unfortunately. He exists in the past and that is probably for the best. Even though I would faint if I saw Doggett again, I'm not sure it would work now. He'd have to not be an FBI agent. Maybe he's a consultant or a mentor and he gets involved in the bat story somehow. It could work but it needs good writers *cough*cough

[@yu2000yu]

@@myxfilesfanvideoes How about Doggett works as some kind of director, leading a team investigating the paranormal, where he serves as a mentor? I don't see him quitting the pursuit of justice. Being in the law enforcement allows him the best opportunity to achieve what he has been doing: putting bad people away so that they won't harm others. Can't imagine he works as a civilian.

[@ItaloDiscoMeloman1984]

Please make a sequel about William.

[@Nas0804]

I'm still waiting for the second part. 😉🙃

[@TheXfilesFanRetrospective]

It's coming! Check out the new Billy Connolly interview, he talks about Chris a lot! :)

[@Nas0804]

@@TheXfilesFanRetrospective You intrigued me. Thanks. 😘

[@hildabasalo3164]

Pero la temporada 12 la pueden hacer solo con Mulder ya que Gillian está en otros proyectos y no puede tal vez más adelante en otra temporada si se decida a aparecer pero debería haber un cierre de Mulder y Scully y pasar la batuta a otros agentes

[@rogwarrior1018]

Really well done interview, typical CC didn't directly answer many of the questions asked but we should expect that from him. I loved "Wolfen" I watched that movie at least 6 times...it would have made a great MOW. I NEVER (repeat that last word) thought that creep CSM had sex with Scully ewwww! I live in my own fan reality, William is Mulder's kid. Between their DNA he received his abilities. I love that he went with "unknowns" in casting GA and DD. I seriously doubt any others could have made XF what it became.

[@TheXfilesFanRetrospective]

Thank you!

[@BryanPatterson]

Been trying to identify the writing style or influence over the sentence structure for the CSM My Struggle intro monologue. Is there a particular format name for the way that was written?

[@tcaudiobooks737]

Soliloquy.

[@tcaudiobooks737]

Waste of an opportunity to get him to explain why he shitcanned the original mythology.

[@myxfilesfanvideoes]

Lolol😂😂😂 right!!!?????!!!

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

Я один раз в шоу по телевизору увидела там был интересно вообще как они рассказывали друг о друге ну вот и вы ему как же на вопросы наверное задавали ну поделитесь тоже этим комментарием

[@RobertWF42]

My question: What happened to the 2012 deadline for alien colonization?

[@Ben_3113]

I think they did address this in the reboot series but I’d have to rewatch to remember

[@heroicDale]

@@Ben_3113yeah apparently the Aliens decided they didn’t want to invade a planet that was warming up and wasting its resources

[@Ben_3113]

@@heroicDale that’s it, thank you

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

Какие ещё кино появились которые вы создали

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

А другие актёры мне тоже вот понравились тоже роль курильщика очень хорошо удалась как вы к таким актёрам относитесь и вообще с ними разговаривать и дружны вы по жизни может быть какие-нибудь к ним интересы друг с другом просто общайтесь как друзья интересно просто расскажите

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

Здравствуйте Крис картер можно к вам каверзный вопрос секретные материалы будут у нас продолжаться или нет и откуда взяли дают духовные он уже певцом был в тот момент когда он пришёл секретные материалы поделитесь пожалуйста

[@remi6408]

Ew what?!? Who assumed CSM had sex with Scully? That never even crossed my mind. 😂 To me it was always either Mulder or some form of IVF in which CSM could have been involved. But then Frank Spotnitz and CC have since confirmed it was always Mulder, so that’s what I’m sticking with ❤

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

Чуть-чуть расскажите про борьбу за будущее я там тоже не поняла как вот смогли её в данном скале вморозить в лёд что она там и дышала спокойно и всё но надо же вот такие кадры были неинтересно просто может расскажите немного

[@pamelaarmas2217]

Hey you dud Good.

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

Как вам понравились ты в духовность Жан Андерсон когда они играли с секретным материалов он хороший получились агенты фбр потому что я даже некоторые кадры увидела как вы их немножко там даже немножко шугали чуть-чуть но я думаю что всё получилось надеюсь поделитесь этим комментарием

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

Мы будем сильно скучать жаль ну я думаю что может быть какие-нибудь кино будут которые вы ещё создали разные ещё какие-нибудь кино будет показываться с участием других актёров которые вы сделали ещё

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

Чувствуется что вы по жизни кто музыкант сами или только сериалы пишите а может и книги пишите может поделитесь

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

Чья была идея создать перезагрузку в секретный материалах чья была идея это сделать очень интересный был фильм и хочу верить чья была идея сделать такой сериал

[@yiram]

How ca i contact chris? I want to send him a letter. Can i get his e mail or something elas?

[@myxfilesfanvideoes]

That's his exact problem, still believing that the show is the Mulder and Scully show... that narrow-mindedness killed it.

[@Ольга-н7и1з]

Отвин пиксы вы не создали то что это мне кажется может ты тоже пикса тоже ваша идея была я даже не знаю вот точно вот поделитесь тоже

[@petronellanuce4648]

😁 pr໐๓໐Ş๓

[@snakey973]

I Love CC and I will never be able to thank him enough for giving us all The Xfiles- still my favorite show and a show that motivated me to become the scientist I am....but he doesn't understand WHY the fans were deflated by the series finale. It's not because we thought CSM had sex with Scully. It's because he took away that which was the purest connection between Mulder and Scullly and made him just another plot point of CSMs evil. What we wanted with that character was emotional closure in some way and it's not what we got. It really ruined everyone's conception of what William was. I still love the fk out of the show and may it live forever and continue to inspire