Agent Spender
Belinda
Heard in our Canadian Newspaper that Mulder will only be in 9 of 22
episodes next season. Guess his desire to move South will be the end of
him in Xfiles. The article also indicates that Agent Spender (seen in
Group Abduction) will be a possible replacement. They want to see what
the chemistry is like between Dana and the "new guy."
Having seen the first showing of him, I just want to say to all that he
will not ever replace Mulder. He is too nerdy, and effeminate looking.
He lacks "maleness" necessary in the character. He also doesn't come
across as dominating. If Mulder is every replaced, God Forbid!, I hope
they atleast try for someone who is physically appealing to the opposite
sex. Not a little young pup who is too thin, and looks like he should
be sitting behind a computer terminal. Hope I didn't offend anyone, but
I had to get this off my chest.
Belinda
Tara Charnow
Belinda wrote:
>
> Having seen the first showing of him, I just want to say to all that he
> will not ever replace Mulder. He is too nerdy, and effeminate looking.
> He lacks "maleness" necessary in the character. He also doesn't come
> across as dominating. If Mulder is every replaced, God Forbid!, I hope
> they atleast try for someone who is physically appealing to the opposite
> sex. Not a little young pup who is too thin, and looks like he should
> be sitting behind a computer terminal. Hope I didn't offend anyone, but
> I had to get this off my chest.
>
> Belinda
Who could possibly take offense? Maybe people sitting behind computer
terminals, or people wondering what you mean by 'maleness,' or people
who think your view of a male character needing to 'dominate' is
dangerous and a little sad. Maybe people who don't think Mulder is
attractive just to the opposite sex (and, while we're here, let's
discuss why the sexes have to be opposite.)
Other than those people, I don't think you'll have a problem.
Tara
Super!Bitch
Silver Fox
Belinda <bel...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in article
<34FC83B8...@nbnet.nb.ca>...
If Mulder is every replaced, God Forbid!, I hope
> they atleast try for someone who is physically appealing to the opposite
> sex.
One of the first things I look for in a guy is that nerdy, skinny,
I'm-a-computer-nerd face. To each his own.
~SF
Pro-Mulder
KcCalico
Honestly I do not find Chris Owens at all atractive. What was all this I heard
about "The good looking Canadia actor". I have never seen him in the ep where
he played the young CSM so I had no idea what he looked like, but I was
expecting something quite a bit better than this. _IF_ he does end up
"replacing" David, I know that I will not watch the show any longer. And I
totally agree with Belinda's post.
Stephanie Lynne
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moments... then you collect another perfect moment."
Brian Mattys
KcCalico wrote:
>
> Honestly I do not find Chris Owens at all atractive.
You judge the actors' performances by their looks? That is truly
pathetic. The days of the matinee idols are far behind us, my friend...
and let me simply point out to you that Owens is a damn good actor.
That's why he was hired to play Agent Spender.
-Bri
Extex1013
>The days of the matinee idols are far behind us, my friend...
>and let me simply point out to you that Owens is a damn good actor.
>
>That's why he was hired to play Agent Spender.
Well he sure as hell didn't show it.
extex
William O'Connell
> will not ever replace Mulder. He is too nerdy, and effeminate looking.
> He lacks "maleness" necessary in the character. He also doesn't come
> they atleast try for someone who is physically appealing to the opposite
> be sitting behind a computer terminal. Hope I didn't offend anyone, but
> I had to get this off my chest.
That's funny because my first impressions of DD as FM were that the actor
was not nearly traditionally "male enough" to be a compelling hero. He's
soft-spoken, tall but not commanding, and has an obvious innate
sensitivity. That package does not spell "traditional hero." But over
four-plus seasons, DD's stature portraying a wonderfully complex and even
contrdictory character grows. FM is a thinker, but also a man of action;
he's got sex on his mind all the time, but he's not about to pursue a
physical relationship with Scully, the one person on earth he's closest to.
He trusts his intuition and is subject to extreme swings in mood; this
ain't John Wayne! DD was an interesting choice, even a fortuitous choice,
to play the male lead in XF. If he must leave or reduce his on-screen
time, I'll bet that 1013 will find another interesting choice to carry the
load. And I for one found Chris Owens very credible as young CSM in
"Musings..." If he is the choice to "replace" DD, I'll be surprised, but,
who knows? He might work out.
Bill O'Connell
Coleen Sullivan-Baier
> The days of the matinee idols are far behind us, my friend...
>and let me simply point out to you that Owens is a damn good actor.
>
Maybe if he loosens his face, we'll see that.
XXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXXX
(who thinks one "underplaying" actor per series is enough)
laura capozzola
Brian Mattys wrote:
>
> KcCalico wrote:
> >
> > Honestly I do not find Chris Owens at all atractive.
>
> You judge the actors' performances by their looks? That is truly
> and let me simply point out to you that Owens is a damn good actor.
>
>
I can't go with the crowd here. I like Chris Owens for who who he can
be. I don't see him as anyone's replacement.
Laura
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Angera Ichiban
I also think he seems boring to us because he is a run of mill FBI
agent. He isn't our *spooky* Mulder and *skeptic* Scully. I mean really,
if the regular FBI types were really interesting we would be watching a
show about them, not the xfiles :P
-angela
GeoRed
In article <19980304072...@ladder03.news.aol.com>, kcca...@aol.com
(KcCalico) writes:
>Honestly I do not find Chris Owens at all atractive. What was all this I
>heard about "The good looking Canadia actor". I have never seen him in the ep
>where he played the young CSM so I had no idea what he looked like, but I
>was expecting something quite a bit better than this. _IF_ he does end
>up "replacing" David, I know that I will not watch the show any longer. And
>I totally agree with Belinda's post.
Well, not that it is gospel or anything, but I did get an email from FOX saying
the rumors were FALSE. I wrote a long letter detailing all the rumors and that
was their response. "False Rumors". Maybe not 100% reliable but a hell of a
lot more so than some of what we get around here (National Enquirer?).
Heidi
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"It just doesn't matter, it just doesn't matter, it just doesn't matter."
GeoRed
In article <34FD3F7B...@geocities.com>, Brian Mattys
<enmend...@geocities.com> writes:
>You judge the actors' performances by their looks? That is truly pathetic.
>The days of the matinee idols are far behind us, my friend... and let me
>simply point out to you that Owens is a damn good actor.
Based on.........?
Ken Simons/Maggie Helwig
exte...@aol.com (Extex1013) wrote:
>>The days of the matinee idols are far behind us, my friend...
>>and let me simply point out to you that Owens is a damn good actor.
>>
>>That's why he was hired to play Agent Spender.
>Well he sure as hell didn't show it.
> extex
Okay, a few points.
1) There is no hard evidence that Chris Owens is intended to replace
David Duchovny (which seems to be the main reason people hate him). In
fact, CC has semi-denied this -- for what that's worth, which may not
be much ... but in any case, it's only a rumour.
2) Chris Owens did a very good job as young CSM and a perfectly decent
job in the rather small part of Mutato. It seems very probable that he
was told to play this character as dull, nerdy, slightly obnoxious in
a boring sort of way.
I'm still fairly certain we're going to see some revelations, at some
point, about his blood relationship to CSM, and perhaps Mulder. So
they've chosen to introduce him as a sort of stealth character;
someone who seems really uninteresting at first. That's a perfectly
valid way to play it. I also suspect that his future on TXF is not as
a New Mulder, but as a bad guy.
Also, I think they were trying to make Jeffrey Spender as _unlike_
young CSM as they could considering it's the same actor. I think that
was clear. His hair was very different. He was done up in a way that
emphasized, for instance, the weakness of his chin, while the look of
young CSM played that down. There could be a couple of reasons for
this. First of all, they want most viewers (i.e. the non-obsessive
kind who don't pore over the credits & recall the names of guest
actors from last season) not to twig right away that it's the same
guy. It's also possible they want to direct us more towards blood
relationship (similarities) than cloning (identical). It's even
possible that he's not related to CSM at all and that's why they're
trying to make him very different.
But in any event I think there were many purposeful choices being made
by the director, the actor, even the folks in make-up and
hairdressing. There's no point attacking Chris Owens just because of
rumours about what he's supposed to do in the future.
maggie h
Coleen Sullivan-Baier
In <6dl4el$cnc$3...@news.interlog.com> ksi...@funicular.interlog.com (Ken
Simons/Maggie Helwig) writes:
>
while the look of
>young CSM played that down. There could be a couple of reasons for
>this. First of all, they want most viewers (i.e. the non-obsessive
>kind who don't pore over the credits & recall the names of guest
>actors from last season) not to twig right away that it's the same
>guy.
A woman I work with said to me on Monday "Why did they use the
same actor that played the young Cigarette Smoking Man to play Spender,
he's not gonna be his son or something stupid like that, is he?"
I was floored.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Cory Mccasland
>>
Jun Yan
Actually I think Owens' look is very distinctive and sort of cute in a
strange way. Must be the ears. But that's just my strange opinion. I
fancy most people would find him homely.
jun
Bill K.
On Tue, 03 Mar 1998 21:44:43 -0500, Tara Charnow <ta...@erols.com>
wrote:
>Belinda wrote:
>>
>> Having seen the first showing of him, I just want to say to all that he
>> will not ever replace Mulder. He is too nerdy, and effeminate looking.
>> He lacks "maleness" necessary in the character. He also doesn't come
>> across as dominating. If Mulder is every replaced, God Forbid!, I hope
>> they atleast try for someone who is physically appealing to the opposite
>> sex. Not a little young pup who is too thin, and looks like he should
>> be sitting behind a computer terminal. Hope I didn't offend anyone, but
>> I had to get this off my chest.
>>
>> Belinda
>
I think that the man who replaces Mulder should more typify the
average working man of the world. None of this wimpy ' Oxford
Educated Dandy ' stuff that we have now. He should be a large ,
overbearing , beer - gut of a man with major flaws, not just this
' porn addiction ' crap. That's not a flaw , any more than Scully
reading romance novels would be a flaw. We need a man who gambles
heavily , tries to seduce Scully at every opportunity and makes a
tidy sum off selling government secrets to supplement his
extravagent retirement plans. He also, of course has to be an
awesome criminal profiler. He would bully his way thru cases , not
taking any crap from anyone , certainly not from the vaccillating
Skinner . After a long day of busting Cancerman's b*lls he
would set himself down in his favourite watering hole and spend the
night trying to ply Tania the waitress with stories of alien
clones . He would have the gift of the blarney and he would not
need a bed at home because he would spend his nights with various and
sundry female companions at their apartments.
There is only one actor that typifies all these characteristics.
He would make a perfect Duchovny/ Mulder replacement . His Name is
Robbie Coltrane . He is Dr. ' Fitz ' Fitzgerald of the
British police series ' Cracker ' . He would make the perfect '
Mulder ' ,an unrelenting , ( unless they stopped paying him ) ,
fearless criminal profiler with enough flaws to keep newsgroups
occupied even thru the dog days of summer. It's amazing that CC
has not approached him yet with the roll . He would be awesome.
Bill k.
Rachael
laura capozzola wrote:
> I can't go with the crowd here. I like Chris Owens for who who he can
> be. I don't see him as anyone's replacement.
>
> Laura
I gotta do a "ditto" here. If CC and Co. (that's you, Laura) can make an
interesting character out of this Spender dude, I don't care whether or not
he's replacing Mulder. Mulder can't be replaced, we ALL know that. There'll
NEVER be another Mulder. If they can make a "Spender" who's watchable and
evolved enough to carry out a storyline, I don't think the show will suffer.
So what if he's not cute? Lots of people watched Star Trek, didn't they?
Rachael
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GeoRed wrote:
> Well, not that it is gospel or anything, but I did get an email from FOX saying
> the rumors were FALSE. I wrote a long letter detailing all the rumors and that
> was their response. "False Rumors". Maybe not 100% reliable but a hell of a
> lot more so than some of what we get around here (National Enquirer?).
>
> Heidi
But the National Enquirer is always factually correct! They were the first to
report that Queen Elizabeth II was a test tube baby. How can you doubt them?
Rachael (facetiously insane...)
laura capozzola
Rachael wrote:
>
> laura capozzola wrote:
>
> > I can't go with the crowd here. I like Chris Owens for who who he can
> > be. I don't see him as anyone's replacement.
> >
> > Laura
>
> I gotta do a "ditto" here. If CC and Co. (that's you, Laura) can make an
> interesting character out of this Spender dude, I don't care whether or not
> he's replacing Mulder.
I agree. We need to replenish the cast for the characters who have
died. Any new interesting character is welcome. They don't have to be
a replacement.
Laura the Co.
Extex1013
>There's no point attacking Chris Owens just because of
>rumours about what he's supposed to do in the future.
>
>
I don't like DD so I could care less if CO is supposed to replace him.The
character and the man however hold no appeal to me at least DD and Mulder did.
I've invested 5 years with Skinner ,CSM,Krycek and TLG and I am personally
ticked off that they felt the need to bring in someone new at this late date to
take yet more airtime from a supporting cast that has barely been on this year.
extex
ALeigh992
>
>I agree. We need to replenish the cast for the characters who have
>died. Any new interesting character is welcome. They don't have to be
>a replacement.
>
>Laura the Co.
Who is the last new character that has been embraced by philes with open arms?
I mean, we've got Marita (definately not), and now Agent Spender's getting
bashed. I think we all have gotten to love the old characters... (I mean,
who's a character that's been on the show for a long time that gets bashed as
much as Marita or Spender?)...and dislike when CC decides to introduce somebody
new.
Aleigh
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Coleen Sullivan-Baier
> I am personally
>ticked off that they felt the need to bring in someone new at this
>late date to take yet more airtime from a supporting cast that has
>barely been on this year.
Yeah, I guess there'll be no SAG "ensemble" nomination NEXT
year, huh??
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
I can't HELP it, it's FUN to be BAD......
Laura Burchard
In article <19980306031...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
ALeigh992 <alei...@aol.com> wrote:
>Who is the last new character that has been embraced by philes with open arms?
>I mean, we've got Marita (definately not), and now Agent Spender's getting
>bashed. I think we all have gotten to love the old characters... (I mean,
>who's a character that's been on the show for a long time that gets bashed as
>much as Marita or Spender?)...and dislike when CC decides to introduce somebody
>new.
I don't know, a lot of people liked Suzanne Modeski and expressed a wish
she'd turn up again. Same for Kresge (though that seems unlikely.) And
Kresge did sort of do that quasi flirt with Scully, so it's not just the
idea that Marita is some sort of romantic rival.
I somewhat softened on Marita after coming to the conclusion that the
major problem was that alone amongst his informants she was given no
apparent agenda of her own; just to murmur breathily to Mulder and act as
someone else's catspaw. Her improvement this week when she was allowed to
do some backstabbing is further evidence.
I'm still not overly impressed with Laurie Holden, though. Steven
Williams was forced to make some pretty silly appearances with X, too,
and still always managed to imbue him with menace and charge.
Laura
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In <6dps6n$m...@saltmine.radix.net> l...@Radix.Net (Laura Burchard)
writes:
>
>I don't know, a lot of people liked Suzanne Modeski and expressed a
>wish she'd turn up again.
I didn't like her, but only because I was jealous....
XXXXXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXX
(man enought to admit it...or woman enough...or something...)
Eric S. Smith: Left-Field Marshal
In article <6dps6n$m...@saltmine.radix.net>,
Laura Burchard <l...@Radix.Net> wrote:
>Williams was forced to make some pretty silly appearances with X, too,
>and still always managed to imbue him with menace and charge.
Well, he had an engaging way of acting utterly annoyed at all times. Too
bad Mr. X never had a chance to hang out with Skinner -- they could've
bonded by slagging off Mulder...
--Eric Smith
("He's irresponsible!"
"He pulls such stupid stunts!"
"He never tells me anything."
"I fix him...I never tell *him* anything.")
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Eric S. Smith: Left-Field Marshal (cs...@blaze.trentu.ca) wrote:
: Laura Burchard <l...@Radix.Net> wrote:
: >Williams was forced to make some pretty silly appearances with X, too,
: >and still always managed to imbue him with menace and charge.
: Well, he had an engaging way of acting utterly annoyed at all times. Too
Engaging? More like over acting or, if not the actor's
fault, strange character definition by the writer's.
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It's funny--I noticed it almost right away last week, but didn't think
much of it--I just figured they were re-using the actor and hoping no
one would notice... I didn't really consider the connection 'til I
noticed a couple threads on 'Spender = CSM clone'...
And from the beginning of this episode I was sure (at least hoping) the
guy in the snow lodge was CSM... (At least they didn't spoil it with a
'William B. Davis' in the credits... ;) He he, I actually yelled 'yes'
several times aloud at that ending... Long live Cancer Man!!
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Chris Rabig wrote:
>
> Well, now we have a name for CSM....Spender. I can't be the only one
> to have realized last week that Spender is the same guy that played
> the young CSM last season. Now we find out tonight that his father
> dissappeared when he was a small child, and he's getting letters from
> CSM.....hmmmmmmm.........CLICK!!!!
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KcCalico wrote:
>
> Honestly I do not find Chris Owens at all atractive. What was all this I heard
> about "The good looking Canadia actor". I have never seen him in the ep where
> he played the young CSM so I had no idea what he looked like, but I was
> expecting something quite a bit better than this. _IF_ he does end up
> "replacing" David, I know that I will not watch the show any longer. And I
> totally agree with Belinda's post.
>
So the whole reason that you watch the show is because Mulder looks
dreamy. It has nothing to do with the acting and writing. How old are
you?
buffy
In article <35035b3e...@news.mindspring.com>, urie...@mindspring.com (Chris Rabig) writes:
> Well, now we have a name for CSM....Spender. I can't be the only one
> to have realized last week that Spender is the same guy that played
> the young CSM last season. Now we find out tonight that his father
> dissappeared when he was a small child, and he's getting letters from
> CSM.....hmmmmmmm.........CLICK!!!!
Spender is not necessarily CSMs last name. Spender may be Cassandras
maiden name and her som may have taken it after his father abandoned
her.
Buffy
Chris Rabig
Mr. Mike
On Mon, 09 Mar 1998 03:01:52 GMT, urie...@mindspring.com (Chris Rabig)
wrote:
>Now we find out tonight that his father
>dissappeared when he was a small child, and he's getting letters from
>CSM.....hmmmmmmm.........CLICK!!!!
Did you see CSM actually put the letter he was seen typing at the beginning
of the show in the envelope to him???? ";-/
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Tooms
(Chris Rabig) writes:
> > Well, now we have a name for CSM....Spender. I can't be the only one
> > to have realized last week that Spender is the same guy that played
> > dissappeared when he was a small child, and he's getting letters from
> > CSM.....hmmmmmmm.........CLICK!!!!
>
Thanks, I was screaming that the entire time I was watching it (o.k.
not really). I did think it was a bit confusing because your son wouldn't
look EXACTLY like you did when you were young. Maybe Spender is a clone
of CSM! Now that would make sense... well... in an X-files sort of way.
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Mr. Mike wrote:
> Did you see CSM actually put the letter he was seen typing at the beginning
> of the show in the envelope to him???? ";-/
were married and that his name is Spender!
Coleen Sullivan-Baier
In <asteinba-090...@asteinba.reshall.ucsd.edu>
aste...@mung.ucsd.edu (Tooms) writes:
>
I did think it was a bit confusing because your son wouldn't
>look EXACTLY like you did when you were young.
My High School graduation picture looks EXACTLY like my mother's,
except for the hair style.
Sometimes, in my store, I will see a parent with a child,and I
will comment to someone "look...a little clone". It's scary.
XXXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXX
Thomas R. Stevenson
aste...@mung.ucsd.edu (Tooms) writes:
>
> (Chris Rabig) writes:
> > > Well, now we have a name for CSM....Spender. I can't be the only one
> > > to have realized last week that Spender is the same guy that played
> > > the young CSM last season. Now we find out tonight that his father
> > > dissappeared when he was a small child, and he's getting letters from
> > > CSM.....hmmmmmmm.........CLICK!!!!
> >
>
> Thanks, I was screaming that the entire time I was watching it (o.k.
> not really). I did think it was a bit confusing because your son wouldn't
> look EXACTLY like you did when you were young.
I don't know about that. I was over a friends house the other day, and
they had a picture of his daughter (about 12 years old) with very
short hair and waring a man's suit. I thought the picture was very
funny, so I asked when it was taken (I thought maybe it was for a play
or something). As it turns out, it was a picture of my friend when he
was around 12 years old. Other than the suit and the short hair, you
could not tell him (as a young boy) apart from his daughter.
If a father and daughter could look that much alike, why not a father
and sun?
>
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From the first seconds that they showed the letter being typed, I knew
it was CSM. My only disappointment was that the letter went to the worm,
and not to Mulder.
I was very happy to see CSM at the end of the show. He seems to have
recovered well, and looks healthy. The only weak part of the plot is
that if I am hiding in the wilds of rural Canada from an enormously
powerful organization that seemingly wants me dead...do I send letters
to my kid with a return address? That does not sound like something a
careful operative like CSM would do.
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Herb F. (Be...@webtv.net) wrote:
: recovered well, and looks healthy. The only weak part of the plot is
: that if I am hiding in the wilds of rural Canada from an enormously
: powerful organization that seemingly wants me dead...do I send letters
: to my kid with a return address? That does not sound like something a
: careful operative like CSM would do.
But he is hiding in Quebec. As you must have
learned by now all aliens and evil humans
speak English, even if it is with a thick
accent. So there would no way they could find
him. They would not be able to ask directions
of the French speaking locals.
Adam Ramsey
I seem to remember that the first time we saw the black oil was with CSM
and Mulder Sr at a hospital bed watching somebody die. That person looked
a lot like Spender, could the connection to him go back that far?
Adam
In article <351834ef...@news.sunshine.net>,
inksl...@FOGsunshine.net (Maureen Goldman) wrote:
> Angera <unp...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Agreed. Even if CSM is Spender's dad, that doesn't mean he and Cassandra
> > were married and that his name is Spender!
>
> He did say that Mom went insane when Dad deserted them. I wondered
> just how insane he meant, considering that it appears that she raised
> him, earned a living, etc.
smit...@bellsouth.net
Maureen Goldman wrote:
>
> Be...@webtv.net (Herb F.) wrote:
>
> > I was very happy to see CSM at the end of the show. He seems to have
> > that if I am hiding in the wilds of rural Canada from an enormously
> > powerful organization that seemingly wants me dead...do I send letters
> > to my kid with a return address? That does not sound like something a
> > careful operative like CSM would do.
>
> Spender, so my guess is that CSM believes he is safe. If Spender was
> known to be his son, then he'd make a dandy hostage.
>
> I have more problems with the idea that CSM would sire at least one
> son - and possibly two - who became FBI agents. This is not a typical
> career choice or a major employer.
> If they were "programmed" to become freebies to later aid "dad" Well...
dra...@ecicnet.org
Herb F. wrote:
>
> From the first seconds that they showed the letter being typed, I knew
> it was CSM. My only disappointment was that the letter went to the worm,
> and not to Mulder.
>
> recovered well, and looks healthy. The only weak part of the plot is
> that if I am hiding in the wilds of rural Canada from an enormously
> powerful organization that seemingly wants me dead...do I send letters
> to my kid with a return address? That does not sound like something a
> careful operative like CSM would do.
>
He put his return address on the letter because he's so damn cool and
whatever they throw at him he can take. He also put the return address
on it so Spender could send him a response (he was a little too hopeful
on that- but I guess he did get a response). It was a less than
triumphant return for the Cancer Man, but at least he's back lurking on
the fringes, waiting to come forth and reveal all kinds of information
when the time is right OR the season's ending OR in the movie....
CBP3
J. Woods
Hullo. Anyone else think that Agent Spender looks like the 'kid' version
of Tom Hanks in the movie 'Big'?
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Holly Tomren
yes!
Jarrod Babel
I was just curious if anyone else noticed, the actor who plays Agent
Spender also played the young Cancer Man in the episode detailing his
younger life. I had not seen anything on the newsgroup about this so I
thought I would point it out(of course I will now look and actually
see a message about this,hmmm must be a conspiracy).
Merlin
Your_us...@osu.edu
In article <3506d6d...@news.netwalk.com>, dia...@netwalk.com (Jarrod
Babel) wrote:
i pointed it out a couple of times but nobody replied. ah, well...
anyway, here's my question again: do they just run out of actors in
vancouver, or spender is a clone of CSM? they can't be using him as young
CSM and then again as his son just for the heck of it, right? this is
X-File we're talking about. no son would look EXACTLY like his father. so
it has to be a clone, right? what do you think?
Tammy T
Agent Spender..Agent Pender...gee I guess 1013 must have run out of ideas
for clever names of their new characters.
Adam Rice
In article
<Your_user_name-...@pubmac2-mac.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
Your_us...@osu.edu wrote:
> In article <3506d6d...@news.netwalk.com>, dia...@netwalk.com (Jarrod
> Babel) wrote:
>
> > I was just curious if anyone else noticed, the actor who plays Agent
> > Spender also played the young Cancer Man in the episode detailing his
> > younger life. I had not seen anything on the newsgroup about this so I
> > thought I would point it out(of course I will now look and actually
> > see a message about this,hmmm must be a conspiracy).
> >
> > Merlin
>
> i pointed it out a couple of times but nobody replied. ah, well...
> anyway, here's my question again: do they just run out of actors in
> vancouver, or spender is a clone of CSM? they can't be using him as young
> CSM and then again as his son just for the heck of it, right? this is
> X-File we're talking about. no son would look EXACTLY like his father. so
> it has to be a clone, right? what do you think?
I had noticed it too. My theory is that this is not just convenient
casting--there is something meant by it, specifically, Spender is Cancer
Man's clone. But wasn't Cancer Man supposed to be dead? Maybe Spender is a
young clone and the Canadian Backwoods Cancer Man is an old clone of the
Cancer Man we all know and, uh, love.
Adam Rice | adam...@crossroads.net
Austin TX USA | http://www.crossroads.net
Crazy Diamond
Adam Rice wrote in message ...
>I had noticed it too. My theory is that this is not just convenient
>casting--there is something meant by it, specifically, Spender is Cancer
>Man's clone. But wasn't Cancer Man supposed to be dead? Maybe Spender is a
>young clone and the Canadian Backwoods Cancer Man is an old clone of the
>Cancer Man we all know and, uh, love.
My problem with this cloning theory: Was the technology to clone humans in
place (eh... Spender's age...33?) three decades ago, in the XF universe? If
so, then what's the point? Cancer Man's vanity? I think he's just the
product of Cancer Man's baby gravy.
-- CD
Angera
Adam Rice wrote:
>
> In article
> <Your_user_name-...@pubmac2-mac.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
> Your_us...@osu.edu wrote:
>
> > In article <3506d6d...@news.netwalk.com>, dia...@netwalk.com (Jarrod
> > Babel) wrote:
> >
> > > I was just curious if anyone else noticed, the actor who plays Agent
> > > Spender also played the young Cancer Man in the episode detailing his
> > > younger life. I had not seen anything on the newsgroup about this so I
> > > thought I would point it out(of course I will now look and actually
> > > see a message about this,hmmm must be a conspiracy).
> > >
> > > Merlin
> >
> > i pointed it out a couple of times but nobody replied. ah, well...
> > anyway, here's my question again: do they just run out of actors in
> > vancouver, or spender is a clone of CSM? they can't be using him as young
> > CSM and then again as his son just for the heck of it, right? this is
> > X-File we're talking about. no son would look EXACTLY like his father. so
> > it has to be a clone, right? what do you think?
>
> casting--there is something meant by it, specifically, Spender is Cancer
> Man's clone. But wasn't Cancer Man supposed to be dead? Maybe Spender is a
> young clone and the Canadian Backwoods Cancer Man is an old clone of the
> Cancer Man we all know and, uh, love.
>
If Chris Owens has brown eyes it kinda messes that up.
Actually what are the eye colors of all the old folks?
I know CSM and CS are blue. ;)
angela