The X-Files - The Complete Fourth Season (Slim Set)

Buy This Item The X-Files - The Complete Fourth Season (Slim Set)  List Price: $49.98  Available from Amazon  $37.99  on 12-7-2008     Features Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Charles Cioffi, Cliff De Young, Sarah Koskoff Directors: Robert Mandel Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Language: English Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 6 Rating: Studio: 20th Century Fox DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006 Run Time: 1065 minutes Average Customer Review:   29 Reviews 5 star:  (22) 4 star:  (5) 3 star:  (1) 2 star:    (0) 1 star:  (1) See all 29 customer reviews...   (29 customer reviews) Reader Reviews "The X-Files" continued on a roll with a stellar fourth season with the exception of one or two episodes. The show continued to be one of the best on TV even when it went into a sharp decline with season 7. "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" remains one of the wittiest and funnest episodes of the show while "Paper Hearts" remains one of the most moving. In this episode a serial killer that Mulder put away prior to being assigned to the X files contacts him. He tells Mulder that there are more victims than have been found. He also tells Mulder that his sister wasn't abducted by aliens at all--this is a memory that Mulder fabricated to deal with what really happened. The killer took his sister and he'll reveal more about all of this if Mulder will agree to provide him with his momento book. It's a brilliant, tragic and ultimately moving episode that does everything that the series did best. It's also one of the finest hours of TV you'll ever see filled with suspense, powerful acting and imaginative direction that rivals a feature film. "Leonard Betts" managed to have the gross out factor of "Home" with more imagination. We literally have a "Cancer Man" in this episode. Betts is a paramedic. He's kiled in an accident but somehow his headless corpse manages to walk out of the morgue. The worst episode has got to be the horrible "The Field Where I Died"; good performances as usual and direction but surprisingly its badly written by Morgan and Wong. I take issue with "El Mundo Gira" being the worst episode of season four--at least it had a sense of humor to it. "Small Potatoes" remains a delight with writer Darin Morgan (who wrote "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" among other classic episodes)as a guy who just wants to have kids. Lots of them with tails. It's whimsical in the best sense. "Momento Mori" is another fine and powerful episode. Roy Thinnes (ironically cast as an alien when he was the "Mulder" on the Quinn Martin TV show "The Invaders") appears in a great story arc where Mulder finds his sister in an unexpected place. "Max" features the return of a character abducted by aliens from the first season. It's a fascinating episode that, again, does shows why at its peak this was THE BEST show on TV. This will feature the exact same transfer as the previous set with deleted scenes, commentary and international clips included. What's missing is the booklet, deluxe packaging (some people hate it)and the final disc with all the featurettes, documentaries, etc. Some of the special features include commentary tracks by writer Frank Spotnitz on "Momento Mori" and by Vince Gilligan on "Small Potatoes". There are also deleted scenes throughout the set. Go to special features prior to watching the episode and select the deleted scene option to add it back into the episode. An X will appear in the corner alerting you to its appearence. Missing are the promotional spots, the documentary, the "Behind-The-Truth" spots from when the show was being aired on F/X and the DVD-ROM game "Urbs Tertia". Many point to the show's move to Los Angeles as the reason the show lost creative steam--the reality is simpler--the show had reached it's peak by the sixth season with a slow gradual decline. While I enjoyed every season, season seven saw a marked drop in the quality of the show despite some appealing episodes. I enjoyed every season of the show but the last three presented a ship without a rudder--the show seemed less directed and focused than before. Unlike some fans I liked when Robert Patrick came on board--his new character brought conflict and focus back to the show even if for a brief period. Patrick's character Dogget provided a nice foil to Anderson's Scully during these seasons as more of the main characters became "believers" in Mulder's ongoing crusade.  Comment | Permalink |  function showYesNoCommunityResponse(uId,result,value) { var msgLayer = getElement("thanks" + uId); if ( result == "SUCCESS" ) { msgLayer.innerHTML = "Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.com readers and reviewers. Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."; } else { showVoteErrorResponse(msgLayer,result,value); } } (Report this)

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