The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn
The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn is the true director’s cut of the 2008 film — and a far more terrifying one. As far as I remember, the original was a slow-burn thriller that felt wildly out of place with the tone of the series and the previous 1998 feature film. Now it’s a sci-fi horror that has earned an honest, uncensored R (18+) rating.
Sometimes an insatiable thirst for money can actually work in the audience’s favor. That’s how the evil corporation known to the world as Disney gave X-Files creator Chris Carter the chance to re-cut the 2008 feature The X-Files: I Want to Believe and make it the way he originally intended.
Back in the day, the film was heavily trimmed and softened down to a PG-13 rating at the demand of the then-studio Fox (back when it didn’t yet belong to Disney), because the bosses found the original material too dark.
And now, why not please the fans and squeeze a little more money out of existing material and a well-known brand? No need to spend money on shooting — you just have to work with the material that already exists. Who knows, maybe the new version will be a success and revive interest, or attract new fans, and from there it’s just a stone’s throw to reviving the franchise.
But whatever motives Disney has for reworking old material or reviving franchises, as long as they give the authors the chance to make projects the way they were originally conceived — for us, the audience, it’s undoubtedly a plus. But this is more like fan wishful thinking. And the situation with The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn is a rare case. Just like Zack Snyder’s Justice League from DC.
Let’s remember a few more films that could be re-cut. My version: The New Mutants, the last two X-Men films (although perhaps nothing can save them anymore), the absolutely shameful Thor: Love and Thunder, Eternals. Okay, let’s stop, otherwise this will be a very long list.
Most likely, Disney will keep trying to feed us their shit like Alien: Romulus and Alien: Earth. I’ve shit on the current state of the Alien franchise more thoroughly here.
A huge soulless corporation, by definition, cannot bring good and kindness to the masses. The only goal of any corporation is money. And the fact that this same huge corporation owns so many famous and beloved franchises is sad. Fortunately, Disney hasn’t yet ruined my beloved Planet of the Apes. And I want to believe that this will not happen.
I have almost no doubt that they will keep pissing away the great cinematic legacy. Buying up ratings and journalists and convincing us that the next piece-of-shit movie is actually a masterpiece, and if you don’t think so — you’re just a dumbass who didn’t get it. And we even have proof: look at the audience ratings, look at the box office. So something is wrong with you, not the film.
I didn’t plan to turn this page into a shit-talking session about the evil corporation or to pile on the negativity, haha. The goal was to write a couple of lines about The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn and explain what this film actually is.
The Positive Takeaway
While Disney keeps shooting its crap, we won’t be left without good films. There are plenty of independent studios and good directors who make excellent films.
Moreover, sometimes even Marvel manages to make good films. I haven’t seen it yet, but people I respect say that Spider-Man: Brand New Day turned out cool and dark. I hope that’s the case. Maybe the new version of The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn turned out great too.