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With the original conspiracy plot arc having fallen into a muddle of loose ends, once-hungry lead actors on the verge of big-screen careers and making demands for more time off or shots at writing and directing, and the initial wish list of monsters-of-the-week long exhausted, it’s a miracle that by its seventh season The X-Files was still making its airdates, let alone managing something pretty good every other show and something outstandin… More >>
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Cheers to the X-files being available on DVD boxed sets. They did a good job on seasons 1-4. But why, oh why did they start letterboxing them with season 5,6,7?? These are TV shows here and were not shot in a widescreen format! Fox video is actually doing us a dis-service by cropping the picture. We’re actually missing the top and bottom portion of the picture! I can see the appeal of letterbox in the issue of a theatrical film that WAS shot in widescreen but why do this to TV shows?? Another label has done the same thing with Babylon 5. Sorry but I have to vent here on this one. I just don’t asee the logic in all this. Cropping the picture and giving us less … this is better?? Fans who have written reviews here are raving about the widescreen issues of X-Files but they don’t realize that they are actually getting less than they did when it ran on tv. Tip: you may want to purchase these sets (Vol 5 onward) but hang on to your taped off tv versions too. If I am wrong about all this, I hope someone will enlighten me.
Rating: 3 / 5
The widescreen versions are horrible. The original airings were fullscreen.Don’t waste your money.
Rating: 1 / 5
Season seven is, without a doubt, the best X-Files season of all. Some favorite episodes from this season:
Hungy: A boy has an unusual eating disorder that is causing him a lot of distress.
Millennium: Mulder and Scully are brought in to deal w/ the Millennium group. And the greatly anticipated first Mulder/Scully onscreen kiss also takes place in this episode.
The Goldberg Variation: A man has a very unusal streak of good luck, though his luck normally causes bad luck to the people around him.
Closure: The truth about Mulder’s sister is finally reveled. This is one of the best written episodes in the series.
Hollywood A.D.: This episode is not only funny, but it tells an excellent X-file at the same time. This episode was written and directed by David Duchovny.
Episode list:
The sixth extinction I & II
Hungry
Millennium
Rush
The goldberg variation
Orison
The amazing maleeni
Signs and wonders
Sein und zeit
Closure
X-cops
First person shooter
Theef
En ami
Chimera
All things
Brand x
Hollywood A.D.
Fight Club
Je Souhaite
Requiem
Rating: 5 / 5
I never got the chance to see the X Files when it aired originally. I tuned into it when it first aired in syndication on TNT around the 4th season and didn’t think too much of it at first due to the silly stand alone episodes. I began watching it again a few months later and got caught up in it. Subsequently I ended up buying every season and paying top dollar for each. I was rather dismayed when the entire collection dropped dramatically in price a little more than 6 months later. That said, I don’t regret having the complete X-Files collection as part of my DVD library. Everything about this series, from concept to elaborate sets and special effects was extraordinary. The conspiracy story line was done well enough to cause even a skeptic to question some things. A number of the paranormal episodes were astounding while some other episodes were absolutely hysterical. Some say it ran 2 seasons too long but the acting and scripts were even better after David Duchovny’s departure. Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish’s characters were a welcomed relief from the chronic tears of Gillian Anderson and mobid demeanor of David Duchovny for many fans of the show. The 2-part finale was a bit disappointing and it’s difficult to tell if that was the fault of the writing team or David Duchovny’s lack of interest in the project. Either way it’s a piece of perfectly executed, mega budget, TV history and it shows in every episode.
Rating: 5 / 5
I was amazed to see in the first few episodes that the season had still a lot to give. However, as the episodes progressed it became clearly that xfiles had reached to its end and from that point on there was something missing. There are 5 or 6 episodes that are very good indeed but again it is a dissapointment to see so many mediocre or even bad episodes when there where none such in the previous seasons.
Rating: 2 / 5