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The X-Files - The Complete Third Season

The X-Files - The Complete Third Season

List Price: $99.98
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: X-Treme Value
Review: A boxed set of the third season of the X-files is a great value. Getting an entire season on 7 DVDs is great for fans of the show, and those who have never seen the entire run of the show. It's great to be able to watch each episode in order as my time permits. The stories that weave through the thread of these episodes are captivating. Some episodes of note include "The Blessing Way" with Mulder's resurrection and Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose - a sweet, and funny episode.The video quality is higher than anything seen of these episodes before, and the extras are great - including two episode commentaries, and deleted scenes. No X-file fan should miss this set!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Episodes are great, DVDs are not.
Review: Like someone said already, inner booklet(or Box Package) has some silly mistake... Who is William Scully??? Then, see page 6 and page 7. They are in wrong order... Those mistakes are too obvious. Season 3 itself contains many of great episodes, that's why I don't like about those stupid mistakes... Episodes get 4 or 5 stars, but DVD is just OK and get 3 stars because of what I said here. Picture quality is fine to me.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great season now on DVD
Review: Not only was the third season clearly one of the most suspenseful, enigmatic and successful seasons of this sci-fi thriller show, but now all fans have the valuable chance to own the entire 24 episodes. Conveniently available on dvd, you get much more than commerical free episodes. For instance, an advantage is that there are several interviews included. The truth is simple: this dvd set is not only a great value, but a must have for x-files fans.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Quit your job
Review: That's the only alternative. This set is that which makes your life complete. Buy all three. Know what it is to truly have a purpose.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best!
Review: These box sets are great. To be able to watch each episode commercial free and when ever you want is great. Truly a must for any sci-fi fan, or anyone looking to see some great suspense or horror, these episodes are great and the only get better.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What more could you ask for?
Review: Wow... These DVD sets just keep getting better and better. Not only does this set contain what is, in my humble opinion, the best season of the show ever, it also contains some pretty neat extras.

Once again Fox has produced beautiful packaging with great artwork and a nice little booklet. The packaging does contain an amusing mistake in the text inside - see if you can spot it... The set folds all the way out to reveal 7 glorious DVDs containing 24 of the best episodes ever to grace our TV screen. The first six DVDs contain the episodes, while the seventh DVD contains all the extras. There are more extras in this set than either of the first two sets. Two of the episodes have director/writer commentary, which is great. The deleted scenes are generally interesting to watch, and the 20 minute documentary is really great. I'm a die-hard x-phile so there's not much I don't know about the show - however, the extras contained a LOT I didn't know.

The season as a whole is almost perfect, containing just the right amount of stand-alone and mythology (ongoing storyline) episodes. The season opens with a bang, concluding the major cliffhanger that ended the second season. There is really not a bad episode in the whole bunch, except maybe one or two near the end of the season but the quality of those is debatable. Writer Darin Morgan contributes the three 'comedy' episodes, all of which work well and one of which (Jose Chung' "From Outer Space") is my all-time favorite episode EVER.

There are some great two-parters here too; "Nisei" / "731" have great action sequences and do a lot to advance the show's ongoing storyline. "Piper Maru" / "Apocrypha" are classic episodes which introduce the mysterious 'black oil', a storyline that continues to this day and was a major feature of the X-Files movie. "Talitha Cumi" is the final episode and is a cliffhanger. Probably not the best season-ender ever but a fine episode nonetheless, and it will definitely make you want to see the conclusion (note: if you can't wait for the season four DVDs to come out, the concluding episode "Herrenvolk" is available on VHS). For Skinner fans there is a great Skinner-centric episode called "Avatar" which was co-written by David Duchovny. And of course there are Mulder-centric ("Grotesque") and Scully-centric ("Revelations") episodes.

One interesting tidbit of trivia: Lucy Liu of "Ally McBeal" and "Charlie's Angels" fame is one of the guest stars in the episode "Hell Money". And "D.P.O." has a great guest performance by Giovanni Ribisi, who has since become quite famous (he has starred in "Friends" and "Saving Private Ryan").

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson put in a great performance every single episode, and if you can't see the great chemistry they have together then you need to go to your optician immediately. What makes this chemistry even more remarkable is the fact that the two actors have a very frosty relationship off-screen.

Bottom line: you NEED this set. It's the most intriguing, consistent, diverse and interesting seasons (although some may disagree) and when you take 24 episodes of the best TV show ever and put them on DVD with great extras and a very reasonable price, you have something that any TV fan should have.

Picture quality is better than the first two seasons but some may still be annoyed by the graininess of the image, especially in the dimly-lit scenes, of which there are a lot in this series. Of course, it's vastly better than VHS though and is really not that bad. Please don't let it put you off buying the set. After all, it's the best quality you'll ever see these episodes in.

Non x-philes should start with the first season and watch the show in order - you'll get much more out of it if you do it that way rather than just randomly watching episodes or seasons in the wrong order. And for x-philes, what could be better than owning an entire season in one great package? Put this next to your season one and two sets and you'll be one step closer to heaven. I for one am counting the days until the season four DVD set.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: superb!
Review: the xfiles dvd sets seem to get better and better as they come out! this one is great! with 2 commentaries! and more deleted scenes.

the interviews with chris carter are a nice addition, i wish we had a chance to see duchovny/anderson. the documentary and the behind the scenes are pretty similar, alot of repeated interviews, otherwise it's interesting.

i dont know if anyone actually plays the DVDrom games, but i dont think it's necessary, just another add-on to the set. the video and audio are very good, the menus are just as before - great also!

packaging is improving and so are the add-ons! i just hope for bloopers and a featurette or more documentaries/commentaries.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: All that and a bag of chips
Review: The DVD box set of the third season of the X-Files was my initiation into the world of DVD technology. I actually bought a DVD player because I just had to find out if it really was that great. After viewing most of the episodes and the entire "extras" disc, I'm hooked!

I really like the fact that I can control what see and when I see it. I can jump to a favorite scene with ease or see a deleted scene at my whim. The color and clarity of each disc are terrific. M & S have never looked so good. The additional commentary from Chris Carter, Mat Beck, the writers (including Darin Morgan and Vince Gilligan) and directors (Kim Manners and Rob Bowman)and other instrumental members of the cast and crew provided entertaining bits of insight and humor.

The deleted scene in The Blessing Way between Scully, Momma Scully and Melissa provided a great deal of information on the relationship between the three characters. I wish the powers hadn't cut that scene from the final product because it says so much in such a short amount of time. For that scene alone, it's worth buying the DVD.

Remember folks, this is the season when Agent X has that fabulous scene where he saves Mulder from the train car that's about to explode. This is also the season where Scully has that great "Face Off" scene with Skinner. All questions about her toughness are put to rest.

Oh, and Darin Morgan is soooo adorable in his interview!

In short, the Season Three DVD box set is definitely worth the price, especially if you're a collector.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I found a mistake...
Review: You can see it on the box:the quotation from "The Blessing Way" was said by William MULDER not William SCULLY!This is a silly mistake.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Season
Review: My only complaint is that although the DVD is LOADED with fun extras, there are no out-takes! A few years ago, Fox aired an X-files special with out-takes and it was hilarious!! PLEASE add them on to the Season Four DVD!!!


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