The X Files - Collector's Box Set.

[John Johnson]

We updated you the other day (Wednesday of this week) with official word from Fox Home Entertainment verifying the Amazon.ca (Canada) pre-order listing for The X-Files - Collector's Box Set: The Original Seasons 1-9 on high-def Blu-ray Disc.

Our readers have hoped for confirmation that this item is coming to the USA as well, and today Fox provided that! It will be out in the States on the same date, December 8th, and with a list price of $299.00 SRP. That sounds like a lot, but indications from the home video industry is that consumers will be able to get that discounted as much as half off (so figure a street price of $150 to $200, for all nine seasons).

What about new bonus material? Will there be extras on these discs which weren't on the DVD versions? Fox's new description says there will be: "For the first time ever, experience the original X-Files series on Blu-ray. Relive all nine seasons in high definition and uncover new mysteries with over 23 hours of exclusive special features."

What about individual season sets? Will the seasons be sold separately, so fans can pick and choose their favorite seasons from the show's 9-year run? Fox hasn't specifically said so, but don't forget that the Amazon Canada links we provided in our original report still work, for individual season sets. And U.S. residents can order those from Amazon.ca if you want; just log in with your Amazon.com username and password.

Amazon.com (the U.S.A. branch of the big e-tailer) isn't taking pre-orders for any of this yet, but stay tuned. In the meantime, here's a new "beauty shot" package image that Fox Home Entertainment has distributed, followed by the original box image, followed by the trailer for the upcoming revival 6-episode X-Files revival event, which debuts on Fox near the end of January:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/X-File ... -ray/21619

[John Johnson]

The set will include all nine seasons – all 202 episodes – and will have a slot in the box for the upcoming 6-episode X-Files miniseries (due to run on Fox in January). The video for all episodes will be 1.78:1 widescreen, with audio in English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio format (with Spanish and French Dolby Digital 2.0, and subtitles in English SDH, French and Spanish). You’ll also get 23 hours worth of extras, including…

Season One

Series Intro by Frank Spotnitz
Chris Carter Talks About Season 1
Deleted Scenes
International Clips
Deep Throat: Audio Commentary by Chris Carter
Erlenmeyer Flask: Audio Commentary by R.W. Goodwin
Special Effects Clip From Fallen Angel
Documentary: “The Truth About Season 1”
Season Two

Deleted Scenes
Chris Carter Talks About Season 2
Humbug
Documentary: “The Truth About Season Two”
Duane Barry: Audio Commentary by Chris Carter
End Games: Audio Commentary by Frank Spotnitz
Anasazi: Audio Commentary by R.W. Goodwin

Season Three
Deleted Scenes (w/optional commentary by Chris Carter)
Chris Carter Talks About Season 3
International Clips
Special Effects with Commentary by Mat Beck
Documentary: “The Truth About Season Three”
Threads of Mythology: Abduction
Talitha Cuma: Audio Commentary by R.W. Goodwin

Season Four
Deleted Scenes
Extended Scenes
Special Effects with Commentary by Paul Rabwin
Deleted Scenes (w/optional commentary by Chris Carter)
Tunguska – Interview With Chris Carter
Paper Hearts – Interview with Vince Gilligan
Memento Mori: Audio Commentary by Rob Bowman
Introduction to Memento Mori by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
Max: Audio Commentary by Kim Manners
Documentary: “The Truth About Season Four”

Season Five
International Clips
Deleted Scenes (w/optional commentary by Chris Carter)
Special Effects with Commentary by Paul Rabwin
Documentary: “The Truth About Season Five”
Threads of Mythology: Black Oil
FX Featurette
Introduction to The Post-Modern Prometheus by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
Patient X: Audio Commentary by Kim Manners
The Red and the Black: Audio Commentary by Chris Carter
The Post Modern Prometheus: Audio Commentary by Chris Carter
The Pine Bluff Variant: Audio Commentary by John Shiban

Season Six
Special Effects with Commentary by Paul Rabwin
Deleted Scenes (w/optional commentary by Frank Spotnitz)
International Clips
Two Fathers: Audio Commentary by Kim Manners
One Son: Audio Commentary by Frank Spotnitz
Triangle: Audio Commentary by Chris Carter
Introduction to Milagro by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
X-Files Profiles: Cigarette-Smoking Man
Featurette on Season Six
Documentary: “The Truth About Season Six”

Season Seven
Deleted scenes (w/optional commentary by Chris Carter)
Special effects sequences with commentary by Paul Rabwin
International Clips
Documentary: “The Truth About Season Seven” Behind-the-Scenes featurette
X-Files Profiles: A.D. Skinner and Samantha Mulder
Closure: Audio Commentary by Kim Manners
Documentary: “The Truth About Season Seven”

Season Eight
Special Effects by Mat Beck with Commentary by Paul Rabwin
International Clips
Deleted scenes (w/optional commentary by Frank Spotnitz and John Shiban)
Documentary: “The Truth About Season Eight”
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Chris Carter
Threads of Mythology: Colonization
X-Files Profiles
Within: Commentary by Kim Manners and Robert Patrick
Deadalive: Commentary by Frank Spotnitz
Vienen: Commentary by Rod Hardy

Season Nine
Deleted scenes (w/optional commentary by Frank Spotnitz)
Special Effects by Mat Beck with Commentary by Paul Rabwin
International Clips
Audio Commentary by Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz, Kim Manners
Documentary: The Truth About Season Nine
The Making of The Truth
Secrets of The X-Files
Tribute to The X-Files
Threads of Mythology: Super Soldiers
X-Files Profiles
Reflections on the Truth featurette
Wonder Con Panel

All in all, not too shabby! Even at $299 it’s a great price, and at $150 on sale… whew! Also, it DOES appear that all of the exclusive Threads of Mythology DVD extras have been included along with the regular season DVD extras.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/m ... 00815_0700

[DavidBanner]

I'm struggling to see what new special features are included here.
It looks to me like they simply have HD widescreen copies of the episodes and all the same extras as we saw on the original DVD sets.

[AndyDursin]

That's the way things are going. Very few labels are spending anything on special features these days. Remember when Laurent Bouzereuau made a career out of producing DVD documentaries? Lol.

[Monterey Jack]

I pre-ordered...$150 for a nine-season TV set seems about as low as it's gonna get for a long time, and I was a huge X-Phile back in the day (and had a huge crush on Gillian Anderson ). The HD remasters on Netflix look superb, so the Blus ought to look even better.

[AndyDursin]

If I were interested, I'd do the same thing. That price is very strong. And the way physical media is going, you'll be seeing less Black Friday-like discounts because they won't be pressing as many copies and distributing them to as many outlets.