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Since Big Finish is stepping up in regards to past actors I've been thinking about what characters I'd like to see return in Fedora. A lot have to do with unresolved storylines.
Mean Streets/Overseer
Vanessa/AID
I say bring back the research!
Lee
Nothing like paid research.
Sylvia Linsky
Tex would soon forget her, but are there more chapters to the Sylvia storyline?
Eve Clements
Tex caught Slade and it would be interesting to see how appreciative she is towards him.
Wanda Peck
A lot of people think she died in Under A Killing Moon, but I think she's more resourceful than people give her credit for.
J. Saint Gideon
It is assumed that Gideon died off screen.
Larry Hammond
This guy has helped Tex twice. With his mutant and underground connections he can still be a useful informant.
Harry Rice
It would be cheap and funny to see this guy make a cameo as a security guard. Wonder if he still drinks coffee.
Jim Slade
He needs to come back. Enough said.
Martian Memorandum
Bick Dick Castro
Tex gave the Oracle Stone to Deacon Hawke and raided his safe so he's got to be pissed. I wonder if people are still after the stone and if it's powers can be used to help or hurt Tex. I also see a connection between the word oracle and channeling.
Cooper Bradbury
Tex also crossed Cooper, the leader of the mutants, by giving the stone to Deacon. Have we been too quick to put Cooper on the shelf?
Rockwell Bache
A guy whose mutation is his brain should be useful to Tex.
Under A Killing Moon
Chandler Avenue Regulars
I want all of them back, but especially Ardo.
Beek Nariz
No mention of why he wasn't in Pandora.
Eddie Ching
A woman of oriental mystery and also has power over the police. After Under A Killing Moon she should be happy with Tex. However I would like closure to the Hamm Underwood storyline.
Commisioner Drysdale
If Tex is on good terms with Ching he probably is on good terms with him.
Melahn Tode and Alaynah Moore
Not Chandler Avenue people, but FOT.
Pandora Directive
Emily
Possibly moved on from Chandler Avenue, but gave Pandora a lot of character.
Lucia Pernell
Tex's media contact.
Archie Ellis
Tex's conspiracy contact who could probably get through any firewall. Since Tex has been in the Roswell Complex and an alien spacecraft, Archie probably regards Tex as a hero. Unfortunately he's mysteriously disappeared.
Since Big Finish is stepping up in regards to past actors I've been thinking about what characters I'd like to see return in Fedora. A lot have to do with unresolved storylines.
Mean Streets/Overseer
Vanessa/AID
I say bring back the research!
Lee
Nothing like paid research.
Sylvia Linsky
Tex would soon forget her, but are there more chapters to the Sylvia storyline?
Eve Clements
Tex caught Slade and it would be interesting to see how appreciative she is towards him.
Wanda Peck
A lot of people think she died in Under A Killing Moon, but I think she's more resourceful than people give her credit for.
J. Saint Gideon
It is assumed that Gideon died off screen.
Larry Hammond
This guy has helped Tex twice. With his mutant and underground connections he can still be a useful informant.
Harry Rice
It would be cheap and funny to see this guy make a cameo as a security guard. Wonder if he still drinks coffee.
Jim Slade
He needs to come back. Enough said.
Martian Memorandum
Bick Dick Castro
Tex gave the Oracle Stone to Deacon Hawke and raided his safe so he's got to be pissed. I wonder if people are still after the stone and if it's powers can be used to help or hurt Tex. I also see a connection between the word oracle and channeling.
Cooper Bradbury
Tex also crossed Cooper, the leader of the mutants, by giving the stone to Deacon. Have we been too quick to put Cooper on the shelf?
Rockwell Bache
A guy whose mutation is his brain should be useful to Tex.
Under A Killing Moon
Chandler Avenue Regulars
I want all of them back, but especially Ardo.
Beek Nariz
No mention of why he wasn't in Pandora.
Eddie Ching
A woman of oriental mystery and also has power over the police. After Under A Killing Moon she should be happy with Tex. However I would like closure to the Hamm Underwood storyline.
Commisioner Drysdale
If Tex is on good terms with Ching he probably is on good terms with him.
Melahn Tode and Alaynah Moore
Not Chandler Avenue people, but FOT.
Pandora Directive
Emily
Possibly moved on from Chandler Avenue, but gave Pandora a lot of character.
Lucia Pernell
Tex's media contact.
Archie Ellis
Tex's conspiracy contact who could probably get through any firewall. Since Tex has been in the Roswell Complex and an alien spacecraft, Archie probably regards Tex as a hero. Unfortunately he's mysteriously disappeared.
I want to see more of her. It would make sense, since she's in a job where she gets in trouble and investigates things, often for the greater good (and selling papers).Bjyman wrote:Lucia Pernell
Tex's media contact.
I kind of wished there was a way to romance her instead of Chelsee or Regan in Pandora. She and Tex would make a great team, solvin' crimes and havin' good times! Opposites attract romance and buddy comedy. Success!
What, no Jackson Cross love? 
Who's to say he didn't catch an escape pod off that ship, and was a big factor in why Chelsea and himself got shot in the first place? A little revenge is always a good story. Above all else I'd love to see some Barry Corbin love, but that's just this man's opinion Yeeeeah!
Who's to say he didn't catch an escape pod off that ship, and was a big factor in why Chelsea and himself got shot in the first place? A little revenge is always a good story. Above all else I'd love to see some Barry Corbin love, but that's just this man's opinion Yeeeeah!I'm not fat ... I'm festively plump.
As far as Barry Corbin goes sure I'd like him back, but I'm a realist. So here are the problems I see.
1. Cross isn't familiar with the ship so if he found an escape pod in the short amount of time he'd have to be lucky.
2. An alien space pod would probably have alien controls that Cross would have a hard time operating.
3. Seconds before the explosion Cross is seen hanging by the door so I see continuity problems.
However if Cross did escape it would be likely mean Regan is alive too.
1. Cross isn't familiar with the ship so if he found an escape pod in the short amount of time he'd have to be lucky.
2. An alien space pod would probably have alien controls that Cross would have a hard time operating.
3. Seconds before the explosion Cross is seen hanging by the door so I see continuity problems.
However if Cross did escape it would be likely mean Regan is alive too.
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The past is passed.
Except for early 'flavor' and using the Chandler Ave characters as lead-ins to bringing the game-player up to speed; the use of old villains would move the value of "Tex Murphy" no where in the future.
"Tex Murphy" works because the game was always breaking new ground. The villains Tex are working against should not be a great big name bad-guy (gal) again. The faces behind the curtains should be banal.
Make the opponents a Alfonso Bedoya/Edna May Oliver memorable type characters someone who could steel scenes by simply being in them. On this list could be characters like Thomas Gottschalk, Til Schweiger, and Julia Stiles.
Ema Nymton
~ @ : o ?
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The past is passed.
Except for early 'flavor' and using the Chandler Ave characters as lead-ins to bringing the game-player up to speed; the use of old villains would move the value of "Tex Murphy" no where in the future.
"Tex Murphy" works because the game was always breaking new ground. The villains Tex are working against should not be a great big name bad-guy (gal) again. The faces behind the curtains should be banal.
Make the opponents a Alfonso Bedoya/Edna May Oliver memorable type characters someone who could steel scenes by simply being in them. On this list could be characters like Thomas Gottschalk, Til Schweiger, and Julia Stiles.
Ema Nymton
~ @ : o ?
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