Jezebel: X-files

Scientists Create Embryo From Three Parents

Anna North — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:40:00 EDT

A new procedure that combines DNA from one man and two women may help produce embryos free of genetic disease. Some people are concerned about the technique, however — maybe because it resembles the scariest X-Files episode ever. [Sun] More »

Animals In Advertising: A Hall Of Fame

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EDT

In honor of the passing of Gidget the Taco Bell Chihuahua yesterday, we've compiled a tribute to the commercial achievements of our favorite animal thespians, from Morris the Cat's unsuccessful presidential bid to the duck that's torturing Ben Affleck. More »

The Truth Is Out There: British Govt Reveals (Sorta) Top-Secret Alien Files

Sadie Stein — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Newly released Ministry of Defence files reveal that British investigators interviewed a woman about her dog-walking alien encounter. Good to know they were taking it seriously? More »

X-Files London Premiere: Second Time Was Not A Charm

Sadie Stein — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT

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Hey, so, remember when earlier in the week we went to the U.S. X-Files: I Want to Believe premiere and it was super-depressing and kinda lame? Yeah, well, now you get to relive that experience, only this time, in London. I mean, I'll see the movie, for old times' sake, if only to find out exactly how many close encounters with every form of the paranormal Scully needs to have before she ceases to be so skeptical. And in any event, Mulder and Scully (left) looked pretty good last night. But the various Brit B-listers who showed? Not so much. Anyhoo, the Good, the Bad, and the Daughters of Rich Guys... after the jump. More »

The Truth Is, Mulder & Scully Are Just “Two 40-Something Adults With Trust Issues”

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EDT

The X-Files: I Want to Believe premieres today, shrouded in its own set of Clintonian conspiracy theories. Can Agent Scully rekindle our fangirldom? Are our two special agents still an item? Who's the casting director that saw rapper Xzibit and thought “FBI agent?” Oh, and about that plot: it sounds like a mediocre episode of the series itself: an FBI agent goes missing and a pedophile Catholic priest’s psychic rantings may hold the only key to finding her. Agent Scully, who has since become a doctor at a Catholic hospital, and Mulder, who is now a bearded Ted Kaczynski-esque recluse are called up from retirement to decide if they want to believe in the priest's psychic abilities...and their own love. Disappointing details of their middle-aged affair after the jump! More »

Dana Scully: Bringing Women Together In Fangirldom For 15 Years

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:40:00 EDT

When I was growing up, I felt very alone in my SciFi fandom. I saw the first 4 Star Trek movies in an actual theatre (not all first run, obviously). Sunday night dinners were scheduled around Dr. Who. The first movie I remember seeing was Cocoon. Any friends I had in junior high or high school that watched that kind of shit were always dudes. So when my dad and I sat down to watch The X Files my junior year in high school, it was kind of a thrill that there was a strong female lead (and it was ever more exciting that she, like me, was very fair-skinned). But, if Salon's Rebecca Traister is anything to go by, there were fan girls all over, hiding out in front of televisions and loving the fact that the smart character who saves the day more than half the time was the woman of the show — Dana Scully, played by Gillian Anderson. More »