[delsarto]

I've been rewatching the X-Files with my kid on Disney+ and, wow, the restoration is amazing. It looks wonderful in 4K. It has brought new life for me as I originally watched it on an analogue broadcast or VHS recording of!

Weirdly there's some stock footage scenes that aren't HD. This led me to finding https://www.reddit.com/r/XFiles/comments/3w3lxl/the_blurays_... which is a great thread with lots of info on how the restoration was done.

I seem to remember the later parts of the series going a little off the rails. But so far it's great family watching for the right age.

I think you'll find better UFOs and conspiracy theories rewatching this than grainy fighter jet videos.

[markus_zhang]

Wow, I was crazily into X-Files back in early 2000s (was in another country so didn't hear about it until then) and watched pretty much every episode many times.

I think Episode 4~6 are the pinnacle of the series, but the rest are not bad. How old is your kid?

[millisecond]

How old is your kid? Feeling like it’s early for my 8 yo, but curious when it might work.

[delsarto]

8 I would say is a bit early, there is some pretty gory scenes, and adult themes like "working girls" you might not want to be explaining in detail. I would say 10-12, mine is in the middle.

Although I had to laugh at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewalker_(The_X-Files) which is about a contagious alien(?) virus which I remember being super scary. The whole idea of viruses, pandemics and quarantine didn't really phase the kids at all. How times have changed.