Your not kidding about it's popularity i am still watching and rewatching it even today. It's just very addictive to watch. I don't consider myself a ufo nut I just love a really well done story.
Fun fact: the method they used to create the walking boards for Gillian was so innovative that they are widely used and known, to this day, as the Gilly-boards.
I told my now 23 yr old son when he was 16ish that if he watched the pilot episode, he would be unable to stop. He scoffed at me for a year before finally watching it. I kid you not, he watched the entire original series straight through. We would hear the theme playing all throughout the night. Now, my 17 yr old went through the exact same thing. I convinced him that watching episode 1 would be enough to get him hooked. After several months of trying, he watched it. We are now approaching season 4, and he asks every day if we can watch episodes. Such an incredible series.
@@tarynclark8011 the hardest part about watching it with my middle kid is he's constantly asking questions about what's really happening and what's a lie. My answer is always the same. Just watch and you'll see. Lol
I remember watching them shoot the first episode at the Vancouver Art Gallery. I asked one of the PA's what they were shooting and who was in it. He told me and I had never heard of it or any of the actors so I watched for a bit and then kept walking.
That’s so funny I just watched an episode a couple weeks ago where they are running through the art gallery and using the front doors which are now closed off haha
The Lone Gunmen releases an episode in March 2001 where the US government attacks the WTC with planes in an attempt to rationalize a war with the Middle East *Show has good reviews and is generally liked* *9/11 Happens* Show gets cancelled Coincidence? I think NOT
I LITERALLY just came down here to write this! That was one of my favorites.....but my ultimate favorite will always be the one with the pizza delivery vampire that Mulder thinks he killed, and Mulder & Scully each tell their own version of the story to one another before heading in to tell Skinner what happened. I will never stop loving that one!
Shaylin White I love that one, too! I always laugh because at the beginning, even before the credits, it shows Mulder chase the kid and then stake him through the heart- and when Scully pulls out his fake fangs, it’s the closest they ever get to swearing on the show, as Mulder says, “oh, sh-“, and the theme song/credits come on. Awesome! That and their differing descriptions are just hilarious. Always nice to talk to another fan- have a great day!
Shaylin White Hahaha- it just struck me- I think you just gave me my new favorite term- “pizza delivery vampire”! (Or it could be a really weird superhero, too)
@@Skinniest_Kween imho they actually didn't change much from previous seasons, but it is no longer 90s. Television evolved with time and so did we, x files didn't. You can't just copy and paste 30 year old show, mentality is different. That's just my opinion though
You mean The Lone Gunmen, not X Files. Frank Spotnitz is still pretty freaked by that story he came up with about the Towers. That's why it was prevented from being aired so close to the fateful 9/11.
If by “flaws,” you mean the time Gillian Anderson was supposed to pretend to eat a cricket, but instead she actually ate the cricket, then I totally agree. - Although I did read an article years ago where she admitted that she didn’t actually eat it. Everyone just thought she did, so she didn’t bother correcting them, lol. I do know what you mean though. There were some episodes that I look back on and the plot is absolutely ridiculous....but I think it just adds to the charm and I’d never complain about a single one!
@@mightybitchy - No argument from me there. And I understand that the reboot episodes ended the way they did because Gillian Anderson basically felt the same way, and she felt like it was an injustice to the original show, so she chose not to continue making them. But, HOW COULD THEY END THINGS THAT WAY?!? I mean, COME ON! I’d rather not have a reboot than to have it end like that!! We definitely deserved a little closure, not have it end at the beginning of a brand new story. If they knew there was even a possibility that GA wouldn’t be returning, and she made it pretty clear to everyone that she didn’t plan to....all they had to do was leave out the last line she says. It didn’t have to be there. If she DID decide to continue, then they could have just tossed that part into the storyline in episode 1 of the next season. But, I still love them. All of them. Lol. My favorite reboot episodes were the one with Reggie & the Mandela effect......and the one where artificial intelligence got a little too smart. And also evil.
Really? What kind of tampon? Some type of high-tech thingy that can be adjusted via smartphone for comfort & reliability? That would be kewl! Guaranteed if we men menstrated you'd have em.
I knew a few of these but I love learning new things about my most favorite shows of all time. I should do fan fiction, I did plan to do so before the 11th season aired, my idea was better. 😆
The X-Files episode that you claim predicted 9/11 was taken from a Tom Clancy Novel. When Tom Clancy was alive, he said his books were required reading for the NSA, FBI, and the CIA.
While X-Files takes a lot of inspiration from other medias, you can't deny that a lot of its story did a great job at predicting things that happened or hinted at current events The most memorable that I can think of was a discussion between Smoking Man and an alien that could morph (he morphed into Deep Throat to scare smoking man) and they talked about how people should remain entertained and how what the governments say should be the truth in the eyes of the public, so the leaders and higher ups can hold their control over the population. I don't really remember how they it exactly but the meaning still holds
@@theylied1776 thanks for the info I mean I wasn't saying that X-Files did it all originally but they had an interesting way of taking inspiration into their own thing 😃
I just rewatched this video, and I’m kind of surprised you didn’t mention that the episode you showed in the video as being written by Vince Gilligan, who was the creator/writer for Breaking Bad, guest starred Bryan Cranston. No big deal, just weird. How appropriate!
No, David did not force anyone to move to LA. Yes, he wanted to be with his then wife. But many of the crew wanted to move back. I do wish people would stop blaming David for everything!
I wouldn't really call csm a villain. He seems too complex for that. There are too many elements in his character where he seems indifferent as if focused on a greater good that is at odds with everyone else. I am probably reading too much into the character I just think that to call him a villain seems to overlook how complicated he is. I just think he is neither good or bad but amoral.
@@Lindy.T You are talking about the actor, WE are talking about the character... 🙄😅 The episode that delved into his life, (starting with him pointing a sniper rifle at the Lone Gunmens doorway) , his wish to be a writer, his solitude, or dare I say it, his loneliness, his willingness to give up his own life for the greater cause was a great episode... and definitely added complexity and depth to "Cancer Man"... 😎👍☘🍺
I took your advice and put on The Lone Gunmen. For now at least they are on CZcams, not what I was expecting, first episode is fairly serious but after that it becomes Leverage style, heist comedy show that's made me laugh
Most of these I knew about. #7 makes sense to me because I felt that the show was ramping up for something like ending and the movie would tie together the pieces. As a die hard fan, my interest actually wan a little after season five and the film. I was still a supporter but when David Duchovny left, I didn't watch it as faithfully as I had before. Also, I didn't know about the Final Destination episode. Now I would have enjoyed seeing how that would have played out on the small screen with Mulder and Scully.
Never seen this series all the way thru, think it came on during a timeframe where I was busy doing other things. I'll have to go to Soap2day and check it out
I heard a different story about the origin of the theme music. Mark Snow's housekeeper would whistle some musically incomprehensible little thing while she worked and he used that.
i never knew Bruce Campbell was up for the role of Mulder; when X-Files came out, it came out along side Brisco County Jr.... starring Bruce Campbell...
Another fact the guy who played Byers was in at least one episode in 6, out of 7 seasons of the outer limits and other x files stars turned up on the outer limits over 7 seasons ,,,smoking man ,,Robert Patrick ,,,model aka the pusher ,,,and krijcheck to name a few of many
The same year X-Files premiered Fox had "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." A Sci Fi time traveling Western starring Bruce Campbell. The show aired on Fox in the time slot before the X-Files
Episodes of the X Files generally come in two sorts. You have the stand alone "monster of the week" type stories. Then there's the long running story arc about wealthy industrialists helping aliens to take over the world. The industrialists secretly plan to defeat the aliens after the aliens have conquered the world so the industrialists can rule whatever is left of the world instead of the aliens. If only that story had not already been done by Doctor Who... in 1968. Wait! What? Go watch the 1968 Doctor Who story "The invasion".
During the Covid 19 and assorted pollical crap the X-Files offer considerable diversion. I watched initially 20yrs ago and it seems has elements 0f compensation for the "ho hum of the networks.". Love Gillian Anderson, Like Duchovny, William Davis (a favorite insightful manipulator) and Mitch Pilligi. Many thanks to all concerned. Will search for film.
Your not kidding about it's popularity i am still watching and rewatching it even today. It's just very addictive to watch. I don't consider myself a ufo nut I just love a really well done story.
+1. Spent the New Years night binging on the X Files hahahah
Bring back the "Lone-Gunmen" !!!
Same here :)) an all time favourite
I'm not bothered over hyphens on here.
@@daghostxxx1797Last time I checked I it's here on CZcams!!
Fun fact: the method they used to create the walking boards for Gillian was so innovative that they are widely used and known, to this day, as the Gilly-boards.
I told my now 23 yr old son when he was 16ish that if he watched the pilot episode, he would be unable to stop. He scoffed at me for a year before finally watching it. I kid you not, he watched the entire original series straight through. We would hear the theme playing all throughout the night. Now, my 17 yr old went through the exact same thing. I convinced him that watching episode 1 would be enough to get him hooked. After several months of trying, he watched it. We are now approaching season 4, and he asks every day if we can watch episodes. Such an incredible series.
that’s amazing
@@tarynclark8011 the hardest part about watching it with my middle kid is he's constantly asking questions about what's really happening and what's a lie. My answer is always the same. Just watch and you'll see. Lol
That is some serious commitment by the "Smoking Man"
Fortunately, they let him smoke herbal cigarettes instead of the real thing.
She's right... because he HAD quit smoking they gave him the option of special herbal nicotine free cigarettes made for him to continue his role.
@@christinadehnel8687 At XF cons he said they tasted terrible.
@@frankgesuele6298 really?! haha I didn't know that... poor guy lol
Not only did Gillian have to stand on a box but crews in Vancouver when putting out boxes for shorter actors still call them Gillys
I own all the seasons (1 through 11) plus 2 movies of the X-Files. Rewatched them multiple times.
Best Sci-fi series of my generation. X-Phile!
Same here... Every winter, as the evenings draw in and darkness falls... the dvds are broken out... 😉
10:19)"The Lone Gunmen" was not just cancelled. They were "killed off" !!!!
Omg. Gillian Anderson's hair is so on point.
You can tell what season it is by her hair style.
Oh yes, you are right about the fanfic! I even had one of mine approved by David himself! He gave me the boost to keep writing.
Alternatives theory: government officials watched episode 1 of The Lone Gunmen and got their idea from there. Hold on, someone is at my door.
Your door became sentient?
@@roscojenkins7451 shit. Not as funny when I forget a word.
Rather sadly Chris Carter has gone on record as saying he can’t rewatch that episode as a part of him believes he influenced Al Qaedas target choice
@@Freshie207I thought someone who was creating the Lone Gunman said that the CIA came and told them to write that episode.
Are you still alive?
I remember watching them shoot the first episode at the Vancouver Art Gallery. I asked one of the PA's what they were shooting and who was in it. He told me and I had never heard of it or any of the actors so I watched for a bit and then kept walking.
That’s so funny I just watched an episode a couple weeks ago where they are running through the art gallery and using the front doors which are now closed off haha
Re watched x files a couple years back. Great show 👽
#21 they used real aliens
I loved The Lone Gunmen. Was super bummed when they cancelled it.
The Lone Gunmen releases an episode in March 2001 where the US government attacks the WTC with planes in an attempt to rationalize a war with the Middle East
*Show has good reviews and is generally liked*
*9/11 Happens*
Show gets cancelled
Coincidence? I think NOT
(ik this is a joke and ik this show got cancelled prior to the attacks. But still kinda spooky and hella ironic)
The X-Files was the best show ever.
Cheney saw the episode and said "hey Georgie I got an idea."
X-Files is the best TV show of all time
Bruce Campbell was on an episode of the show- playing a demon trying to procreate. Good episode-
That one was a classic
I LITERALLY just came down here to write this! That was one of my favorites.....but my ultimate favorite will always be the one with the pizza delivery vampire that Mulder thinks he killed, and Mulder & Scully each tell their own version of the story to one another before heading in to tell Skinner what happened. I will never stop loving that one!
Shaylin White I love that one, too! I always laugh because at the beginning, even before the credits, it shows Mulder chase the kid and then stake him through the heart- and when Scully pulls out his fake fangs, it’s the closest they ever get to swearing on the show, as Mulder says, “oh, sh-“, and the theme song/credits come on. Awesome! That and their differing descriptions are just hilarious. Always nice to talk to another fan- have a great day!
Shaylin White Hahaha- it just struck me- I think you just gave me my new favorite term- “pizza delivery vampire”! (Or it could be a really weird superhero, too)
Mark Brigandi - LOL....Pizza delivery vampire might just be EXACTLY what 2020 needs. I mean, it couldn’t possibly make it worse! 😂🤣
Xfiles is one of the greatest thing to really be aired on tv
The last episode wasn't 13 years ago. There was another season about three years ago.
Actually 2 seasons.
That's what they want you to think! 👽
They don't count
@@dank8865 how so?
@@Skinniest_Kween imho they actually didn't change much from previous seasons, but it is no longer 90s. Television evolved with time and so did we, x files didn't. You can't just copy and paste 30 year old show, mentality is different. That's just my opinion though
You mean The Lone Gunmen, not X Files. Frank Spotnitz is still pretty freaked by that story he came up with about the Towers. That's why it was prevented from being aired so close to the fateful 9/11.
DJ Dado - X-Files Theme Remix did indeed get number 1 in Denmark. We loved that stuff in the 90s.
My uncle had the single.
Luke Wilson’s Bad Blood episode is my favorite!
I’m delighted to watch one of these trivia shows where i don’t know all the answers & actually learn something. Good on ya!
Great list, loved it
Davis didn't smoke actual cigarettes in the show, they were clove cigarettes.
So ......
A few days after the anniversary you air this .......
Sure
Just a coincidence
True boy scouts you all are
Currently watching the DVDs right now... thank you for this.
DVDs!!
DVDs!!
I really really really liked The Lone Gunmen when it first aired, and I was very sad when it didn't get renewed.
It’s the only show which flaws I can overlook.
Flaws?!?!?! Good sir I cannot stand by and let you say such slander I challenge you
If by “flaws,” you mean the time Gillian Anderson was supposed to pretend to eat a cricket, but instead she actually ate the cricket, then I totally agree. - Although I did read an article years ago where she admitted that she didn’t actually eat it. Everyone just thought she did, so she didn’t bother correcting them, lol.
I do know what you mean though. There were some episodes that I look back on and the plot is absolutely ridiculous....but I think it just adds to the charm and I’d never complain about a single one!
@@boden7815 Lol.
@@DrAnderson1 And the revival seasons were trying too hard to lean on the PC side of storytelling. Especially season 10...
@@mightybitchy - No argument from me there. And I understand that the reboot episodes ended the way they did because Gillian Anderson basically felt the same way, and she felt like it was an injustice to the original show, so she chose not to continue making them. But, HOW COULD THEY END THINGS THAT WAY?!? I mean, COME ON! I’d rather not have a reboot than to have it end like that!! We definitely deserved a little closure, not have it end at the beginning of a brand new story. If they knew there was even a possibility that GA wouldn’t be returning, and she made it pretty clear to everyone that she didn’t plan to....all they had to do was leave out the last line she says. It didn’t have to be there. If she DID decide to continue, then they could have just tossed that part into the storyline in episode 1 of the next season.
But, I still love them. All of them. Lol. My favorite reboot episodes were the one with Reggie & the Mandela effect......and the one where artificial intelligence got a little too smart. And also evil.
I have watched the all seasons 3x each since the begining of the pandemic !! best choice ever made!
What a great show.
how could you miss out aaron paul and bryan cranston cameos
And Burt Reynolds
Well, the ad before this video for a tampon was quite interesting.
Really?! I got a McDonald's ad.
Really? What kind of tampon? Some type of high-tech thingy that can be adjusted via smartphone for comfort & reliability? That would be kewl! Guaranteed if we men menstrated you'd have em.
@@dank8865 There is a pregnancy test that runs Doom.
I bet it was called "Truth" tampon's; "The Truth is in there."
@@NickHey 😂😂😂😂
I knew a few of these but I love learning new things about my most favorite shows of all time. I should do fan fiction, I did plan to do so before the 11th season aired, my idea was better. 😆
The X-Files episode that you claim predicted 9/11 was taken from a Tom Clancy Novel. When Tom Clancy was alive, he said his books were required reading for the NSA, FBI, and the CIA.
WhatCulture doesn't really do serious background research. More like just what is widely known on pop culture media outlets.
While X-Files takes a lot of inspiration from other medias, you can't deny that a lot of its story did a great job at predicting things that happened or hinted at current events
The most memorable that I can think of was a discussion between Smoking Man and an alien that could morph (he morphed into Deep Throat to scare smoking man) and they talked about how people should remain entertained and how what the governments say should be the truth in the eyes of the public, so the leaders and higher ups can hold their control over the population. I don't really remember how they it exactly but the meaning still holds
@@ZrodyApo That's from Roman History, That's called (Bread and Circuses).
@@theylied1776 thanks for the info
I mean I wasn't saying that X-Files did it all originally but they had an interesting way of taking inspiration into their own thing 😃
I was freaked out when realising X-Files convicingly spelled out the 9/11 attacks in one of the episodes. It's like knowing my whole life is a lie.
It was not the x files. It was the spinoff "the lone gunmen"
@@cornlips7247 thank you man, isn't it freaky though?
@@Toledotourbillion yea I agree for sure. It is realy crazy.
Just the best show ever. So clever ☺️
Gee Thanks Adam For The Damned Earworm!😲 The X-Files Theme Song Is Stuck In My Head Now!👽
I watched the first season for the first time it was amazing lol. I hope the other seasons get even better
I will never Not love the X files 🖤
Can you do one on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation?
I just rewatched this video, and I’m kind of surprised you didn’t mention that the episode you showed in the video as being written by Vince Gilligan, who was the creator/writer for Breaking Bad, guest starred Bryan Cranston. No big deal, just weird. How appropriate!
funny. I loved the X-Files (or anything UFO related) and I love the Smiths :)
No, David did not force anyone to move to LA. Yes, he wanted to be with his then wife. But many of the crew wanted to move back. I do wish people would stop blaming David for everything!
i rewatched the scene with the blood from the shining many times hmmm a walk down memory lane
I wouldn't really call csm a villain. He seems too complex for that. There are too many elements in his character where he seems indifferent as if focused on a greater good that is at odds with everyone else. I am probably reading too much into the character I just think that to call him a villain seems to overlook how complicated he is. I just think he is neither good or bad but amoral.
I agree. Though his selfish motives were often despicable he indeed WAS far too complex to label strictly as a "villain".
He was doing it for money; it was a job.
He adjusted his attitude from that.
@@Lindy.T You are talking about the actor, WE are talking about the character... 🙄😅
The episode that delved into his life, (starting with him pointing a sniper rifle at the Lone Gunmens doorway) , his wish to be a writer, his solitude, or dare I say it, his loneliness, his willingness to give up his own life for the greater cause was a great episode... and definitely added complexity and depth to "Cancer Man"...
😎👍☘🍺
I took your advice and put on The Lone Gunmen. For now at least they are on CZcams, not what I was expecting, first episode is fairly serious but after that it becomes Leverage style, heist comedy show that's made me laugh
Willia,m B Davies thought he could handle real ciggies again. But after a while had to use menthol ones or he would have become addicted again.
Most of these I knew about. #7 makes sense to me because I felt that the show was ramping up for something like ending and the movie would tie together the pieces. As a die hard fan, my interest actually wan a little after season five and the film. I was still a supporter but when David Duchovny left, I didn't watch it as faithfully as I had before. Also, I didn't know about the Final Destination episode. Now I would have enjoyed seeing how that would have played out on the small screen with Mulder and Scully.
As a big MSR fan, my heart wasn't in it after 5... 😧
The x files are amazing , everything was so good from acting too stories too theme song.
Best series ever.
Christ, still remember when the first episode aired.
Never seen this series all the way thru, think it came on during a timeframe where I was busy doing other things. I'll have to go to Soap2day and check it out
They need to make more xfiles
Fun fact= gillian anderson believes in aliens and david ducovny does not in real life ( talk about role reversals lol ).
*The Truth Is Where The Sun Don't Shine*
That number one is crazy. It’s like someone at the CIA saw that and ran with it for real.
Maybe the government got inspired by the episode.
I heard a different story about the origin of the theme music. Mark Snow's housekeeper would whistle some musically incomprehensible little thing while she worked and he used that.
I had to quit watch to go listen to the xfiles remix and it was worth it
Mac Miller: Asian women love me I look like David Duchovny.
But you're not him.
i never knew Bruce Campbell was up for the role of Mulder; when X-Files came out, it came out along side Brisco County Jr.... starring Bruce Campbell...
14 years ago? Crickey, I thought it was longer!
I was whistling the theme tune lol
No. 1 fact blew my mind.
Dave Grohl had a cameo, the rest mention were actually guest stars
Bruce Campbell made an appearance in one episode.
The episode where he played a devil
A lot of people had cameos on the show early on in their popularity. I watched it again recently and was surprised how many people I recognized 😀
I really liked the Lone Gunmen. Science nerds need love, too.
Gillian Anderson 😍😍
You do realize that the 911 hijackers were alive and may have watched the lone gunmen?
Another fact the guy who played Byers was in at least one episode in 6, out of 7 seasons of the outer limits and other x files stars turned up on the outer limits over 7 seasons ,,,smoking man ,,Robert Patrick ,,,model aka the pusher ,,,and krijcheck to name a few of many
They should continue the series. Even if the original characters are replaced.
Some of those listed are guest appearances and hardly just cameos.
It doesn't seem like they've watched it??
And there were so many that he didn't mention, like Ryan Reynolds.
@@Apathygrrl I thought he did mention Ryan Reynolds, i'm probably wrong.
It needs to come back more than ever since the US Air force admitted UFOs are real and still unidentifiable.
The best X files ever made they are very good
No mention of Cris Carter the Minnesota Vikings receiver? He made a cameo of sorts..
Yes it is
10:25 it's called Predictive Programming.
This is an old video as im a massive xfiles fan and remember it
Bruce did feature in one episode.
I heard the Smoking Man’s cigarettes were made of non-tobacco vegetation.
This guy sounds like that loud chipmunk looking dude that makes the Behss playing shorts
The same year X-Files premiered Fox had "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr."
A Sci Fi time traveling Western starring Bruce Campbell.
The show aired on Fox in the time slot before the X-Files
I haven't heard that show name in so so long!
Season 3, Episode 15: Piper Maru (1996): Timestamp 33:43 - Michael Bublé.
I could absolutely see Bruce Campbell as mulder
OMG Gillian would have been great as miss Starling.
I recognised kung fu hustle
Erm, the notes actually came from Snow's wife who whistled them to him. The repeating riff came from him putting his arm down on his synth.
I can only whistle on the inhale.
Somehow, it has switched from exhalation.
I knew every single one of them...
Ryan Reynolds appeared in an episode
Episodes of the X Files generally come in two sorts. You have the stand alone "monster of the week" type stories. Then there's the long running story arc about wealthy industrialists helping aliens to take over the world. The industrialists secretly plan to defeat the aliens after the aliens have conquered the world so the industrialists can rule whatever is left of the world instead of the aliens. If only that story had not already been done by Doctor Who... in 1968. Wait! What?
Go watch the 1968 Doctor Who story "The invasion".
"Scully!"
"Mulder!"
"Scully?!"
"Mulder!"
"Scully!"
"Mulder?!"
"Scully?!"
"Mulder!"
"Scully!"
"Mulder?!"
Every episode.
OH MY
Bruce campbell was a monster of the week though.
Anything on the conspiracy of how bad 2020 is?
Well thats obvious though, Jeff rolled a 1 here.
@@bloodyneptune nice, wasn't expecting a community reference here
During the Covid 19 and assorted pollical crap the X-Files offer considerable diversion. I watched initially 20yrs ago and it seems has elements 0f compensation for the "ho hum of the networks.". Love Gillian Anderson, Like Duchovny, William Davis (a favorite insightful manipulator) and Mitch Pilligi. Many thanks to all concerned. Will search for film.
Well, there were eventually 218 episodes with the revival seasons
# 1 is so creepy n bizarre
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