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Summary: great stories
Review: i just wish the dvds tv picture looked as good as some of my other dvds.in some dark parts and the introductions they look awfully grainy and i don't think it is this way because my wiring or player. all the disks i've bought from this series(i got seasons 2 to 4) look bad in places while many other dvds that aren't from this series look great on my player and tv. it's too bad such wonderful stories werent put on dvd more carefully. but i'll still buy more dvds from this series.
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Summary: As good as TV gets
Review: This is how this season develops... it starts with Herrenvolk: Mulder is trying to save his mother through an alien that has deserted the colonization project and is able to heal people simply by laying hands on them. The first act is excelent: the bounty hunter chases Mulder and the alien in a warehouse. What follows keeps getting better and better: the standalones reveal just how eclectic this series can be (from a historical/literary point of view of the recent american history, to a reincarnation and emotional tale). Then the black oil returns in the episodes Tunguska and Terma: Mulder goes to Russia with Krycek to investigate a deadly contagion brought to the US in a rock, meanwhile Scully has to protect his partner from a senate comission. These episodes turn out to be of vital importance at the end of seasons six and seven. But this is just episode ten of the season... and things just get better and better: Scully's cancer revelation in Leonard Betts and its development in Memento Mori marks what is, for me, the best moment of the series to date. And, finally, a fantastic cliffhanger in Gethsemane, where the possible relation between religion and the search of extraterrestrial life begins to be shown in the series. This cliffhanger opens one of the best trilogies of the show... very wisely concluded in season five's Redux/Redux II.
The best of this season include (pretty much every single episode): Home (the tale of a incestous and horribly desfigured family), Unruhe (a killer who projects his thoughts and nightmares into fotographic material), The field where I died (reincarnation treated in a very emotional episode), Musings of a cigarrette-smoking man (how much do CSM's literary fantasies reveal about himself, his background and his actions), Tunguska, Terma, Paper Hearts (Mulder faces his worst nightmare: what if Samantha was just kidnaped and murdered by a serial killer?), Leonard Betts (a man who is cancer and needs cancer to live... and at the end of the episode, he turns to Scully to get what he needs), Never Again (Come on! scully is a woman, she sometimes is intitled to need a man, but not a psycho), Memento Mori (simply the best X-Files episode), Kaddish (the golem brought to life by love but driven by hatred), Unrequited (a soldier left for dead in Vietnam has the ability to hide in a blind spot of human sight... and he is willing to use it to complete his revenge), Tempus Fugit/Max (an airplane accident, a UFO, military planes and conspiracies... a complex story that kills off one of my favorite characters of the series: poor, in-love-with-agent-Scully, agent Pendrell), Small Potatoes (another wonderful funny and light episode... one of the best episodes), Zero Sum (Skinner's faustean deal with the CSM makes him work against his own ethics and ends up helping the elder group ti cover up an experiment involving bees and smallpox virus), Elegy (Scully, a mentally challenged guy, a bunch of girls getting slashed... they are all linked by death: a poetic episode that really feels like an elegy), Demons (Mulder is willing to give everything up to the possibility of learning what really happened with Samantha... even his brain and sanity) and Gethsemane (an alien corpse... proof? or hoax to make Mulder believe and work, without knowing it, against the american people?).
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Summary: Couldn't wait...
Review: I was supposed to use the treadmill every day and watch one episode at a time. Tee hee. That will never happen. I love the show, love the guys including Jimmy Bond. Wish it weren't ending but eventually I will own each season. This is a good thing, Martha. (-:
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Summary: Yeah, so many good memories Season 1-5 (1993-1998)!!!
Review: Just got the 4th Season a couple days ago, and have now revisited; what probably is my favourite Season of the show, together with the 1st and 3rd Seasons. I gotta say, Fox do a great job in releasing the best tv-series ever on these wonderfully packaged DVD box-sets, the only complaint; there aren't any real interviews with David & Gillian, and other recurring stars such as M. Covarrubis, The Lone Gunmen, A.D. Skinner, A. Krycek which really would have been nice! But still; this is just the best way ever to get your favourite show, season by season; and ya know the picture is clear, nicely soft and have the best look ever!!! This is really fantastic - DVD is the only way!!!
Anyway, here's my Top 10 Eps of Season 4; 1996-1997.
1. The Field Where I Died (fascinating, great score)
2. Paper Hearts (what a story!, David's fantastic! M.Snow rocks!)
3. Memento Mori (greatest writers together on this one)
4. Demons (great one-deal story by director Bob Goodwin)
5. Unruhe (so much great acting, two tumbs up for Vince Taylor!)
6. Herrenvolk (a great myth-ep)
7. Tunguska (thrilling Carter/Spotnitz myth-story)
8. Unrequited (an important view on a likely real fact..)
9. Zero Sum (great suspense)
10. Elegy (a touching and breathtaking story, Anderson is great!)Conlusion: Fox; - keep 'em comin' there's not enough words to describe this unique way of gettin' your favourite show to-keep forever!!!! Finally: Man, this brings back and show's exactly why fans have declined the show since mid-season 6; I think it's not only because of the mood that vanished; the move to LA from Vancouver; but also that in a weak sense ya could begin to sense the writer's slack of inspiration in the myth-arc eps in S.5, and then with the X-movie, and move to LA, it seemed as Carter etc. lost that inventive and original way of tellin stories, and the whole thing that made us all watch the show to begin with, disappeared: after 1999 (in Season 6 +. The show kinda went in circles, and NOT telling us those creative and wonderfully strange but good X-stories like they used too!! And come on; who really, I mean REALLY liked all that 'humor' in eps like Rain King, Dreamland!??? - good ex's of all the ...(sorry to say) from Season 6 and onwards!
They only good thing about the show now: Carter have pulled the plug, and what excited me in these last year's was Annabeth Gish's characther aswell as the actress herself!!!
Can't wait for Season 5 DVD in May; i hope Fox include REAL i/w's and that TV-special from '98; Inside The X-Files documentary w/ bloopers!!!!!
Don't miss the BEST TV-SHOW EVER on DVD; go out and buy 'em all. NOW!!! Ya won't regret it!!!!
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Summary: Well Worth It!
Review: I've always been a fan of the X-files and this is such a treat to be able to watch any episode commercial free. The quality is excellent and the special features make it that much better. Also included are several episodes with commentary inlduding my favorite - Memento Mori. The only bad thing about owning the fourth season on DVD is that now I won't be satisfied untill I own the whole collection!
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Summary: Buy this NOW!
Review: Do you remember when it was Sunday night and your heart would beat like a rabbit's in anticipation when The X Files would come on? The show still goes on now but it's nothing like Season 4. Season 4 had the the story on Cancer Man ("Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man"), the gore ("Home"), and it's loaded with intense scenes between some of the finest performers ever. During Season 4, the show got a TON of Emmy nods and oicked up a couple wins including a little something for Ms.Anderson so keep in mind that this is a stellar season and this box set proves it with great deleated scenes and audio commentary. So if you like this show, get this right now. Go ahead. Push the button. It's worth it.
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Summary: OldSchool X-Files = good times!
Review: I started watching the show on its 7th Season... since then I have not missed an episode, and have committed all episodes to memory! Season 4 being one of my absolute favorite seasons! These DVDs are just FABulous! Some of the greatest episodes in XF!History are in this season. The behind the scenes and deleted clips are a great addition! If your an X-phile you definatly owe it to yourself to purchase these DVDs! Especially after having to go through season 8 and now 9! SPRING FOR THE GOOD STUFF!!! Get the season 4 DVDs! :)
-----{mULDEr & sCULly 4EVR}-----
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Summary: Season 4 -- "The X-Files" at the Peak of its Popularity
Review: For three years, which spanned Seasons 3 through 5, "The X-Files" was Chris Carter's baby. Seasons 1 and 2 were good in their own right, building up the show and setting the stage for what was to come. Season 6 was still good, although the move to Los Angeles no doubt killed off some of "The X-Files" atmosphere. Season 7 was a definite improvement, although episodes like "Chimera" and "Fight Club" were showing just how much the show was starting to age. And Seasons 8 and 9 were okay; the former still had the ability to deliver the goods on occasion, while the latter has just been a disaster. Season 4 was right smack in the middle of "The X-Files" sky-rocketing popularity. Ground-breaking episodes seemingly popped up almost every week. Just a few worth mentioning include: "Tunguska"/"Terma"; "Memento Mori"; and "Gethsemane." But every season of "The X-Files has had its share of bombs, and Season 4 is no exception: "Sanguinarium"; "El Mundo Gira"; and "Synchrony." The DVD set is just awesome - you get all 24 episodes in as clear a picture as you will ever find. Where I come from, the channel "The X-Files" airs on isn't exactly clear, so to watch these episodes again in all their picture-perfect glory was quite the shock. There are seven disks in this set, the first six housing four episodes each. The seventh disk hosts a set of extras, including interviews with the cast and crew, special FX spots and all the promotional spots you saw on FOX back during Season 4's run. This set may be a little pricey, but it's well worth it, in my opinion. Here's hoping that Seasons 1 though 8 make it to DVD and allow us to relive the memories of our favorite TV show all over again. Don't even get me started on Season 9. I've given it one too many chances, and even a die-hard fan like me doesn't want to remember what the show has become. If you want classic Mulder and Scully, if you want "The X-Files" that delivers the goods, pick up the DVD sets for Seasons 1 through 8, especially Season 4. The Truth is Out There - you just need to go out and buy it.
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Summary: The 'Truth' Is In These 7 Discs
Review: I can't think of another show in the history of television except the "X Files" that would induce me to shell out ($$$) (including tax) to have a collection of a single season's episodes. There's no doubt that Chris Carter and his amazing show hit some kind of a stride with the incredible fourth season; A season that gave us the Peacock Brothers, Leonard Betts, Eddie Van Blundht ("it's Dutch or something"), John Lee Roche (the creepiest serial killer this side of Hannibal Lecter, as portrayed by Tom Noonan), the return of Max Fenig and Scully's cancer. I've never been a fan of the show's mythology episodes...they seemed to be heavy handed and humorless; dragged down by pretentious narration; characters like the CSM, the Well Manicured Man and Alex Krycek overstayed their welcome before this season began and silly plot devices (shape shifters; killer bees; black oil etc) all gave the impression that Carter was making it up as he went along. A couple of mythology episodes in season four, however, avoided all of the above trappings: "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" was wild, hip and inventive ("the Oscars are next week...do you have any preferences?") and the two parter: "Tempus Fugit"/"Max" boasted some of the best production values in the series history, not to mention Mark Snow's sensational score. Undoubtedly, a handful of season four's stand alone episodes remain some of the series most memorable....Vince Gilligan's beautifully crafted scripts for "Paper Hearts" and "Small Potatoes" remain standouts; the wildly outrageous "Leonard Betts"
had some great Mulder-Scully by play ("did I mention that Mr. Betts had no head!") and some truly creepy special effects (who can forget Lenny giving birth to a new head in a cigar box sized storage bin)? Were there some stiffs? Absolutely! Even at ($$$), I refuse to sit through the truly awful "El Mundo Gira" and Mulder and Scully taking on the Golem??? ("Kaddish")...give me a break!
(...) A note about the package itself.... It's beautifully done...sound and picture quality are crystal clear...disc 7 contains a host of special material including a documentary "The Secrets Behind Season Four" (which could have been a little longer); deleted scenes; a group of FX Behind the Truth spots" and a DVD-rom game. I'll proabably lay out the jack for the Season Five collection (must have "Bad Blood" "Killswitch" and the underrated "Folie A Deux" on DVD...) but after that, forget it...the show 'jumped the shark' in season six with the move to L.A. and today it's merely a shell of its former self; except I'd love to share an egg cream with Annabeth Gish!
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Summary: THE ORIGINAL TV ON DVD SERIES JUST GETS BETTER!
Review: When friends first turned me on to the DVD experience, it radically changed how I viewed movies. And when my wife first told me that the "X-Files" were going to DVD, my reaction was enthusiastic. What an incredible idea to put great television shows on DVD in season long box-sets. I now own all 4 seasons currently released. And season 4 is the best yet! The box-set includes commentary on select episodes, special features and more. With each released box-set, the extras continue to get better. Now with season 4, as the "myth" of the "X-Files" begins to surface, the show is becoming more like a long movie. An idea which my wife and I found when watching the first season of the "Sopranos" on DVD. DVD box-sets take a television season and turn it into a long play movie which enhances the viewing experience. It's my hope that more production companies climb on board the concept of producing seasons of television shows on DVD. Series such as the new Fox show "24" will be a must have in our household. If you've enjoyed the "X-Files" but haven't been able to keep up, I highly recommend getting into the DVD series. It's like having "good tv" available all the time.
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