Mark Snow's choice of music this season was generally solid as well. What is handled nicely are the closing credit sequences and anytime "popular music" is used. Someday the audio portion of these television DVDs will match up to the video. The Audio Surround 2.0 sounds great but lacks the BIG stage feel of films. International Clips: from "Gethsemane" episode (One-minute clips in German, Japanese, Castillian)Ĭhris Carter arrvies for another day at work.Commentary by Vince Gilligan for "Small Potatoes" episode.Deleted Scene: from "Max" episode (Scully is held up by bureaucracy).Commentary by Frank Spotnitz for "Memento Mori" episode.International Clips: from "Memento Mori" episode (One-minute clips in German, Japanese, Castillian).Deleted Scene: from "Memento Mori" episode (A visit from Scully¿s brother and Mulder and Scully¿s first kiss).International Clips: from "Paper Hearts" episode (One-minute clips in German, Japanese, Castillian).Deleted Scene: from "Paper Hearts" episode (Impersonating Mulder).International Clips: from "Tunguska" episode (One-minute clips in German, Japanese, Castillian).Deleted Scene: from "Tunguska" episode (CSM talks to Well Manicured Man).Deleted Scene: from "Tunguska" episode (Scully elaborates to Skinner).Deleted Scene: from "The Field Where I Died" episode (Giving Melissa a ride).
#IGN X FILES HOME AGAIN FULL#
For a stand-out episode and to give your television the full workout, be sure to spend some time with "Memento Mori" which starts in stark whiteness and runs the complete gamut of colors by the show's end. This does not bother DVD at all and much of the improved clarity over broadcast is definitely noticeable. The X-Files has always been a dark-hued show, often taking place at night or in darkness or with muted tones. No widescreen obviously but the crystal clarity of the picture shines through on the DVD format. 8 out of 10 The Video Far better than Seasons One, Two, and about the same as Three, the video presentation here is quite good. Whatever the case, this is one excellent package filled with some of the best hours of television ever made. Your die-hard fans will say that after Season Four, things started heading downhill for The X-Files as the "idea well" seemed to dry up and more boring sexual interplay between Scully and Mulder began to rear its ugly head. The Fourth Season brought home three Emmys ("Memento Mori", "The Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man", and "Tempus Fugit") and eight Emmy nominations. To be sure, Season Four does have some pretty spectacular moments and some of the most beloved X-Files shows to date: "Leonard Betts" in which a cancer-eating manstrosity is born, "Memento Mori" in which Scully battles brain cancer, and "Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man" where we get to know a tad bit more about el mysterioso.Įxtras disc menu. Instead, what did happen, as Fox poured more money into the show and the characters were even more fleshed out, the show actually got better.Īs a friend remarked last night at dinner, "Yeah, Season Four, that's when they started doing the whole 'flashlight-on-the-gun thing.'" Thankfully, The X-Files didn't exactly fall prey to this curse. As a result, much of the original spark or quirkiness of the show eeks out. As with most shows on television these days, the hardcore fan base that usually propels a show into the mainstream often find that - as time passes - more and more "mainstream" concepts find their way into the show as the writer's try to bring the show into more homes. Season Four marked a turning point for The X-Files.