From Chris Snellgrove
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In The X filesThere are only a few recurring characters than the lonely armed men, a trio of Uber-Nern, who often help Mulder, with their strangest studies on Skully. Each member of this group has a very unique personality, including Melvin Frohike, a figure that is largely known to beat Scully and to be a general pervert. According to the frrohike actor Tom Braidwood, his X files‘Characters of horny nerd personality were subsequently cemented by his two-word description of Scully: “It is hot.”
Frohike and Scully
As recorded in the excellent book The complete X files: behind the series, the myths and the filmsBraidwood looks back a bit frozen when his character in the entire series is such a perverse. The most common X files Guest star said: “The first episode resulted in my line” She is Hot “, which determined me to be a lech for the rest of my career.” And sure enough that Frohike on Scully became one of the defining elements of this character during most of the series.
By the way when X files The veteran Braidwood claimed that the “She Hot” line condemned its reputation for the rest of his career that he had only taken half a joke. In the first five seasons of the show, he served as a director and appeared on the screen, since Frohike only did something when the episode called for it. While he has performed on the screen in other projects, his acting career is still predominantly defined by appearances in 40 episodes of The X files and 13 episodes of The lonely armed men Spinoff show and his character in this universe has never shaken its perverse reputation.
But why would this be loved? X files“Character has simply sealed his reputation by” she is hot “about Scully (especially in view of the entire fandom)? It seems that the authors and producers have read between the lines that the authors and producers were not quite safe, What the fans loved on the characters. also as fictional adjustments).
The lonely armed men are loved
Morgan and his writing partner James Wong were initially convinced that they did bad work to introduce the only armed men into this exciting fictional universe. The producers later informed them that the trio of characters at fans were very popular on the Internet, and fan feedback often dictated what the authors did. For example, early online shipping is why Mulder and Scully finally became a romantic article. Since the lonely armed men were so popular in their debut episode, they often appeared dozers and finally got their own spinoff series.
What does it make? X files The story has to do with Frohike and its fateful explanation: “It is hot?” It seems that the authors did not like what they did with the lonely armed men, and were accordingly surprised that the fans loved these characters so much. Since the authors did not necessarily know what they made correctly, this trio became very static and changed little from start to finish. Therefore, Frohike started the show as a strange little listening and ended the show in the same way.
While it can be a bitter pill for the fans, Tom Braidwood’s story about Frohike is an entertaining memory of how much early X files Writers and producers flew at the seat of their pants. Nobody knew exactly who or what would be popular, and when they got the collective internet judgment, the creatives of the show tended to see what the fans wanted to see, right down to prominent trio with paranoid geeks. In addition, Braidwood can only complain so much. Sure, his character may be a “Lech”, but in our assessment he was always the one funniest From this trio, both on the screen and on off.
