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This week’s chosen artist is Renato Pastor from Brazil. You can find his work on Tumblr, DevianArt and Facebook.
Here's a little about Renato:
1 . When did you become an X-Phile?
I think it was way back in '97 or '98, I think, which was the first time I caught a glimpse of the show late at night on TV. Right from the moment I saw it, I knew it was something special that I had to follow.
2. What is the first episode you watched?
It's hard to remember, because after all, it's been almost 20 years. It may possibly have been the one about the Nephilim, 'All Souls'. It was so creepy, and the atmosphere so eerie. Granted, it's got nothing to do with aliens, but The X-Files had in their 'monster of the week' episodes some of the best in the series, I think.
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This week’s chosen artist is Ian Wiesen from Texas. You can find his work on Tumblr and Twitter.
Here's a little about Ian:
1 . When did you become an X-Phile?
Around March 2015. It's strange that The X-Files has existed almost my entire life and I am just discovering it this year. I can't believe how much I was missing! My brother was the one who was getting into it on Netflix at first, he'd been watching it and I'd join him. I was a "fan" for the first couple seasons and the episode I realized I was really becoming more of a "phile" when I saw "Quagmire". After that episode I knew I was deeply invested in the characters and show. As we progressed in our binge-watching, before I knew it we finished season 5 and it had us driving all over town looking for a DVD copy of "Fight the Future"! Then I definitely knew I was an X-Phile.
2. What is the first episode you watched?
"Pilot", which I saw earlier this year. The story of how I started watching The X-Files: I was watching a terrible movie on Netflix called Killer Mermaid with my family, and there was this music in it that sounded somewhat like the X-Files theme. So we started talking about The X-Files and decided to start watching it just to see what it was all about, and in that moment my life was changed forever, ha. It's possible I've seen an episode in the past that I'm not conscious of but I was only 3 when The X-Files started airing. Not to mention I was absolutely terrified of aliens as a kid so if I so much as heard the theme song on TV I would not want to be in the room. I do remember seeing The Simpsons' X-Files crossover episode when it originally aired and even that scared me. Thankfully I've gotten over it. :P
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This week’s chosen artist is Kelly Lacroix originally from France but currently living in the United Kingdom. You can find her work on Tumblr, Twitter, DevianArt, Instagram or check out her website.
Here's a little about Kelly:
1. When did you become an X-Phile?
I became a fan of The X-Files around the age of 12. This was sadly just after the show had ended, around 2003. I watched the whole show while it was re-airing in France, where I lived at the time. I quickly started saving my pocket money to be able to buy the seasons on DVDs and watched Mulder and Scully with their original voices, as it was dubbed through and through in French. I was probably underage and not supposed to watch most of the episodes but an X-Phile was born that year. And I've never looked back.
2. What is the first episode you watched?
My memory is very blurry regarding this. I do believe it wasn't an episode but the first movie, Fight The Future. My parents used to watch The X-Files, past my bedtime of course. But one evening I remember staying up a bit longer and watching Fight The Future with them. The first scenes with the black oil running up under that kid's leg stayed with me for years. I also lived under the impression that Mulder and Scully were a couple much earlier on. I cannot explain my surprise as I rewatched the whole series from the beginning... People who followed the original series airing week after week have my utmost respect!
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This week’s chosen artist is Elias Archanjo, a design student from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. You can find his work on Facebook, his Instagram, Twitter and his website.
Here's a little about Elias:
1. When did you become an X-Phile?
I can say I've been an X-Phile since I was a little kid. I was probably seven years old and scared to death of most episodes, but couldn't stop watching.
2. What is the first episode you watched?
I can't remember the first episode I watched when I was a kid, but as a grown up, I bought the box with all episodes and started to watch since the first one: Pilot.
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This week’s chosen artist is Josaid Bracho from Venezuela. Josaid is the person behind the rewatch posters that you see floating around on Twitter. You can check out her work through her Tumblr, DeviantArt and Twitter.
Here's a little about Josaid:
1. When did you become an X-Phile?
I think it was between 1993 and 1994. I was lucky enough to have a special access to a TV signal that belonged to some company (not illegally, just lucky >.<), and as an eleven-year-old girl, I just watched a LOT of TV. I fell in love with the series since the first time I watched an episode, even being a native Spanish speaker and not able to understand anything. Nothing, not even a word of what they were saying. I started recording on VHS, and activating the closed caption I started writing down the dialogues and using a dictionary. I learned a lot thanks to The X-Files. Sometimes when my parents asked me about being able to understand what I was watching, I used to say “I was born to see this” but in Spanish XD.
2. What is the first episode you watched?
To be honest, I truly don't remember which one, sometimes my memory tricks me showing flashbacks of the Pilot XD; but I'm not sure, let’s say it's an episode from the first three seasons. I have a "funny" story about the time I had no satellite TV or cable, I thought that the 3rd season finale was THE END, I mean that X-Files only had three seasons and I started to rewatch my VHS tapes all over again, but by the end of 1998 when I came out of my hole and rediscovered the world I felt so blessed that there were more X-Files episodes and even a MOVIE! I became the happiest person in the universe.