X-Files darker in later seasons

[sg_lab2]

Did it seem to anyone that the last year or more of the X-Files seemed darker? Not in tone, but visually. Scifi channel is having a mini marathon of episodes from 2002 today. I caught a few minutes of a couple of episodes and the lighting is so dark as well as the clothes, I could see my reflection on the TV screen just below their faces.

I found it rather annoying. And I don't recall the early years looking like that. Of course I did notice when it was still airing originally that Scully's wardrobe had changed and she was wearing darker clothes in the last few years. I really didn't like that change. It also occurred to me later that Mulder and Scully both seemed to no longer wear their glasses. Or if they did it was very rare.

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[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

Well sure it was dark when they went into a dank scary building where they had to use those big ass flashlights. ;) But what I was watching today there was a scene where Doggett was in a hall of the FBI offices. And in another room of the same building. These were scenes that had usually been lit more. Plus Scully used to wear lighter colored clothes.

[sg-lab.livejournal.com]

My first episode was Tooms or was it Squeeze? Hhmm, I can never remember which is which. Anyway it was the second one with the character Tooms. For awhile I would see the previews of the show and think it was way too creepy for me. But then I watched it and found it wasn't as bad as I thought. It was just the right level of creepy.

Although there are a couple episodes I don't think I can ever watch again because they were too disturbing. Home was one and then there was s6 episode that was really creepy. The only part of Home I liked was the scene at the beginning between Mulder and Scully when she told him he would go into catatonic schizophrennea if he was separated from his cell phone for more than two minutes. :D