The X-Files: Fight the Future, 1998
I am fairly sure this is the first piece of online video I ever painstakingly downloaded and then analyzed frame by frame. Long before such nerdy pursuits became something of a national pastime (thank you, YouTube!), those of us unfortunate enough to be afflicted with a burning case of obsession over the X-Files fretted and twirled our thumbs and crossed our fingers and hoped the little sci-fi show that could would successfully make the leap to theaters.
Yeah, it sort of feels the same now, higher tech and all. Mulder and Scully will be back on the big screen this summer, being all angsty and kissy and chasey and conspiracy-y. Here's a sneak peek at that:
The X-Files: I Want to Believe, 2008
If you'd like a stricter comparative exercise, this long-form trailer from '98 (the one above was the very first teaser aired -- I think? -- during a TV broadcast of the show) has the same sountrack, half the same dialogue, and similarly staged shots as the new one:
[Thanks to Liz M. at NewTeeVee for helping dig up our past.]
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