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Summary: Widescreen X-Files!
Review: For those of us who own widescreen televisions, the release of this fifth X-Files box is an event. This was the first season of X-File to be filmed in HDTV (High Definition TV), so widescreen prints are available, and the DVD box presents the episodes in this format.This turns out to be something of a mixed blessing. The HD masters appear to have lopped off the top and bottom of the picture, so that in many close up scenes, you don't see the top of Skinner's and Mulder's heads. Also, the picture is marginally less crisp than in previous releases; it looks somewhat grainier. On the plus side, it does fill your screen... and X-Files is still fun, even if you feel the third, or fourth, or second seasons were the show's peak. If you have a "regular" TV set, you should see black bars at the top and bottom. No particular comments on the quality of season five. Any TV show that stretches to five seasons is going to sacrifice some quality somewhere; and the fact that X-Files has stumbled into Season Nine before finally running out of steam altogether says a lot about the talent behind this series. If you're an X-Files fan, you'll want this set, unless you're still saving to buy Seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4 first.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I am a big fan of the series and now own 3 DVD packs. However I was wondering why these DVD's are so expensive on amazon.com. On amazon UK the same DVD pack only cost 80 US dollars. Maybe a tip for others!
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Summary: Last of the Vancouver seasons
Review: I am a big time fan. The season contains some missteps, but contains some classics, too. Pros: Bad Blood (absolutely THE BEST COMEDIC X-FILES EPISODE ever. Insight into how M & S see each other.), Detour (M & S as buddies/husband & wifelike--"Did you pack everything?" and "Predator" feel), Folie a Deux (very underrated episode and has a boogie man feel.), The Pine Bluff Variant (Is Mulder a bad guy?), Kill Switch (Mulder held against his will...hmm...very interesting! Also, hints of KickAss!Scully), and All Souls (scary episode, bad special effects, though. Many fans don't like this episode.). Cons: The Post-Modern Prometheus (One of THE worst X-Files episodes. I really don't know why this a favorite of fans. A freak of nature impregnating women while playing Cher music, need I say more?), the mytharc episodes of Christmas Carol/Emily (Scully has a daughter. Mulder not telling her about her ova being tested until now?...Right. S turns away M.), the other mytharc episodes of Patient X/The Red and the Black (Scully is a believer. S is made to sound like she is having an orgasm during hypnosis. Very embarassing. Krycek kisses M. I think it's love!), and Travelers (not much of Mulder and no Scully). Season 5 brought us Skeptic Mulder (or Unbelievably Skeptic Mulder). Thank goodness the writers brought back Spooky Mulder in the following season. Continuation of the M & S "possibly want to be romantically involved" relationship. Redux/Redux II (M & S crying and being affectionate) and The End (Scully being aware of her feelings for Mulder when Diana Fowley appeared. Thank goodness Mimi Rogers' services were not needed after a few episodes into Season 7.). Overall, good season. End of an era since this season was the last season to be shot in Canada. I miss those days!!
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Summary: Ambition of Characterization Matches Ambition of Story
Review: I believe Season Five was the strongest in terms of the combination story and character development. The prior four seasons had a newness, mystery and excitement primarily centered around the discovery of mythology puzzle pieces. Season Five deals very well with the inevitability of piecing (some of) the puzzle pieces together, throwing in new ones, while subtly changing the orbit of the show by focusing on the changed belief systems of Mulder and Scully. David Duchovny and, especially, Gillian Anderson get a chance to demonstrate their talent and chemistry while going through two transformations each. The stand alone shows are also strong overall and attempt to be involved in accumulated character development missing in the prior seasons.
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Summary: Ok, people. I just finished watching Season 5 last night
Review: I feel that both Gillian Anderson and David Duchovney were MADE for these two roles in the X-files. I love them both and hope that their acting careers will flourish now that this show has ended. Given this, I believe their character development within this fifth season was spectacular. Turning the tables on their personalities....Mulder becomes the ultimate and might I say, bitter skeptic, while Scully makes every attempt to open her eyes to things beyond science. A personal chord was struck with me when she was dying and called her mother to her hospital bed, only to exclaim something to the effect of, "Why do I wear this cross?!!! If everything I've done is for science, then why do I continue to wear this around my neck? I have ignored my own faith and beliefs!" It seemed to me to be the turning point for her within this season. Being a new fan (from the DVD releases), I have yet to see her development in the future seasons. I just pray that she does not become too sappy. (please note my irony in using the word 'pray') What I love most of all is the interaction between the two characters. There is a serious side, a sense of comraderie, and a comical banter with a hint of whimsey. It's amazing, and I love watching these two act together. A prime example of this is in the episode Bad Blood, where they both describe versions of events....giving little jabs at each other in their own stories. a brilliant episode. There is one episode I was astounded by...and not in a good way. Post Modern Prometheus was quite possible the worst piece of fiction ever written for the television screen. It was absurd and silly, and to culminate the entire episode at a Cher concert had me exclaiming: "SHUT ... UP!!!!!"). I came onto this message board expecting to find the same opinion, only to find the exact opposite. Perhaps shooting it in black and white was very good, but the storyline was horrendous. If they were going to make it silly and ridiculous, then I suggest that they should have ended the episode at a drag queen Cher-look-alike contest. Would have been more fitting. Overall...EXCELLENT season. I await season 6 with baited breath. word.
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Summary: AWESOME!
Review: i just finished this set and i LOVED it!! i have the season 4s too but i have to say that this set was even better! the behind the scenes stuff was sooooo great! if your an x-phile, this is a MUST HAVE!!!!
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Summary: Terrific season
Review: I love this season. Some of the mythology episodes ("The Red and the Black", "Patient X", "The End"). Gillian Anderson is a tour-de-force. She's one of the biggest reasons why I love the X-Files. The chemistry she and David Duchovny have on the show is still very strong in this season. My favorite episode of all this season is "Bad Blood." All of the pros and cons of the two main characters, Mulder and Scully, are embellished in a very comical way. Scully is seen as less than exuberant while Mulder is seen as the opposite. It's hilarious. I just wish this season had been longer, though. I understand, though, the demanding schedules of the stars, what with the movie, "X-Files - Fight the Future" being filmed in the same year. The season was very good, though. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Chris Carter:Congratulations
Review: I loved this fifth season, i enjoyined David Duchoviny in this season.But i like it the extras of the DVD like the spots of tv.
This fifth season is very very elementar, new aswers to Mulder and Scully but so many questions Mulder have to think.
My favorite epsiodes of the fifth season is "Bad Blood"(If you not watched, you are going to understand why this episode is great) and the appearence of Luke Wilson in his memorable moment in this season.
This DVD is out, you need to buy and this DVD wil be a addition to your collection
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Summary: Unusual suspects
Review: I really can't add much more to this that hasn't already been wrote in the other 5 star reviews on this. These collections of the seasons of The X Files are all fantastic. I am so glad they put them on DVD. I didn't always watch the show when it was on TV, so alot of these episodes are new to me. Quite an addicting, program to say the least! This season is in wide screen giving it more of a theatrical feel, which is good. It is so much more then a series, every episode is always done with such care and skill that they are mini movies. Season 5 includes the "Unusual Suspects" which shows us how Mulder met the Lone Gunmen, the Stephen King wrote episode, "Chinga", and the hilarious story telling in "Bad Blood", just to name a few. This DVD, like with all of the other season DVDs, includes documentaries, behind the scenes, deleted scenes, and a DVD-ROM game. This set also has an enjoyable 45 minute F/X special "Behind the X Files". All of these box sets are must haves for the collector. My only complaint is with the packaging. These sets come with a slip cover and the inside of the covers are these cardboard flaps that start getting in the way of the disks when you slide them in and out. I actually had to tape mine up because it started peeling off from the inside. I will always give this show 5 stars because of the quality of programming that it is and that there is a wide range of emotions, thoughts, open mindedness and even humor involved. It definitly breaks any kind of conformity. That is so refreshing with a drama like this. It actually [pulls] you into the lives of Mulder and Scully and it is hard for me to set down and just watch one at a time!
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Summary: I would have bought it for "Post Modern Prometheus" alone!
Review: I used to think Season One was my favorite. No more. Season Five has blown away all previous seasons of The X-Files. Since I was not an X-Phile throughout the run of the series, and only watched an occasional episode, I had the privilege of watching the show unfold before my eyes, episode by episode, when I purchased the first four seasons on DVD. Then I totally immersed myself in the program. And I was hooked. Obviously, not being familiar with the unfolding story line, when I watched the last episode of Season Four ("Gethsemane"), I hadn't a clue how Mulder was going to return from the dead following that season's cliffhanger episode...and I had to wait until the release of Season Five on DVD to find out. I watched and re-watched every episode right up to that point...and wondered how in the hell Mulder was going to pull that one off. Finally! Season Five was released on DVD, and my curiosity was satiated. To say that I've been impressed with Season Five is a very mild understatement. So far, the first five or six episodes, alone, have left me with my mouth hanging open, riveted to every scene, clinging to every word. "Redux I" and "Redux II" are astonishing episodes. Very powerful and gripping. The perfect way to start the new season. Thankfully, each episode in Season Five has held similar sway with me. But -- and I'm almost ashamed to admit this -- the episode that blew me away the most was the very offbeat, quirky-to-the-core "Post Modern Prometheus." I've watched that episode three times now, and I'm more impressed and touched by it every time. What a remarkably creative episode! Shot entirely in black and white, and telling a familiar horror movie tale ("Frankenstein"), "Post Modern Prometheus" weaves a spell over me like no other epside ever has. From the Cher-fueled score, to the tongue-in-cheek performances, to the Tim Burton-esque dream-like oddity, to the emotionally touching ending, "Post Modern Prometheus" is a jewel among an already glistening array. I would have bought Season Five just to get my hands on "Post Modern Prometheus" alone! The X-Files Season Five DVD set contains some of the best episodes the show has ever offered. If you're a fan of the show -- or if you'd like to know what the buzz is about -- you truly need to watch Season Five. I highly recommend it.
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