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    Maurice MitchellBy Updated:16 Comments4 Mins Read

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    Vintage pic of Steven Spielberg and E.T.

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    News

    Just starting off with some sad news. A nutball shot 71 people were shot
    in a     midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Colorado. 12 were killed, and 59 were injured. Why anyone would want to commit such a senseless crime is beyond me. The incident has cast a huge shadow across the opening of the most anticipated movie of the year. Our hearts go out to the victim’s families.

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    Trivia Question (Answer at the end of the Post)

    The plot of the movie Men in Black changed during filming. Originally MiB had the task of stopping two warring alien races from going to war after “Edgar the Bug” stole the “Universe.” Several changes were made. Which of the
    following is one of the changes made during filming?

    A) Replacing Chris O Donnell with Will Smith as Agent J

    B) The dialogue of the two aliens in the restaurant was changed to English

    C) A scene with Jim Carrey talking out of his butt was cut

    D) Replacing Clint Eastwood with Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K

    Last Week’s Bonus Trivia Answers

    Can you name three cast members of Batman Begins that appear in The Dark Knight?

    “Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman! And Morgan Freeman of course.”- Alex J. Cavanaugh

    “Adding to Alex’ answers, Cillian Murphy also reprised his role as the Scarecrow.” – Pat Dilloway

    We would also have accepted Police Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb (Colin McFarlane)

    Batman Begins is the first movie where Batman’s name isn’t changed
    in the Spanish version of the film. What is Bruce Wayne’s Spanish name?

    “I think Google says Bruce Wayne’s Spanish name is Bruno Diaz. Weird.” Pat Dilloway

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    • The big news this week were the names of the next big Marvel movies Thor 2: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy and Iron Man 3. Not surprisingly Variety reports Sebastian Stan will return to Captain America 2 to reprise his role as Bucky. Comic fans know the character survived death and was brought back as a villain called “Winter Soldier” with a bionic arm. Plus, the Falcon’s going to be in it!
    • Fans threaten to kill The Dark Knight Rises critics for negative reviews…Really? via Criticwire
    • Five stages of bad superhero movie grief. Can you relate? Thoughts?

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    Trivia Answer

    B) The dialogue of the two aliens in the restaurant was changed to English.

    Originally the tall man (Carel Struycken) and Mr. “Little Dude Inside the Big Dude’s Head” Rosenberg (Mike Nussbaum) were rival aliens on the verge of war. To keep from having to reshoot scenes, the lines were dubbed in an alien language and subtitles were used to change their conversation to make them appear as friends.

    While both Clint Eastwood and Chris O’Donnell were considered for the role, this was before filming began. Jim Carrey, thankfully, never appeared in the film.

    Bonus Trivia Questions: First with the correct answer will be featured in next week’s post.

    Easy: Name three cast members that appeared in MiB and the sequel MIIB.

    Hard: Which director turned down the job because he felt it would “just be Blues Brothers in space?”

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    1. Pat Dilloway on

      It does make it a bit of a bummer to go to the movie theater tonight. What an ass. He should have just himself and spared everyone else.

      As I recall Agents J and K, Zed, the pug dog Frank, and whoever Tony Shalhoub played all reappeared in the first sequel. Probably a couple others I can't remember.

    3. Alex J. Cavanaugh on

      Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Rip Torn were all in Men in Black I and II.

    4. Alex J. Cavanaugh on

      I'll look for the Man of Steel trailer – hopefully it's not down.
      And wasn't it Tarantino who didn't want to direct?
      Saw Dark Knight Rises this afternoon. Excellent film. Terrible what happened in Colorado though. Proof there really is a devil.

    5. spacerguy on

      I want to give ET a hug, sorry, just kidding. That pic just brings the kid out in me.

    7. Maurice Mitchell on

      You got it Alex. There are a few more "actors" if someone wants to make a guess.

    8. Maurice Mitchell on

      Alex, the videos hard to see, but the audio is very cool. Glad you liked TDKR. Can't wait for Monday when I go.

    10. Maurice Mitchell on

      I feel the same way Spacer guy. In the full photo he's sitting in his bicycle. It makes me smile.

    11. Pat Dilloway on

      Dang it, I think my original comment is still locked away in moderation hell somewhere. I hope I can say hell without that causing it to be send to moderation.

    12. Pat Dilloway on

      BTW, if you haven't had this question yet I was thinking today that at least 5 actors from Christopher Nolan's "Inception" also appear in "The Dark Knight Rises."

    14. Maurice Mitchell on

      That's a great idea Pat. If I use it next week, you'll obviously get it. 😉