The Two World Views: The X-Files
The X-Files
The X-Files is generally acclaimed as the television cult hit of the 1990's. The pilot that aired in September of 1993 introduced FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Together the two work to uncover the truth behind unsolved cases that defy normal investigation, the cases that the government has buried or ignored, labeling them the "x-files." The two agents are wonderful examples of modernism and post-modernism world views. First in order to understand the reasons Scully and Mulder portray the two world views, we must understand what modernism and post-modernism mean. Modernism was the era that was dominated by Freud and Marx, a belief that humans are purely material machines, a belief that we live in a purely physical …show more content…
Scully often makes fun of or laughs at Mulder's insistence of the existence of the supernatural or paranormal. Scully values science and rationality and even though the events seem to be unbelievable she never gives in and believes in Mulder's theories. The main reason Scully was assigned to the x-files project was because she was a skeptic, they trusted her to write a clear scientific analysis of the cases. In the pilot Mulder asks Scully if she believes in extraterrestrials, she replies with "Logically I would have to say no. Given the distances need to travel from the of reaches of space the energy requirements would exceed a spacecraft's capabilities ". Mulder then comes back by saying "Conventional wisdom..." . Scully and Mulders dialouge is a helpful tool to help recognize the two agents worldviews. Another good example of Scully's modernist world view is when she says "what I find fantastic is that there are any answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are out there you just have to know where to look." Scully believes that the truth is out there but through her perspective they are found through science and conventional rationality. Even when Scully cannot explain the amazing events that keep happening she is still faithful to her rational side and says to Mulder "just because I can't explain what I saw, doesn't mean I'm going to believe they were
The X-Files is generally acclaimed as the television cult hit of the 1990's. The pilot that aired in September of 1993 introduced FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Together the two work to uncover the truth behind unsolved cases that defy normal investigation, the cases that the government has buried or ignored, labeling them the "x-files." The two agents are wonderful examples of modernism and post-modernism world views. First in order to understand the reasons Scully and Mulder portray the two world views, we must understand what modernism and post-modernism mean. Modernism was the era that was dominated by Freud and Marx, a belief that humans are purely material machines, a belief that we live in a purely physical …show more content…
Scully often makes fun of or laughs at Mulder's insistence of the existence of the supernatural or paranormal. Scully values science and rationality and even though the events seem to be unbelievable she never gives in and believes in Mulder's theories. The main reason Scully was assigned to the x-files project was because she was a skeptic, they trusted her to write a clear scientific analysis of the cases. In the pilot Mulder asks Scully if she believes in extraterrestrials, she replies with "Logically I would have to say no. Given the distances need to travel from the of reaches of space the energy requirements would exceed a spacecraft's capabilities ". Mulder then comes back by saying "Conventional wisdom..." . Scully and Mulders dialouge is a helpful tool to help recognize the two agents worldviews. Another good example of Scully's modernist world view is when she says "what I find fantastic is that there are any answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are out there you just have to know where to look." Scully believes that the truth is out there but through her perspective they are found through science and conventional rationality. Even when Scully cannot explain the amazing events that keep happening she is still faithful to her rational side and says to Mulder "just because I can't explain what I saw, doesn't mean I'm going to believe they were