I was a regular, but not obsessive, viewer of The X-Files for years, up until the time Mulder disappeared from the scene. But what attracted me to the show wasn’t so much the complicated mythology or the genre elements, but how low-key and even quiet it often was. That’s why most of this trailer feels wrong to me- whoever cut this is hard-selling this as a big-budget thriller, which has never really been what I’ve found that X-Files is about. There are a few moments here that intrigue me- none more than the initial exchange between Mulder and Scully, which says volumes about their dynamic- but whenever the music pounding at my eardrums and the editing gets more rapid-fire, my heart sinks a bit. Perhaps the film would have been better-served if it was released sometime other than July- had Fox gone with a March/April release for the movie, there would have been less pressure to compete with big, loud blockbusters with a property that doesn’t really lend itself to that kind of treatment. Of course, maybe it’s just a ploy on the studio’s part to get the asses of non-fans in the seats opening weekend. When it comes to this movie’s potential, I want to… well, you know.