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Summary: X-Files season 1 review
Review: I began watching X-Files on TV around the time of season 5. I never did get to see these earlier episodes. My favorite episodes on this set are Ice, Beyond the Sea, The Erlenmeyer Flask, and Tooms. Though most of the episodes are pretty good.
For the set, it's packaged nicely. It's currently going for $35, which is a very good price. More than half off of what it goes for at other places. It contains 4 episodes per disc.
Season 1 is pretty good. DVD set is top notch. If you like the series, you should be pleased with this set.
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Summary: X-Files season one "Finally a reasonable price"
Review: Finally a reasonable price for the X-Files DVDs. I have been waiting for the price of the X-Files season sets to go down for years. I have season one now ($34.99). I'll get the other season sets only if the price goes down for them. At this time, the prices of the other season sets are still overpriced, but at least not rediculously overpriced like before. I'm not paying more than what I pay for the season sets of "24", which I have to say have been better productions. Personally, I love the X-files, which is why I feel so strongly about Fox bringing the prices down. I am enjoying season one a lot. My recommendation: Buy season one and wait for the other season sets to come down.
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Summary: Who designed the case? Falls on floor.
Review: I'm way behind schedule on my DVD watching, much of it due to getting a bunch of first season sets for cheap during Amazon/Fox's recent sales.
So, I haven't even watched an episode yet, but the entire collection nearly bit the dust because the knucklehead who designed the case had a brain fart. Should have been a side-loading case, but it is a loose-fitting slippery sleeve that loads from the bottom (or top). Grab the collection, pull off shelf, seven heavy disks in fold-up holders slide out and fall to floor - boom.
I'm tempted to throw the offensive sleeve away, or maybe tape it up somehow.
For true X-Philes who eventually will buy it for $100, be warned.
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Summary: A Solid Start
Review: When the show debuted on September 10, 1993, every viewer was stunned. Never had a pilot episode been so fun, or serious, or strange. The pilot episode remains a favorite of every X-Phile.After that, Mulder's first informant, Deep Throat, appeared in an episode bearing his name. Then Tooms slithered through ducts in Squeeze and Tooms. Green microscopic buggies invaded a nice little forest in Darkness Falls, and Mulder confronted his sister's abduction whilst dealing with another in Conduit. The series came to an excellent finale with The Erlenmeyer Flask, where Deep Throat is shot dead, and the X-Files are terminated. This is the season that unleashed the X-Files phenomenon upon the world. The X-Files, although cancelled in 2002, remains the staple of science fiction TV and is still popular because of these giftsets. The special features are fantastic, featuring interviews with Chris Carter. The picture is top-notch, along with a roaring Dolby Surround audio track. X-Phile or not, buy this set if you're looking for great TV.
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Summary: The start of a phenomenon
Review: More than likely, if you were alive in the '90s, then you've heard of the worldwide phenomenon known as The X-Files. In 1993, Chris Carter created a concept so thrilling, so mind-bending, so thought-provoking and so downright intelligent that the series instantly became a hit with a large cult following. The names Mulder and Scully are instantly recognizable and have become permanent fixtures in American pop culture. The show would last for nine unforgettable years.
Season one is by no means the best season of the series, but it does contain many of the best episodes of the show's entire run. From Mulder and Scully being trapped in an Arctic research station with a worm-like parasite in "Ice" to Eugene Victor Tooms, the liver-eating genetic mutant in "Squeeze" and "Tooms," to Scully's father's death and her subsequent experiences with a psychic death row inmate in "Beyond The Sea," these classic episodes that made the show a hit are all together in one fantastic compendium. Not to mention, the bonus features, which include facts on alien abduction, commentaries by creator Chris Carter, and a season one "making of..." documentary! Whether you're a fan of the show or have yet to discover the brilliance of the X-Files (it's never too late!) pick up this DVD now and re-live a truly evocative television experience.
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