X-Files – Exordium

October 1, 2008 @ 11:22 am

Excellent fanedit. I am not an Xphile by any means, as I have barely watched more than a couple of episodes on TV. This is an amazing job of making a cohesive film from the first season. Picture looked a little soft at times due to the reformatting to 16:9 and occasional zooming needed to hide the credits, but this is a minor quibble about an exciting Fanedit! Recommended!

September 28, 2008 @ 11:10 pm

Molasar’s FanEdit Review

Title/FanEditor: The X Files: Exordium by Throwgncpr

Prologue: In Western classical rhetoric, the exordium was the introductory portion of an oration. The term is Latin and the Greek equivalent was called the Proem or Prooimion. (from Wikipedia.org). This is a great title to a special fanedit. Fans of The X Files will appreciate this introductory “film” culled from several episodes of the show that deal with the alien mythology, namely the pilot, “Deep Throat,” ”Fallen Angel,” ”Tooms and “The Erlenmeyer Flask.”

The Edit: This is a monumental task. Editing five episodes of a show together into one long tale. Does it work? In a word, yes. There are some commercial fade outs and fade ins — but most have been trimmed away. Many of my favorite scenes are present and I found myself wishing that there were more X Files fanedits to watch. One can only hope that Throwgncpr has a few more in him. Overall, there was a sense of point A to point B, culminating in a climax, just like a real film. (It did not flow like several episodes sewn together.) In a few instances, some noticeable changes occur, namely in Scully’s hair style, face and body (due to her pregnancy). I mentioned before how “Exordium” is a great title. This fanedit is the introduction that leads to several more tales of alien mythology investigated by our favorite paranormal investigators Mulder and Scully. ****/*****

Image Quality: The image has been reframed from 4:3 to 16×9 and it looks about the same as the show when it aired on TV. Some backgrounds were a bit muddy and macroblocking was evident on my display – it did not deter from my enjoyment of the film. Colors were muted just as I remember them from the weekly episodes. Basically, it is a reflection of the source material used. ***/*****

Audio Quality: Dialog and sound effects were loud and centered in the front channels. Ambient noise and effects panned into the rears when appropriate on my Dolby ProLogic II set-up. ****/*****

The DVD: Besides the film, there are some coming attractions for other edits as well as chapter stops. The menus are a combination of animated and static and are very easy to navigate (I love when I can go up or down on my remote). ****/*****

Overall Rating: An Xphile’s delight. Well worth a viewing for even casual fans. ****/*****

Epilogue: I hope there are more X Files fanedits to come, featuring additional pivotal (and fan favorite) characters such as Skinner, Krycek, X, the Lone Gunmen, and more of the Cigarette Smoking Man. This exordium has me ready to enjoy more of the story.

Reviewed using Sony 51” 16×9 RPTV with Oppo DVD player upconverting to 1080i via DVI and Onkyo 650 Watt 5.1 surround sound.

September 13, 2008 @ 1:06 pm

I really enjoyed this edit. It is exciting, conspiratorial and felt very much like a movie. I would recommend this.

May 24, 2009 @ 3:05 pm

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June 21, 2009 @ 9:26 am

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