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Fox releases X-Files on Blu-ray
September 16, 2008
Fox will be releasing both of its X-Files films—Fight the Future and I Want to Believe—on Blu-ray Dec. 2, with the latter being the studio’s first BD Live title.

The second film based on Chris Carter’s TV series about FBI agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) will be available on DVD ($29.98), an “Ultimate X-Phile” three-disc special edition ($34.98) and Blu-ray ($39.99). All prebook Nov. 5.

Meanwhile, the original film will be on Blu-ray ($29.99) and a Blu-ray two-pack containing both films ($59.98). Fight the Future BD will have new BonusView picture-in-picture commentary as well as the commentary recorded in 1999, featurettes, In-Movie features, a gag reel and alternate scenes, stills galleries and a D-Box Motion Code.

For the Believe BD Live, there will be exclusive features, games, additional content and connectivity to other BD Live users. “The X-Files Dossier” lets BD Live-connected users create their own special agent avatar, which can browse through case files and post notes. Blu-ray also has picture-in-picture commentary with Carter and producer Frank Spotnitz and “The X-Files Complete Interactive Timeline,” which tracks the series’ mythology.

For a complete list of all the I Want to Believe bonus features, see the list below.

Single-Disc DVD
· Includes both the Theatrical Version and Unrated Extended Cut of the film
· Audio commentary by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
· Body Parts: Special Make-up Effects featurette
· Chris Carter: Statements on Green Production featurette
· Deleted Scenes
· Gag Reel
· Music Slideshow - “Dying 2 Live” by Xzibit
· Theatrical Trailers
· Still Galleries
o Collectibles
o Storyboards
o Concept Art
o Unit Photography

Three-Disc “The Ultimate X-Phile Edition” DVD
Includes all of the above single-disc content plus the following additional bonus features:
· Trust No One: Can The X-Files Remain A Secret? feature-length documentary
o Part 1 – “You Can Go Home Again”
o Part 2 – “Misinformation”
o Part 3 – “Don’t Give Up”
· Digital Copy of the film for portable media players

Blu-ray Disc Specs:
The X-Files: I Want To Believe BD is presented in widescreen (2.40:1 aspect ratio) on a 50GB dual-layer disc authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and French / Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital. The BD includes all of the above standard-def DVD special features, plus the following BD-exclusive elements:
· BD-Live web-enabled content
o The X-Files Dossier: Agent Dakota Whitney Files – create your own Special Agent avatar profile to browse through 5 “X-Files” case files on clairvoyance; users can also participate in several online forensic challenges with Agent Drummy
· BonusView mode
o The X-Files Complete Interactive Timeline – featuring over 80 video clip segments from “The X-Files” archives
o Picture-in-picture commentary with Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz*
· In-Movie Features via BD remote direct access*
o Real-time Index (Red Button)
o BonusView Commentary (Green Button)
o Behind The Camera (Blue Button)
o Storyboards and Concept Art (Yellow Button)
· Isolated Score track
· Enhanced for D-Box Motion Code systems
· Digital Copy of the film for portable media players

What are the features for the first movie, the same as the regular DVD.

No, it has some new features, including a picture-in-picture video commentary.

Just looking at the special features, the feature length documentary doesn't come on the Blu-Ray or am I reading that wrong?

It would appear that the feature-length documentary is exclusive to the 3-DVD set.

I wish they would have found a way to include the trailers for both films on blu-ray.

It's too bad The X Files: I Want To Believe isn't a freebie with the first film. That's what I would have been willing to pay for it.

I will gladly purchase the first X Files film on Blu-ray though. Should be awesome!

They could be incorporating the documentary into the video commentary on Blu-ray.

I'll get Fight The Future. I'll wait for a price drop on I Want To Believe.

Is it that bad? I was never a huge X-Files fan but enjoyed most of the seasons plus the first film...is the second just a radical change?

I don't think the second film shares much in common with the first one (besides both films having Mulder and Scully in them).

As for it being that bad? No, not really... it's just nothing special, an average film at best, and nothing better than a weak episode of the X Files. I really felt letdown by it. I don't think Chris Carter delivered the kind of film the X Files needed at this point in time (and to think he wanted to make a third movie with the alien invasion storyline still). YMMV though, of course. Some people thought it was really good.

I thought I read trailers for both "X-Files" films will be included. Are they not?

I'm very happy they are porting over "The Making of 'The X-Files'" featurette, and the original audio commentary with Chris Carter and Rob Bowman. I'm also happy with the new bonus features that are being included.

I enjoyed it when I saw it for free, but it really does feel like a low-key episode of the show. It's not worth $30.

It's not a radical change from the X-Files formula, it's just that ... it would have been a good two-part episode, and that's it.

If you saw the series finale, it left the characters at a very specific place and left a very major plot element from the series unresolved. So the series finale was open-ended in order to facilitate a future movie.

Unfortunately, it wasn't this movie.

It pretty much is with the two-pack being $60. (most likely $40-ish sale price)

Happy with the specs, price and even cover art.... good job Fox.

For those interested in the two pack I just preorder it from dvdempire for $47.38, I thought the price was pretty good for a fox boxed set.

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$44.95 at Amazon.


http://www.amazon.com/X-Files-2-Pack...ecc_rvi_cart_1

This is exciting news!! Thanks for sharing OP.

hell yes im picking this up !!

$30 for both and I might consider. Otherwise... no thanks.

Sigh, $45 isn't a bad deal for both. But I still may hold off. After all, the price on the individual discs can only go down with time.

I will get these... eventually.

-beebs

Man, that FtF transfer was terrible. I was hoping it would've been remastered for the COMPLETE series box set, but no such luck.

Here's hoping it looks better on BR.