The X-Files Movie 2-Pack (I Want to Believe / Fight the Future) [Blu-ray]

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   March 23, 2011 at 6:12 pm

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   Great treat for fans, last film adds little to overall story, April 12, 2009

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   This review is from: The X-Files Movie 2-Pack (I Want to Believe / Fight the Future) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

   As a huge fan and watcher of the entire series, this double pack was a must for me. I have not seen the 1st film on BD, but I have seen it on SD, and I liked it more than the second film. The quality of “I Want to Believe” is a 4/5. It was watched on a 42″ Panasonic Plasma, and BD35K player.

   While the 1st film integrates into the plot, the second does little if nothing, in my opinion to push the story forward. It was fantastic to see Mulder and Skully’s chemistry again on screen, but the plot was convoluted, and I was disappointed that the entire story had nothing to to do with the larger conspiracy. I deliberately stayed away from movie theater reviews, as I knew it would be difficult for a second film to stand up to the X-Files fan legacy.

   I just recently watched this second film, having promised 2 friends, we’d wait to see it with them. I loved some of the inside humor between the two characters, but the story was somewhat ludicrous. I still cling on to hope that there will be another film in December 2012 (according to Cancer Man, this was the year/month that the war between humans and aliens would take place, I believe). Although this is all a rumor, and more wishful thinking at this point, I hope that the series is given a proper closure with a third film.

   As far as I am concerned, make a NEW X-Files series!:) It’s worth a rent, if a you’re a fan, but don’t expect to get any answers or closure to the series.

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2. Wayne Klein "If at first the idea is not absu...

   March 23, 2011 at 5:04 pm

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   Excellent twofer of the first X-Files movie with new extras, sharp transfer and the newer “X-Files” movie with excellent picture, December 12, 2008

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   This review is from: The X-Files Movie 2-Pack (I Want to Believe / Fight the Future) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

   A really nice boxed set of the two “X-Files” movie, “The X Files: Fight the Future” looks terrific in its first Blu-ray transfer. “Fight the Future” looks nearly as good as the more recent “I Want to Believe”.

   “Fight the Future” info:
   Fox has upgraded this for Blu-ray with new extras including a new featurette and a new PIP commentary by Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, Daniel Sackheim and Director Rob Bowman. We also get the gag reel and everything that I can recall from the original DVD. The extras are high def as well. We get both the theatrical cut and unrated DVD version BOTH remastered for high def. There is no Digital Copy for the film included.

   The plot (SPOILERS): Set between the fifth and sixth season of the TV series, the X files has been closed down. Mulder and Scully have been reassigned. They work a terrorist threat in Texas. When Mulder follows a hunch he discovers the bomb and it’s in a DIFFERENT building than they’ve been canvasing. More importantly, a doctor (Martin Landau)informs Mulder that there were a little boy and a fireman that rescued the boy that was infected with a pathogen in the bombed building. They were already DEAD when the bomb went off and clearly the bombing was designed to cover this up.

   “Fight the Future” is a strong movie and a key “episode” of the mythology arc but can stand on its own as well. Rob Bowman opens up the show making it appropriate for the big screen with a often visually dazzling movie with top notch visual effects.

   “I Want To Believe”
   Includes featurettes on the film, a PIP commentary track with Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz as well as a full blown documentary on the making of the film.

   The Plot: (SPOILERS) Mulder comes out of hiding and Scully out of “retirement” to help find a kidnapped FBI agent. Because of their experience with the X-files, they are called int to verify if a disgraced pedophile priest (Billy Connolly in an excellent performance)is, indeed, psychic as he claims to know that the FBI agent is alive and he’s having visions related to the case.

   I had mixed feelings about the film–it’s a good one which reminds me of some of the non-mythology episodes that would be squeezed in between those key episodes. It plays like a smaller, more intimate movie so don’t come expecting “Fight the Future” and you won’t be disappointed. The story is a bit muddled at times and is a bit slow paced but has its rewards.

   The film, regardless of how you feel about it, looks excellent with a crisp image that isn’t digitally overprocessed. The extras are excellent with a PIP commentary from Carter and Spotnitz, a full length documentary on the making of the film. We also get a gag reel. It doesn’t say it on the box but you DO get a Digital Copy of the film here as well for “I Want to Believe”.

   Fox did an excellent job pulling the original extras and adding some nice new ones as part of the new package. Highly recommended although it MIGHT be more cost effective to buy this as the two Blu-ray set.

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