The X-Files - The Complete Eighth Season (Slim Set) |  | Directors: Barry K. Thomas, Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, Kim Manners, Peter Markle
Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Mitch Pileggi, Wayne Alexander
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  144 reviews
Sales Rank: 10400
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 6
Running Time: 930 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D2234420D
UPC: 024543244202
EAN: 0024543244202
ASIN: B000EXDS3E
Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 1993
Release Date: June 6, 2006
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The eighth season of The X-Files will always be remembered as the year of brave decisions. David Duchovny's increasing dissatisfaction with the role meant he'd only appear in a few episodes. The solution? Enter Agent John Doggett (Robert Patrick) who basically stole the show within his first two minutes of screen time (and watch out for several Terminator 2 in-jokes too!). Scully (Gillian Anderson) switched roles to being the believer alongside Doggett's skeptic in a year that was more reliant on the background story arc than ever before. Her pregnancy remained at the foreground, while a more prominent Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) joined in a hunt for the abducted Mulder that drew upon the black oil, cloning, and bounty-hunting aspects of the convoluted alien conspiracy story. A distinct lack of guest stars or writers indicated maturity beyond the need for ratings stunts: dedicated fans were pleased to see sinister Krycek, the reliable Lone Gunmen, and the return of the show's very first abductee. The real strengths of the season came from new characters, including alternative female role model Special Agent Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish), and some terrific standalone episodes. Investigations covered a man going backward in time, deaths aboard an oil rig, a contagion in the Boston subway tunnels, and creatures resembling bats and slugs. Agent Leyla Harrison (named after an X-Files fan who died of cancer) got to ask all the petty questions regular viewers want to know themselves. With season 9 promised to be the last, this year was a remarkable achievement so late in a show's life. --Paul Tonks
Product Description
Own the complete 8th season of this ground breaking series loaded with bonus features and a new DVD ROM interactive game.System Requirements:Episodes & Bonus: Disc 1: International clips: 8X01 "Within" one minute clips in: German Japanese & Italian Disc 2: Deleted scenes: 1 scene in "8X09 Sure Kill" International clips: 8X07 "Via Negativa" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Disc 3: Deleted scenes: 1 scene in "8X12 Badlaa" International clips: 8X11 "The Gift" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Disc 4: Deleted scenes: 1 scene in "8X08 Per Manum" International clips: 8X11 "The Gift" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Disc 5: Deleted scenes: 1 scene in 8X17 "Empedocles" International clips 8X20 "Essence" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Commentary tracks: 8X19 "Laone" by Director Frank Spotnitz one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Disc 6: Deleted scenes in 8X21 "Existence" International clips: 8X21 "Existence" one minute clips in German Japanese and Italian Season 8" (30 mins) featurettes: "The X-Files Profiles" (Gibson Praise John Doggett Alex Krycek) 21 TV spots & 7 episodes with special effects by Mat Beck (commentary by Paul Rawin) DVD ROM: All New DVD-ROM Game 'Existence' (300 Megs) Running Time: 984 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 024543244202 Manufacturer No: 2234420
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Not as good as the others, but not too bad. February 8, 2010
Matthew G. Wilkinson (Denver, Colorado)
I will make this review short and sweet. Season 8 is the first season where David Duchovny isn't a main character in the show. This makes season 8, in my mind, not the same as seasons 1 - 7. However, season 8 isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Mulder returns for the last half of the season and it's really not that bad. John Dogget is a great character and the show works well with and without Mulder for the most part. I prefer episodes with Mulder though because I love the chemistry between Anderson and Duchovny.
If you're an X-Files fan you will enjoy season 8.
 Never buy from Amazon February 5, 2010
Erin E. Bessette
never buy from Amazon. I sent this back and only got a fraction of what I paid for it. I am not a happy customer
What Happened?!?!?!?! August 19, 2009
Dee Aroe (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been watching all seasons on DVD and enjoying them thoroughly. Season 8, however, is not very good in comparison to the prior seasons. Very disappointing.
The only thing that was worse than Season 8, was season 9. Holy canollies! Rubish... seriously.
If you are dying to see either Season 8 or 9, do youself a favor and just read a synopsis of what happened on-line. If you watch these two seasons, you will never get those hours of your life back...
I would, however, recommend seasons 1-7. Those were very enjoyable and quite creative.
 This is just as good as 1-7 August 17, 2009
James Sunderland (Buffalo NY)
Ok obviously some will disagree but I loved this season. The opening two episodes were phenomenal and really kept my attention. Mulder is still a part of this season and his absence for the first half is not an issue. He appears sporadically in flash backs in these episodes as well during the first half. What I thought was really cool in this season was the fact that (SPOILER COMING UP) it is revealed that Mulder had an advanced lesion on his temporal lobe, which any advocate of neurobiology knows can cause one to have ESP experiences, whether there are legitimate is an issue for academic debate. Overall I enjoyed this season a whole lot and the picture is in great quality. THIS IS A MUST BUY FOR ANY FAN OF THE X-FILES.
Ended up better than I thought August 14, 2009
Michael Korkowski (Antioch, Illinois)
I like others here are truly devoted to the X-files. When this season started out I had a hard time with Robert Patrick, not because I don't like him but he isn't Mulder. The character's attitude was almost too much and too opposite to take in the beginning but he did come around and in fact showed why he was picked for this job and how good the writers were. I liked how the writers move in agent Reyes with Doggett and I agree if they wanted to go maybe a couple or so more years they could have done it even without the Scully character. That doesn't mean Scully wasn't great but in fact that the new actors were holding their own. After Mulder comes back and then you have Mulder, Scully, Reyes, Doggett and of course A.D. Skinner you can really see how good those actors were in this series and how well cast they were. But after watching 8 out of 9 seasons in succession one funny thing that I related to was that the characters were trying to do their jobs amidst of all the political stuff of the FBI, which was not unlike my 12 year careeer in the Navy. Even though I liked all the seasons I particularly like following the alien abduction and or colinization parts, but I also know that without the other "side stories" it may have gotten old fast.
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