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The X-Files: Cold Cases
- Narrated by: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Willliam B. Davis, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood
- Series: The X-Files (Audible Original), Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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Publisher's Summary
The truth is still out there. The iconic hit that had millions searching for UFOs back in the 90s is now an exhilarating audio event, only from Audible. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reunite as FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, joining an ensemble of original cast members in an out-of-this-world production.
When a security breach allows a mysterious, sinister group to access details from the uncrackable X-Files cold cases, Mulder and Scully—alongside favorite characters such as Assistant Director Skinner, the cryptic and elusive Cigarette Smoking Man, and the comically conspiratorial Lone Gunmen trio—uncover an extraterrestrial conspiracy dwelling beneath the surface.
Featuring creative guidance from series creator Chris Carter, writing from graphic novelist Joe Harris, and a dynamic soundscape (think the opening pop of a hypodermic needle or the hiss of a sewer-dwelling alien) brought to life by aural auteur Dirk Maggs, Cold Cases is both an electrifying addition to the science fiction pantheon and a cautionary tale of what lurks beyond the stars.
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- Brendan
- 08-08-2017
An excellent journey
I was captivated throughout the entire story. Great having original cast members do the voices. Looking forward to the next series!
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- Anonymous User
- 29-07-2017
need another!
It took me a bit to get past the robotic sound of how everyone spoke. I dont know if I just got used to it but I feel it did get better. I was addicted! ready for another.
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- N J Puxty
- 25-08-2017
It's ok for what it is
It was great to listen to a quality produced audio play with great sfx, music. It was like watching a movie in my mind. I wasn't too impressed with Davids performance. Felt like his heart wasn't in it and was reading from a script. Gillian was great. The lone gunmans performance was good to. The first story was great. Then it started to lose credibility and became almost looney at the end. I
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- Chris Gander
- 15-08-2017
A present for life long fans
As a true fan for over 20 years this felt like a present made especially for us.
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- Matthew Fulton
- 09-08-2017
Theatre of the mind
Would you listen to The X-Files: Cold Cases again? Why?
I would definitely listen again. There are some parts where I missed or need to double check, but it was really compelling.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The X-Files: Cold Cases?
Discovering the stories link to the original mythology
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
Disturbingly great.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The return of certain characters.
Any additional comments?
While there were a few elements where it was slightly over-descriptive due to what should be a visual concept, the story telling was captivating, creepy, and has the essence of the TV series.
Don't expect it to be exactly like the show in terms of visual story telling, but it's all there in terms of horror sci-fi and using the listener's theatre-of-the-mind. If you don't like it or you lose interest, you just don't get it.
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- PV FONG
- 19-07-2017
A treat!
If you're a true XF fan, you'll enjoy it, more than season 10, bcos is Mulder and Scully driven! Loop it till season 11.
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- Rod
- 22-08-2017
The truth is still out there
Mention The X-Files and the eerie theme tune will immediately pop into the minds of loyal fans who tuned into their television sets for ten years from 1993 to watch FBI investigators Mulder and Scully delve in the mysteries of the unknown.
Set between the subsequent film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, and the more recent revival TV series, this exciting full-cast audio adaption fills in some of the gaps that explain why the two lead characters came out of hiding.
The original television cast return, including David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Mulder and Scully, and they are joined by some surprising appearances, including their former boss Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), the darkly mysterious Smoking Man (William B. Davis), and conspiracy theorists The Lone Gunmen (Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, and Bruce Harwood), amongst many others. If you thought some of these characters were dead, all will become clear.
A multi-episode arc intertwines the familiar ‘monster of the week’ format, based on graphic novels by Joe Harris. The audiobook opens with Mulder and Scully living as a couple under the assumed surname Blake. When the FBI’s X-Files are breached, the division is reopened and Mulder and Scully are called in to examine some cold cases that were never solved.
In true fashion, the duo face clones, aliens, a deadly virus and spirits as they delve into each case and progressively uncover a plot by an alien race known as The Forsaken Ones. This is a full-cast audio play as opposed to a book reading, and it works well. The cast are all in fine form, supported by a stellar sound design complete with a full score of music and sound effects.
The drama is high but not without humour. The actors slip back into their former characters like they’d never left and the writers honour them with all the expected quirks and banter that has made the show last so long.
The X-Files: Cold Cases is a play for the fans, although it’s highly enjoyable for anyone who once enjoyed the television series. If you’re not familiar with the back catalogue of stories however, particularly toward the end of the show’s original run, then you’ll find there’s enough exposition to help you along but, like me, you can be left with the feeling that there’s more of a wow factor behind some revelations that only hard-core fans will fully appreciate.
Even so, the truth is out there still to be discovered and, with The X-Files now re-opened, we can only hope there’s more on the way.
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- Neill
- 31-07-2017
An appallingly self-indulgent waste of time.
Wooden performances, old trite resurrected plots and poor consideration given to adapting this to audio.
4 people found this helpful
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- michael ryan
- 26-07-2017
Embarrassingly bad
If you are going to put something like this production together, please do it properly or leave it alone.
4 people found this helpful
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- Ken
- 20-02-2020
Worth the 1 credit
It was worth the monthly credit, but not as great as some other audiobook. I didn't have much issue with the voices, but while entertaining, the storyline felt very jumpy and jagged.
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- JC
- 04-12-2018
Xfiles makes an amazing audiobook!
I’ve been huge Xfiles fan since day one and have also always loved audiobooks. So this turned out to be the perfect combo. This is definitely now one of my favorites. I listened to it from beginning to end and the time flew by. The sound effects and full cast was brilliant and reminded me a lot of J. Costa’s style for his audiobook Purgatory—another favorite of mine. I’ll definitely be listening to the other Xfiles audiobooks that are available ASAP. I highly recommend this one.
6 people found this helpful
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- Jessica Davis
- 03-12-2018
X-celebrate!
I have always love the X-Files ever since I was little! I was impressed at the descriptions and sound effects! Great job! I loved it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-10-2018
More!!! We need more in this line of X-Files.
Keep 'em coming! Two is definitely not enough. Really enjoying the sound effects and feeling of being more involved in the story. Good job guys. Just keep making more!!!!!
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- David A. Conatser
- 13-10-2018
The X-Files are back!
This production is well-done, like an entire season of X-Files episodes done as radio theater. Original cast, sound production, music... It's a total package! The stories revisit some of the classic TV plots, and if you've been away for awhile, you are quickly and deftly brought back up to speed. Great job!
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- A. Lauper
- 23-10-2018
The X-Files: Cold Cases
Milder and Scully are back at it again. This is way after the X-Files. The FBI close down the department years ago. Yet the events of the story is unravelling before your listening ears. I love it, just wish it was longer in length.
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- Jo A Conger
- 23-10-2018
very enjoyable
enjoyed the listen, brought back memories of watching them on tv... look forward to more
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- Oliver
- 21-10-2018
As good as the show
It was great to be able to listen to more x files stories. Well done!
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- tatiana
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New Fan
I haven't really seen the tv show and only watched the film with the bees (and never saw the reboot) so my exposure to X-Files is really limited.
Overall, while I felt the audio production was above average and the voice acting pretty great, I didn't really understand the stories and kept wondering how everything was connected. I was expecting a regular novel but this was mostly just vignettes. I also found it hard to keep up with all the different characters; this is my first time listening to an audio book that sounded more like a podcast than a regular book.
I think this is something mostly for fans of the series who follow the franchise more closely. But I think my interest has peaked so I might check out the original series and reboot!
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- Matthew
- 04-12-2018
Amazing!!
More please. This audio show was just as entertaining as the show. Each actor does a good job making the listener visualize what’s going on well done!
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- Colin K Smialek
- 13-10-2018
An enjoyable book for X File fans!
This book does give a little more to the basic story of the X File. Was great to have the actors involved in this audio book. Found it to be well worth the time!
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- evgenia
- 18-07-2017
oh, how I missed it.
absolutely loved every second of it. everything I cherished about X-Files and more. My Mulder and my Scully how I remember them from 25 years ago. thank you so much!
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- Nigel
- 20-07-2017
Already listened to this twice - doesn't improve
Hmm, thought it was only fair if I listened to this twice before typing my review.
This is the third audio-drama I’ve listened to this year that has involved Dirk Maggs and sadly like Alien: River of Pain, it just isn’t very good.
Stepping away from his usual Directors chair, Dirk adapted the X-files graphic novels by Joe Harris into audio. Though I found these stories stale. With audio the story can take you anywhere, without the budget constraints that affect TV/film production, so I was hoping this would be big, bold and move the story along with energy. Oh and that’s something that was missing in the recording booths.
The biggest frustration I had is with the cast as there are so many instances when they went out of acting mode and just read the script without emotion. Wham. And that’s you jolting out of the story wondering what just happened. It breaks the illusion, the immersiveness of audio. Not sure why the Director didn’t realise how ‘dry’ their performances were.
And what’s with Dirk’s obsession with CB radio chat, just like ‘River of Pain’ there are a lot people saying “Copy That”. Arghhh.
Lastly it was good to hear Laurel Lefkow again, she played Ripley in Alien: Out of the Shadows - still sounding like Sigourney Weaver. She was the narrator in this.
Just didn’t live up to the hype; overall 2 stars
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- Salter
- 05-02-2018
Good, but not as enjoyable as I expected...
Firstly, this audiobook is broken down into 5 or 6 short stories, of which all are continuations from episodes/plot lines within the TV series.
It was great to hear the original cast again reprising roles, but the storylines were sometimes difficult to follow. That said, I will try the second audiobook in this series.
If you were a big fan of the TV series, then this is a must listen - though as I said, it may leave you slightly underwhelmed, as it did me....
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- Ellie
- 17-09-2017
Okay but not brilliant
Would you try another book written by the authors or narrated by the narrators?
Maybe, but this was not the stellar experience I was expecting based on the many effusive five star reviews from other listeners. It fell short in almost every aspect and I was a quite disappointed.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
I may be in the minority here but I found all of my favourite XFiles stories in the tv series were the stand alone episodes which had nothing to do with the persistent alien conspiracy arc. I was hoping for a collection of strange tales from the files themselves which we had not encountered before. Unfortunately, this was just the same familiar trope bolstered by the wheeling out of many familiar characters.
Would you listen to another book narrated by the narrators?
The narration was the weakest aspect for me. Both Mulder and Scully (in fact most characters) sounded unnaturally stilted, just like they were reading from a script. Given the pacing, I would hazard a guess that the dialogue for each of the characters was recorded separately and stitched together afterwards. I have listened to podcasts with much more convincing ensemble acting.
Did The X-Files: Cold Cases inspire you to do anything?
Erm, not really.
Any additional comments?
I would be interested in more non conspiracy-centric stories with a strong creep factor. Perhaps try a Reyes and Doggett collection? They were far more out interesting as a couple.
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- Attlee2010
- 19-07-2017
Maybe its me but this was dreadful
What would have made The X-Files: Cold Cases better?
Better script. The actors are, of course, first class but they sounded wooden, like they were turning up just to get paid. Gillian Anderson especially is an astoundingly good actor and she was the best out of a bad bunch. It's not her finest work. David Duchovny was not good. He came across as bored and his jokes were painful. Generally speaking the acting did get a bit better towards the end.
What could the authors have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Better story line. It was trite and cliched. Needed a more genuine and original Sci-fi story.
Would you be willing to try another one of the narrators’s performances?
Of course.
What character would you cut from The X-Files: Cold Cases?
The whole storyline I'm afraid. Its more suited to young adult scifi.
Any additional comments?
Overall a wasted opportunity for what could have been the audiobook of the year.
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- Chris
- 27-07-2017
The Truth Is In Ear...
Really loved this audiobook. I'm a big fan of the series, used to watch it on the BBC when it first aired in the UK. I thought the audiobook was well produced, good to hear all tge original cast, and some nods to the old storyline (Host for example). Great story and sound. Looking forward to the next audiobook in the series...
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- jase
- 30-08-2017
Decent book, but difficult to follow the story at times
Good acting, and a couple of good stories. Some of the stories were difficult to follow at times as there wasn't enough building of the characters to remember them when they reappeared in the story.
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- Mrs. Dana E.
- 24-08-2017
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A little more narration would have been good. It felt a little like a tv episode without the pictures. Otherwise fantasic performances and I enjoyed hearing from old characters!
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- vice versa s.r.o.
- 31-08-2017
An okayish audiobook, but worth a listen
If you're a big fan of the series, I guess you'll like it... Doesn't work as a standalone audiobook, though.
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- Kevin Gilmartin
- 17-08-2017
The truth was (mostly) in here
Enjoyed it. Some of the exposition made sections of dialogue a bit cheesy; is necessary in an audio drama but jarred against the usual quality of the x-files.
Brilliant stuff, I hope they make another one.
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