The X-Files - Fight the Future [Blu-
ray] starring David Duchovny, Gillian
Anderson, John Neville, William B.
Davis, Martin Landau
Totally Satisfied
The definitive American television series of the 90s comes to the big
screen with an anticlimactic whimper. And how could it be otherwise? Why
should material so perfectly realized in one medium necessarily translate
well into another? The series is crisply and thoughtfully executed in just
about every detail, but the heart of its appeal lies in the elegant handling of
complicated and evolving ongoing story lines, which is not something
movies are especially good at. The bi g-screen drive for closure cramps the
creative style, though it may also help nonfans get a grip on the
proceedings. We do get some invigorating thrills and chills, however, and a
more satisfying sense of the scale of an all-enveloping human-alien
conspiracy than ever before, but theres no more plot development here
than in an average two-part season-ending. FBI black sheep Mulder and
Scully have been temporarily transferred from the X-Files project to an
anti-terrorist unit to investigate an Oklahoma City-style bombing. They
uncover a new wrinkle in the Syndicate/Cancer Man conspiracy --basically
an attempt to help one bunch of (benign?) aliens fight off another bunch
who want to colonize Earth. A spectacular, ice-bound finale thrillingly
staged by series-veteran director Rob Bowman offers Mulder (but not a
conveniently unconscious Scully) his first clear look at a You Know What,
which in some quarters qualifies as an epochal event. Martin Landau offers
the agents some crucial clues, and several familiar TV f aces (including the
Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggis indispensable Assistant Director
Skinner) turn up briefly to wink knowingly at faithful fans. --David Chute
This awesome boxed is a must for those who don't have the series on
DVD already, I picked up the first 2 seasons in the slim packs about a
month ago and got hooked. I was 8 when the series started so I missed it
on FOX, too bust watching Buffy when I got older, lol. At around 9 lbs. this
is a definate force to be reconed with, 62 disks, and no matter how you
organize your DVD collection, this will stand out for sure. The box is
beautiful, though mine was a bit scuffed, which isn't a hige deal seeing that
this set has been out for several years. The goodies are OK, a vauge
episode guide gives less info than the slim box sets, the comic book is
decent, but it's age shows, the "art cards" are cool looking, there's 10 of
them all from season 1, the theatrical poster fof "Fight the Future" is a good
size, mine was bent at one corner, but again this set has probly been on
the shelf at Amazon since release. Decently priced for what you get, 201
Episodes plus the season 5 & 6 arc movie, as well as the Mythologie s
documentaries. it works out to just [...] bucks a season, which if you look
at the prices of the featureless slim sets, isn't at all terrible. I will need to
pick up "I Want to Believe" after I'm done with the series, which, to be
honest, could be quite a while.
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