There are two more minor characters in the X-Files that I find really fascinating: Krycek and Spender. The way they're positioned in relation to, and interact with Mulder is awesome.
In my opinion the X-Files / Supernatural differences don't really resemble the sf / fantasy divide. It's more "good" vs. "bad". The X-Files has better characters, more complex structures of status and power between them, and much more interesting and better researched source material.
I didn't mind Supernatural initially, but if they needed a supernatural road trip show that mixed Biblical themes with Americana they could've just adapted Preacher for TV. Which would've been about a million times better.
Normally when a show's central relationship is an odd couple the differences are made explicit by contrasting actions, but in Mulder and Scully's case, the differences are intellectual and they otherwise have a similar modus operandi. That's what enables the Beckettian humour of the show - the fact that they stand around in matching outfits and set their philosophies on each other.
I don't know how much of it you've watched, or will watch, but there is an absolutely brilliant all-dialogue episode in about season 4 or 5.
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There are two more minor characters in the X-Files that I find really fascinating: Krycek and Spender. The way they're positioned in relation to, and interact with Mulder is awesome.
In my opinion the X-Files / Supernatural differences don't really resemble the sf / fantasy divide. It's more "good" vs. "bad". The X-Files has better characters, more complex structures of status and power between them, and much more interesting and better researched source material.
I didn't mind Supernatural initially, but if they needed a supernatural road trip show that mixed Biblical themes with Americana they could've just adapted Preacher for TV. Which would've been about a million times better.
Normally when a show's central relationship is an odd couple the differences are made explicit by contrasting actions, but in Mulder and Scully's case, the differences are intellectual and they otherwise have a similar modus operandi. That's what enables the Beckettian humour of the show - the fact that they stand around in matching outfits and set their philosophies on each other.
I don't know how much of it you've watched, or will watch, but there is an absolutely brilliant all-dialogue episode in about season 4 or 5.