That is a good question. And the obvious reason is money.
Let me start by saying I loved the original show. Hence my username here on IMDb: I particularly loved the badguy Alex Krycek. But I loved the whole show. It was different from any other show at that time. It was scifi and horror and drama and comdedy at the same time. A lot of fun. And each episode felt like a small movie.
In the middle of the original series they made the first featurefilm: Fight the future which was awesome. Then 6 years after the show got cancelled they made a second movie: I want to believe which was awful and had nothing to do with the show.
And now this. Which is at least 10 years too late.
David Duchovny looks old and tired. Gillian Anderson looks like she had way too many botox injections and she sounds like she has a soar throat as well as looking tired.
The energy and fun of the show in the 90'ies is gone. What is left is a decent but from my point of view unnecessary reboot/reunion. They should have left this alone. But the reboot is a big success so we will probably see more so-called seasons. 6 episodes is not a season. In the old show a season contained 22 or 23 episodes. I get that Duchovny is old and tired and don't wanna do full seasons anymore as he joked in an interview at some point. But if his heart is not in it he should'nt bother. I also get that both Duchovny and Anderson play the characters differently as they're both a lot older. But it's like watching them solve cases as a retired old couple who know longer have the energy to even look remotely interested as they say their lines. Nor do they seem to care about the cases they're given. They're just going through the motions. The worst part of it all is that they're both so much better actors than this.
As for unanswered questions like what happened to their son William etc etc I couldn't care less 14 years later, not counting the second movie.
This reboot seems lazy, boring and pointless.
The only good thing that has come out of this is the real old show released in stunning bluray quality. I most likely won't be watching anymore "seasons" but instead enjoy the old show that had so much more to offer.
As far as I'm concerned I will pretend this reboot don't exist, just like the second movie.
If you truly love the old show I suggest you rewatch that and avoid this reboot.
Let me start by saying I loved the original show. Hence my username here on IMDb: I particularly loved the badguy Alex Krycek. But I loved the whole show. It was different from any other show at that time. It was scifi and horror and drama and comdedy at the same time. A lot of fun. And each episode felt like a small movie.
In the middle of the original series they made the first featurefilm: Fight the future which was awesome. Then 6 years after the show got cancelled they made a second movie: I want to believe which was awful and had nothing to do with the show.
And now this. Which is at least 10 years too late.
David Duchovny looks old and tired. Gillian Anderson looks like she had way too many botox injections and she sounds like she has a soar throat as well as looking tired.
The energy and fun of the show in the 90'ies is gone. What is left is a decent but from my point of view unnecessary reboot/reunion. They should have left this alone. But the reboot is a big success so we will probably see more so-called seasons. 6 episodes is not a season. In the old show a season contained 22 or 23 episodes. I get that Duchovny is old and tired and don't wanna do full seasons anymore as he joked in an interview at some point. But if his heart is not in it he should'nt bother. I also get that both Duchovny and Anderson play the characters differently as they're both a lot older. But it's like watching them solve cases as a retired old couple who know longer have the energy to even look remotely interested as they say their lines. Nor do they seem to care about the cases they're given. They're just going through the motions. The worst part of it all is that they're both so much better actors than this.
As for unanswered questions like what happened to their son William etc etc I couldn't care less 14 years later, not counting the second movie.
This reboot seems lazy, boring and pointless.
The only good thing that has come out of this is the real old show released in stunning bluray quality. I most likely won't be watching anymore "seasons" but instead enjoy the old show that had so much more to offer.
As far as I'm concerned I will pretend this reboot don't exist, just like the second movie.
If you truly love the old show I suggest you rewatch that and avoid this reboot.