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Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 6-NOV-2007
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6256 in DVD
• Brand: DUCHOVNY,DAVID
• Released on: 2007-11-06
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 61

Amazon.com
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

From The New Yorker
Two of television's most beloved characters-F.B.I. agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson)-make their big-screen début in Chris Carter's attempt (along with series director Rob Bowman) to revive the great seventies governmental-conspiracy movie. (The contemporary twist has to do with aliens and a secret government that is aiding in the colonization of Earth-it's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" meets "The Parallax View.") The strength of the movie, as with the series, is not just the creepy paranoid atmosphere-its dark, rain-drenched alleys are a delicious, steely noir-but also the hushed, unrequited romance between the two leads. But the film is ultimately disappointing-it's bigger budgeted, but somehow less engrossing when played outside the solitary intimacy of the tube. It'll be a great video flick. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

Great For Someone Who Doesn't Have It Already
At the beginning of this year I decided to finally see what the X-Files is all about and fell in love with the first two seasons. I went for the more cheap slim pack dollar sets instead of the original releases that were 80 dollars. However with the slim pack sets you weren't given any of the extra features. However once I heard the announcement of a complete set of the originals plus the movie and extras from the mythology sets I decided to forego buying the other slim pack sets and just buying the complete collection. The set has each of the nine seasons, the Fight the Future, and the threads of mythology disc with four featurettes. Each actual season comes with the bonus features that were released on the original X-Files sets which include deleted scenes, tv spots, commentaries, documentaries, and more for each specific season.

I say that if you are a huge fan of X-Files or want to complete your X-Files collection this is a must buy.

Here we go again...
This product, according to Fox, gathers together all nine seasons, the film, and the Mythology Threads featurettes off the Mythology collections. The nine seasons are thankfully in the original release format, with all special features included. The feature film appears to have the same contents as the current DVD release as well. As for the featurettes, they appear on a disc of their own.

For a box set this big (61 discs), it's priced fairly reasonably as opposed to the 9-season collection that can be found elsewhere on Amazon. However, Fox needs to make sure this is the last time they re-dip the series; maybe they should release it on Blu-Ray to make the HD fanboys happy.

Be warned: if you bought the initial season-by-season releases (not the slimpaks) and the movie separately, there's nothing new here. The featurettes on the last disc are also nothing new, as they appeared on the pointless Mythology arc sets that were released on DVD a while back. However, for anyone new to the series or anyone who's been hesitating to buy the series on DVD, this is a great pickup for its price.

5 stars for the series, 3.5 stars for this set.

great set at a great price, but box damaged easily
Awesome set at an awesome price but whoever designed the box did not take into account the heaviness of 61 dvds- the bottom becomes dislodged and traps the drawer underneath (as mine did during shipping). Other than that it is a great set and I'm looking forward to 9000+ minutes of bliss!

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