The X-Files - The Complete Eighth Season (Slim Set) |
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starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Tony Adelman, Jane Daly directed by: Barry K. Thomas, Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, Kim Manners, Peter Markle  List Price: $39.98 Amazon.com's Price: $29.49 You Save: $10.49 (26%)as of 03/17/2010 22:22 EDT Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 0024543244202 Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Item Dimensions: Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment MPN: D2234420D Number Of Items: 6 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 06, 2006 Running Time: 930 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 1993 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Own the complete 8th season of this ground breaking series loaded with bonus features and a new DVD ROM interactive game.System Requirements:Episodes & Bonus: Disc 1: International clips: 8X01 "Within" one minute clips in: German Japanese & Italian Disc 2: Deleted scenes: 1 scene in "8X09 Sure Kill" International clips: 8X07 "Via Negativa" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Disc 3: Deleted scenes: 1 scene in "8X12 Badlaa" International clips: 8X11 "The Gift" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Disc 4: Deleted scenes: 1 scene in "8X08 Per Manum" International clips: 8X11 "The Gift" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Disc 5: Deleted scenes: 1 scene in 8X17 "Empedocles" International clips 8X20 "Essence" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Commentary tracks: 8X19 "Laone" by Director Frank Spotnitz one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Disc 6: Deleted scenes in 8X21 "Existence" International clips: 8X21 "Existence" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Season 8" (30 mins) featurettes: "The X-Files Profiles" (Gibson Praise John Doggett Alex Krycek) 21 TV spots & 7 episodes with special effects by Mat Beck (commentary by Paul Rawin) DVD ROM: All New DVD-ROM Game 'Existence' (300 Megs) Running Time: 984 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 024543244202 Manufacturer No: 2234420 Amazon.com: The eighth season of The X-Files will always be remembered as the year of brave decisions. David Duchovny's increasing dissatisfaction with the role meant he'd only appear in a few episodes. The solution? Enter Agent John Doggett (Robert Patrick) who basically stole the show within his first two minutes of screen time (and watch out for several Terminator 2 in-jokes too!). Scully (Gillian Anderson) switched roles to being the believer alongside Doggett's skeptic in a year that was more reliant on the background story arc than ever before. Her pregnancy remained at the foreground, while a more prominent Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) joined in a hunt for the abducted Mulder that drew upon the black oil, cloning, and bounty-hunting aspects of the convoluted alien conspiracy story. A distinct lack of guest stars or writers indicated maturity beyond the need for ratings stunts: dedicated fans were pleased to see sinister Krycek, the reliable Lone Gunmen, and the return of the show's very first abductee. The real strengths of the season came from new characters, including alternative female role model Special Agent Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish), and some terrific standalone episodes. Investigations covered a man going backward in time, deaths aboard an oil rig, a contagion in the Boston subway tunnels, and creatures resembling bats and slugs. Agent Leyla Harrison (named after an X-Files fan who died of cancer) got to ask all the petty questions regular viewers want to know themselves. With season 9 promised to be the last, this year was a remarkable achievement so late in a show's life. --Paul Tonks Average Rating:
 Rating: - Not as good as the others, but not too bad.I will make this review short and sweet. Season 8 is the first season where David Duchovny isn't a main character in the show. This makes season 8, in my mind, not the same as seasons 1 - 7. However, season 8 isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Mulder returns for the last half of the season and it's really not that bad. John Dogget is a great character and the show works well with and without Mulder for the most part. I prefer episodes with Mulder though because I love the chemistry ... Read More Rating:  - Never buy from Amazonnever buy from Amazon. I sent this back and only got a fraction of what I paid for it. I am not a happy customer Rating: - What Happened?!?!?!?!I have been watching all seasons on DVD and enjoying them thoroughly. Season 8, however, is not very good in comparison to the prior seasons. Very disappointing. The only thing that was worse than Season 8, was season 9. Holy canollies! Rubish... seriously. If you are dying to see either Season 8 or 9, do youself a favor and just read a synopsis of what happened on-line. If you watch these two seasons, you will never get those hours of your life back... I would, however, recommend ... Read More Rating:  - This is just as good as 1-7Ok obviously some will disagree but I loved this season. The opening two episodes were phenomenal and really kept my attention. Mulder is still a part of this season and his absence for the first half is not an issue. He appears sporadically in flash backs in these episodes as well during the first half. What I thought was really cool in this season was the fact that (SPOILER COMING UP) it is revealed that Mulder had an advanced lesion on his temporal lobe, which any advocate of neurobiology knows can ... Read More Rating: - Ended up better than I thoughtI like others here are truly devoted to the X-files. When this season started out I had a hard time with Robert Patrick, not because I don't like him but he isn't Mulder. The character's attitude was almost too much and too opposite to take in the beginning but he did come around and in fact showed why he was picked for this job and how good the writers were. I liked how the writers move in agent Reyes with Doggett and I agree if they wanted to go maybe a couple or so more years they could have done it even ... Read More 
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