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melissa576 · 14th November 2003, 09:53 AM

Is anybody here collecting the x-files dvds? I haven't been, but I was buying dvds the other day and I got the season 8 one that came out last week. So now I guess I have to buy the rest of them, I'll probably get one every once and a while until i have them all. I miss the x-files, it's never on tv here anymore, I can't wait to be able to watch any of the episodes whenever I want. What one do you guys think I should get next, do they all have as much special features as this one? I love the game on it. What did you guys think of it? I thought season 8 was a pretty sweet season.

Incognito · 14th November 2003, 01:11 PM

Hi melissa576, and welcome to the chronicles-network!

Which one was Season 8? I can't remember which was supposed to have happened in which season anymore.

X-Files was one of those variable shows - when it was good, it was really really good - but when it was cheesey, it was indeed.

The conspiracy episodes were easily my favourites. The notion of a conspiracy within the government was one of the most accomplished plot-lines, and very well-executed - certainly the ones I remember watching.

dwndrgn · 14th November 2003, 03:01 PM

I never could get into X-Files. I don't know if it was because the episodes I did attempt to watch just happened to be the not so good ones or if the concept itself just turned me off. It may also be because I'm not a huge Duchovny fan - something in his eyes really makes me not like him. In any case, welcome Melissa. I'm sure someone else here will know more on the X-Files to help you out. Also, most tv shows (especially those with big cult followings like this one) have websites with episode guides so that you can figure out which season holds your favorite episodes, etc. Just google x files and episodes and you'll find tons of stuff, I'm sure.

Foxbat · 14th November 2003, 03:54 PM

Hi Melissa. I'm not a big X-Files fan but there were one or two notable episodes (I particularly liked the one about the guy who could stretch himself and built a nest using paper and his own bile!!).

littlemissattitude · 14th November 2003, 11:31 PM

Hello, Melissa. Welcome to the forum.

I've been a big "X-Files" fan, almost from the beginning. I kind of quit watching the last season or so - it just wasn't the same without a continuting Mulder presence. Just my opinion. (For dwndrgn - I'm making a differentiation between Mulder and Duchovny here; I really liked Mulder but I doubt, from interviews I've heard and read, that I would like Duchovny much.)

I have some of the early episodes on video, but I can't afford to do the complete season things. Wish I could. Some of my favorite episodes were the cockroach episode ("Bambi? Her name is Bambi?), "The Postmodern Prometheus" (black and white), the episode about reincarnation (where it was claimed that Scully had been Mulder's father in a previous life - which fit), "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", the chupacabras episode (mostly because Fresno, which I live near, got it's own episode in this one), and any episode that the Lone Gunmen were in (it really, really ticked me off when they killed them off shortly before the end of the series). I also liked the clever way in which Chris Carter put cute little references to Bellflower, CA, where he grew up (which is close to where I lived for awhile). And, of course, I really liked the episodes that contributed to the show's mythology.

There are also some episodes that I really hated. One was the one I mentioned before, when the Lone Gunmen got killed off. Another was the episode where there was that inbred family living in that house (I can't remember the name of it - it was the episode in which the sheriff was called Andy Taylor).

It was a good, good show that probably should have ended about a season before it did. I really think that in forty or fifty years, "X-Files", especially the early seasons, will be regarded like the original "Twilight Zone" is regarded today - as a classic.

gaterz · 17th November 2003, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by melissa576

Is anybody here collecting the x-files dvds? I haven't been, but I was buying dvds the other day and I got the season 8 one that came out last week. So now I guess I have to buy the rest of them, I'll probably get one every once and a while until i have them all. I miss the x-files, it's never on tv here anymore, I can't wait to be able to watch any of the episodes whenever I want. What one do you guys think I should get next, do they all have as much special features as this one? I love the game on it. What did you guys think of it? I thought season 8 was a pretty sweet season.

hi melissa. i'm into the xfiles very much but i don't know half of the eps or even what season they fit into.AAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!! it comes on here at 4 pm and 2 am, so at least i can tape them and then cram my watching of them on the weekends.YAY!! but, as for the dvds, i haven't gotten any of them,although i see that happening in the future.

watts1943 · 16th May 2007, 09:14 PM

not sure if anyone is aware that X-files is on twice a day now. once on the Sci-fi channel and once on TNT. I watch it both times. the first one is on at 4:00 ct and again at 1am. I watch it both times every day. lol. kind of hooked on the show. noticed that Melissa mentioned that she couldn't see it anymore but didn't notice till after I posted that it was 2003. oh well. lol

urchin · 28th September 2007, 12:49 PM

I find it strange when people talk in seasons as I never think like that, although there was obviously a marked difference to season nine for obvious reasons.

14th November 2003, 09:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
melissa576 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1	x-files Is anybody here collecting the x-files dvds? I haven't been, but I was buying dvds the other day and I got the season 8 one that came out last week. So now I guess I have to buy the rest of them, I'll probably get one every once and a while until i have them all. I miss the x-files, it's never on tv here anymore, I can't wait to be able to watch any of the episodes whenever I want. What one do you guys think I should get next, do they all have as much special features as this one? I love the game on it. What did you guys think of it? I thought season 8 was a pretty sweet season.

16th May 2007, 09:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
watts1943 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Dakota Posts: 2	Re: x-files not sure if anyone is aware that X-files is on twice a day now. once on the Sci-fi channel and once on TNT. I watch it both times. the first one is on at 4:00 ct and again at 1am. I watch it both times every day. lol. kind of hooked on the show. noticed that Melissa mentioned that she couldn't see it anymore but didn't notice till after I posted that it was 2003. oh well. lol

28th September 2007, 12:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
urchin we who are not as others Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Argyll and Bute Posts: 50	Re: x-files I find it strange when people talk in seasons as I never think like that, although there was obviously a marked difference to season nine for obvious reasons.

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14th November 2003, 01:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Incognito going spare! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 163	Hi melissa576, and welcome to the chronicles-network! Which one was Season 8? I can't remember which was supposed to have happened in which season anymore. X-Files was one of those variable shows - when it was good, it was really really good - but when it was cheesey, it was indeed. The conspiracy episodes were easily my favourites. The notion of a conspiracy within the government was one of the most accomplished plot-lines, and very well-executed - certainly the ones I remember watching.

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dwndrgn Fierce Vowelless One Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 3,671	I never could get into X-Files. I don't know if it was because the episodes I did attempt to watch just happened to be the not so good ones or if the concept itself just turned me off. It may also be because I'm not a huge Duchovny fan - something in his eyes really makes me not like him. In any case, welcome Melissa. I'm sure someone else here will know more on the X-Files to help you out. Also, most tv shows (especially those with big cult followings like this one) have websites with episode guides so that you can figure out which season holds your favorite episodes, etc. Just google x files and episodes and you'll find tons of stuff, I'm sure.

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Foxbat Haggis Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,342	Hi Melissa. I'm not a big X-Files fan but there were one or two notable episodes (I particularly liked the one about the guy who could stretch himself and built a nest using paper and his own bile!!).

14th November 2003, 11:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
littlemissattitude Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,354	Hello, Melissa. Welcome to the forum. I've been a big "X-Files" fan, almost from the beginning. I kind of quit watching the last season or so - it just wasn't the same without a continuting Mulder presence. Just my opinion. (For dwndrgn - I'm making a differentiation between Mulder and Duchovny here; I really liked Mulder but I doubt, from interviews I've heard and read, that I would like Duchovny much.) I have some of the early episodes on video, but I can't afford to do the complete season things. Wish I could. Some of my favorite episodes were the cockroach episode ("Bambi? Her name is Bambi?), "The Postmodern Prometheus" (black and white), the episode about reincarnation (where it was claimed that Scully had been Mulder's father in a previous life - which fit), "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", the chupacabras episode (mostly because Fresno, which I live near, got it's own episode in this one), and any episode that the Lone Gunmen were in (it really, really ticked me off when they killed them off shortly before the end of the series). I also liked the clever way in which Chris Carter put cute little references to Bellflower, CA, where he grew up (which is close to where I lived for awhile). And, of course, I really liked the episodes that contributed to the show's mythology. There are also some episodes that I really hated. One was the one I mentioned before, when the Lone Gunmen got killed off. Another was the episode where there was that inbred family living in that house (I can't remember the name of it - it was the episode in which the sheriff was called Andy Taylor). It was a good, good show that probably should have ended about a season before it did. I really think that in forty or fifty years, "X-Files", especially the early seasons, will be regarded like the original "Twilight Zone" is regarded today - as a classic.