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The X-Files Mythology, Vol. 1 - Abduction

starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543169307
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 07, 2005
Running Time: 681 minutes
Sales Rank: 16614
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 1993



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Description:
For nine seasons, fans of ?The X Files? watched and waited for an ultimate explanation of the complex web of alien conspiracy theories, government cover-ups and shadow organizations woven by series creator Chris Carter. Now, for the first time, viewers can follow every twist and turn of the complete mythology story arc beginning with THE X FILES MYTHOLOGY: ABDUCTION. ABDUCTION consists of 16 episodes from seasons 1-3, and presents the government conspiracy episodes in order, beginning with the series pilot. The set also features commentary on selected episodes and part one of Chris Carter?s all-new documentary ?Threads Of Mythology,? which explains the meaning of ?The X Files? and how all lies lead to the truth.

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The X-Files Mythology series consists of collections of episodes grouped around certain themes that were central to Chris Carter's gripping, funny, and sometimes impenetrable sci-fi/suspense/horror series. The 15 episodes in the first volume, Abduction, are culled from the first three seasons of the show, and they introduce FBI agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who has been assigned to keep tabs on her new partner, the eccentric Fox Mulder (David Duchovny). Mulder's specialty is those cases that can't seem to be solved on normal parameters--the 'X-Files'--because he believes that many years ago his sister was abducted by aliens. We meet a dizzying cast of supporting characters: FBI assistant director Skinner (Mitch Pileggi); a government informant, code-named 'Deep Throat,' who offers to get Mulder closer to the truth than he's ever imagined; apparent abductee Duane Barry (Steve Railsback); a trio of conspiracy theorists called the Lone Gunmen (Dean Haglund, Tom Braidwood, and Bruce Harwood); the mysterious Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis); and suspicious agent Krycek (Nicholas Lea). And the theme of alien abduction leads to deeper threads involving experiments with alien DNA, cloning, alien bounty hunters, and more. These early episodes are some of the best the series ever had to offer, and the reasonably priced Mythology sets might be enticing for novices who would like to get a feel for the series without having to wade through all the story arcs and concepts that wandered through the nine seasons. (They're also conveniently packaged, with four discs in two Thinpaks.) X-philes, of course, would prefer the complete seasons, with the multiple arcs as well as the numerous excellent standalone (a.k.a. 'creature feature') episodes. The discs include new commentary tracks on five of the episodes by Chris Carter, writer Frank Spotnitz, or director R.W. Goodwin, and there's a new 28-minute documentary that provides an overview of the series and the pertinent episodes that's well suited to novices. --David Horiuchi



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Simply amazing!
First volume of the truth about aliens and the government cover up!! (At least part of...)!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Nice to view without the Twilight Zone interludes....
Which I know had a major effect on tuning out and turning off the series for many of us out there. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Revisiting old friends
Contrary to what others have said, the Abduction series lacks nothing from not having "Conduit" in ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - inevitable repackaging of the brilliant television series
This repackaging of THE X FILES according to the mythology arc has, no doubt, long been expected by ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - If Fox squeezing us?
Add me to the list of disgruntled fans who have loyally bought the full season sets, which are expensive, ... Read More

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