Going back in time.

[teddog]

I'm rereading the old TTPCTS RR. The "Let's rescue Joel Robinson from a fate worse than death" RR. I miss those days a lot. A mad race across time, space and Subreality with the biggest gang of misfits the subreal world had ever seen. You can't help but cheer for Fox Mulder. :-D

Some choice parts that made me smile:

Tom Servo on himself:
"I can't help it if I'm so lovable."

The sight in the Subreality Registration Station:
Already at the desk were a Gambit and Rogue. She was pregnant, and he was dressed in a business suit.
"Ah'm tellin' ya, Remy, y'all better get your act togethah!"
"Yes dear."
"Next time y'all decide ta go an' get drunk, Ah'm gonna kick your Cajun butt!"
*sigh* "Yes dear."

Nan-Cy "greets" Logan:
"Hey Wolfy. How's it going, eh?" she said. "You're doing pretty well for someone who walked out on his country. I bet you couldn't even finish off a box of Timbits if your life depended on it…"

Alexis shuts everyone up with one word:
"Here, let me. TECHNOSERVO!!!"

Yes, always listen to Mulder. He knows what's going down:
"Scully, some writer somewhere must be behind all this," Mulder began, "How can some character just kidnap another? Whoever did this has to be either a writer or backed by a writer. Imagine if you will that someone rented 'Manos: The Hands of Fate.' Not the MSTied version, just the movie itself."
"That's possible. Mistakes happen," Doggit conceded.
By now, most of the other conversations had ceased. The customers turned to listen to Mulder.
"Imagine that not only did this person rent the unMSTied movie," Mulder continued,
"Suppose the person actually watched the whole thing through without turning it off in disgust."
"That may be...possible," Scully said dubiously.
"If someone could watch it the whole way through, then maybe someone could actually like it," Mulder suggested. "Maybe it was someone's favorite movie. How would that demented person feel when they saw Joel and the bots make fun of it? Surely the rage of this clearly disturbed mind would be immense. How would such a madman react? He would write his own stories about Manos and Torgo and set them loose upon the citizens of Subreality. It explains why all the previous victims were females. The characters in that movie were nuts for girls. It also explains why they took Joel. They want to exact revenge on the person who made fun of their movie."
There was a long pause with crickets chirping in the background. As expected, everybody in the bar started laughing. No one could ever like 'Manos.' It was impossible.
"Good one, Mulder," Doggit snickered.
Mulder stormed out of the bar in huff. Scully immediately followed trying to console him and offer more plausible explanations

After that it get really strange, so I'll shut up now.

Comments

[urufudo.livejournal.com]

*ROTFL* OH my god. XD One of the things I loved about the X-Files was that you could actually pull off writing something like that with the characters and still have some sort of credibility. I was looking through an old drawer of papers a month or two ago and I found this really old fanfic I wrote with a friend of mine, way back when I was... Hell, I can't even remember how old I was. Twelve? And it was Mulder conspiricising against Tom Petty's music video, "It's Good to be King." It was badly written, out of character... but there was still credibility to it all. :D Because it's Mulder! Muah ha ha ha.

I still think that the X-Files really isn't worth watching after the fourth season though. c.c It really went downhill after that... especially after Mulder's abduction. :P What a poor excuse to continue the series after Duchovny wanted out. Bleh.

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

The funny thing was that Mulder's theory was actually right.

Some of my favorite Mulder scenes in that RR were when Mulder was stuck "babysitting" the army of Crow T. Robots.

Mulder protested the job fiercely at the beginning, claiming he wasn't a baby-sitter. His protests didn't last for two reasons. First of all, Mulder still couldn't decide whether to go with Scully or Doggit. Plus, all the bots pointed their weapons at him for the baby-sitting remark.

What followed where many jokes about Mulder's total lack of control with the robots. Crude, but funny. There were many X-Files related jokes in the TTPCTS Club continuum, including an ultra violent version of Dr. Forrester that came from a real shitty MST3K/X-Files crossover. I also used to be good friends with Mulder's player/writer.

I was mostly into the X-Files for The Lone Gunmen, but I've been thinking of picking up some of earlier seasons of the series. Are they on DVD yet?

Nevermind how many times the RR disobeyed rules...

[slwatson.livejournal.com]

What followed where many jokes about Mulder's total lack of control with the robots. Crude, but funny. There were many X-Files related jokes in the TTPCTS Club continuum, including an ultra violent version of Dr. Forrester that came from a real shitty MST3K/X-Files crossover.

That was great; poor Mulder. Not in charge of one, or even a handful of Crows, but a WHOLE ARMY. That's just asking for trouble.

Example: The entire army of Crows, completely ignoring Mulder’s protests, ran after the figure that only their powerful sensor nets could detect. They ran with a robotic speed the Mulder couldn’t hope to beat or even keep up with. Mulder went back to the front to explain what happened.

“You were supposed to watch over them,” Mike complained.

“I did. I watched them ignore me and give chase to some thing they detected,” Mulder retorted, “Exactly how did you intend for me to control them?”


Example Two:"Just break into smaller groups to search the floors," Mulder said, "Let's see. There's about fifteen of you so break into groups of five and send one team to search each floor."

"Hey, wow! You're not totally useless," the main Crow complimented.

"I try," Mulder said, "I try. I don't suppose I could talk you into not running away from me again."

The Crows laughed heartily. "We don't listen to Joel or Mike, what do you think the chances of us listening to you are?" a Crow snickered.

Poor guy.

That one Dr. F from The Project was a real piece of work. Talk about going the flipside on a badguy and making him uberbad. 'Course, TechnoServo did the same thing, but that shouldn't surprise anyone. No matter how much I'd like to believe that Clayton Forrester's more than meets the eye, there is NO reality where I see him being able to beat up two armed FBI agents, let alone capture any of 'em. That scene would go more like this:

Mulder> (steps in, gun at ready) Freeze!

Scully> (right behind him) Step away from the console!

Dr. F> Wait, wait, I have to finish this game of FreeCell... (muttering) Microsoft, the true evil... (and gets dragged away by his collar) Eep!

But anyway, no one's safe from us; not Katie or TechnoServo. Rules are made to be broken. ::snickers::

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

The Project just plain confuses me since it's so out of character for everyone. It's basically AU, but not as cool and full of tiny-ness.

Why does Dr. F get forced into such a role in fics? Sure, he kills off Frank a lot but he always brings him back. Does anyone ever think about that and what it could mean, other than a running gag? He isn't a super dark villian. I can't really see him going out of his way to murder Joel. The two almost have a relationship of sorts.

The writers don't even try to explain why Dr. F is so nasty. Although I'm making Enrico Gruen pretty evil in Subreality, at least he has a complex reason why he's that way AND he still has the qualities he had in canon. This is why I'm such a better writer... or not. :-P

Because...

[slwatson.livejournal.com]

Does anyone ever think about that and what it could mean, other than a running gag? He isn't a super dark villian. I can't really see him going out of his way to murder Joel. The two almost have a relationship of sorts.

Honestly? I think Clay kinda gets the short end of the stick because he's the only villain for the best eras of MST3K. Now, I don't even classify him as a villain myself, more like the guy whose so completely out there that he's never managed to successfully do anything in his life. Even not taking the plot concept too seriously, Dr. F's more of a goof than a badguy. He brings Frank back basically because Frank's the only one who'll put up with him.

I don't think people care for Pearl, either. I sure don't. I like Mary Jo, but Pearl; she just got on my nerves sooo bad. I'm a hardcore CC era MSTie and proud of it.

[urufudo.livejournal.com]

I have a bunch of the official VHS tapes that they released but for some reason, back then, they only chose a few episodes from the season to release on VHS. o_O But I'm pretty sure that the first few seasons are out on DVD.

...I would pick those up too. But damn, that with M*A*S*H and MST3K.. and all that anime I want... ~_~ Too much monies! >.<;

And that round robin thing sounds hilarious. :D I <3 teh Crow. X3

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

Gah! Tell me about it. DVDs are going to put me in the poor house. Must get Indy DVDs... three disks of content plus a free coaster.

Most of the TTPCTS stuff is stored on this site (http://www.sdandi.net/MST3KFiction/TTPCTSClub.html), if you want to have a look. SLWatson and I are trying to restart it.

Ph33r teh Crow!