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With the original conspiracy plot arc fallen into a muddle of loose ends no-one could possibly fathom, once-hungry lead actors on the verge of big screen careers and making demands for more time off or shots at writing and directing, and the initial wish list of monsters-of-the-week long exhausted, it's a miracle The X Files is still making its airdates, let alone managing something pretty good every other show and something outstanding at least once every four episodes. Season seven opens with a dreary two-parter ("Sixth Extinction" and "Amor Fati") and winds up with the traditional incomprehensible cliffhanger ("Requiem"), but along the way includes a clutch of shows that may not match the originality of earlier seasons but still effortlessly equal any other fantasy-horror-sf on American television.
Highlights in this clutch: "Hungry", a brain-eating mutant story told from the point of view of a monster who tries to control his appetite by going to eating disorder self-help groups; "The Goldberg Variation", a crime comedy about a weaselly little man who has the gift of incredible good luck, which means Wile E Coyote-style doom for anyone who crosses him; "The Amazing Maleeni", guest-starring Ricky Jay in a rare non-fantastic crime story about a feud between stage magicians that turns out to be a cover for a heist; "X-Cops", a brilliant skit on the US TV docusoap Cops with Mulder and Scully caught on camera as they track an apparent werewolf in Los Angeles (season-best acting from David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson); "Theef", a complex revenge drama with gaunt Billy Drago as a hillbilly medicine man stalking a slick doctor; "Brand X", a horror comic tale of corruption in the tobacco industry; "Hollywood AD" (written and directed by Duchovny), in which Tea Leoni and Garry Shandling are cast as Scully and Mulder in a crass movie version of a real-life X file; and "Je Souhaite", a deadpan comedy about a wry, cynical genie at the mercy of trailer trash masters who haven't an idea what to wish for.
Among the disasters are: "Fight Club", a grossly laboured comedy; "All Things", Gillian Anderson's riotously pretentious religious-themed writing-directing debut; "En Ami", written and understood by William B Davis, the cigarette-smoking villain; and the very silly "First Person Shooter", the lamest killer video-game plot imaginable courtesy of distinguished guest writer William Gibson. Still essential, despite the occasional pits, but yet again you go away thinking that the next season had better come up with some answers. --Kim Newman
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Now the entire seventh season of The X-Files is available on DVD. All 22 classic episodes from David Duchovny’s last full season as Agent Fox Mulder are available for the first time in this exclusive 6-disc collector’s edition. From Scully discovering the alien spacecraft in The Sixth Extinction and Mulder finally learning the truth about his sister in Closure, to Mulder’s own disappearance and Scully’s miraculous pregnancy in Requiem, these season seven episodes are a must for every X-Files fan!
Including the following episodes:
- 1- Hungry
- 2- The Goldberg Variation
- 3- The Sixth Extinction
- 4- The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
- 5- Millennium
- 6- Rush
- 7- Orison
- 8- The Amazing Maleeni
- 9- Signs And Wonders
- 10- Sein Und Zeit
- 11- Closure
- 12- X-Cops
- 13- First Person Shooter
- 14- Theef
- 15- En Ami
- 16- Chimera
- 17- all things
- 19- Brand X
- 18- Hollywood A.D.
- 20- Fight Club
- 21- Je Souhaite
- 22- Requiem
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Format:VHS Tape
After watching Season Seven on Sky, I was filled with disgust - how could one of the greatest sci-fi/horror/thriller series turn into a mish-mash of poorly executed comedy sketches? But after viewing the season on BBC, I realised I was rather too hasty.
Yes, there is quite a lot of quirky comedy, the best examples being "Hollywood A.D.", "The Goldberg Variation", "Je souhite" and the extremely clever "The Amazing Maleeni". Despite the comedy, the stories are really enjoyable and provide a refreshing change. However, "Fight Club" is too over-the-top.
But fear not! There are still some amazing X-Files cases, and "Orison", "Millenium", "Hungry" and "Theef" easily match the best episodes from Seasons 1-4. "Chimera", despite trying hard, left me feeling bored.
More experimental episodes really help to diversify the season - namely "First-Person Shooter", "X-Cops", "En Ami" and "all things". "FPS" is one episode that divides opinion - personally, I think its quite good, and something very different - a case involving videogames rather than mythology. "X-Cops", a skit of US TV show "Cops" is wonderfully satirical, yet retains the elements of a classic x-files case. "En Ami" (written by Cigarette Smoking Man) and "all things" (written and directed by Gillian Anderson) provide a change of pace. They develop the characters of CSM and Scully much further than before, and feature plenty of interesting ideas.
The real disappointment has to be the "Closure" two-parter.... Read more ›
Yes, there is quite a lot of quirky comedy, the best examples being "Hollywood A.D.", "The Goldberg Variation", "Je souhite" and the extremely clever "The Amazing Maleeni". Despite the comedy, the stories are really enjoyable and provide a refreshing change. However, "Fight Club" is too over-the-top.
But fear not! There are still some amazing X-Files cases, and "Orison", "Millenium", "Hungry" and "Theef" easily match the best episodes from Seasons 1-4. "Chimera", despite trying hard, left me feeling bored.
More experimental episodes really help to diversify the season - namely "First-Person Shooter", "X-Cops", "En Ami" and "all things". "FPS" is one episode that divides opinion - personally, I think its quite good, and something very different - a case involving videogames rather than mythology. "X-Cops", a skit of US TV show "Cops" is wonderfully satirical, yet retains the elements of a classic x-files case. "En Ami" (written by Cigarette Smoking Man) and "all things" (written and directed by Gillian Anderson) provide a change of pace. They develop the characters of CSM and Scully much further than before, and feature plenty of interesting ideas.
The real disappointment has to be the "Closure" two-parter.... Read more ›
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Format:DVD
While many people were writing the x-files off, after the move to California, and so many critics saying that we had seen the best of one of the greatest TV shows ever, season 7 although not one of the better seasons I thought was nevertheless a very good series indeed.
Yes I do have to agree that the story arcs on what had gone before had lost its way, but I think this is more that they had run the course rather than the so called mythology episodes had gotten a little thin. However the x-files are more than just about Alien conspiracies and Mulders lost sister (which has now been put to bed in this series) but the x-files are also about the other weird goings on in the world and just flying saucers, and I think the last 2 series has produced some of the best single part x files to date, inparticular in season 7 we have Millenium and Hungry, which for me are 2 of the best episodes of the x files ever and certainly for a long time, ok we might not have the superb episodes such as the cliffing hanging end to series 4 (redux)and the begining of series 5 but the individual episodes stand out to all that have gone before and are a tribute to the writers for being able to still churn out such terrific epsisodes, I would have given the Series 7 a 5 star rating, but for the dreary end to the sixth extinction, following on from the cliffhanger from season 6 the first epsiode of series 7 was just as good, but the way it was finished was like toothache, as Mulder lay infected by a virus turned on by an alien artifact that had landed,(second episode of season 7) and the painful dreams Mulder was having, while he was abducted by cancer man and used for testing, was honestly the most boring thing I had ever watched.
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By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
This was without a doubt one of my fave seasons of the X-Files. There were the wonderful episodes written by cast members (David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and William B Davis) which really showed how they can go beyond their acting capability and do it well! Episodes like the cliff hanger Requiem and two parters The Sixth Extinction/Amor Fati and Sein Und Zeit/Closure were not only shippy but answered many previously unsolved questions regarding the show's mythology arc. Theef and Hungry, to name but a few, were episodes which upheld the show's original reputation of chilling mysteries and spooky stories. This season highlights especially well how the relationship between Mulder and Scully has developed over the past 7 years.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
From the first episode Hungry till (the first eps. from the "Requiem" Trilogy) Requiem, ya just can't stop watching this giant season. In my opinion, this is the 3rd best season in the X-Files history, after season 1 and season 6, and everybody who didn't see this season in original, must buy this! Of course, also in this season there are some episodes which are under the standard level of the X-Files eps (namely "The Sixth Extinction I and II" and "Fight Club"), but there are some of the greatest episodes, which've ever been shot.
These are: "all things" (it's the first episode written and directed by Gillian Anderson; what appeals me so much was that there were some of the greatest quotes ever spoken in all of the seasons and of course Gillian Anderson, who in my opinion deserved an award for the best actress in series),
"Hungry" (also in this episode was a great actor [here it was not GA : - )]. It was Chad E. Donella, played the hungry guy Rob Roberts. This unhappiness, which this character Rob Roberts had, really goes inside of ya and sometimes you really get a goose-flesh, because Rob is a tragedy person. Can't describe this ep, you really have to see, what I'm trying to tell ya.)
"Hollywood A.D" (of course also this ep. Must be seen by every fan! David Duchovny wrote and directed this episode; it was his second time and like his first episode there are quite good quotes in and he directed it, in my opinion, like a real profi. Just see it!)
"Requiem" (and of course the cliffhanger to the 8th and maybe [or better hopefully] last season of the X-Files. Chris Carter really know how to make the waiting to the next season hard enough for us.
Marc
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