The X-Files - The Complete Seventh Season (Slim Set)
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Movie Reviews of The X-Files - The Complete Seventh Season (Slim Set)
Movie Review: Slim set vs. original packaging
Summary: 5 Stars
So for about $35 compared to the earlier set price of $90, I'm getting better packaging, and I won't get the extra disc of bonus materials that the sets come packaged with. Um, I think I'll go ahead and get the new reissues.
I got lucky and purchased the original first season box set for less than $40 right here on Amazon. The packaging for these more expensive sets are downright atrocious. It's one of those fold out thingies that are annoying to unfold completely when you just want to get to one disc. I felt like I was trying to take apart complicated origami everyttime I opened the set. I think if you open the whole thing up completely, it's about the length of a pool table.
Now with these new sets, the discs come in individual slipcases, minimizing wear and tear on the box itself and making it loads easier to get the specific disc that you want to watch. Also, the bonus stuff wasn't really that in depth and I can do without it. Considering that you're getting better packaging with these new reissues, it's almost like you're paying upwards of $50 just to get some behind the scenes info on a show that is even better with the less you know about it.
At any rate, I'd suggest going with these new sets, unless you absolutely have to have the extra disc of features. The transfers are top notch and best of all, you can relive all your favorite episodes of Mulder and Scully for a much more reasonable price.
Movie Review: A Sci-Fi Soap Opera
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved the X-Files. When I watched it weekly on Sunday night, I never got the feeling that I was watching a glorified soap opera. Now, I am ordering the series by year. I've just finished season seven viewing one episode per evening. My review could be applied to the six previous seasons as well.
Think about it! How often were Mulder and Scully and Skinner at deaths door only to be revived at the last possible moment.
Plus, if you had incontrovertible evidence that earth was about to be invaded by aliens why would you work on the more mundane cases? Wouldn't you devote every moment trying to battle to save earth?
The stand alone episodes are excellent. I loved them the most even though I really watched the series for the "Black Oil" stories.
However, I think that Chris Carter could not figure out a way to tie up all the loose ends, so he just dropped the ball at the end.
Mulder left the show after season seven (to go on to a fantastic movie career -- read that with dripping sarcasm.) While Scully bravely ventured on with Doggett?, the actor from Terminator II. I thought he was a great choice because, after all, he came from the future.
Finally, I also purchased the "Lone Gunmen" series from Amazon.com and found it to be good as well. The first show about the World Trade Towers is downright bizarre.
I'm going to purchase seasons eight and nine because I tend to be a completist. I loved the X-Files, but after watching every show on consecutive evenings, it really was somewhat of a Sci-Fi soap opera.
Movie Review: Slimpack Special Features
Summary: 5 Stars
There is a huge lack of info regarding the special features on the slimpack rereleases of the X-Files seasons around the net. After reading reviews on this site, I concluded that the slimpack releases removed the bonus features entirely, along with removing the bonus discs. Since I feel that season 7 is the worst of the seasons (besides maybe 9), I bought the cheaper slimpack edition of it (while buying the original versions of the other 8 seasons). Much to my surprise, it contained all of the bonus features, including "the truth about season 7," which I had heard was not on it (and isn't advertised on the outside packaging of the set!).
Thus, I can only conclude that the slimpacks actually contain all the bonus features from the special editions, unless there is a disc which contains exclusively bonus material (as in the case of season 9, which had two discs worth of bonus material - the slimpack edition has two fewer discs than the special edition). Season 7 definitely does, anyway. Thus, I recommend that everyone who has an interest in owning season 7 just buy this edition, as the packaging is vastly superior and it actually is not missing the bonus material.
For an actual review of the season, I'll say again that this is my least favorite season. There is an inordinate number of just completely lame episodes like X-Cops, Hollywood AD, Rush (and basically every serious non-mythology episode), but some of the mythology ones rank right up there with the very best. The two-parter which ends with "Closure" especially is one of the high points of the series, and I actually feel that the last episode of the season was very well-done. The two-parter which starts off the season is sort of weak, but that is largely due to the fact that the whole subplot about the craft on the beach in africa is one of the worst ideas in x-files mythology history. Some of the humorous episodes are also extremely clever or at least amusing, such as "The Great Mileeni" and the one with the genie. Overall, I'd highly recommend buying the slimpack edition of this season, as it is considerably cheaper than the original version while containing all the bonus features and having extremely superior packaging. While it's probably the weakest season of the x-files, it's still required viewing for any fan and beats out most every other TV show out there.
Movie Review: closure is the best
Summary: 5 Stars
i have to say that closure on this dvd is the best...it is very sad, but it seems to finish mulders search for his sister...but adding moby's song at the end really brings out any emotion you can think of...i have to say, this is the best episode besides the ending that is tops for the x files.. if you are new to the x-files, watch all before this, that way you get the feeling of being in his shoes!! enjoy!!Movie Review: X-Files gettiing tiresome
Summary: 4 Stars
The last full season featuring David Duchovny is very good and clearly should have been the final season. The chemistry between Dchovny and Gillian Anderson is incomparable to the ones in the last two seasons