Published: July 18, 2017
Publisher: Audible Studios
Series: The X-Files #1
Genre: Science Fiction
Length: 4 hr 4 min
My Rating: 4.0/5.0
Synopsis:
The series that had a generation looking to the sky gets a breathtaking audio reprise in an original full-cast dramatization featuring actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson returning to voice FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
Based upon the graphic novels by Joe Harris – with creative direction from series creator Chris Carter – and adapted specifically for the audio format by aural auteur Dirk Maggs (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Alien: Out of the Shadows), Cold Cases marks yet another thrilling addition to the pantheon of X-Files stories. Featuring a mind-blowing and otherworldly soundscape of liquefying aliens, hissing creatures, and humming spacecraft, listeners get to experience the duo’s investigations like never before.
Set after the events of The X-Files: I Want to Believe and providing additional backstory to the incidents that pulled Mulder and Scully out of reclusion prior to 2016’s miniseries revival, a database breach at FBI headquarters allows an unknown group to access and capitalize on those investigations left unsolved – dubbed cold cases – by the secret department once known as The X-Files. As friends and foes of the agency long thought gone begin to inexplicably reappear, former agents Mulder and Scully come out of anonymity to face a growing conspiracy that involves not only their former department but the US government and forces not of this world.
Here, fans are treated once again to Mulder and Scully’s irreplicable chemistry as only the series’ leads could deliver, Duchovny’s deadpan and cynical aloofness finding its natural counterpoint in Anderson’s unwavering intelligence and rigidity. Appearances from series regulars and the actors who made them fan favorites round out this must-listen arc: the gruff, no-BS righteousness of Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi); the distinctive click-puff of the Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis); and the stooge-like hijinks of three beloved conspiracy theorists called the Lone Gunmen (Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, and Bruce Harwood).
Whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, find your “I Want to Believe” poster. Break out that makeshift alien stiletto. Grab a pack of Morley cigarettes.
At the beginning of September Audible announced their Audible Originals program, where if you’re a subscriber like me, you can download two of their selection of Audible originals each month for free. I saw that this X-Files audiobook was one of the choices and decided to check it out, despite having only watched a handful of episodes in my life. Best of all, this is a full cast performance, with Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny narrating as Dana Scully and Fox Mulder.
As I mentioned, I’m not all that familiar with the story line of the original X-Files tv series other than the very basics – government agents and aliens. This didn’t take away from my enjoyment of this performance AT ALL. Sure, there were some things I didn’t get but it was a great set of short stories nonetheless. There were aliens, fluke-men, and people who used to be dead and boy was it a wild ride. After listening to this I wanted to start watching the tv series and see what I had missed out on in my childhood. It doesn’t seem to be on Netflix or Prime, so my quest has been delayed for the moment.
This was a super fun audio performance and I would definitely recommend picking this up before the end of September if you have credits to burn because the Originals selection will change on October 1.
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X-Files does occasionally show up on prime, or at least the first couple of seasons to get you hooked.
That is how I watched most of the series 🙂
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