Elvis: The Legendary Tours - Elvis impersonators

[ffutures]

I'm working on a section on Elvis impersonators, here's an example:

E.L.V.I.S.: Electronic Logical Violence and Infiltration Soldier, a robot sent from the twenty-fifth century to kill Emperor Norton during a charity concert – nobody is quite sure why. The example Elvis encountered could sing and play a little, but preferred to mime and play back perfect recordings of Elvis from an extensive digital archive. It was unmasked by giving it a guitar with disabled electronics, which it was nevertheless able to “play”, and destroyed by luring it to the gold vaults at Fort Knox, where Norton used the Philosopher’s Stone to transmute it to gold and had it melted it down. It seems likely that the unknown creators of E.L.V.I.S. will try again, possibly using another Elvis duplicate.

The name comes from the Cyborg Name Generator, of course, http://www.cyborgname.com/ and I'll be crediting it in a footnote.

I have some others roughed out including including a crook, a god, and a magical doppleganger, but if anyone wants to suggest more I'd appreciate the help, and will acknowledge it, of course.

Comments

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

a genuine fan - who despite being four foot high, chinese and a women is convinced they are the REAL elvis who took a break from fame and allowed an impersinator to replace them for a little while.....


....obviously they are accompained by a large black man claiming to be president Kendedy - They DYED ME THIS COLOR!

Thus sneaking in a bubba hotep reference or is that all to Meta Elivis? You have seen Bubba Hotep?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Don't really want to go the "references to movies" route too much in case it's followed by the "references to lawyers" letter. I can probably get away with parody, but being too much like any one source could lead to trouble.

I haven't seen Bubba Hotep - is it worth watching?

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

Well I loved it....

It's very very silly - but also a bit sad in places. Bruce Cambell is excellent in the role. It might just have been the atompshere since I saw it at late night premiere with loads of other very very enthusatic fans.

You could simply go for a four foot high, asain women impersinator - she just claims she's the real elvis having had her mind swaped... but she is very good and can do Elvis patented 'hig wiggling' martial art move as well as anybody else.....

The above is nowhere near the plot of bubba hotep. That's just the president Kenedy* being black stuff.

*who was tragically assinated by while vistiing Degrassi Junior High by a Gnoll - an elite member of the Lone Gun Man assaination squad almost certainly hired by the military/industrail complex which has to be massive AI computer that works for Uncle sam - (I don't actually remember if you've already covered president Kenedy so if you have just ignore this)

[jgracio.livejournal.com]

Russian Spy Elvis
Evil Clone Elvis
Ninja Impersonator Elvis
President of the USA Elvis
Little Gray Man Elvis (ya just know they took him cos' they love him)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Not sure there is a significant Russian spy thing in this universe.

Evil clone is the magic doppleganger, basically. And ninja is the human equivalent of the E.L.V.I.S. android.

President could be awkward because in the Dianaverse there are at least three American nations (run by Emperor Norton, King Martin Luther, and military tyrant Uncle Sam) plus loads of independent kingdoms and states - also Elvis is at least potentially a king in this setting, if he can ever overthrow his usurping half-brother and regain the Mystic Land of Grace. But Norton does have a president to run everyday business (a bit like the Prime Minister in Britain), president Kenny who keeps getting assassinated, and I suppose it's possible that Elvis could take his place while he's injured. I'll think about it. Little Grey Man could also maybe work - if I go with either I'll give you a credit.