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The X-Files (TV Series) [Blu-ray] | ![The X-Files (TV Series) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DMXrm2d9L._SL160_.jpg)
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| Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
Category: DVD
This item is no longer available
Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Blu-ray
ASIN: B001BCO8XQ
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 5 Stars due to impending possibility. In addition, what's up with Michael John Gariti's ("MJG") review?! September 13, 2008
Ehric T. Mcvey (Tacoma, WA)
Wow, the possibility of X-Files (the complete series) on Blu-ray. How cool is that?! Well, let me tell you, REALLY cool. I've been a fan of this show since it's premier (all those years ago), and have owned season's 1-7 on DVD Box Set in the past. I can't WAIT until they release the whole series on Blu-ray. I'll be ordering it up on that day. :)
However, on another note, this guy here "MJG" is talking as if the thing is available, and not only that, he's talking as if it's going to be simply on 1 to 2 discs. The complete series...on 1 to 2 discs. Yeah, sure buddy, you go ahead and think that. Considering that Season 2 of Heroes, which was only half of a season due to the writer's strike, is 4 discs in length, It is impossible that a show that has 24 episodes per season, and 9 seasons (let's see here, that's approximately 216 episodes) would fit on 1 to 2 BD's. Heroes season 2 = 11 episodes, and yet it took up 4 discs. And you think 216 episodes will fit on 1 to 2? Okay, in a perfect world maybe, but ours is far from that at this present time.
Sorry to any of you reading that, but this guy here annoyed me.
At any rate, X-Files is possitively one of the greatest shows of all time (and that's NOT just an opinion) so X-Files, in all it's glory, in high def? Well, that's going to be good solid entertainment. However, it's sure to be just as heavy as the dvd box set, as it'll be nearly the same amount of discs, give or take a couple.
 I'm not sure that anyone realizes what this is... August 11, 2008
Michael John Gariti (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
As I glance across the "what customers bought after viewing this product" and see that people bought seasons on DVD instead, I'm not sure that anyone gets what an unbelievably convenient item this is. It not just Season 1, or anything like that, it's the ENTIRE series. Seasons 1-9, on a couple Blu-Rays. Remember the awful, expensive mess that was the Complete X-Files Anthology on DVD (81 discs, $499)? It's okay if you don't; no one bought it- too expensive, too big, and WAY too heavy. This is 2 or 3 discs, $99 at the very most (unless they wise up and throw in the movies, too. How cool would that be? 5 discs and $159 then.)
The only reason it;s not 5 stars is because seasons 7 and 9 (one misses Mulder AND Scully, the other Mulder) were pretty, okay VERY, lame.
Iconic Series Television July 1, 2008
Cory Holland (Flagstaff, AZ)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The X-Files is the definition of iconic television. In the vein of series like Star Trek, Gunsmoke and The A-Team, X-Files defined high quality television for a generation during the 1990's. Plenty of scary monsters, a complex mythology surrounding alien invasion and a well developed love story, this show had it all and set the bar for shows to come such as Smallville, Firefly, Lost, etc.
Looking back, one can clearly see the influence X-Files has had on the shows to follow it. However, none have quite the staying power of the X-Files which lasted 9 full years in prime time, a feat nearly unheard of in our current era of reality glut televison.
X-Files moved the FOX network into contention with ABC, NBC and CBS as a force to be reckoned with. Prior to X-Files, FOX was known for Married with Children, The Tracey Ullman Show, In Living Color and The Simpsons. All good shows, but with the ratings X-Files delivered in the key demographics, advertisers lined up with $$$ that FOX had not previously seen. This influx of advertising cash allowed FOX to obtain the rights to broadcast NFL games and the SuperBowl, thus changing the network TV landscape forever as FOX joined the ranks of the "Big 3 Networks" and moved from a bit player into the major leagues of TV.
Now FOX is seen as one of if not the major network in TV with shows like 24, Prison Break, etc. None of this would have been possible without the break out hit that was the X-Files. It deserves to be on Blu Ray. When you consider how much utter worthless junk is out on Blu Ray already and when you look at the strong sales for previous X-Files home media, it is a no-brainer that X-Files should be out on Blu Ray sooner rather than later.
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