The X-Files: The First Season [7 Discs]

 

 

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This reduced price edition of The X-Files: Season 1 differs from the original not only in packaging but in content.
The episodes are all here, but the bonus features found on the 7th disc is not. This is evidenced here:
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I also have personally checked this and other reissued sets in the store.

A masterful series exploring the unexplained. Its conception was brilliant, its production spectacular, and its themes ahead-of-its-time. The X-Files is a series which should never be forgotten.

Chris Carter, earlier a freelance writer and associate editor of the magazine "Surfacing", afterwards initiated into a semi-successful writing career for Walt Disney in 1985, was given a chance to help a struggling FOX network in the early 90s. Tired of the comedies he had been working on and inspired by a report that 3.7 million Americans had been abducted by aliens, Carter wrote the pilot for a very different kind of television series in 1992. This idea placed both a believer (Fox Mulder) and a skeptic (Dana Scully) together to investigate a series of unsolved paranormal mysteries, and to peer into the very well-guarded secrets of covert FBI and military factions. These often involved the 'Shadow Government', responsible for safe-guarding certain classified truths at any cost.

Despite the carefully developed plots, Carter never wanted the cases to dominate the characters; instead, the series is very character-oriented, focusing deeply on their pasts, beliefs and personal struggles. The show was filmed in Vancouver, Canada, which supplied the filmmakers with ample rich forests in which to film haunting scenes for eerie effect. The series is ultimately about the value of truth, about how passionately some of us are willing to fight to find it. It is part horror, part murder mystery, and part government conspiracy intrigue and part mythological adventure. The brilliant photography, lighting, acting and directing added up to make a fantastic series which will live on long after the series' end. I also believe it is the most realistic series ever aired on television ... if the fact that I'm calling a show which believes 'we are not alone' realistic doesn't get me tagged as a total nut, that is.

In the first season we meet a number of noteworthy characters. The first is the Cigarette-smoking Man; an enigmatic figure who was never intended to be a main character but whose curious presence earned him a place of central importance in the series, as a high-up member of the Shadow Government. In this season he only speaks one line. There is Deep Throat; Mulder's first informant, famed for uttering the words, "Trust no one." There is Eugene Victor Tooms -- a liver-eating, body-stretching, 40-year-hibernating nemesis famed for killing his victims in seemingly impossible locations. Skinner is also introduced; a stone-faced FBI boss known for 'skinning' his agents down from individualism, but who will later in the series become a likeable and central character.

For this set I can tell you that the packaging is good, but not great (it is reasonable for the price.) There are six disks, each with its own unique artwork, two to a thin plastic case which are together stored inside a sleeve, which is in turn stored inside another sleeve. Some of the teeth in the plastic cases were broken off, likely due to crude handling before packaging. But otherwise everything was in excellent condition. The sound and visual quality are very good. (And it is in color, in case the B&W cover has you wondering.) I cannot wait to watch season two (on DVD, that is!)

In short, this is an adult series which I highly recommend for anyone feeling open-minded or just plain bored with the usual. It is a classic series, and on DVD!!

"The truth is out there."

This is a great way for fans of The X-files to add the DVDs to their collection. Previously, the set has cost $110. At a savings of over 50%, who could resist?

I think it is silly to complain about the features not being here. If you want the features, buy the collector's edition! Shell out the extra bucks!

This set is Fox's way of giving the fans a chance to own their own slice of tv history without having to forgo their monthly mortgage payment.

Buy it now! Buy it today!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Missing an episode
Great series but this item is missing the last episode. Says on box 24 episodes but only 23.

Published on Sep 27 2007 by K. Gallant

5.0 out of 5 stars X-Files
The show rocked when it all started in 1993 and it once bought it breaks back the creepyness and scaryness that it had then. I love it!! Read more

Published on Jun 6 2005 by Diana

5.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Start
When the show debuted on September 10, 1993, every viewer was stunned. Never had a pilot episode been so fun, or serious, or strange. Read more

Published on Jan 13 2005 by Nathan Redmond

5.0 out of 5 stars Groundbreaking first season of this classic TV series
I caught up with the first season of THE X-FILES via these DVDs recently, and as ever I am struck by the freshness of the chemistry between David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as... Read more

Published on July 16 2004 by Kenji Fujishima

3.0 out of 5 stars A great start, but much better still to come
This is the series that started it all, its great for its time, but unlike the many series to follow now looks a little dated. Read more

Published on July 12 2004 by M. Gibb

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong first season has only a few missteps 4 1/2 stars
Chris Carter clearly has found his niche as a writer. "The X-Files" combines elements of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (a series I loved as a kid) with other... Read more

Published on Jun 28 2004 by WTDK

5.0 out of 5 stars best of X Files
I love this DVD. Its sometimes better to watch on DVD than TV because there are not commercials. So when you can wait to see what happens next, you don't have to worry it will... Read more

Published on Jun 23 2004 by Tricia

5.0 out of 5 stars it's got it...
X-Files is a show that just has what it takes to captivate you. from the minute the show came on air it showed so strongly how brilliant it was that know one could stop... Read more

Published on Jun 20 2004 by ClassicMaiden

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible.
First, I want to thank Chris Carter or Fox or whoever it is that slashed the price of these season sets in half. Read more

Published on Jun 8 2004 by Horatio Horatio

5.0 out of 5 stars The abc's of the X-Files
The fans of this very missed t.v. series will argue over which season really marked the point where the X-Files "jumped the shark" or reached its peak and went downhill... Read more

Published on May 30 2004 by Rocco Dormarunno

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