Some things were just magic as you were younger.
The X Files to me was almost like a documentary feel. The great charm was that I explored the notion of aliens and mystic stuff in that period and you felt like "the truth" really was "out there".
Now it's all internet and google era where you can check everything and everything is "out there" to be seen. You see an actor and search the imdb pics and the magic is gone. So I think the original generation is too old for it and the new one is not impressed.
I miss being open minded.
I hope VR is taking me to new places soon, some real intense experiences almost like the greatest of them all, dreams.