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The X-Files (aka Fight the Future)
Theatrical Release Date: 06/19/1998
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Studio: 20th Century Fox
Editorial Review - Amazon.com
The definitive American television series of the '90s comes to the big screen with an anticlimactic whimper. And how could it be otherwise? Why should material so perfectly realized in one medium necessarily translate well into another? The series is crisply and thoughtfully executed in just about every detail, but the heart of its appeal lies in the elegant handling of complicated and evolving ongoing story lines, which is not something movies are especially good at. The big-screen drive for closure cramps the creative style, though it may also help nonfans get a grip on the proceedings. We do get some invigorating thrills and chills, however, and a more satisfying sense of the scale of an all-enveloping human-alien conspiracy than ever before, but there's no more plot development here than in an average two-part season-ending. FBI black sheep Mulder and Scully have been temporarily transferred from the X-Files project to an anti-terrorist unit to investigate an Oklahoma City-style bombing. They uncover a new wrinkle in the Syndicate/Cancer Man conspiracy--basically an attempt to help one bunch of (benign?) aliens fight off another bunch who want to colonize Earth. A spectacular, ice-bound finale thrillingly staged by series-veteran director Rob Bowman offers Mulder (but not a conveniently unconscious Scully) his first clear look at a You Know What, which in some quarters qualifies as an epochal event. Martin Landau offers the agents some crucial clues, and several familiar TV faces (including the Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggi's indispensable Assistant Director Skinner) turn up briefly to wink knowingly at faithful fans. --David Chute
The X-Files - Fight the Future Great Yet Again on Blu-ray
A Customer Review by mac_maven
The X-Files: Fight the Future makes a wonderful return to home theaters with this Blu-ray release. For me, receiving this as a holiday present from my brother for our new PS3 was quite wonderful and powerfully nostalgic, as I came of age around the time of the film's 1998 release and was a huge fan of the franchise. I can remember vividly driving around town listening to my tape of the FTF sound-track in my first car, memories brought back to me by hearing the sound-track on the disc. Seeing and hearing the movie again in pristine, high definition form has been a very enjoyable experience.
The movie looks and sounds great, as one would expect from a featured Blu-ray title. You can choose between the Extended Cut and the Theatrical Version. There are a few extra scenes in the Extended Cut as well as the option to watch the new commentary in PiP mode. The disc has a range of special features, many of which I have yet to explore. Among them are a new commentary from the film's creators, the original commentary from 1999, the "Making Of" special commentary on the effects and sound, an alternate take of the bee-sting scene, a gag reel, concept art and the complete story-board. All of these features are well done and worth watching, at least for fans of the franchise; I feel like I now know so much more of the inside story of the film's development. Through watching the film again in this format and viewing the special features, one gains extra appreciation for the film and its director, Rob Bowman. I have only started watching the first part of the new commentary session with PiP mode, so there's a lot more waiting for me on the disc.
The Amazon.com Editorial shown on this page really doesn't do FTF justice. It was a great, and in my opinion, underrated feature film adaptation of a wonderful television series. I personally think FTF was just about the best possible film that could have been made from Chris Carter's television creation. It successfully brought the show to proper feature film scale, and it moved the show's mythology along quite a bit without immersing the larger film audience in the show's lore to too great an extent. And while the franchise as a whole was degraded by the low-quality, Mulder-less last seasons as well as a low-budget follow-up 2008 film, IWTB, FTF itself is not tarnished in my mind by those subsequent franchise developments. FTF on Blu-ray will be a welcome purchase or gift for any mildly serious X-Files fan. It has definitely rekindled a lot of the passion I had for the film and the series. Now all I need is Seasons 1-5 (and perhaps 6) on Blu-ray, which I imagine will come out eventually.
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A Customer Review by Ricky S. Dowdle
I love this movie but the local video store doesn't have it on dvd so it was important to get it quick . It arrived ASAP . GREAT
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