Geek Bits: Men In Black, Avengers, Star Trek, G.I. Joe: Retaliation and More [Links]
What rating would you give Men in Black from the trailer? Where can you buy Avengers bobble-heads? Why are they moving G.I. Joe 2 to 2013? Did anyone think Battleship was a good idea for a movie?
Trivia
In the television show The Big Bang Theory the neighbor, Penny, was originally supposed to be a tough street-wise girl named Katie. Why was the character changed?
(Answer at the end of the post)
Last Week's Bonus Trivia Answer: Tricia Helfer was Ford's Supermodel of The Year in 1992
Motivational Geek Quote
"There's always a bigger fish" Qui-Gonn Jinn Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Links
Men In Black
Misc
The test audiences felt sorry for the guys. The idea was that she was tough on the outside and kind on the inside. The honesty of Sheldon and Lenny were supposed to bring that out.
"What we didn’t anticipate, though, is how protective the audience would feel about our guys." co-creator Bill Prady said. "Early screenings of that version of the pilot led audiences to beg that the 'mean lady' would stay away from the 'sweet guys.'"
Source: Variety
Bonus Question: Can you name three members of The Big Bang Theory cast?
What do you think of this week's links?
Trivia
In the television show The Big Bang Theory the neighbor, Penny, was originally supposed to be a tough street-wise girl named Katie. Why was the character changed?
(Answer at the end of the post)
Last Week's Bonus Trivia Answer: Tricia Helfer was Ford's Supermodel of The Year in 1992
Motivational Geek Quote
"There's always a bigger fish" Qui-Gonn Jinn Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Links
Men In Black
To me it does look cool. May be I am catching the "Men In Black fever".( Not to be confused with " Bieber Fever" which I never will catch.)Avengers
- Comic Book Listings! Marvel Comics Avengers Movie Bobble Heads For Sale! Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America
- Cultural Compulsive Disorder: 'Too Many Avengers' - A Short Animated Film by Dan Meth
- Star Trek - Sci Fi Blog asks a trivia question: What was Dr McCoy referring to when he said 'HE'S DEAD JIM' for the very first time in Star Trek's 'The Enemy Within?'
- Soul of Star Trek: Captain's Log: Scotty's Final Frontier
- The Galaxy Junkyard gives reason G.I. Joe: Retaliation is DELAYED till 2013
1. They fear Marvel's Avengers will wipe the floor with their film; therefore suffering the same fates as Battleship and Dark Shadows.
2. G.I. Joe: Retaliation isn't that good of a film. Paramount needs to take extra time to reshoot scenes and do a better job of promoting their movie.
Battleship
"Nobody here thought Battleship was worth the investment," says a leading agent. "No stars, an [intellectual property] play that made no sense, and nobody thought the script was good."
- If you liked the game-turned-movie Battleship, wait till you see Tetris!
- Artist Pete Von Sholly created an awesome poster of horror villains
- Let's Get Out Of Here!: has a Dr. Terror's "Gallery of Horror" / The Wizard of Mars poster
Misc
- In something of an ouroboros, I'm sharing a link to Jeremy's link of my blog! Retro-Zombie: Monday Is A Blur... and something about "Film Sketch'r" Next, he'll post a link about this post and it will start all over again. Wacky blogging fun!
- Sigild V: Quagmire: "A Fragment from Darkness Falls on a Dark Land" sample
The moment the Ardor left Trevigall orbit Myrmidon dispatched his most loyal minion to track the Alliance of Five down and eliminate them. That’s what’s generally believed. The Vanadi dissenters, as Lord Phan suspected, weren’t going to back down very easily, and the scary part was that Myrmidon himself was only a vice-monitor. The Ardor was headed for the world Mollwan, the second largest in the Vanadi sector, to conference with the faction’s leaders themselves, and Myrmidon’s task was to ensure they didn’t make it. He couldn’t achieve this goal with something so crass as an explosion placed aboard the Ardor for two reasons: one, the Alliance of Five was resourceful enough to discover the devise and disable it, and two, he was still a gentleman, despite indications to the contrary. He saw the Alliance for what it was, a noble effort to unite the void in harmony that would eventually corrupt and thusly cause more harm than good. All that talk about elemental chaos was simply a front.
- A Classic Sci-Fi Movies has a review of the cheesy 70s movie Bigfoot
- The Madlab Post Blog asks: What are the most memorable bathtub scenes that YOU ever saw in a movie?
The test audiences felt sorry for the guys. The idea was that she was tough on the outside and kind on the inside. The honesty of Sheldon and Lenny were supposed to bring that out.
"What we didn’t anticipate, though, is how protective the audience would feel about our guys." co-creator Bill Prady said. "Early screenings of that version of the pilot led audiences to beg that the 'mean lady' would stay away from the 'sweet guys.'"
Source: Variety
Bonus Question: Can you name three members of The Big Bang Theory cast?
Man it's cool to be mentioned amongst all these wild and amazing links and blogs! Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteAnd now the guys are mean to Penny!
ReplyDeleteDelaying GI Joe? Even for the reason cited, a year delay is never good.
Tetris? Really? Hungry Hungry Hippos next?
Thanks for the shout-out!
ReplyDeleteThree actors: Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Wil Wheaton. Wheaton!!!
Thanks Tony and great job! I forgot about Wheaton. Wheatooooon!
ReplyDeleteThey're really making a movie of Tetris? I get a little addicted whenever I start playing that game . . .
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links!
Thanks for hailing me dude. Men In Black III 9 out of 10 sounds good to me. I'll have to round up some trek buddies and catch this one at the movies.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shoutout Maurice! Really appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteJohn, you're welcome. Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteI could have sworn I left a comment here - but nonetheless - thank you so much for giving my some link like! You always have such distinguished company around here!
ReplyDeleteI've been going through a huge "Big Bang Theory" phase right now. Love that show.
ReplyDeleteI'm still not sure "Battleship" was a good idea. It just looks like Transformers at Sea to me...
You got it Craig. Some awesome blogs out there including yours.
ReplyDeleteSQT, it's an awesome show. Why is it so cool?
ReplyDeleteNot really Tony. The Tetris video is a joke. But, it's pretty good. Happy to share good content.
ReplyDeleteHailing frequencies open spacer guy. Keep the great trivia coming
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