The X-Files - The complete seasons 1-8

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The X-Files - The complete seasons 1-8

September 15, 2005 11:26 AM EST | TV Show | Email to Friend

There are no words good enough to qualify this enormous enterprise. I just finished a marathon, spending several weeks watching the whole series. I was in awe and have only words of admiration for such a talented cast, such brilliant writers, producers, technicians, etc. All, with no exceptions, are superb.

Any good criticism would be useless without low points. Oh, yes, some chapters are failures, notably the one where they pretend to be "Bad Boys," like the TV show. That one was a dog, but it was also exciting. You figure.

I wish they would have incorporated some of the deleted scenes, instead of offering that lame "we loved it, but we had to cut it." Well, splice it back on. They probably thought they had to be consistent, and so on. Whatever.

DVD features:

Available subtitles: English, Spanish

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

The first seven seasons on 52 discs

Commentary by cast and crew on selected episodes

Interviews with Chris Carter

Documentaries

Deleted scenes

Special effects featurettes

Promotional TV spots and international language clips

DVD-ROM games

Number of discs: 52

I wish they had edited out the series logo after the beginning of each chapter. Again, the integrity of the series prevailed. Besides, all you have to do is press the skip button on your remote.

And that should be all my low points. Nothing, really. Against that, we have the best, the greates TV series in the history of TV. There will never be a better one. The reason? Very simple: this series opens your mind, brings new ideas into your brain and erases, at least partially, the brainwashing you have suffered for years and years.

I should also mention that nobody smokes in this series, with the exception of the evil "cigarette smoking man." Monica used to smoke but was quitting. All that adds to the good points. Quite remarkable.

Maybe we could bring back the concept in big screen format with multiple spin-offs. They did it with "Start Trek," right? Why not? After all, we would like to know about little William. And what happened to Doggett and Monica? And what would Mulder and Scully do about the alien invasion coming up? We are now (2004) only 8 years from it! They should come back on the big screen and make us happy!