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Who Will Mulder's Replacement Be?
Cliff Martin writes: "zap2it.com has a story mentioning that there are several candidates for Mulder's replacement. Mulder will only be appearing in 11 episodes in season eight." OK, normally I wouldn't mention something like this, but one of the names on their list of folks who've tried out for the part is... Bruce Campbell? I don't envy Carter these days: no matter what he does, the fans are gonna be pissed. Personally I'm happy that there's gonna at least be another season of the show!
(Unfortunately, whatever they were doing behind the scenes, that managed to break the "back to headlines" link badly.)
Thats what I get for rushing the change in...
Its all better now...
UPS Sucks
Of course they'd have to change the name to the X11R6.4 Files, but it's a minor thing.
Marxism is the opiate of dumbasses
A show featuring The Lone Gunmen (as the geeks are called) - Byers, Langly and Frohike - is already in the works for next season. Yahoo!!! See the IMDB for quick confirmation on this. Its already filming.
Alex Krycek
He is the best character on the show and he needs to step up as the lead. He can either stay a quasi-bad guy (which I think would be great), or become a full on good guy (which would be a more traditional tv show). Since Gillian Anderson also wants to leave, team Krycek with Diana Fowley and you have a great show. I love Bruce Campbell as much as anyone, but I just think he's too goofy to be a lead on X Files.
Plan B: Skinner, Smoking Man, and a monkey ride around in van solving mysteries.
-B
I think that Mulder's replacement should be Kyle MacLaughlin in drag.
Hey, it worked for the second season of Twin Peaks!
"Trademarks are the heraldry of the new feudalism."
Man, I'd like to see Campbell take out an alien or two with his boom-stick.
For what it's worth, during college some friends and I used to run an online magazine. We interviewed Bruce... he's a pretty cool cat. Check it out if you want.
The most innovative casting, IMO, would be to bring the FBI's next-most-wacky Special Agent in...Dale Cooper from "Twin Peaks". Think about it. Kyle MacLachlan has plenty of experience with delivering strange dialog - even backwards. "Twin Peaks" has a devoted group of viewers with experience in keeping track of a convoluted plot lasting a season or more. There is already a lot of overlap between the two audiences.
It makes sense. The agency allowed Cooper near complete autonomy, and he would follow his instincts no matter where they lead, even if they lead into a shadow world. There's nothing in the X-Files world that could phase Cooper.
They used to do all sorts of cross-overs of characters from one show onto another back in the 1960s. Combine the mythos of the two shows.
"How perfectly Goddamn delightful it all is, to be sure" Charles Crumb
LISTER: What do you believe in, then? Do you believe in God?
RIMMER: God? Certainly not! What a preposterous thought! I believe in aliens, Lister.
LISTER: Oh, right, fine. Something sensible at last.
RIMMER: Aliens, Lister, with technology so far in advance of our own we can't even begin to imagine.
LISTER: Well, that's not difficult. Mankind hasn't even got the technology to create a toupee that doesn't get big laughs.
Scully: Agent Arnie, give me a hand here. This UFO landing gear is crushing my legs!
Agent Arnie: Ya. Here ya go. Oomph! [grunts]
Scully: Thanks Agent Arnie. Any sign of the baddies?
Agent Arnie: No, they've disappeared once again. [sighs] Like they always do just before they pan into the camera, ya know. [winks at camera]
Scully: Drats! I knew we should've taken a picture or two. The truth is out there!
Agent Arnie: Wait, I haf an idea. BTW, why do ya always say that?
Scully: Say what? What's your idea Agent Arnie?
Agent Arnie: Ya know, that "truth is out there" crap. Anyway, look: these aliens are always looking for da perfect human, right? Well it's me! Why don't they operate on me?! IT'S ME YOU WANT! COME AND GET *ME*!!!
Scully: Hey, calm down. We're not alone here, you know. [Alien ship hovers over Agent Arnie's head and begins to tractor beam him in.]
Agent Arnie: Aaaarrrghhh!!!
Agent Arnie: Aaaaarrrrrggh!
Agent Arnie: Arrrrrrgggggggh!!!
Scully: Agent Arnie stop arrrging like that!
Agent Arnie: I can't help it. I always do that. Throw me those weapons by your feet!
Scully: [mutters] Hey!--where'd all these come from? [Best boy grip is seen scurrying out of the scene.] [Scully throws a sack containing a grenade launcher, 2 large guns and a hunting knife up to Agent Arnie.] You get them Agent Arnie! You teach them good once and for all. The truth is out there!
Agent Arnie: [Catches the satchel of weaponry] Stop saying that!
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'scuse the repitition but:
CM: You'll never stop me Agent Campbell, it's too late...(discards cigarette and starts walking away)
B: (with intent expression, and only glancing at writing on palm once...) "KLATUU.... BERATA... NICTU!!!"
CM: (turning) What the fsck?
B: Sigh, now that I remember the damn thing, it don't work no more. Oh well, (starts chainsaw...)
Laff, sounds like the Simpson's writers should get in on this one...
Lately I found the x-files boring, i mean... they never discover the whole truth, they never really get anywhere in the "big" conspiracy.. its just... boring! I like the non-conspiracy episodes better personally...
although mulder is funny...
Bruce's best X-files line:
Hey Scully!
Come to Daddy!
Bruce's best strategy:
Uttering the words "Klatuu Berata Nictu" to stop the smoking man dead in his tracks.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
Bruce Campbell has a lot going for him though. His acting style easily matches the eloquence that the X-Files scripts have long been known for.
I never thought I'd be ranting like one of those "My TRS-80 was the best computer ever" types. Oh well.
Wah!
This next season, and the series, will end with Scully in a hospital bed, having just given birth to a little girl, and Scully will announce that her name is "Samantha". At that point, I will empty a handgun into my TV like Elvis did.
-B
I'm Agent Campbell... and this is my BOOM STICK. Now whhhooo wants some.. Huh? Who wants some? You want some Smoking Man? Huh?
Make it idiot-proof and someone will build a better idiot.
I can't imagine how cool Bruce Campbell would be in the role, but he would be a breath of fresh air. As evidenced by shows like Law and Order, replacing a central character with a new one with a different personality is usually more interesting than trying to replace the character with someone similar.
Bruce Campbell has been on the X-Files before, and has even played a tightly wound detective on Homicide: Life on the Street, and his experience in the 'horror' genre would make him perfect, the only loss being his trademark sense of humour, which is snotty and loud, unlike Mulder who is more restrained.
I should be honest, I'm a huge Campbell fan, and I loved Army of Darkness, but I don't think I'm being biased, Bruce could save the X-Files, and maybe rekindle the sense of wonder it used to have. Don't get me wrong, it was a great show, but too many 'dream' and unresolved plotlines doesn't make for satisfying viewing. I think a little "sugar" from Bruce Campbell would be a great thing.
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Let's see... X-Files, and X-Men...
How about Patrick Stewart?
"I've never seen anything like this..." or whatever his quote was, would be good here.
# debian/rules
Mulder who? What are you talking about? Dammit Slashdot, be more specific! You expect everybody to know what you're talking about at all times? That's like when you say "Kernel 2.2.16 Released" or "Gnome 1.2 Released." Kernel who? What gnome? Who shot who in the what now? All of this talk about Red Hats and Gimps is confusing me.
Sorry, long day at work...
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Amusing use of the referrer property by zap2it.com: if and only if you clicked on this story from Slashdot, you get the final line, "In a related story, Natalie Portman got hot grits poured on her by rabid slashdot fans."
(Unfortunately, whatever they were doing behind the scenes, that managed to break the "back to headlines" link badly.)
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