Comments on: “We Were Better Than The Beatles”

By: Greg Bishop

Greg Bishop — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:25:20 +0000

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.

By: Greg Bishop

Greg Bishop — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:22:01 +0000

Kenn,

I don’t think so, because if I did, I’d want some $$ for using our lives as characters.

By: Greg Bishop

Greg Bishop — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:20:30 +0000

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.

By: Bill Hancock

Bill Hancock — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:47:32 +0000

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.

By: mister ecks

mister ecks — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:39:08 +0000

As for Duchovny’s comment, I think it’s clear his tongue is being held firmly in cheek. At least I hope, lol.

By: mister ecks

mister ecks — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:35:29 +0000

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…”

By: Yards

Yards — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:23:47 +0000

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.

By: crgintx

crgintx — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:07:28 +0000

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.

By: Yards

Yards — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:24:12 +0000

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.

By: crgintx

crgintx — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:37:45 +0000

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.