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uncle-bob

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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Was it just me or did rat-boy seem to have the use of both arms in this
(1/18/99) ep?


Jen

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:28:20 -0800, in alt.tv.x-files the esteemed
uncle-bob <unc...@postoffice.swbell.net> opined pensively:

>Was it just me or did rat-boy seem to have the use of both arms in this
>(1/18/99) ep?

Prosthetics. They can do amazing things with plastics, these days.

Jen
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phil...@my-dejanews.com

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:57:00 -0800, uncle-bob wrote in message
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>>Was it just me or did rat-boy seem to have the use of both arms in this
>>(1/18/99) ep?

Yeah, I noticed that too. Last time we saw him in The End his left arm looked
a lot more awkward, stiffer and less functional. Clearly a fake. In the
hospital scene I swear he was griping the "kill switch" with his left hand.
Maybe he has a new prosthesis or even an arm transplant.


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tyen

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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uncle-bob wrote in message <36A2F0A3...@postoffice.swbell.net>...
>Was it just me or did rat-boy seem to have the use of both arms in this
>(1/18/99) ep?
>

Aww, I'm sure the thing's got more uses than holding steering wheels,
buckets and for whacking people over the head with...
and with his obvious new funding, he may have upgraded
to the "Palm Pilot" holding model...

just plain glad Krycek's back :)
tyen

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GertieBeth

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phil...@my-dejanews.com wrote:

>On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:57:00 -0800, uncle-bob wrote in message


><36A2F0A3...@postoffice.swbell.net>...
>
>>>Was it just me or did rat-boy seem to have the use of both arms in this
>>>(1/18/99) ep?
>

>Yeah, I noticed that too. Last time we saw him in The End his left arm looked
>a lot more awkward, stiffer and less functional. Clearly a fake. In the
>hospital scene I swear he was griping the "kill switch" with his left hand.
>Maybe he has a new prosthesis or even an arm transplant.
>
>

Alex Krycek. All-around-bad-guy. Barely functional limb. We can
rebuild him. We have the technology.

>Beth
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Alisoun

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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Jen <jenn...@ucr.campus.mci.net> wrote...

> Prosthetics. They can do amazing things with plastics, these days.
>
Hehehehehe. "Prosthetics."
Oh! You mean his arm! ;P
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Boondoggler

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:53:28 GMT, gerti...@mindspring.com
(GertieBeth) wrote:


>Alex Krycek. All-around-bad-guy. Barely functional limb. We can
>rebuild him. We have the technology.
>

Those Skinner blurry vision scenes did remind me of the Six Million
Dollar Man.
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phil...@my-dejanews.com

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In article <36a2d867....@news.campus.mci.net>,

jenn...@ucr.campus.mci.net wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:28:20 -0800, in alt.tv.x-files the esteemed
> uncle-bob <unc...@postoffice.swbell.net> opined pensively:
>
> >Was it just me or did rat-boy seem to have the use of both arms in this
> >(1/18/99) ep?
>
> Prosthetics. They can do amazing things with plastics, these days.

I'll resist perverting that. <g> But it's different from last time we saw him
(trust me, I take my Krycek-studying veeery seriously <g>). Someone on one of
my lists suggested he'd used the nanotechnology on it. I think that
explanation has some very cool possibilities (until it's inevitably
contradicted in Two Fathers/One Son, of course).

Shannon

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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>Alex Krycek. All-around-bad-guy. Barely functional limb. We can
>rebuild him. We have the technology.
>
>>Beth


Maybe he's like the six-million dollar man, bionic man or whatever now.
The Bionic Rat Boy!

Shannon
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David

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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uncle-bob wrote:

> Was it just me or did rat-boy seem to have the use of both arms in this
> (1/18/99) ep?

Maybe the nanotech robots built him a new one...


uncle-bob

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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That was the opinion I was looking for , after all dear Alex has been away
for a while.

Joy McVeigh

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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Maybe Chris Carter saw the episode of the Outer Limits about "nanobots".
This scientist created them to help cure cancer patients except they did
more than that, i.e., when the patient couldn't see what was behind him
the "nanobots" gave him a new set of eyes in the back of his head and
when he had to hold his breath under water, they gave him gills, etc.
Therefore, I think it would then be highly possible for the nanotechs to
have regenerated Krycek's arm. Maybe we'll find out soon.


Matt

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Jan 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/18/99
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I would forgive them if they just said that Krycek has been
*pretending* that his arm was missing for some silly reason
and that he actually always had it.

Never really much cared for the "no arm" plotline.

Matt G

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