Something besides the reason I gave previously: X-Files tried to keep some mystery, even with its monsters. It didn't attempt to explain everything (which, of course, was part of the show's theme and the impetus for Mulder's mission). This is in contrast to Fringe, which attempts to give a hokey sci-fi explanation to everything and it ends up subscribing to some sort of crude reductionism. One of the latest examples, from last night's episode: the doomsday device (More destructive than Project Genesis--it can create and destroy a whole reality) will annihilate the universe of the Olivia that Peter does not choose. How will it know? Because it is tuned into Peter's "frequency."
One might contest that Fringe is more sci-fi than X-Files, which is more drama/fantasy. I'd have to think about this.
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