X-files boxset going cheap

[julesjones]

The Evil Empire is selling the X-files DVD boxset cheap this week: The X Files - The Complete Collector's Edition for 70 quid. I'm tempted by that, but I've also got enough DVD boxsets to last me the rest of the year, and I stopped watching somewhere around fifth season, so I shall resist temptation.

ETA: and the bastards just waved *this* at me:
Babylon 5: The Complete Collection + The Lost Tales (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk)
Complete Babylon 5, *including* "Crusade". For 75 pounds. [whimpers quietly]

Comments

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Aaargh! Did you have to tell me about this? Now I'm sorely tempted...

I do have every B5 episode on tape (either taped from the TV or bought), but having the boxed set would clear a lot of space in the cupboard...

[julesjones]

I know people who would like the boxset for exactly that reason, hence the post. :-)

[troutkitty.livejournal.com]

Eek, don't do it. The fifth season is a lovely stopping point. Pretend the Mulder/Krycek kiss was the highest point of series and that Fight the Future ends with Mulder and Scully saving the world.

I've been slogging through the later seasons, masochistically. There be dragons beyond season 5, no word of a lie.

[julesjones]

I may have actually stopped in fourth season -- I was doing stuff at work that meant I missed several episodes, and by the time I made feeble efforts at catching up again I'd heard the tales about the standards starting to slip. So I'd really only be buying it for those first four seasons anyway.

The B5 boxset, on the other hand, *seriously* tempts me -- because I never saw it when it was on the telly. It's just that I'll feel guilty if I buy it this month, because I already have a huge pile of boxsets to watch.

[troutkitty.livejournal.com]

The running joke of my university's prediction page for the upcoming year was "And the X-Files will start to suck. No, wait, that one's from last year."

Season five did have some great moments, and by great moments, I mean great Mulder/Krycek. The rest, meh...

I've heard B5 was brilliant, but I need to finish Farscape and NCIS before I can possibly start something new. Oh, and write a 40,000 word novella. No problem!