I love these scenes - to me this was the peak of the X Files - the dynamic relationships between the consortium vs CSM vs Mulder/Scully vs Krycek. There is so much going on in each scene and it's something the X Files lacked after season 6 and was missing completely after season 8. I wish they didn't move the filming to LA and kept the Syndicate around for a couple more seasons. Two Fathers/One Son was such an anticlimax

@kybone25

4 жыл бұрын

Well said. Agreed

@fletcherhamilton3177

3 жыл бұрын

As a kid they added a certain surreal _je ne sais quoi_ to the show, these men, each fairly mundane yet with an odd characteristic like a deep sing-song voice, a taste for stogie cigars or a British regality...

@nnthayer

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed how they showed that there was conflict even within the Syndicate. Deep Throat, a founding member, betrays them. Later on, we see both CSM and WMM at odds with them, although, aside from the first movie, CSM was always more of a maverick. Krycek moves in and out of their circle, never really trusted but a known quantity nonetheless. It was fascinating to see how the shadowy forces working against Mulder and Scully weren't a faceless monolith, but comprised of, well, people, with their own goals and flaws; many of them were never named - and never needed to be, particularly CSM. After 6x12, that darkly magical element was gone, and a lot went with it.

@nnthayer

2 жыл бұрын

@RedTiger Yeah, I think the most of that conflict we got to see was in "The Red and the Black" where WMM was desperately trying to show the group that the vaccine meant they had a viable alternative to collaboration. But "survival at any cost", championed by the First Elder, won out - I would call him more just single-minded than a psychopath, although he was definitely scary as hell - and of course they paid for that later on. I can't say I was a big fan of 6x11-12 in general, though; aside from the CSM/Spender drama being ham-handed, eliminating the group felt like too-easy drama that took away an important element. I do like your idea of exploring the *evolution* of the group. In 1973, they felt confident enough in their purpose to have a group photo taken at that mining company, but after Mulder entered the picture, they were bickering with each other and killing each other off. And actually, now that I think about it, there is something chilling in the conspiracy running on autopilot afterwards, the sheer "scope and grandeur of the project," as WMM put it, meaning that even the death of the men who masterminded it ultimately didn't make a difference.

@meamishere1166

2 жыл бұрын

This is what separates CSM from the rest. He never gave up a child.

The CFR Rockefeller Gang.

@greg1030

2 жыл бұрын

Trouble is those totalitarian architects are all too non-fictional.

@Dr_OzoneTV

2 жыл бұрын

Represent

@7heavenlyvirtues

2 жыл бұрын

Yup yup

The Well-Manicured-Man❤️.

@tcaudiobooks737

2 жыл бұрын

The Well-Fed-Man was a good character too.

@druunderwood5602

2 жыл бұрын

Wow never knew that man!

@christopherpetty7430

2 жыл бұрын

csm got a cigarette 🚬

An entire TV series based around the Syndicate would be awesome.

The whole mythology surrounding the Syndicate was absolutely top-notch. It was sad, tragic, horrific and really, really gripping. P.S. The salvaged UFO is the same one from the episode Nisei.

@Soundwave927

Жыл бұрын

A UFO in Nisei?

@tcaudiobooks737

10 ай бұрын

​@@Soundwave927 Yeah, when Mulder emerges after jumping off the ship he spies on a UFO inside a freight warehouse under military guard. It's the same UFO Krycek vomits the black oil into.

The well manicured man, apart from CGB Spender was the most interesting and dynamic syndicate king pin. Very articulate and clear and interesting. Don't know why he was killed off in the movie.

@LegacyArkGames

2 жыл бұрын

It was always my impression that he killed himself off after siding with Mulder, knowing that what he had provided in their conversation just prior would be a death sentence for him regardless. That, or it was the driver.

@jamiecloughgaming25387

2 жыл бұрын

@@LegacyArkGames Yes this is correct, he had a change of heart, when he decided to help Mulder, but he knew that he have to kill himself, or be killed off by the syndicate...

@nnthayer

2 жыл бұрын

Always liked WMM. He had the voice and the dignified bearing to be the "elder statesman" of the group; not exactly in charge, but well-respected. We saw him come into conflict with them later on, first when they dismissed his idea of siding with the alien rebels, and then (in the first movie) when they decided on a course of action regarding the gestating aliens without his input. In retrospect this was just the first step towards eliminating the Syndicate from the X-Files universe entirely.

@MackerelCat

Жыл бұрын

Loved the well manicured man and was glad that if he had to die, he sacrificed himself essentially for the resistance. Altho I think we could have had some fun if they’d explored why he was so willing to help Scully which he did more than once.

Awesome scene

You would think CSM would take a private jet instead of a commercial jet to this meeting.

@cockshield

10 ай бұрын

Not even that, he took a bus!!!

The well fed man and the well manicured man.

The smoker is the Dr. of coolness.

The x files sowed the seed for all the series of the 2000s onward Netflix etc... the syndicate storyline was the best TV i personally have ever seen.. thrilling at its best

A. Great show best actors ever he’ll yeah amigos

WMM and CSM really despise each other lol

"There was a weather delay on the shuttle from Washington" - Smoking man gets the bus around? No black caddilac?

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Game of Thrones of the 90s.

@danicaacimovac6551

Жыл бұрын

Do not compare this masterpiece with that garbage

Now they meet online!

The big three of The Syndicate: Smoking Man, Well Manicured-Man and First Elder. Smoking Man: Represents the Selfish Agenda Well Manicured-Man: Represents the Redemption Agenda First Elder: Represents the embodiment of The Syndicate It is a pity how the supposed real leader, Strughold was only shown once in the movie then never seen again, he should have been the next big threat after The Syndicate was destroyed.

Theses people all dead before Mr Bush Cigarette Smoking Man played them all.

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

CSM died in 2002, it should have stayed that way.

It'll be handled...

Flatliner who does opening sentence was unbelievable. Sounds like he's reading from a cue card.

@GrainneMhaol

4 жыл бұрын

He always had an 'odd' cadence.

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@tcaudiobooks737

2 жыл бұрын

Audio drama? What you making?

@EvilGoat

2 жыл бұрын

@@tcaudiobooks737 French audiodrama in the Channel Audiodidact.

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Is "get this shooter out of the country" a euphemism for "kill him"?

@classifiedtopsecret4664

Ай бұрын

No don't think so.. .just means what it says.

what was the character name of the fat guy?

@tcaudiobooks737

2 жыл бұрын

@Ryan S The Well-Fed Man

@LegacyArkGames

Жыл бұрын

He was the First Elder.

@arustyitalianhairyasscheek5305

10 ай бұрын

Most of them are nameless , think of them as the Patriots in MGS , shadow government , deep state , that sort of thing.

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Where did csm move the ufo to?

@arustyitalianhairyasscheek5305

10 ай бұрын

Under an abandoned nuclear silo somewhere in the US.

@tcaudiobooks737

10 ай бұрын

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@cockshield

6 жыл бұрын

Roasted chicken dinners and sex.

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6 жыл бұрын

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@Test-sd2qp

4 жыл бұрын

@@cockshield i dont understand

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I swear it's always the french notice how the Syndicate have no French Members.

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@Castrated__

4 жыл бұрын

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4 жыл бұрын

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