I think "Babylon" is absolutely brilliant! That's exactly why I love the show and why I prefer the episodes written by Chris Carter. This was so unorthodox, transversely thought and poetic.
How can anybody say or even think that this was racist or presented any discrediting of Muslims? This was an episode dealing with the subject of terrorism motivated by religious confusion, yes. However, it did not say anything about Muslims in general. Would anybody assume that a critical film about the "Holy Inquisition" necessarily questions any and all forms of Christianity? I do not think so. And didn't the episode also suggest to be compassionate with the young man who in fact decided not to ignite the bomb and who was loved and later missed by his mother?
Coming from a totally different position, other people question the simple message that we need to listen to each other more. The episode does not claim to offer a solution for political problems. But don't you think that there are many people who refuse to accept even this very simple insight that conflicts cannot be solved by the ignorance and destruction of the enemy but only by getting to know the one who seems to be a threat?
I can not understand the pointless criticism against Chris Carter. On the Internet, a community has evolved claiming that CC was the greatest obstacle of The X-Files. I have to say, if every episode was designed like "Founders mutation" which to me was just maintaining familiar routines of storytelling, this show would not mean so much to me. And if you compare the much-criticized "My Struggle" and "Babylon": how could two episodes differ more? Nevertheless, certain people comment on every episode penned by CC in the same way: "that's all bad and he is untalented and this way the show will go into decline." I'm just frustrated. Maybe, Chris Carter did himself a favor if he wrote every episode completely straightforward like other very successful shows do it (e.g. The Walking Dead). Without any stylistic playfulness, cool, sober scenes and men letting their jaw muscles twitch... But I would not be interested in that.
If the X-Files will not be renewed because of episodes like this one, this says a lot about the mental agility and maturity of the audience. And if CC will got the instruction, to step back and to let Vince Gilligan or other approved colleagues write the show (which realistically will not happen because the writers would not do it), then I would switch off.
Please give us more of this, Chris Carter!
How can anybody say or even think that this was racist or presented any discrediting of Muslims? This was an episode dealing with the subject of terrorism motivated by religious confusion, yes. However, it did not say anything about Muslims in general. Would anybody assume that a critical film about the "Holy Inquisition" necessarily questions any and all forms of Christianity? I do not think so. And didn't the episode also suggest to be compassionate with the young man who in fact decided not to ignite the bomb and who was loved and later missed by his mother?
Coming from a totally different position, other people question the simple message that we need to listen to each other more. The episode does not claim to offer a solution for political problems. But don't you think that there are many people who refuse to accept even this very simple insight that conflicts cannot be solved by the ignorance and destruction of the enemy but only by getting to know the one who seems to be a threat?
I can not understand the pointless criticism against Chris Carter. On the Internet, a community has evolved claiming that CC was the greatest obstacle of The X-Files. I have to say, if every episode was designed like "Founders mutation" which to me was just maintaining familiar routines of storytelling, this show would not mean so much to me. And if you compare the much-criticized "My Struggle" and "Babylon": how could two episodes differ more? Nevertheless, certain people comment on every episode penned by CC in the same way: "that's all bad and he is untalented and this way the show will go into decline." I'm just frustrated. Maybe, Chris Carter did himself a favor if he wrote every episode completely straightforward like other very successful shows do it (e.g. The Walking Dead). Without any stylistic playfulness, cool, sober scenes and men letting their jaw muscles twitch... But I would not be interested in that.
If the X-Files will not be renewed because of episodes like this one, this says a lot about the mental agility and maturity of the audience. And if CC will got the instruction, to step back and to let Vince Gilligan or other approved colleagues write the show (which realistically will not happen because the writers would not do it), then I would switch off.
Please give us more of this, Chris Carter!