X-Files on Blu-ray

fattyjoe37 · 11-13-2012, 04:24 AM

http://thedigitalbits.com/columns/th...to-blu-in-2013

I really hope this is true. I picked up the 7 disc DVD versions of the seasons (with all the bonus features) from pawn shops as the list price was too expensive at the time. This made it so some of the packages were a little worn. I love this show and if there were some additional special features included, or at least the additional documentaries and commentaries from the mythology DVD sets, it'd make a double dip that much more enticing.

Katatonia · 11-13-2012, 07:57 AM

It'll take some serious work to turn everything HD. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out...

CPT HOOK · 11-13-2012, 08:12 AM

Even if they do, I doubt I'll upgrade. I've got all the DVD sets, and it'd just be too expensive to buy them all again. I do have the movies on blu-ray, though.

Franco · 11-13-2012, 01:09 PM

That would be great! I never bought any box set of the TV series but I watch it constantly through TCM channel. Would love to get it in HD.

maybrick · 11-13-2012, 01:39 PM

The X-Files was shot on film, but then transferred to video where the special effects were edited in. The non FX shots would look beautiful, but everything else would look pretty lousy. Heck, the title sequence doesn't even hold up in standard def anymore. They could always go back and improve upon the effects like they did in the new blu ray masters of Star Trek, but out of nostalgia and historical purposes I prefer to retain them as is on DVD because that's how they looked when first broadcast.

Jack Grendel · 11-13-2012, 07:16 PM

I would pick up the series if they did these right.

spawningblue · 11-13-2012, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by maybrick

They could always go back and improve upon the effects like they did in the new blu ray masters of Star Trek,

It sounds like that is what they are doing. I'm fine with that as long as the differences aren't too noticeable. I would love for them to do what they did with the original Star Trek series and include both versions for completists sake. Don't know why they didn't do that with Next Generation sets, even if the effects shots were just upscales it would be better then nothing.

Either way I will be all over this set. I already have the very nice complete series DVD set but will pick these up in a heart beat, as this is my favourite show of all time. I just hope, although very unlikely that they release them all together as a complete set. I don't want it to take years for the full series to get released and I hate buying completed shows one season at a time.

11-13-2012, 04:24 AM	#1
fattyjoe37 HackMaster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA Posts: 1,514	X-Files on Blu-ray http://thedigitalbits.com/columns/th...to-blu-in-2013 I really hope this is true. I picked up the 7 disc DVD versions of the seasons (with all the bonus features) from pawn shops as the list price was too expensive at the time. This made it so some of the packages were a little worn. I love this show and if there were some additional special features included, or at least the additional documentaries and commentaries from the mythology DVD sets, it'd make a double dip that much more enticing. __________________ Sader Ridge: A Feature Length Horror Film A Visitor in the Night: A Short Horror Film My DVD Collection

11-13-2012, 07:57 AM	#2
Katatonia Hellbound Heart Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 16,003	It'll take some serious work to turn everything HD. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out... __________________ "Through unlit corridors of purest oblivion. Submerged in a sea of darkness without end. To feel nothing...hear nothing...for a thousand eternities." - Evoken - Quietus DVD Profiler Collection

11-13-2012, 01:09 PM	#4
Franco Weekender Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Peru Posts: 2,037	That would be great! I never bought any box set of the TV series but I watch it constantly through TCM channel. Would love to get it in HD. __________________ What are you doing to make this world a better place? Dying a bit everyday.

11-13-2012, 01:39 PM	#5
maybrick HackMaster Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Keene, NH Posts: 8,710	The X-Files was shot on film, but then transferred to video where the special effects were edited in. The non FX shots would look beautiful, but everything else would look pretty lousy. Heck, the title sequence doesn't even hold up in standard def anymore. They could always go back and improve upon the effects like they did in the new blu ray masters of Star Trek, but out of nostalgia and historical purposes I prefer to retain them as is on DVD because that's how they looked when first broadcast. __________________ "This is where we live, Shelly!"

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11-13-2012, 08:12 AM	#3
CPT HOOK HackMaster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Posts: 2,391	Even if they do, I doubt I'll upgrade. I've got all the DVD sets, and it'd just be too expensive to buy them all again. I do have the movies on blu-ray, though.

11-13-2012, 07:16 PM	#6
Jack Grendel Screamy Bopper Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 43	I would pick up the series if they did these right.