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  1. Since this isn't the movie thread, it must be The Tonight Show "I'm Larry, and this is my brother Daryl, and my other brother Daryl." George
  2. It was getting there. Yes, of course, Independence Day. The salt flats scene was when Will Smith drags the unconscious alien. I always assumed his comment about the smell referred to the alien, but it was just Smith reacting to the environment. George
  3. I'm about 99.9% sure you've seen this movie. This movie holds the record for most miniature model work to appear in one film. Model shop supervisor Michael Joyce estimated that more miniatures were used for this film than in any other two films combined. Due to the advances in digital technology since this film's release, most experts believe this record may stand forever. Over seventy mock news broadcasts were created for the film. All used real-life newscasters, since the makers believed that actors would not look convincing in such scenes. Except for the bi-plane during the crop-dusting scene, any airplane seen in the air in this film is either a model or computer-generated effect. The quote, "And what the hell is that smell?" was not in the script. The scene was filmed in the salt flats near the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Great Salt Lake is home to tiny crustaceans called brine shrimp. When they die, the bodies sink to the bottom of the lake (which isn't very deep) and decompose. When the wind kicks up just right, the bottom mud is disturbed and the smell of millions of decaying brine shrimp can be very, very bad. Apparently, nobody warned the star. The huge hype that the film began generating caused Warner Bros. to postpone the release of Mars Attacks! from summer to Christmas, and Steven Spielberg (temporarily) cancelled his plans to direct War of the Worlds. According to the producer, the U.S. military had agreed to support the film by allowing the crew to film at military bases, consulting the actors who have military roles, etc. However, after learning of the Area 51 references in the script, they withdrew their support. The film was banned in Lebanon under pressure from Hezbollah, because it included scenes where Israeli and Iraqi soldiers joined forces. Production designer Patrick Tatopoulos presented Roland Emmerich with two concepts for the aliens. Emmerich liked both designs so much, he came up with the idea to use one design as the actual alien and the other to be a bio-mechanical suit the aliens could wear. Both of Tatopoulos's concepts appear in the film. The President's speech was filmed on August 6, 1995, in front of an old airplane hangar that once housed the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima exactly fifty years earlier on August 6, 1945. Interestingly, the crowd was not scripted to start cheering. The star's delivery of the speech was so good that they just started applauding and cheering on their own and the filmmakers kept it in the movie. George
  4. George of the Jungle is correct. George
  5. Sounds slightly familiar, but I'm not getting it. George
  6. "Here come old flat-top, he come groovin' up slowly." George
  7. I guess that those clues COULD have been associated with a Godzilla flick, though most of those movies were in Japan-type locations, not a salt flat. You were a LOT closer with "War of the Worlds." George
  8. Two Ses in Janssen, but otherwise correct. "Kamala" was her character in STNG "The Perfect Mate." George
  9. There is a character named Thor in this movie, but I don't think Ragnarok had talking apes... George
  10. Time to get obvious. Kamala Dorothea Swann Rachel Montana Claudia Haggs Leeanne Magruder Elizabeth Burke Evelyn Stockard-Price Kate Wells Rachel Wright Xenia Onatopp Ava Moore Jean Grey George
  11. Emilia Clarke Terminator Genisys JK Simmons George
  12. "Bad guy falls in poop: Classic element of physical comedy. Now comes the part where we throw our heads back and laugh. Ready?" "Ready!" [they all throw their heads back and laugh] "Don't worry. Nobody dies in this story. They just get really big boo-boos." "Arthur, I wish you would do something about all these monkeys. I feel like Jane Goodall." "Madam, I knew Jane Goodall and you are no Jane Goodall." 1: "I'm hungry!" 2: "Oh, shut up. You've been yakkin' for two days straight, and I'm gettin' mad enough to..." 1: "You know, you really should work on your anger. Have you tried Brankowski's "Cage the Rage" technique?" 3: "Don't let him get to you, Thor. He's just an ape." 1: "That's a fine way to talk to your meal ticket. You keep that up, it's liable to affect my stage performance." 3: "Give him a banana, Thor. It won't be long now." 2: "That's what you said yesterday! This trail is taking us to the middle of nowhere!" "I'm chafing, Max. I'm chafing big-time." "Didn't I tell you not to wear twenty pounds of black leather in the jungle? Didn't I tell you? Cotton, I said. Cotton breathes." 1: "No, no! It's all right! Ape friend! Ape make your breakfast!" 2: "What does it want? What does it want?" 3: "'It' wants 'its' Physician's Desk Reference, if you don't mind. Unless you'd rather die of dengue fever, of course." 2: [laughing hysterically] "That is very funny!" 3: [sarcastic] "Ha, ha, ha..." 2: "I thought I heard the monkey talk!" George
  13. This movie holds the record for most miniature model work to appear in one film. Model shop supervisor Michael Joyce estimated that more miniatures were used for this film than in any other two films combined. Due to the advances in digital technology since this film's release, most experts believe this record may stand forever. Over seventy mock news broadcasts were created for the film. All used real-life newscasters, since the makers believed that actors would not look convincing in such scenes. Except for the bi-plane during the crop-dusting scene, any airplane seen in the air in this film is either a model or computer-generated effect. The quote, "And what the hell is that smell?" was not in the script. The scene was filmed in the salt flats near the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Great Salt Lake is home to tiny crustaceans called brine shrimp. When they die, the bodies sink to the bottom of the lake (which isn't very deep) and decompose. When the wind kicks up just right, the bottom mud is disturbed and the smell of millions of decaying brine shrimp can be very, very bad. Apparently, nobody warned the star. The huge hype that the film began generating caused Warner Bros. to postpone the release of Mars Attacks! from summer to Christmas, and Steven Spielberg (temporarily) cancelled his plans to direct War of the Worlds. According to the producer, the U.S. military had agreed to support the film by allowing the crew to film at military bases, consulting the actors who have military roles, etc. However, after learning of the Area 51 references in the script, they withdrew their support. The film was banned in Lebanon under pressure from Hezbollah, because it included scenes where Israeli and Iraqi soldiers joined forces. George
  14. Correct. One word. (Unless you count "the".) George
  15. Why is WW up? You just answered his clue. George
  16. Alias? "Hi. We've all been working for an evil spy organization pretending to be FBI. Now that we found out what we were really doing, we'd like to Join the actual FBI." "Sure. No problem." George
  17. That WAS wild. I haven't even THOUGHT of Cheri in years! Kamala Dorothea Swann Rachel Montana Claudia Haggs Leeanne Magruder Elizabeth Burke Evelyn Stockard-Price Kate Wells Rachel Wright George
  18. That's Sylvester the cat. The actual TV Show? Bugs Bunny? George
  19. Yes! Current electrolytic methods allow aluminum to be manufactured economically, but when the Washington Monument was built, aluminum was as costly as silver. The capSTONE of the monument weighs about 3000 lbs. but the aluminum cap at the very top weighs about 100 ounces. It cost $225 in 1884, or about $7200 in today's dollars. It was the largest single piece of cast aluminum up to that time. FYI, the current price of aluminum is about one dollar per pound (enough to make 32 cans). George
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