World Famous Comics: The X-Files - The Complete Sixth Season (Slim Set)
The X-Files - The Complete Sixth Season (Slim Set)
Starring: X-Files, Monique Edwards Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Binding: DVD Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Number of Items: 6 Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 28, 2006 Running Time: 991 minutes Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 1993
Product Description: Two FBI agents investigate paranormal events and the cover-up of extraterrestrial contact. Genre: Television Rating: NR Release Date: 28-MAR-2006 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: Following the X-Files feature film in the summer of 1998, "The Beginning" quickly crowbars an attempt at fitting the film into the TV chronology before it picks up plot points left dangling from the fifth-season finale, "The End" (note the guard asleep at the nuclear power plant console is named Homer!). Between arc threads are several pleasing excursions: time travel to a Bermuda Triangle boatload of Nazis ("Triangle"), further temporal escapades akin to Groundhog Day ("Monday"), a demonic baby case featuring genre stalwart Bruce Campbell ("Terms of Endearment"), and Duchovny being able to play someone else via personality switching ("The Dreamland, Parts 1 and 2"). Back in the real scheme of things, Mulder chases "S.R. 819," a Senate resolution tying conspiracies together. "Two Fathers" and "One Son" indicate that the abductee experiments are intended to cure the black oil disease. The year finishes with "BioGenesis," in which we're asked to ponder, are we from Mars? A beach-buried UFO leaves Scully wondering. --Paul Tonks
Out With The Old, In With The New Starting with the sweeping landscape shot of Los Angeles, the show's new home after filming five seasons in Vancouver, Canada, The Sixth Season of the X-Files epitomized the concept of change in nearly every aspect. Coming on the heels of "Fight The Future: The X-Files Movie", which did not provide the kind of closure that was expected, the writers/producers knew that serious changes to the show needed to be made, as the mythology plotlines were beginning to bog down due to overly-complex storylines. This need for change even spilled into the stand-alone episodes, developing the Mulder-Scully romance more than at any other time up to this point.
In regards to the mythology episodes, the season starts with the aptly-titled "The Beginning", in which the "new mythology" plotline is begun, centering on the notion that perhaps mankind is itself extraterrestrial in origin. After a two-part episode ("Two Fathers" and "One Son") that wraps up the original Syndicate mythology by explaining the ultimate fate of the alien-human hybrid program, the finale ("Biogenesis") again returns to the "humans as aliens" plot, where Agent Scully makes the greatest scientific discovery in human history on the African coast.
Also during this season, the stand-alone episodes were of excellent quality (in my opinion, the best the show ever produced). Focusing on the Mulder-Scully relationship, as well as adding larger doses of humor to each episode, the stand-alones that really shine are "How The Ghosts Stole Christmas" (a merry romp through a haunted house), "Triangle" (a fantastic nod to the Wizard of Oz), "The Unnatural" (Mulder's love of the National Pastime is explored), and "Field Trip" (one of the best episodes, concept-wise, of the entire show). Also, "Dreamland 1 & 2" is a unique episodes that showcases the humor, fantastical plots, and relationships of the show all at once!
To conclude, I have always considered the Sixth Season of the X-Files to be my favorite single season of the nine. Viewers are given resolution to the main mythology, taken down a new mythological path, treated to some of the best single-hour plots of the show's history, and rewarded by the flowering of a subtle Mulder-Scully romantic relationship.
The X Files Light Maybe the last "classic" season for some purists, this is where The X Files tried to expand their horizons after the movie, and the result was more emphasis on the comedic episodes. And while we dont have any trouble with that, the main problem this season had was in programming: they put the majority of the comedy episodes right in the beggining, one after another, and that made the season pretty uneven. But please don't get me wrong, most of the episodes are really great as usual, and for the whole series is the turning point after the whole Conspiracy mithology is definitely exposed and given a resolution, and some of the stories are given a Twilight Zone mood (this will be fully applied in Season 9).
In my book two of the episodes dont work that well, and those will be "The Rain King" (good in its own, but way too light for The X Files), and "Agua Mala" (which starts ok, but seems that for the ending they didn't know what to do). The rest of the eps are quite solid, so is definitely a must in your XF collection.
X-Files The slim sets are the greatest way to get the entire seasons. You can't beat the price!!
Single Best Season This season is the best season in my opinion. It's the first season that's aged well, with special effects, etc. But also has the best mythology episodes (the storyline episodes). The season was already good, but when I got to disc 3 and all four of the episodes, I was blown away. Each of those four rank in my top 10. And the mythology episodes on it finally go somewhere, after so many "you're truths are lies that are truths" episodes before. The rest of the season is great, too. I was not disappointed with a single one. No weak episodes!
The Best Season! The X-Files is at their creative peak on season 6. Season 6 features hilarious midadventures, an unexpected heart warming episode about confused love, and every episode has an interesting mystery to solve. I also liked the selection of slimey creatures that were featured in some of these episodes.
I liked season 7 almost as much as season 6. So check out season 7 for good entertainment. Season 2 is also suggested.
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