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Who Will Mulder's Replacement Be? 242

Posted by CmdrTaco from the pissing-off-the-fanboys-and-girls dept.
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!
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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.)

    Thats what I get for rushing the change in...

    Its all better now...

  • It's Mulder 2.0
  • TV fucking sucks

    I have a TV user manual that has in its Helpful Hints section:

    "Do not pour liquids into your television set."

    I guess TV fucking would fall into that category.
  • Glad someone brought up Skinner... The way the finale ended, I thought they were leaving it open so that Skinner can team up with Skully (since now, he's seen things and really believes). That should hold things off until Mulder returns.
  • How can it NOT be Mr. Campbell [bruce-campbell.com]!? He is by far the best actor of our era. Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army of Darkness, Brisco County Jr. and so on. A god among men I tell you, a god among men!
  • Prior to this story, the most frequently mentioned candidate was Chris Noth, formerly of Law & Order, and recently "Mr. Big" (guess why) on Sex and the City. This Yahoo article incorporates both the new and old rumors [yahoo.com].

    (In an exclusive interview, Noth replied that he was looking forward to starring in a series without a preposition in its name.)
    ----

  • And within the ranks of X-files actors themselves, the late Robert Clothier (best known in earlier years as Relic from "The Beachcombers") played two entirely different roles. One was a disgruntled farmer complaining about stuff being injected into beef cows, the other was an old navy hand recalling some relevant history for Scully.

    Also, though it was less of a jump, I seem to recall that the actor who played Agent Spender also played the young CSM in the episode where the Smoking Gunmen relate their research into his life. You know, the one where CSM is shown to be a frustrated detective-story writer?

    I don't doubt that if Bruce Campbell, eternal mascot of the Brotherhood of Eternal Bachelors [209.1.224.12] that he is, makes it on to the show, they'll convieniently forget the previous appearance as per standard procedure.

    -TBHiX-

  • seriously, if he knows what is good for him he'll hire that woman from Matrix. You know the one, Trinity was her name... She is a bomb shell. It would totally throw a new twist in to X-Files. The beauty of the show so far has been the sexual tension, the pretty people (who hasn't had fantasy's about Scully? Only those who've had them about Mulder...) and then the geeky stuff. Everybody is expecting some new man to fill the roll. A woman would be different.

    My personal vote is for the Trinity woman. Jeanine Turner (you know, O'connel from Northern Exposure) is out of work too, she could probably do a good job.

    The sex appeal would go through the roof. She can't be Mulder she'll have to be her own chracter and have her own thing going but she could be more willing to believe than Scully and have some sort of groovy geek thing going. Maybe she's a computer hacker type.

  • I know who mulder's replacement should be...

    Natalie Portman!

    what? i'm serious! i think she's way more talented.
  • Mulder was abducted by aliens at the end of the season finale for season 6. -magic
  • Bruce Campbell is, IMHO, a pretty good actor...take Army of Darkness and Evil Dead, two movies in which he actually help produce (and write?)- they turned out great! I'd like to see Harrison Ford try and pull off 'Brisco County' or 'Jack of All Trades.' He simply couldn't do it because the writing is horrible. No actor can make a good show/movie when the writing is bad. Why does he take those kind of parts then? My guess is that he wants to eat! Despite this, I would like him to see him take some more serious roles. The X-Files would be a great opportunity and I hope he gets it.

    A Quote from a lady at inside.com on a PBS show: "the thing about the internet is that it's very networked."

  • Basically, Mulder has been abducted. And Scully is pregnant. :)

    The father should be the next /. poll. Chances are they'll be obvious and make it Mulder, but there's always:
    - Skinner (Something about his reaction when Dana told him...)
    - CSM (They did have a 'date')
    - The Lone Gunman Whose Name Escapes Me At The Moment
    - Krichek
    - The Vampire Sheriff From A Few Seasons Back
    - An Alien (The 2nd most likely choice)
    - God (Hey, why not? Dana's Catholic,so it's not like there's no precedent, and she said she didn't know how she got pregnant...)
    - and of course CmndrTaco
  • He'll be out of a job soon. He already knows a little bit about the FBI.

    Bruce Campbell, isn't he the master thief on "Xena, Warrior Princess"? If so, maybe he could get Lucy Lawless to replace Scully. Each episode would end in a large sword fight.
  • So this is what you do when school's out for summer?
  • That's exactly the type of thing that I'm talking about - I've seen it many times before. Of course, some stupid moderator disagreed with my view and marked it as "flamebait"... well, duh, since he didn't agree with me, it must be flamebait!

    Thanks for stating what I said in an angry rant coherently. My vision just turned red when I saw this story on slashdot.

  • you need to consider people who already have experience in the TV law enforcement partner role, for example: Barney Fife Bill Gannon (Dragnet) Robin (of Batman and)
  • I liked Bruce Campbell in Hercules, I like him in Jack of all Trades, but X-Files is a different show. Bruce Campbell does not take himself too seriously, does not mind being the victim, and does make his female partners look prettier and smarter. He would be good company for Scully, but not as Mulder in X-Files.
  • Bruce Perens? How about Bruce Dickinson? Get Eddie in there too while we're at it! That would bring a whole new dimension to the series... :-)
  • The Lone Gunmen are due as a replacement series next fall.
  • Try watching the season finale before you ask silly questions...

    Basically, Mulder has been abducted. And Scully is pregnant. :)
  • I've seen that episode a few times, Homocide was my favorite show for awhile. He's good in it, don't get me wrong, but spagthorpe is right, it I was still expecting a funny line. Part of the reason is, often in Campbell's comedic movies, he puts on a serious face for a few seconds, while saying something really funny. So when he sheds his serious side, you're still waiting for the funny lines or analyzing his actual lines to see if there's some humor behind it.

    Dispite this, I still think he's a good candidate to replace Mulder.
  • Hm, I thought I recalled hearing something about Al knowing Emo through some random event- living near eachother was what came to mind (I know they didn't grow up together, as you mentioned.) Apperantly I just had the crack pipe set to "stun" when I was posting. . .

    "Sweet creeping zombie Jesus!"
  • we're dealing with the fox network here. doing anything with class is not an option.
  • LOL i'd start watching x-files on a weekly basis again just to hear that line.
  • That's easy. All of the above. Plus 8 more. Excuse me, 7, plus an episode to explain this new time-warp effect. Or perhaps that would better fit Star Trek.
  • Hey, you're on to something, Andre Brauer would make a cool replacement for Mulder. I forget which season it was Campbell appeared on H:LOTS, but I've seen it 2 or 3 times. Ah, almost forgot IMDB [imdb.com] is full of this information.. and here you are [imdb.com]
  • Dont forget the most important option in any poll:

    Cowboy Neal

  • Tyler Durden is free in all the ways you are not.

  • Great points. I hope they use him he's cool as hell.
  • Special Agent Dale Cooper would only be fitting, seeing as David Duchovny made an appearance in a few episodes of Twin Peaks. Hmmm...Agent Cooper in drag???
  • Its only there if you go from the link on slashdot..
  • More importantly it would only take the great Bruce Campbell a matter of minutes to score with Scully. Did Mulder ever get around to it? Replace Mulder with a real man.
  • My vote is for Bruce Perens. C'mon, we can bring in the Cigarette Smoking GPL violator, and the Microsoft Abductions.

    Of course they'd have to change the name to the X11R6.4 Files, but it's a minor thing.

  • Emo actually was some guy that lived near weird Al, IIRC. I don't know that he ever really tried to make it as a comedian on his own. Too bad, in a way.

    Oh, he most certainly did. [google.com] Used to be on the TV stand-up comedy shows a lot back in the early 90s, before stand-up shows went back out of style.

  • Already in the works. (Score:3)

    by kannen ( 98813 ) <jkannen@@@hotmail...com> on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:06AM (#924245) Homepage
    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 [imdb.com] for quick confirmation on this. Its already filming.
  • The Mulder character has been going nowhere slowly this last season. The alien conspiracy stuff is losing it's point, and for non-alien stories Scully has proven that she can do the forensic thing almost as good as Mulder.

    All that needs to be done is to bring all the main secondary characters up a notch and they'd cover enough of any story line you'd care to mention.

    Maybe Scully could just be partnered with a different person each week, like Murphy Brown's secretary ;)

  • Did anyone else note the crack at the end of the Zap2it article re: Natalie Portman, grits, and the royal we?
    What injustice is heaped upon our heads O Brothers and Sisters of /. !!
    I smell a class action law suit.....and grits.....

  • That's why they're spinning off a series built around The Lone Rangers.
  • I agree. Bruce Campbell as an FBI Agent would be great... especially if the episode was directed by Sam Raimi.
  • I don't know... I mean, I don't see how they can do it without turning it into some kind of semi-comic relief. Campbell has a niche, and it will always be a non-serious role. Even when he's been on the X-Files previouosly, it was hard to watch...always expecting him to jump up with a funny line of some kind. I started watching "Jack Of All Trades", and although sometimes pretty amusing, it is overall a very average show. Part of what made the X-Files great was the chemistry of the Mulder and Scully. I don't see it happening with Campbell. I really don't envy Carter having to come up with a replacement.
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  • Nah, Brisco County Jr. was great, except perhaps when it tried to take itself too seriously; the time travel thing was plain stupid.

    His small part in Xena/Herc was good for few laughs; I think the problem with Jack of All Trades is that they try to recreate the Xena/Herc character as a main character, which doesn't work at all.

    Bruce Cambell in X-Files could work, provided they write him his own character rather than trying to recreate Mulder or Ash. Ash in X-Files would be just too weird.

  • It's obvious... (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Natalie Portman [natalieportman.com] is the obvious choice!
  • I don't understand it. The role of Mulder is crucial to the storyline.
    They can't replace the character, I mean he is the driving force behind the "search for truth". He openend the X-Files (got kicked of them later, I recon) He can't give up (that woudn't fit to the character) so he must die to be replaced. Besides the X-Files are a pain is his superiors a** and they would not replace him but just close the project down.

    Scully woudn't be there without him, she would have probably just be some medical-legist-FBI-agent. I don't think she would continue the X-Files alone.

    In summary, replacing Mulder is going to kill the series.

  • I've got the perfect person for the role! I'm surprised nobody's thought of this yet...want conspiracies? Try Rev. Ivan Stang of the Church of the SubGenius [subgenius.com]! Bring up 5000 more absolutely bizarre and impossible conspiracies linked directly with humans having sexual relations with aliens! Praise "Bob"!

  • OMG (Score:1)

    by idlmx ( 201075 )
    I was appalled to hear that people still watch xfilez. quick, what year is it, where am i?
  • There is just no point in continuing this show anymore; both stars have wanted to be done with it.
  • Think about it. Now that will throw people for a loop.

    Makes me wonder who they cast for The Fugitive tv series that's filming in Seattle right now - wouldn't a cameo by Scully just throw everyone for a loop?

  • well will we have the tried and true changed man because

    the aliens are all good (the goodie two shoes option),

    the Aliens are all bad (the paranoia option)?

    Or something like out of babylon five where you are careful about what you ask for because the answers surpass all your dreams and nightmares. (surprise option)

  • Boy, that would be different.

    I just can't picture the guy being serious (I do like him though). On a semi-related mostly OT note - does anyone know the name of the western type show that he played in? It was cheesy and really bad - but I really liked it. I haven't seen it now for 6 or so years, and would love the chance to watch the series again..
  • Ok now picture this. You have Joey Potter (from Dawsons Creek) as a kid looking into going into the FBI. Then you have Scully like take her under her wing and kinda show her around. Then you can have the rest of the Dawsons Creek cast in there and have cross over episodes and stuff. Then you would get "normal" teenagers to watch X-Files. That an idea.
  • seriously, if he knows what is good for him he'll hire that woman from Matrix. You know the one, Trinity was her name... She is a bomb shell.

    Carrie Anne Moss, a fellow Canadian

    It would totally throw a new twist in to X-Files. The beauty of the show so far has been the sexual tension, the pretty people (who hasn't had fantasy's about Scully? Only those who've had them about Mulder...) and then the geeky stuff. Everybody is expecting some new man to fill the roll. A woman would be different.

    Why not add Britney Spears as well?

    VO : Once upon a time there were three young ladies who worked for the FBI. And they each had very promising careers. But I took them away from all that. And now they work for me. My name... is Mulder.

  • Bruce Campbell has been on the X-Files before

    Yeah, as a 'misunderstood' demon that wanted a non-demon child, but had to keep killing his own little behorned demon-babies.

    What a great partner for Mulder!

    "What, I'm supposed to be impressed by some shape-shifting saucer-jockey? I'm a minion of Satan, baby. Fear me."

  • Emo actually was some guy that lived near weird Al, IIRC. I don't know that he ever really tried to make it as a comedian on his own. Too bad, in a way.

    "Just call me Mr. Butterfingers. . ."

    Note: My views do not represent those of Mr. Butterfingers, his employers, or any subsidiary.

    "Sweet creeping zombie Jesus!"

  • Just let the thing die already. We're already on the downhill side. Reunite Mulder with his sister and have the aliens take them away or something, let Scully have her baby, and kill off any of the remaining cartel that CKB was part of. Cripes, talk about beating a dead horse...

  • Why not look around the set? (Score:3)

    by Ralph Wiggam ( 22354 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:10AM (#924300) Homepage
    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
  • RMS, Linus Torvalds, Maddog Hall, Alan Cox, Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond should all do guest appearances.

    See? Linux really does solve all problems.
  • I thought the FBI would be happy to get rid of him. Why would they replace him?

    ========
  • Since the end of the series pretty strongly implied that Cooper had been taken over, wouldn't that require the *evil* Cooper to show up in the XFiles?

    (Not that that wouldn't be entertaining ...)

  • Twin Peaks Exchange Program (Score:3)

    by Black Art ( 3335 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @11:23AM (#924317)
    I think that Mulder's replacement should be Kyle MacLaughlin in drag.

    Hey, it worked for the second season of Twin Peaks!
  • we'll see a poll next week:

    Who should replace Mulder?
    • no one
    • Superman
    • JonKatz
    • peanut butter

  • Bruce Campbell!! (Score:4)

    by cswiii ( 11061 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:16AM (#924325)
    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 [wiw.org]... he's a pretty cool cat. Check it out if you want.

  • Special Agent Dale Cooper as a replacement (Score:5)

    by K8Fan ( 37875 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:12AM (#924327) Journal

    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.

  • I vote for Craig Charles who plays Lister on 'Red Dwarf'.
  • Bruce has a lot of experiance with the supernatural and wierd, so I feel that he is uniquely qualified for the job. I mean really, can the cigarette smoking man stand up to a guy who travelled back into time with only a big old car, a chainsaw, shotgun, chemistry books and stuff to battle the undead? And made it back? And was on Xena, and was a cowboy? Only Jim Carey would be better IMHO.

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    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @11:34AM (#924339)
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  • . hour about it was so wonderful

    Naw... this reply isn't about your post (althought it is about X-Files)... let's skip to the end. The .sig, specifically:

    "Meat. They're made out of meat."

    *Excellent* short story. *Great* Science Fiction. Now, why won't they put stuff like that back on the air? Not "scary stuff", but speculative or brain-twisting concepts presented in a fast moving story.

    X-Files at its top form had some stories like this, but both it and Star Trek (another series that does some great SF) suffer a bit from the limitation that they have to keep the same characters rather intact. (Incidently, in an odd way, the Simpsons also do shows like this, especially the Halloween specials).

    It seems that after awhile, the writers get attached to the cast and turn good series into "soap operas". I don't care whether or not Mulder and Scully have kissed, I don't care where Janeway let Tuvok touch her... I'd read usenet if I want that -- just gimmie an entertaining show, dammit!

    I'd love to see Bruce Campbell in there, btw, and it *is* common industry practice to drop rumors and see what the reaction on the street is. Bruce seems to be a shoo-in if that is the case. Every SF website is covering "Bruce Campbell replacing Mulder", not "Four guys screen test for Mulder".

    --
    Evan

  • Science Fiction TV series? More fiction, less science here, folks.

    Not to mention most people have already been polluted by stupid 20/20 episodes about rotating earth axes and shows like "Unsolved Mysteries"... and quite a few believe in these alien abductions.

    No, I'd be a whole lot more amenable to this show if there weren't already a whole bunch of people who believe in this stuff.

  • Arnold Schwarznegger would be perfect! (Score:5)

    by dmccarty ( 152630 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:24AM (#924359)
    I sure hope they pick Arnold for the part. It would really make the X-Files (my favorite show, btw--NOT) the perfect show. I think they should call him Agent Arnie.

    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!
    --

  • Re:Bruce Campbell (Score:3)

    by darkith ( 183433 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:24AM (#924360)
    That's too funny...
    '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...

    1. Are you the same type of people who watch programs like "The Mystery of the Shroud of Turin" and "The Lost Continent of Atlantis"?

      Oh, wait. That's right. You're all (uneducated) high school students with no knowledge of modern science or scepticism.

    I'll see your rant, and raise you a big cheesy chunk of real life.

    I have a friend. A smart person, with a graduate degree, who loves the show. Once, I mentioned to her that I never got into the X-Files, and she talked for about a half hour about it was so wonderful and that I 'wasn't being fair'.

    After she had wound down a bit, I was able to speak; 'OK, fine' I said 'I'll give it another try. You do have to admit that some people take the show a little too seriously...it's a STORY, fiction, entertainment, nothing more. That's what I find to be the biggest turn off.'

    To that, she dedicated the next hour to how 'wrong I was' and that that 'much of it is based on fact' or only names and minor plot changes were made.

    Yow! Another graduate degree wasted!

  • X-Files Isn't The Same When Filmed In L.A. (Score:2)

    by Anonymous Coward
    When the X-Files moved its production location from beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada to the smoggy, crappy, cultural wasteland known as Los Angeles, the show took a huge dive in popularity. Coincidence? I think not. The X-Files used to be one of the few shows that was different from the others. It had a sense of originality to it. And now, it's just another piece of crap from L.A. Bring more shows to Canada, away from the U.S., and television programming will be better for all. Those are my 3 Canadian cents. (CA$0.03 == US$0.02)

  • IGN (Score:5)

    by coug_ ( 63333 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @08:57AM (#924365) Homepage
    IGN SciFi [ign.com] has an article on the matter as well, along with an interesting survey (Sarah Michelle Geller?)

  • Hey, I checked it a few minutes ago, and it WAS there!

  • X-files (Score:4)

    by synx ( 29979 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @08:58AM (#924375)
    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...

  • Why bother even replacing Mulder? Anyone who has watched the show from the beginning isn't gonna watch some "other" guy trying to take his place... the whole show is Mulder and Scully... not some new guy and Scully... They should make this the last season... at least they'd go out with some class...

    My two cents
    Krystalia

  • I don't think I could stomach a series with The Lone Gunmen.

    They are fake geeks, spouting off some half-baked lines that sound just real enough to fool the average Joe into thinking they are the real deal.

    X-Files' problem is that the show is built around the mystery surrounding the conspiracy. That's the best part of the show, but also it's biggest problem: it is in the studio's best interest to keep the show going (thus, make relatively few relevant episodes to the real story), but the fans want to see more of the "real" episodes.

    You end up with a show that has two distinct sides: "conspiracy" episodes, and the "x-file" episodes. I find the x-file episodes boring, because 1) they don't matter in the long-run, and 2) they are frequently silly/inane (witness that rediclous FPS episode, or the sad, sad, sad end-of-last-season episode involving Scully and Mulder being the subject of a Tea Leoni and Gary Shandling movie). There are a few exceptions (I think this season's baseball-loving alien was one of the show's best ever) but all in all, the conspiracy episodes are the only ones worth watching. Too bad those only air during sweeps, and then only a total of 4 or 5 this year.

    Expect to see Mulder during each of the major sweeps seasons this year, and the rest of the season to just suck.

    It will be sad to see the X Files die this, the most horrible of deaths.

  • Re:Bruce Campbell (Score:4)

    by PD ( 9577 ) <slashdotlinux@pdrap.org> on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:14AM (#924395) Homepage Journal
    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.

  • I want frank Black, so the series turn to Milenium,
    which is much better.

    OverLord
  • Bruce Campbell is the king of sci-fi camp. Go to the Internet Movie Database [imdb.com] and look him up, or you can just check out this direct link [imdb.com]

  • Nine seasons? (Score:3)

    by MrEd ( 60684 ) <tonedog@hailmaiQUOTEl.net minus punct> on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:30AM (#924402)
    Replace Mulder with a two-bit hack actor from The Outer Limits or Psi Factor or one of the other spinoff shows that the X-Files has now begun to resemble. For the first four seasons, the X-files was amazing. Then they ran out of ideas. Now it reads like a daytime soap opera...

    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.

  • Re:Jeez... (Score:5)

    by Ralph Wiggam ( 22354 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:31AM (#924404) Homepage
    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
  • The reason L&O has survived so many casting changes is because L&O isn't about the characters at all. I find this very refreshing in a TV lineup filled with sitcoms and other drivel.

    Every L&O ep is completely about the case, we see only what the cops and lawyers see on the job. They do a little character development to keep it from turning into a documentary, but the story is what drives the show, not any particular character.

    If the X-Files could abstract away from the central characters a little more and focus on the cases, it might be possible for the show to continue post-Mulder-and-Scully. Honestly I find the Mulder-angst-fixation eps to be the most boring of the lot, I'll be happy to see him less.

  • Re:Bruce Campbell (Score:3)

    by ChunkOChowder ( 71324 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:31AM (#924406)
    I'm Agent Campbell... and this is my BOOM STICK. Now whhhooo wants some.. Huh? Who wants some? You want some Smoking Man? Huh?

  • Bruce Campbell (Score:5)

    by Outlyer ( 1767 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @08:59AM (#924407) Homepage
    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.
  • So, would that mean that Mulder could retire from the FBI, allowing him to persue his desire to dress in women's clothing while he does freelance private investigator work?

  • We're talking about X-Files aren't we? (Score:3)

    by patreides ( 210724 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @08:59AM (#924410)
    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.
  • So how does mulder die?

    Or does he go to the loony bin?

    Or does he get abducted and dis-appear into the great beyond?

    Or what?

  • My vote goes to Emo Philips, freaky comedian best known for playing the shop teacher in UHF who cuts off his own thumb with a table saw.

    My vote does NOT go to Wilson-Philips, heavyset cheesegirl band...

    Ben Chadwick - Editor, Zero Future/Post-Collegiate Malaise
  • Since the end of the series pretty strongly implied that Cooper had been taken over, wouldn't that require the *evil* Cooper to show up in the XFiles?

    Sure, but it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Of course, he might try to kill Scully, but she can defend herself. Laura and Maddy and Ronette were nowhere near as heavily armed or well trained as Scully. Remember, that the other person "Bob" inhabited managed to continue doing his job for quite a while, nobody the wiser.

  • Mulder? (Score:5)

    by Dr. Sp0ng ( 24354 ) <mspong.gmail@com> on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:01AM (#924419) Homepage
    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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  • Ash as Mulder? (Score:5)

    by LNO ( 180595 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @09:01AM (#924420)
    I can live with it, but I'll only be happy if I hear him say to one of the conspirators..

    "Good, bad; I'm the guy with the anal probe."

  • If it's not Adam West or David Schwimmer, I just give up. (OK, I'd accept Garry Shandling.)

    Kook9 out.

  • In a related story ... (Score:5)

    by DHartung ( 13689 ) on Tuesday July 18, 2000 @10:34AM (#924431) Homepage
    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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  • How about a spin-off with that bunch of geeks that appear occasionally? The few times I've caught the show and they were on, I found them much more entertaining than the stars.

  • I think Fabio is P E R F E C T for the part!

    No?

  • They check the referring site. If you come from any other domain you don't get the Natalie Portman reference or the "Slashdot rules!".
    A minimum raw HTTP request seems to be:
    • GET /news/tvnewsdaily.html?10220 HTTP/1.0
    • Referer: http://slashdot.org/
    • Host: tv.zap2it.com
    It looks like you can put anything after the slashdot.org/ part. Replacing slashdot.org with another domain results in the 'stock' text.
  • My vote goes to Emo Philips, freaky comedian best known for playing the shop teacher in UHF who cuts off his own thumb with a table saw.

    LOL! That guy was hilarious. So was the entire movie. But seriously... if I was a comedian and I was best known for a part in UHF, I'd go find another job. Not many people seem to have ever heard of UHF (that's what they get for releasing it the same summer as some ridiculously huge movie, like E.T. or something.)
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