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The X-Files - The Complete Seventh Season (Slim Set)
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
one of the very best of the series 4 out of 5 stars.
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Ive been trying to keep some kind of record of each episode of the x-files (of which there were nine seasons) for some time now but with little success. This is a geeky thing for me to do firstly because of the series itself (sci fi, alien abductions anyone?) and also just trying to provide a summary for a show that had some 180 plus episodes is a little bit obsessive. The problem seems to be that I put on an episode (I have alot of time because I am now unemployed yes?) and then I potter around, fix a coffee, my hair, my lunch and have no idea as to what's gone on with the aliens. I can just about remember whether what Ive seen is either a 'mythological' or 'stand alone' episode. Mythological tales begun with Fox Mulder's sister being abducted by non- humans when he was a child and then general alien related stories which always effect Mulder and Dana Scully is some emotional and physical way. Stand alone episodes are about everything elses and can be silly, funny, ironic, frightening, complicated, dull; you get the point. They are always resloved in the same episode.
I'm currently watching Season 7 and have worked my way here starting with season 1 in season order. I watched the first 5 seasons when they originally aired. Looking at them now they seem dated and crude; the chemistry between Mulder and Scully which is really the defining point of the show, undeveloped. By season 6 I'd begun to actually stop experimenting with my hair and was sitting down watching the show. When I took out season 7 from the box I realised that I already knew many of the episodes from title and was very familiar to the plots and had enjoyed many of the episodes already. See our heros had really begun to fully inhabite their charaters and the emotional dynamic between the two had well truly taken off. I think this season is also the one in which Mulder leaves, to come back only for those 'Myth' episodes and the series final. So a beautifully acted season, funny and engaging and fully realised.
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The X-Files - The Complete Ninth Season (Slim Set)
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Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Seeing the 9th season through the lens of time 5 out of 5 stars.
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I have finally compiled the entire nine seasons of X-Files on DVD, a goal I have had for some time, mainly in the interest of completeness. I was pleased and surprised when viewing seasons 8 and 9 this year to be impressed by the excellent casting of Robert Patrick (John Doggett) and Annabeth Gish (Monica Reyes) and riveted by the increasing intensity of the storyline.
When I watched the original shows on TV, like most people, I was still focused on "Mulder's not here, and the show is not as good." Now, years later, instead of Mulder's absence being a negative, it is a strong tension-builder that drives the intensity of the remaining actors, especially the underrated Robert Patrick.
I plan to re-watch season 9 soon! I highly recommend it.
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Now you can own the entire ninth season of THE X-FILES?. All 19 classic episodes (including the 2-hour series finale) are available for the first time in this exclusive 7-disc collector?s edition. From the revelation about Scully?s baby in ?Nothing Important Happened Today? and the mystery surrounding the murder of Agent Doggett?s son in ?Release? to Mulder?s final confrontation with those who would deny ?The Truth,? these Season Nine episodes are a must for every X-Files fan!
The X-Files - The Complete Eighth Season (Slim Set)
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Average rating: 4.0 of 5
PUT IN THE CHECK BOXES SO IT CAN BE BOUGHT! 2 out of 5 stars.
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I REALLY WANT TO BUY THE 8th SEASON OF THE X-FILES BUT EVER SINCE IT WAS UPLOADED, THERE ARE NO CHECK BOXES TO BUY EACH EPISODE. NO ONE HAS BOUGHT IT YET BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BUY IT, IT IS NOT WORKING. PLEASE AMAZON, FIX THIS! ADD THE CHECK BOXES SO EPISODES CAN BE PURCHASED (USING BOTH ie AND FIREFOX THERE ARE NO CHECK BOXES).
The X-files recreated for 2 final seasons! 5 out of 5 stars.
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While the 8th season limits Mulder to only a few bit parts, it strengthens Scully to a sharp point. Gillian's performances remove any doubt that she is a capable actor. She carried the last 2 seasons with strong supporting roles from Patrick, Pileggi, and Gish.
While many see the 8th and 9th season as the [...] stepchildren of the X-Files, I see them as genuine extensions of a truly great television series.
I am disappointed that Chris Carter did not use Patrick and Gish in his latest movie. I feel that their contribution would probably have increased it's viewership. But then again, maybe many of the X-Files viewers were just fair weather fans to begin with. This could be the reason so many disliked the last 2 seasons and then vilified the "I Want to Believe" movie, which I felt was a very well written, if not a swan song, to a most memorable show.
I am one of those fans who watches the season over and over...and even though I have seen them 3 times each, I gain more insight into the world that Chris Carter created!
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The X-Files - Fight the Future (Widescreen Edition)
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Good movie 5 out of 5 stars.
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My family has recently become huge fans of the X-files TV show (thanks to reruns on the Sci Fi channel), so we were excited to see that they had actually released a movie back in the late 90's. I read several of the bad reviews that this movie received, but we really liked it when we first watched it. True, it's a little different from the TV series in that it was hard for them to try & fit in all of the usual cast members, but overall, we were really surprised at just how much we liked this movie. It was very suspenseful & it kept us rivited to the very end. Can't wait to see the new 2008 movie version as well!
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Thirty-seven thousand years ago, a deadly secret was buried in a cave in Texas. Now the secret has been unleashed. And it's discovery may mean the end of all humanity."The plague to end all plagues"
When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas, Texas, FBI Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy surpassing anything they've ever encountered. With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor (Academy Award -winner Martin Landau). Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be extraterrestrial in origin - and could destroy all life on earth. Their pursuit of truth pits them against the mysterious Syndicate, powerful men who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe, leading the agents from the cave in Texas, to the halls of the FBI, and finally to a secret installation in Antarctica which holds the greatest secret of all.
The X-Files (aka Fight the Future)
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
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The definitive American television series of the '90s comes to the big screen with an anticlimactic whimper. And how could it be otherwise? Why should material so perfectly realized in one medium necessarily translate well into another? The series is crisply and thoughtfully executed in just about every detail, but the heart of its appeal lies in the elegant handling of complicated and evolving ongoing story lines, which is not something movies are especially good at. The big-screen drive for closure cramps the creative style, though it may also help nonfans get a grip on the proceedings. We do get some invigorating thrills and chills, however, and a more satisfying sense of the scale of an all-enveloping human-alien conspiracy than ever before, but there's no more plot development here than in an average two-part season-ending. FBI black sheep Mulder and Scully have been temporarily transferred from the X-Files project to an anti-terrorist unit to investigate an Oklahoma City-style bombing. They uncover a new wrinkle in the Syndicate/Cancer Man conspiracy--basically an attempt to help one bunch of (benign?) aliens fight off another bunch who want to colonize Earth. A spectacular, ice-bound finale thrillingly staged by series-veteran director Rob Bowman offers Mulder (but not a conveniently unconscious Scully) his first clear look at a You Know What, which in some quarters qualifies as an epochal event. Martin Landau offers the agents some crucial clues, and several familiar TV faces (including the Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggi's indispensable Assistant Director Skinner) turn up briefly to wink knowingly at faithful fans. --David Chute
X-Files Revelations
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Average rating: 4.0 of 5
The X-Files at It's Best 5 out of 5 stars.
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This DVD definitely prepares you for the new movie I Want to Believe, however, I feel cheated because the DVD came with a movie pass that expires on August 31st! I Want to Believe didn't even stay in theaters for a month here in my hometown!! What the crap is that?
Scary, Fun, Well Written 4 out of 5 stars.
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I literally jumped when I watched some of the episodes....and its only a TV show. I had more fun watching this set with my mom than going to see the new XF2 movie. The episodes are very well written and classic. There will be something that you will like on here. If you haven't seen any of them, then you will definitely love the set. It is typical of what x-files is supposed to be without the filler. I would describe this DVD set as spooky and fun and well worth the money, especially if you pick it up used.
Nostalgic Look Back at a Great TV Show 3 out of 5 stars.
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Unlike the movie it promotes this collection of X-Files episodes truly satisfies and reminded me why I loved the show so much when it was on. Especially the early episodes serve as a time travel device back to the early 90s when anything seemed possible in art of all forms. Other than the excellent acting and writing what shines through the most here is how the X-Files heavily influence the most popular shows today, from Buffy to Lost to Heroes and the upcoming Fringe, the legacy of X-Files is here to stay, and that is a good thing indeed.
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 12/02/2008 Run time: 352 minutes Rating: Nr
The X-Files - Fight the Future [Blu-ray]
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
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The definitive American television series of the '90s comes to the big screen with an anticlimactic whimper. And how could it be otherwise? Why should material so perfectly realized in one medium necessarily translate well into another? The series is crisply and thoughtfully executed in just about every detail, but the heart of its appeal lies in the elegant handling of complicated and evolving ongoing story lines, which is not something movies are especially good at. The big-screen drive for closure cramps the creative style, though it may also help nonfans get a grip on the proceedings. We do get some invigorating thrills and chills, however, and a more satisfying sense of the scale of an all-enveloping human-alien conspiracy than ever before, but there's no more plot development here than in an average two-part season-ending. FBI black sheep Mulder and Scully have been temporarily transferred from the X-Files project to an anti-terrorist unit to investigate an Oklahoma City-style bombing. They uncover a new wrinkle in the Syndicate/Cancer Man conspiracy--basically an attempt to help one bunch of (benign?) aliens fight off another bunch who want to colonize Earth. A spectacular, ice-bound finale thrillingly staged by series-veteran director Rob Bowman offers Mulder (but not a conveniently unconscious Scully) his first clear look at a You Know What, which in some quarters qualifies as an epochal event. Martin Landau offers the agents some crucial clues, and several familiar TV faces (including the Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggi's indispensable Assistant Director Skinner) turn up briefly to wink knowingly at faithful fans. --David Chute
The X-Files Mythology, Vol. 3 - Colonization
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
The set where the mythology truly comes to an end 4 out of 5 stars.
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I still have my complaints about this odd series of DVD sets from Fox. The basic idea isn't a bad one under the right circumstances: take all of the mythology episodes from THE X-FILES and group them in four inexpensive sets that leave out the stand alone episodes in order to tell "the X-Files story." I'm still not quite sure who the target audience for these sets is. Neophytes will be missing the standalone episodes that are just as typical of the series as the mythology episodes (and that represent many of the finest episodes), and serious fans already have all these episodes. To sum up, here are my complaints:
1. Instead of providing some inexpensive Mythology sets, FOX Entertainment should instead have focused on cutting the exorbitant prices of the complete season sets. They should provide us with sets that list around $59.95, so that places like Amazon can sell them at initial offerings of $38.
2. The sets come with minimal extras, largely recycling the special features from the original boxed DVD sets.
3. While the Mythology sets serve a function by calling attention to the seasons-long story arc, they hurt by eliminating the standalone episodes, which are just as crucial to developing the Mulder-Scully chemistry as the Mythology episodes.
4. In the end, the sets feel like an attempt to milk X-FILE fans who are anxious for new material while waiting and hoping for a new feature length film.
Nonetheless, I can support the idea of these sets for two reasons. First, they do help focus attention on the alien colonization story arc that runs through the various seasons of THE X-FILES. Second, they are very cheap.
Unfortunately, after this third set, things go downhill pretty quickly. I absolutely love THE X-FILES, and even loved Season Eight after Duchovny largely left the show, and much of Season Nine after he was gone entirely (though his memory lingered on). But the fourth set will be dedicated to the Super Soldiers story arc, and that was the one truly awful thing that ever occurred in THE X-FILES. The story arc that ended with the destruction of the cooperative efforts with the aliens striving to colonize earth left the show without much structure in Season Seven, so I can understand the desire to reintroduce structure with a new story arc. Unfortunately, the Super Soldiers simply didn't work, partly because they were a little too powerful (though they did find a kind of kryptonite that worked against them), and partly because the show was running out of gas when they were introduced, and no one seemed to want to try and make them interesting. Once the main arc that dominated the show from the first season until the very beginning of Season Seven came to an end, the show largely drifted from one standalone episode to another. Some familiar characters reappeared from time to time, like the Cigarette Smoking Man, and we got some alien episodes, but for all intents and purposes the main arc came to an end in "Amor Fati" in Season Seven. Everything after that has a tacked on feeling to it.
The importance of THE X-FILES in popularizing very long story arcs simply cannot be overstated. I've argued in several places that one reason that the ceiling for what television is capable of doing has been raised so high has resulted from the successive contributions of TWIN PEAKS, THE X-FILES, and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, the first by showing that television was capable of telling riveting narratives, the second by exciting us with multi-season story arcs, and the third by keeping the multi-season story arcs, but shifting the main concern from plot to character development. The first three (but not the fourth) of the Mythology sets help make the case for this important contribution THE X-FILES has made to the history of television.
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In COLONIZATION Mulder's search for the truth suddenly seems near its end when he and Scully meet Cassandra Spender. A multiple abductee, Cassandra believes that aliens came to Earth on a mission that has somehow gone terribly wrong. Her theory is confirmed when Krycek reveals that three abduction sites were beacons for alien colonization and the death and destruction at those sites were caused by a small alien rebel force. Determined to prevent the colonization of Earth, this force is also eliminating all proof that an alien presence was ever on the planet. Unfortunately for Mulder, his quest for the truth has made him part of the proof which must be eliminated.
The X-Files - The Complete Seventh Season
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Average rating: 4.0 of 5
Unparalled Excellence 5 out of 5 stars.
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There has been an enormous amount of revisionism concerning the seventh season of the X Files. And it must be said, the seventh season was when many of the X Files' so-called fan community on the Internet began to irrationally attack the show. This is to be expected. For a show to be as challenging, popular and emotionally charged as the X Files was, many people naturally found themselves unable to keep up as the show continued to break more ground. Others were stymied by the breakneck changes in tone that the seventh season reveled in. Others were intimidated as Chris Carter broke off from a predictable and easily digestable good guys-bad guys narrative with the Alien conspiracy and dug even further into the far theoretical reaches of Paranormal and Conspiracy research. The X Files very much charted the intellectual and metaphysical journey of its creators, and in the seventh season the black and white hats were left behind forever, replaced by disruptive and unsettling shades of gray.
But for those familiar with the ground Carter and Co. were travelling, season 7 was a mind-blowing journey that kicked at the doors of consciousness itself. In it, HG Wells and Richard Matheson were replaced by Carlos Casteneda and Zecharia Sitchin. Simple answers and tidy resolutions were no longer forthcoming, because the real-time source material that the show's writers were plundering didn't offer any either. All that was offered was more questions. And questions within questions, and so ad infinitum. What the X Files was doing had not been seen on television before.
The series kicked off with the landmark "Sixth Extinction" two-parter, a hallucinogenic journey into the world of alien astronaut origin theory, clairvoyance, deep parapsychology and radical eschatology. How a show that claimed that human and religious origins can be traced to alien intervention ever got aired is a mystery to me. It certainly couldn't be aired today.
After the rocket ride of that two-parter, we got a light-hearted critique of self-improvement psychology and 12 step programs with "Hungry". But maybe the change wasn't so radical as one might think. As Mulder and Scully struggled with the reality of their fundamentally altered genetic structure in Sixth Extinction, "Hungry" tells us that maybe there are things about ourselves we can't change.
"Millennium" wrapped up the loose strands of that eponymous series and offered a biting yet subtle critique on what level of morality and consciousness the dogmatic Biblical literalists striving to usher in Armageddon really possess.
"Rush" is an homage to the superhero the Flash, and shows the horror of great power put in the hands of moral pygmies. "The Goldberg Variation" is an attack on the very idea of randomness and causality, and the cinematography is bathed in warm, golden tones, as if illustrating the presence of a divine watchmaker unbeholden to our limited physical concepts.
"Orison" is a meditation on the limits of our moral concepts and the impotence of our religious strivings in the face of true evil. It posits that sometimes evil must be fought with evil. Or at least with ruthless clarity.
"The Amazing Maleeni" is a light-hearted puzzle piece about stage Magic, and somewhat of a tribute to the 70's classic film, the Sting. Magicians Ricky Jay and Jonathan Levit bring an air of authenticity to the proceedings. "Signs & Wonders" is a jarring defense of pure belief against hair-splitting rationalizing, with the message being: believe or don't. Don't stand in the middle of the road. In hindsight, this subversive episode was simply a setup for the leaps Chris Carter would ask the viewer to make in the following two-parter.
"Sein Und Zeit" and "Closure" are perhaps the most radical and unsettling episodes of the entire series, and pack a bone-crushing emotional wallop that one would expect more from cinema. The central question of the X Files was always the whereabouts of Mulder's sister, whose disappearance started him on his quest to begin with. With seven years of questions and heart-breaking red herrings, Carter could not simply have her re-appear again. So he put all his chips in and raised the stakes.
In these exquisitely rendered episodes, Carter introduces a concept torn from the farthest reaches of metaphysical speculation and not only makes it work in context of the story, but makes you utterly believe in the story's central premise. Anthony Heald guest stars and puts in one of the greatest performances of the show's history.
Allowing the viewer to catch their breath, "X-Cops" brilliantly satirizes Fox's police verite series and also manages to make a statement on the nature of fear. "First Person Shooter" is a throwaway, however. William Gibson's script rehashes his early 80's riffs and the episode is notable only for being one of the few showcases for the Lone Gunmen in Season 7.
"Theef" is a throwback to Season 2 metaphysical horror and is a perfectly enjoyable standalone. "En Ami" is written by Cigarette Smoking Man William Davis himself, and is a tightly constructed story of a double cross, with a subplot questioning the origin of religious faith. "Chimera" explores the rage and lust lurking beneath the pleasant facade of Suburbia.
"all things" follows "Chimera's"exploration of marital infidelity with a story written by Gillian Anderson about Scully's torrid affair with her mentor/teacher from medical school and the effect it had on his family. The episode also continues the path of Scully's journey from die-hard skeptic to reluctant believer.
The next four episodes are standalones. "Brand X" is the X Files take on the Russell Crowe film, "the Insider." "Hollywood AD" is a hilarious satire on Hollywood phoniness, written by David Duchovny. The subplot seems to posit that Hollywood is the new Vatican. "Fight Club" is a mess and stars Kathy Griffin, an actress whose voice is like fingernails on a blackboard pumped through a stadium PA to my ears. "Je Souhaite" is a wonderful recovery and is a humorous meditation of the futility of trying to interfere with the Divine Plan.
"Requiem" brings the series full circle, back to Bellfleur, Oregon, the site of the series' pilot. This powerful episode is filled with the jarring shocks and unsettling imagery Chris Carter trades in, and is a good jumping off point for those who don't have the taste for the post-Duchovny X Files. In its way it's similar to "the End", the last episode of the fifth season. If you didn't like the post-Vancouver era of the show and wanted to end your experience on a suitably downbeat note, you could stop there.
So, where do you stand on the X Files? Was it simply a good, solid dose of pulp fiction for you, or did you appreciate the exploration and manifestation of deep left field concepts it offered? The answer to that question will determine your enjoyment of this season. But I think on any level, Season 7 delivers and is worth your time. If you think you don't like it, try it again and see if you are willing to go to the uncharted terrain the show's creators want to take you.
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Now you can own the entire seventh season of THE X-FILES™. ALL 22 classic episodes from David Duchovny's last full season as Agent Fox Muler are available for the first time in this exclusive 6-disc collector's edition. From Scully discovering the alien spacecraft in "The Sixth Extinction" and Mulder finally learning the truth about his sister in "Closure," to Mulder's own disappearance and Scully's miraculous pregnancy in "Requiem," these Season Seven episodes are a must for every X-Files fan!
The X-Files - The Complete First Season
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Average rating: 4.5 of 5
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In the first season of The X-Files, creator Chris Carter was uncertain of the series' future, so each of the episodes is a self-contained suspense story; they do not delve deep into the ongoing X-Files mythology or turn to self-parody and humor as do episodes in later seasons. Yet, these episodes display the elements for which the show would become famous: the cinematic production values and top-notch special effects, the stark lighting of the Vancouver sets, the atmospheric halo of Mark Snow's score, and the clever plots dealing with subjects ranging from the occult, religion, and monsters to urban legends, conspiracy theories, and science fiction. Most importantly, season 1 introduces FBI agents Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox "Spooky" Mulder (David Duchovny), two of the most attractive government officials around. Scully is the serious-minded medical scientist assigned to join Mulder on the X-Files, a division of the FBI dealing with the paranormal. Mulder is the intuitive thinker with a dry wit, a passionate believer in the existence of paranormal phenomena and one of the few characters on television smart enough to figure out who the bad guy is before the audience does. Their muddled relationship, a deep friendship laced with sexual tension, provides the human heart in a world where the bizarre and horrible lurk in everyday society.The materials on the bonus disc provide some interesting trivia and background, but it is the 24 episodes themselves that make this seven-disc boxed set a true find. Those unfamiliar with The X-Files often view all the fuss with the same skepticism with which Scully first regards her new partner's ideas. But just as she comes to realize the uncanny accuracy of Mulder's outlandish theories, newcomers to The X-Files who sample a few episodes in this boxed set will likely find themselves riveted to their television late into the night. And undoubtedly, the shadows and creaking noises in the house that evening will seem more menacing than usual. --Eugene Wei