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killer shrike

Subj: And Columbo!
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 at 09:45:24 am EDT
Reply Subj: You forgot Sherlock Holmes and Batman
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 at 07:49:31 am EDT


> And of course, Batman wins. Batman always wins.
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> Seriously, though, I don't think Mulder fits with the other four characters for a couple of reasons:
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> 1. Most of the X-Files episodes I saw had him and Scully reacting to the weird events they dealt with, not anticipating them or solving them. Nor did Fox come across as some type of genius, since a lot of the time other secondary characters had to explain stuff to him through exposition.
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> 2. He's nowhere near as annoying as the other characters.
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> > There needs to be a story that brings together Fox Mulder from The X-Files, Adrian Monk from Monk, Det. Robert Goren from Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Dr. Gregory House from House and the Doctor from Doctor Who, and pits them all against one another, to see which one's Unparalleled Insights and Reckless Disregard For The Rules (and/or Inability To Abide By Social Conventions) can solve a mystery first.
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> > I've even come up with the perfect title for it: Socially Inept And/Or Arrogant Asshole Anti-Heroes Who Have Issues With Intimacy And Mistreat Everyone Around Them But Get Away With It Because They Are Always Right. Granted, it's a slightly longish title, but still ...
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> > The only potential problem I can foresee with this scenario is that such a harmonic convergence of in-canon Marty Stus could very well cause all of existence to collapse in upon itself ... or, you know, at the very least, it would probably inspire them all to settle things Highlander-style, and start chopping off each other's heads with swords while shouting, "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"
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> > Still, though: David Tennant's hair-ruffling versus Vincent D'Onofrio's head-cocking! David Duchovny's monotone versus Tony Shalhoub's twitching! Everyone else's American accents versus Hugh Laurie's fake-but-authentic-sounding American accent! WHICH ONE WOULD WIN, INTERNETS?