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A very decent start to the series
The overall premise of The X-Files is a very simple one. Fox Mulder (David Duchovny)is a long time FBI agent whose sister was abducted by aliens when he was a kid, and he has believed in the paranormal ever since. Mulder's obsession with alien encounters and other paranormal phenomenon, has caused him to develop the nickname "Spooky Mulder". He has been assigned to what the FBI refers to as " X-Files" that involve unsolved cases dealing with strange and unexplainable events. In order to insure this department is necessary, the FBI assigns a forensic scientist with a degree in medicine named Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson)to partner up with Mulder and keep an eye on him. Scully is highly skeptical, and believes that science can provide a logical explanation for everything. Mulder and Scully soon become an excellent team and use their different skills to solve the cases of The X-Files. As time goes on however, Scully begins to realize that her work on the X-Files is anything but logical.

Up until very recently, I had never watched a single episode of "The X-Files". I was always very curious though, because the show is filled with conspiracy, alien encounters, the paranormal, and the overall fight to find the truth of what's really out there. Unfortunately, I was never able to catch the show on FOX and the DVD sets were always so high in price. However, now that the prices were reduced, I decided to give the first season a shot. I was immediately blown away at how good this show turned out to be. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson brought their characters to life and made them convincing!! The special effects are great, and the show is suspenseful and creepy overall. But with how great the first season was, I could only give it 4 stars. While I was highly entertained by a majority of the episodes, there were some episodes that were just awful. In order for a season to be five stars, the season has to be top notch from beginning to end.

Overall, I am glad that I finally decided to give this show a try. After watching the first season, I am definately looking forward to seeing the rest of the show. The DVD special features are great by the way. Series creator Chris Carter talks about 12 of his favorite episodes, there are behind the truth segments from FX, a featurette on season 1, etc.. With a good first season, and great special features, I highly recommend the season 1 set.

A solid 4 stars...

My First Boxed Set :)
This is my first boxed set, and it has set an extremely high standard for all that follow. My only recommendation is that the box should be slightly sturdier given that you are always taking disks in and out.

I have never watched much of the X Files on television, bar a few episodes here and there - I guess it was the movie that really bought me into the fold.

So to date, I have only seen the first season in completion, and I really enjoyed it. The X Files has excellent cinamatography and the production/direction is first class. The ability to create such atmospheric scenes with movie class actors is rarely seen on TV these days.

I think the mythology epsiodes are well told, whilst not giving away too much of the conspiracy. There are some fantastic single episodes including Stretch & Tooms, Conduit, Ice, Beyond the Sea, and Darkness Falls.

Providing all of the episodes in order on the boxed set is absolutely the right thing to do. I hope more studios stand up and take notice of this.

This has been my most enjoyable DVD purchase so far, even though it is not in widescreen and doesn't have 5.1 sound. Says something about the quality of the X Files I think.

THE SHOW THAT CHANGED TELEVISION
Without X-Files there would be no Buffy. This show gave us everything we wanted and more.

Season one is the ultimate purchess, so you can watch them all over and over without wearing them out, also you can go straight to your favorate episodes without fast forwarding entire episodes.

The only snag is it comes in a flimsy cardboard cover that could easly get damaged when taking the dvds out and putting them back in again. And there are only 2 deleted scenes, and a dodgy special effects snippit that looks like it was just thrown in as a second thought.

Other than that it's a welcome edition to the DVD world, we should hope that Star Trek: TOS, TNG, DS9, and VOY, all come out in box sets, as well as The Simpsons, Buffy, Angel, the classic and the updated Twilight Zone, (IN THEIR ORIGINAL EPISODE LINE UP, AND NOT THE HALF ASSED ATTEMPT THAT THEY'VE RELEASED NOW, AND IS THE REASON I REFUSE THEM ON DVD).

Buy the X-Files Box Set, and lets hope they'll release all the rest of the six seasons by the end of the year. (okay so it may put a strain on your pocket, but hey it's the X-files! )

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