It’s not like anyone, even myself, really cares anymore, but… I guess that it’s the moment to say something, even if it means barely a thing.
Yesterday, the show I grew up with, the show I learned to love and care so much and that has become such important part of my life to the point I marked it on my skin (I have two tattoos related to the show) celebrated its 30th anniversary. There was a big convention organized by a nice group of people that took effort in making this dream come true. It was not easy but apparently things worked well. I’ve seen fans happy, sharing their pics, saying how special it was for them to be able to meet cast and crew, as well as other philes who love the show was much as they do. I could not attend for financial reasons, but I’m happy to see all that love directed to The X Files and to people who created it.
It leads me to why I’m writing this. The two absent lead actors, David and Gillian. Yeah… I know the relationship fans have with a beloved show is completely different from the one actors have with their job. It’s not as emotional as we wish it was. It’s mostly business. But we all have to work and we know we get attached to elements of our job, friends, memories, the experience itself. So it makes me incredibly sad when none of them mentions the 30th anniversary of the show that make them who they are.
Am I disappointed? No. Am I frustrated? Nope. I’m just sad. I know there is the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike to consider, but I feel like something went missing. It’s Mulder and Scully we’re talking about… and there is this void, this empty place of their missing this milestone. And it makes ME sad.
I know David is not very active on social media. I know he isn’t good at promoting his own work. I can understand his not posting about it. He has talked about how important the show was for him to become the author/actor/director he is, its importance in his life, he joined the writers of the show at the picket line with that funny sign saying The Residuals are Out There. It’s not the same and I wish he had a better team to take care of his SMs. We know he could use a better promotion.
My real problem is with Gillian, and it’s nothing new, unfortunately. The fact that there is a post about the 10th anniversary of The Fall and nothing for the 30th of The X Files is just one the things that pisses me off. She even had her SM girl online yesterday to reblog Connie’s post, but nothing about the show. And we know she could make it without saying its name, without breaking any rules if she wanted. And that’s my problem with her… she only uses the show for clout, for its money. Just a little reminder: Netflix pays no residuals for all her shows. That alien show she dislikes so much and she wants so badly to erases from her filmography is exactly the one that pays her the residuals actors are fighting so hard to get. That bizarre beverage company she pretends to work hard with drinks - sorry for this pan - from The X Files likes nothing else. Why don’y they have Sex Ed or The Fall featuring in their posts? Why Scully? Let the show be… or at least show it some gratitude for the fans and the most iconic character she will ever play.
I’m sorry if I sound bitter… it’s just bc I cannot with the lack of love Gillian displays for Scully. And Scully deserves so much better. She is such a decent person. As a phile, I wish Gillian could appreciate her more than she actually does.
Anyway, I hope, one day, Gillian gets herself a better team, people who really care about her image and her legacy, people who will advice her to do the right thing in order to preserve her name recognition and the career she built so hard without the help of any bf.
(P.S.: sorry for my broken english… I typed at the gym. I may correct it later)
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