On November 17, 1998, X-Files fans were going to discover one of the most amazing episodes of cult series: postmodern Prometheus. Written and director by the creator of the series Chris Carter himself, this 5th episode of the 5th season is undoubtedly one of the best in fantasy sagons.
A crazy episode!
Remember! The episode begins with comic book pages until we meet in deep America, Albion, Indiana. Shane Berkowitz, a unlikely talk show local and large fan, fixed Mulder on the famous show The Jerry Springer Show.
The latter claims that she was pregnant 18 years ago … something as long as she was unconscious. Monster, stranger … we don’t know! And as if it were not enough, here we go again: Shine is still pregnant and strange events begin again.
Mulder and Sculle come to this far corner and discover a sketch of the perpetrators. With a large deformed head and two mouths, it corresponds to the comic book character invented by Izi, the son of Shaine: the famous “Great Mutato”. This monster is a kind of Frankenstein from local folklore and everyone claims to have seen it.
Guided by Iszes and his friend Buger (yes, yes, that’s his name), Mulder and Scallel head into the Albion forest. There, between two mosquitoes and three branches in their face, they see a massive silhouette, a hulk that missed.
To the Great Mutatos
In his persecution, our two favorite agents are found by Dr. Francis Polydor, a geneticist who is a little passionate about the Hox gene (the person who speaks DNA at the dinner table and everyone is asleep). Mulder, the truth of himself, has the smell of new modern Frankenstein, and the sculpt, a reasonable voice, tells himself that it all makes the joke created by Rednecks, which are a bit of comic book.
But the atmosphere quickly resorts to Gothic drama: Polidor’s wife is attacked like Shine, the doctor has difficulty with her father and kills her killing, as the family quarrel in Albion is resolved in the Greek tragedy. During this time, the poor “grand mutato”, the heart under his double -mouth, cries bitterly at the funeral of the body.
Investigation of Mulder and the scale is bringing them to Dr. Polidor’s father, but it’s too late! The situation has already become a family tragedy. At the same time, a good doctor, a torch by hand and the ego is overlapping, angry fan causes “Great Mutato” Ken. Surprise: This is Mulder and the Sculle of those who first find the creature before the villagers are surrounded by Frankenstein’s return.
Final fate!
And there, the fate of the Telenoveli final: “Grand Mutato” speaks. Yes, he is talking and pretty well! She says she is the result of a Mixed experiment by Dr. Polidor, and that the father of the latter, who took mankind with a great fuss, took her and raised her as her own son.
The old man, obviously inspired by Cupid, and slightly unnecessary loneliness, even sought to get him together with dubious hybridization with farm animals (which explains why he looks like a vaguely vaguely pig but glass). People, moved, realize that “Great Mutato” is only a monster, and Polidor ends in police custody.
To finish this story with an incredible note and perfectly fits the X-Files Spirit, Mulder and Sculk to take their new mutant friend to see the concert, Cherry, its absolute idol. Although everyone is dancing with glitter, the screen frosts in the comic book: the end of the mutant episode between drama, tenderness and pop culture. Keep in mind that this is the Emperor Tracey Bell, who plays Cherry, who has not been able to release his appearance.
Offbeat the horror atmosphere
Along with the mediocre episode, postmodern Prometheus was born from the X-Files show Chris Carter’s wish to expand the 5th season with offbeat episodes. The creator of the show often wanted to injure humor in its series, often a step taken; He liked to leave mythology on the edge, time to bring a little lightness in the middle of the drama, fantasy, and the McArical atmosphere.
Chris Carter also wanted to move this episode, especially inspiration from James Washol Frankenstein (1931). The creator of the X-Files wanted to marry modern science with black and white retro aesthetics, and when dealing with other fairy tales of the original myth to create a monster-focused story, seeking love.
In addition, the theme of genetic creation is greater in depth thanks to the participation of Anna Simon, biologist and scientific consultant. Carter traveled to Indiana University, Bloomington, to meet with a genetic manipulation specialist Ann Simon’s counterpart.
Play as Mutato
In this context it imagines the character of the “Great Mutato”. Funny coincidence: Then he discovered that Matt Groening has already used it in the comic book zone obtained from Simpsons. After a simple phone call, Chris Carter gained the blessing of graining to use the mutant genus.
Keep in mind that “Great Mutato” is performed by Chris Owens, who will later be hired to perform agent Jeffrey Spender. The actor had to spend from 5 to 7 pm in the hands of makeup artists. It is wearing a latex mask, contact lenses and dentistry. Named 9 times for the 1998 Emmy Awards, the postmodern Prometheus received a statue for the best landscapes.
Even today, it is considered one of the most original episodes of the series. This is a really small masterpiece in black – white, undoubtedly the greatest aesthetic and screenwriter of the paranormal show.
Source: Allocine
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