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First things first, we're talking PULP, and as such, I think we're basically talking TV and genre fiction - although I think we should be looking at a range of genre fiction from the tackiest through to the highly untacky.
Carrie seems to me to be a must - practically iconic figure, repressed sexuality and rage. Basically ideal. Kind of a modern, post-Freudian Jekyll and Hyde figure. Very cool. Hard to get going, timid, but then insanely hardcore. On the other hand, she'd be in her late forties / fifties, so maybe she's embittered and battle-hardened?
The Dice-Man from Luke Rheinhart's book (spelled his name wrong, definitely) would also be an ideal character. Perhaps amoral, comfortable, simple or decadent. And I'd quite like Billy Pilgrim from SLaughterhouse Five (Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time) as well.
George Smiley is the iconic late twentieth-century spy character and I think a damn good idea (maybe taking the Quartermain role, only more bitter). Hannibal Lector is also an extremely intriguing prospect. I quite like the idea of seeing how they'd interact with one another.
There's a whole range of 80s/90s TV characters who'd be kind of ideal, some of which have a relatively iconic character. I think the guy from Manimal would be a perfect member - it's not a flashy 'power', and required medidation and was about slow bodily transforming change.
I'm also vaguely surprised that no one mentioned Doctor Who, considering how perfect he could be. Maybe he's too large a character for a team like this...
Final line-up:
George Smiley;
Hannibal Lector;
Carrie;
The Doctor;
Emma Peel;
The Dice Man;
Manimal;
Billy Pilgrim;
Hmm. Not enough women.
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Ones that I'd like but don't think are practical: quite keen on Michael Knight as the representative of the elusive financiers at the Knight foundation. But I'm not keen on putting the car in a team book, so I might have to excise him. Also, I can't for the life of me remember if he survived the book or not, but I quite like the idea of the Great Gatsby being on the team - the elegant, romantic, highly intelligent and gifted, slightly on-the-turn hundred and something year-old. I'm going to assume he didn't though.
Obviously Buffy or Angel would be worth considering. Of the two, I think Angel would probably fit the mood more clearly and is a twist on the idea of having a vampire in the team. Not sure how well either would fit, though.
I'd be intrigued by the prospect of them engaging with the Jeff Goldblum 'Fly' at some point, although perhaps the remakeness is a bit of a shame... |
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