Oct 05 2007
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“We Were Better Than The Beatles”
The actor, fresh off the set from his new series Californication was also quoted as saying, “Come on - we were better than the Beatles. They went from 1962 to 1970 - eight years. They couldn’t even make it to a ninth year, like us. There was a lot of intense interest in The X-Files. And that was a time before everyone was famous,”
Now I suppose he’ll have to apologize to Beatles fans, lest they start burning DVD sets of the X-Files.
I never really followed that show, since like many of you, I could see where they got their ideas and storylines, and how they could have treated the subject in a more accurate way, but that’s just a personal peeve. I did enjoy their all-UFO episode, which contained many in-jokes about Phil Klass, Roky Erickson, etc.
The other installment I liked was called “The Unnatural,” for reasons I wrote about years ago. Duchovny wrote and directed that one, so perhaps we can give his giant ego a pass this one time.
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October 5th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Greg:
I would have to agree with Duchovny: The X-Files was far superior to The Beatles.
Now, had he said that The X-Files was superior to The Ramones….well, then he would have had a major argument on his hands.
The best X-Files episode? Definitely “Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space.’”
Who can forget the classic Lord Kinbote (named after the character David Kinbote in Vladimir Nobokov’s novel “Pale Fire” - the subject of which is how reality is defined by the individual who is experiencing it).
October 5th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Greg,
I still maintain that the X-Files offshoot show, Lone Gunmen, was patterned after you, me and Jim Martin, the three nut jobs who were doing the country’s most well-known conspiracy zines at the time.
(The first episode of that show had the “Octium” software chip that had a back door capacity a la the PROMIS software in The Octopus. That ep also eerily predicted 9/11 with a plane headed toward the Trade Towers.)
October 5th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
I remember watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show when I was about 5-6 years old and thought what was the big deal? Much of the Beatles early song success was because McCartney stole guitar riffs off of Bo Diddely songs. I liked George Harrison’s solo work but as for the rest of them especially John Lennon, eh, they were far too much pop stars as opposed to rock and roll musician for my musical tastes. Duchovny is no more egotistical than some stars out there and he’s a good journeyman actor and director as well. I can’t wait for the next X-Files movie. The TV series was better written then just about any Sci-Fi show that I can think of and it didn’t take place one hundred years in the future. I hope both Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish get signed on as well. Patrick’s character John Doggett made way more believable than Fox Mulder. I’d also love to see Lance Henriksen return as Frank Black from the Millenium series. The series took on other paranormal subjects early on and gave them decent treatments before it degenerated into the gov’t/alien coverup conspiracy drama. My only disappointment with the show was they never did a serious treatment of Bigfoot/UFO connection. I
October 5th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Ok, so the X-files were better than The Beatles, and John said The Beatles were bigger than Jesus, so ERGO David Duchovny is our Holy Father???
I LOVED the show, and Nick? Ditto on Jose Chung’s “From Outer Space”. I also liked that show when mulder switches bodies with an MIB that works in Area 51. And let’s not forget that one when they go out to find a lake monster and Skully’s dog is eaten! I guess their best episodes ended up being the single one-shots that didn’t have follow ups that messed more with the mithology, which slowly turned into an uncontrollable multi-headed monster.
October 5th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Hard to choose a favorite episode, I like Seasons 3,4 and the last season. I guess my twisted sense of humor like
Home and Paperhearts and the last season which moved away from the ETH and towards the endgame.
October 6th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Of course, you know, The X-Files didn’t help start an entire culture; the quartet of Mulder, Dogget, Skinner and Krychek wasn’t followed by hordes of screaming women; and yes they have one movie, but not four, one of them animated…
Now, Frank Spotnitz’s short-lived remake Night Stalker might have started a television cultural revolution in filming style, at least, but ABC killed it, like they kill all good things.
I shall have to refer this quote to my buddy Spooks, who loves both David and the Beatles, and get her judgement on this blasphemy.
(lotsa joking winking faces here)
I always liked the “monster” episodes better than the UFO/alien episodes.
Except for Jose Chung’s From Outer Space.
That was good.
Keel-ian Men in Black spoof. Very good.
October 6th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Yeah Yards, the Ruttles… er I mean Beatles made 4 movies and none of them were as good as the X-Files: Fight the Future. The X-files TV series only didn’t create a culture but it amplified the Conspiracy culture to rival anything the Beatles created. There isn’t hardly a person under 50 who doesn’t believe that our gov’t doesn’t do the most dispicable things in the name of national security. They’ve pulled the plugs on some fairly good sci-fi shows simply because they don’t get them. The X-Files series launched at a perfect time unlike it’s spinoff, the Lone Gunmen which almost predicted the 911 WTC attack by nearly 9 months.
October 6th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Wow, taking this a bit seriously, eh? The winky faces mean it’s all in good fun, for me at least.
Personally I think you can’t compare them, not really–different types of things, television and music.
Strangely, a racehorse named Spooky Mulder won his first stakes race today. Hmm.
October 6th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
For the first four seasons The X-files was a great show, perhaps among the best dramatic television shows ever. After that the show seemed to lose its way (save for some decent episodes here and there).
I agree with Jose Chung’s From Outer Space being the best episode. Especially that golden line: “You don’t play Dungeons and Dragons as long as I have and not learn a little something about courage…”
October 6th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
As for Duchovny’s comment, I think it’s clear his tongue is being held firmly in cheek. At least I hope, lol.
October 7th, 2007 at 6:47 am
Better than the Beatles? I think he’s got some strange little mind-affecting implant stuck far up his nose that “they” are using to control his thought processes. He needs to wrap his head in tinfoil to block out the control transmissions until he can see Budd Hopkins and Dr. Leir and get his head right.
Ramones. Ramones? I’ve heard that word before somewhere.
October 8th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Nick,
The episode I mentioned was indeed “Jose Chung.” I’ve read a lot of Nabokov, but not “Pale Fire.” Need to pick that one up.
October 8th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Kenn,
I don’t think so, because if I did, I’d want some $$ for using our lives as characters.
October 8th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Carlos,
Everyone “steals” off everyone else. That’s music. The point is what you do with it. Bo Diddley took his cue from blues, western swing, jazz, etc. It’s a gumbo.
More bigfoot and other crypto episodes would have been nice.