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Summary: A Brilliant TV Show!!...
Review: The X-Files has been my favourite TV Show for a long time now, and the fact that they brought all the episodes of Series 1 on DVD, with excellent extras, is great!
Series 1 first introduced us to David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as the Government partners, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, soon becoming household names. Mulder as the believer of paranormal, and Scully as the scientist, they are the perfect partners, and the best of friends. In this series alone, they encounter mutants, ghost protectors, re-incarnation, government secrets, alien UFOs and many miracles, as well as Scully going through a family death.
David Duchovny brings a wonderful humour to Mulder and plays him very well, maing you like him instantly, and with his ideas, it makes you think that maybe he is right about the paranormal.
Gillian Anderson is superb as Scully, the series scientist, who thinks science can prove everything, despite her theories failing you have to admire her passion for science.
The extras with the DVD are brilliant, (There are so many, an extra disc is added!), I really liked the interview with Chris Carter. I thought the DVD-Rom game added at the end was good, and very intresting.
I think this is a brilliant buy, and you definatly get your money's worth. I recommend this to all Sci-fi fans and anyone who likes a good scare, now and again.
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Summary: not what the show would become
Review: it looks fake, the stories aren't that interesting...buy season 3 - 6
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Summary: A very um, original series.
Review: Welcome to the The X-files, a, um, very original television series. It follows FBI agents Fox Mulder, and Dana Scully, a pair who investigate unexplainable cases, many times extraterrestrial. At first glance the X-Files is a rather odd show, and it is, but it is interesting. The series is definetly the first of it's kind. If you have never seenThe X-Files than maybe you are thinking it is sort of like CSI. It is not, it may have very remote similarities but I definetly wouldn't anticipate this as an average CSI experience. I don't know if it is supposed to be portrayed as that but it isn't, it's science fiction. But this "sci-fi" is like Michael Crichtons. If you have ever read his novels, the events in them could happen, maybe in the near future but they could happen. Where not looking at Star Wars here. The first season is a good one. It is not the best but it's not the worst. Once you watch it you may watch a very boring episode, and there are quite a few of them. There's not an exception for this season. This season on the contrare is different than alot of the later seasons. Just like "The Simpsons" and man other television series it is just developing in the first year. The actors and writers are not accustomed to it. Everything is new to [them] The acting is excellent none the less. And like I said this series is different, it's weird, because who's used to this.
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Summary: The X-Files Season 1 In the beginning¿¿¿¿
Review: Absolutely amazing episodic television doesn't even begin to describe what "The X-Files" is. Not unlike other reviewers here, I didn't catch on to the show right when it began. I kept hearing about this great show and kept hearing about it until I finally caught an episode late in the first season. I believe the first show I watched was "Darkness Falls." All I could say at that time was "what an amazing experience, why haven't I watched this show from the beginning." I knew at that time that I was hooked on this show until the very last episode was aired, which I was. Normally when you watch episodic television, you may watch all the shows of a particular season and say to yourself that some of the show weren't that good. That is not the case with "The X-Files" and specifically this first season. Every episode in and of itself is pure electrifying entertainment. There was never a show like this before its genesis and there will never be another like it. Other shows may attempt to emulate "The X-Files," but they only pale in comparison. In this viewer's opinion, Chris Carter and his creation ranks right up there with Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek" and J.R.R. Tolkien's "Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings." What a wonderful, scary and intriguing world he hath created. Here is where the mythology of the show begins and they carry it through with fluidic perfection all the way through to the very last episode of the ninth season. Although the price for the DVD set's might initially seem a little steep, in truth they are a very economical purchase considering the amount of episodes and the extra features. If you're even a casual "X-File" fan, these sets are worth the money. A list of the episodes: Pilot
Deep Throat
Squeeze
Conduit
The Jersey Devil
Shadows
Ghost in the Machine
Ice
Space
Fallen Angel
Eve
Fire
Beyond the Sea
Gender Bender
Lazarus
Young at Heart
E.B.E.
Miracle Man
Shapes
Darkness Falls
Tooms
Born Again Roland
The Erlenmeyer Flask
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Summary: The Roots of Conspiracy
Review: Being a late comer to the show I was intrigued, and immensly pleased to discover that the show had an underlying mythology. I bought this first season set and after watching the pilot I knew that this series was one of a kind. Chris Carter had a vision for this show from it's inception. Not only did Carter and co. produce wonderful new monsters (or perhaps old ones clothed in new flesh), but he was able to start a story that would permeat the entire series. From the very first episode we find the Cigarette-Smoking Man lurking in the shadows. This season introduces Mulder's first informant known as "Deep Throat", and the season finale is absolutely amazing; providing an ambiquous future for the series as well as a wonderful book-ending for the season. Mythology episodes include: Pilot, Deep Throat, Fallen Angel, E.B.E., and The Erlenmeyer Flask. This season will definitly leave you thristy for more.
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Summary: X-Files DVDs - Wise Investments
Review: X-Files fans will thrill that there favorite episodes from the 1st Season and beyond have gone digital. And now you get to see them all - not just Chris Carter and Fans' Choice favorites. But, the real key here is to see how the DVD's have continued to increase in popularity more than 2 years after their release. There will always be dedicated X-Files fans and there will always be someone who didn't pick up the set when they should've. Regardless of the cool factor, these DVDs are a great investment for those who hate seeing their latest purchase sunk down the drain by wholesales and over-productions. This DVD set has increased in value steadily throughout its existence - get it now before you have to go to a certain un-named auction site to overpay for a used set!!!!
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Summary: One of the best
Review: This season is X-Files at its rawest. Duchovny and Anderson are trying to get into the groove of their respective Mulder and Scully characters. Both actors look so young. Anderson's voice is slightly more high pitched in the first half of this season than other seasons. Duchovny looks good in any season. Anyway, back to the season. Pros: Pilot (such a strange episode. Scully taking off her robe and showing Mulder her lumps?), Squeeze/Tooms (love the M & S interaction. Some romantic inclinations between them maybe?), Ice (Great episode about worms in deep ice. M & S point a gun at eachother. Mulder is the first to put his gun down...interesting.), Fire (English caretaker has a way with starting fires. Woman from Mulder's past brings out funny Scully.), Eve (Ma & Pa Mulder & Scully take care of not so nice identical twin girls. For some reason I like this episode.), Beyond the Sea (one of the best episodes ever. Scully connects with a convicted killer who can converse with the dead. Anderson does a great job.), and Darkness Falls (bugs that can cocoon people in the dark in the woods. Great suspenseful episode. Love the outdoor scenery of the forest.). Cons: Ghost in the Machine (even the actors hate this episode. Not very entertaining), and Space (just plain boring). Love this season--very different. No mytharc episodes (creators did not know if they'll be back next season). All episodes are great stand alone episodes (The Erlenmeyer Flask maybe a mytharc episode). Buy this set and you'll notice the difference in character development and acting styles between Season 1 and the others. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Who Cares About the Extras??
Review: This is a great beginning to a wonderful series. Seeing these all commercial-free is great. Mulder and Scully are such opposites and their interaction is spectacular. It is great to see FOX release this great show on DVD. I look forward to getting each of the as they are released.
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Summary: The Series of the 90's Begins!
Review: The first season of what many critics call "The Definitive Series of the 90's" begins on ths seven-disc collector's set. The only thing that's lacking here is the lack of special features. True, there's a whole disc for them, but it's kind of hollow when you check it out. There are international clips of some episodes on each disc, but that's only decent. The first season is mainly "once and done" scenarios that will expose the characters of Mulder and Scully to us, as well as Deep Throat, Cigarette-Smoking Man, and Skinner. We don't start sniffing out the big picture that will unveil over the next seasons until the second-half of this one. But, for now, here's the breakdown of some of the season's best episodes: "Pilot" - We meet Mulder and Scully, see how weird he is and how trusty she is. She's there to "debunk" him, while Mulder already figures that out, and the season starts. "Ice" - The most gruesome of the Season 1 episodes, Mulder and Scully investigate the death of arctic core miners, when they find an ancient parasite that triggers agressive tendencies. The first real time we get to see Duchovny and Anderson flex their acting abilites. "Beyond the Sea" - Hands down the best episode of the season. Scully's father dies, and a supposed psychic killer can bring him back through him. Brad Dourif knocks us all on our backsides, as well as Anderson's performance here. Full of suspense, emotion, and wonderful acting. "The Erlenmeyer Flask" - The season finale. Mulder is captured rescuing a human/alien hybrid, as Scully gets hot tips from Deep Throat on how to exchange for him. We really see here that the show will survive another year, and we also see that there's much more conspiracy coming our way. Series creator/brain Chris Carter confuses me in the first season. He writes excellent episodes ("Beyond the Sea", "Ice") and then totally dumb episodes ("Fire", "Miracle Man"). We can see that Carter is already scheming the Mulder/Scully romance as some of the scenes hint on it with emotional sub-context. To sum it up, this is the year that started it all, and would continue to blow all our minds.
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Summary: need a progressive scan DVD player
Review: I was initially very disappointed with the quality of the video on the DVDs. I had (past tense) a Panasonic DVD player, which did not have progressive scan mode. I happened to give the player to the in-laws and replaced it with a Sony capable of progressive scan mode. What a difference it makes! So, if you have a widescreen TV, consider getting a capable DVD player.
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