Burt Reynolds as Indiana Jones? Bill Murray as Batman?
We’ve all heard stories about insane casting choices that never happened (whether the actor turned down the role, or was forced out of it), but they always seem to be the same ones.
Now there’s NotStarring.com, a handy online database collecting all of the famous what-if castings in movie history. Take a minute out of your busy day and check it out. It’s definitely worth a couple laughs.
Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:
1) The Departed: $27 million (first week)
We wonder how Robert De Niro feels about Marty putting Leo DiCaprio in all of his new movies. One thing’s for sure, when someone finds Leo’s lifeless corpse wash up on the shores of the Baja peninsula, Bobby D better have airtight alibi.
2) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning: $19.2 million (first week)
You’re sick, sick people, and you should go into therapy.
3) Open Season: $16 million ($44.1 million, second week)
One more animated animal movie and I’m entering the forest with an Uzi.
4) Employee of the Month: $11.8 million (first week)
Quote from Matt Stone about upcoming targets for future “South Park” episodes: “Trey really wants to go after Dane Cook.” Sweeeeeet.
5) The Guardian: $9.6 million ($32.4 million, second week)
We got nothing.
Bullz-Eye had a chance to ask a few questions to members of the cast and crew of “Battlestar Galactica” on the eve of the premiere of the new season, but we figured we’d wait until just after the season premiere before posting it…
Bullz-Eye: Mary, at the end of last season, your character left office and went back to teaching. What can we expect from the new season after the occupation?
Mary McDonnell (“Laura Roslin”): She’s still teaching. But I think One thing you can trust about Laura Roslin is her passion for the fleet and her commitment to getting them to Earth doesn’t really go away, so whatever hat she’s wearing, I think the agenda remains the same.
BE: And, David, it was pretty bold to close out the season with the start of the occupation instead of ending it with the blast or just after. What went into the decision to end the season a year later, when the Cylons arrived?
David Eick (Executive Producer): I think that it was very clear to us that, in order to advance the story to that critical point, you needed a believable amount of time to go by. And that period of time, in order for all of the colonial society’s guard to be adequately down, they needed to exist through that period in such a way that they believed themselves to be safe. As a practical matter, doing several episodes in which everyone thinks they’re safe and fine and nothing happens didn’t seem like a wise thing to do! So we advanced the story to that point, that sort of event horizon, in which the safety that they believed themselves to be fortunate enough to have found, is suddenly yanked out from under them, and it was really for no other practical reason than that. I know some people…I mean, there seems to be some division. People had their minds blown by it, people thought it was a trick, people thought it was a dream, people thought it was a gimmick. For the most part, people seemed to really respond to it in a very favorable way. But the truth is, the motivation for it…it wasn’t a gimmick at all; it was really just a practical way to tell that story.
BE: And James, what do you think drives Baltar more: power, fame, or the love of a good Cylon?
James Callis (“Dr. Gaius Baltar”): (Laughs) Um…
Mary: (Laughs)
James: It’s, uh…I don’t think he’s particularly interested in power. I think that’s why he’s not so good at presidential stuff. So I would say it’s probably the love of a good Cylon.
Mary: (Laughs)
BE: Do you think he’ll seek redemption for his past actions?
James: He’s constantly seeking redemption, every day. And in some way, the axis of his redemption is built…there’s a fulcrum, and on the other side is everybody else, and he kind of has to, uh, meet everybody else to get his redemption, if you know what I mean.
Mary: Can I say something?
BE: Sure!
Mary: It’s one of the things that I love about the character of Baltar…as a viewer. I’m not speaking as Roslin right now…but even as Roslin, there’s something going on in him that she can’t put her finger on, and I think that what James said has something to do with that. There’s something in him that you understand is seeking something good. Otherwise, there’s no reason why, knowing my character, she wouldn’t have tossed him out an airlock by now if she could!
Animation super-dude Earl Kress has announced on his site – http://www.mynameisearlkress.com – that the following titles have been tentatively scheduled for release on DVD by Hanna Barbera in 2007:
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (Season 1)
Wally Gator/Touche Turtle/Lippy the Lion (Complete Series)
Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (Season 3)
Quick Draw McGraw (Complete Series)
…and these dudes:
Not that I have any complaints about any of the above – particularly not my boys, the Banana Splits – but here’s one that’s MIA that I really want to see sooner than later:
Before we dive into the Season 3 premiere, I’d like to mention the 10 webisodes available at SciFi.com that focus on two new/minor characters, Duck and Jammer, who play a major role in the premiere. It also follows Tigh and Chief as they organize a resistance movement to the Cylon occupation and is a good lead in to the premiere. The webisodes are a “must-watch” for BG fans. Anyway, on to the premiere…
One of the shots of the montage opening was Tigh’s wife (Ellen) sleeping with Cavil, one of the Cylons. Boy, I wasn’t expecting that right off the bat. It turns out she’s only doing it to get her husband (who has lost an eye) out of the detention center, but later on Cavil uses this relationship to his advantage, convincing Ellen to betray the resistance. No one ever said she was the sharpest tool in the shed.
Then there’s Starbuck, who has been abducted by another Cylon. This one is forcing her to play house with him. That was pretty cold when she stabbed him in the neck and then went back to eating her steak. Shortly thereafter, he arrives at the house in his new body to star the process all over again – such is Cara’s life the last four months. This guy seems pretty intent on breaking the unbreakable Starbuck, a tough task indeed. However, she did show some vulnerability when he introduced her to their child (Casey). I think it’s part of Cara’s plan to break out, though I suppose it’s possible she’s adapting to her new reality. But really, this is Starbuck we’re talking about, isn’t it? She has a stubborn streak in her like no other.
Meanwhile, up in space, Lee Adama has packed on some serious pounds. His pop has a problem with it, but his weight is just a metaphor for the fleet’s softness. Once they are able to make contact with the resistance – with help from Gaeta, President Baltar’s second-hand man – Admiral Adama puts together a plan to help fight the Cylons. After some back and forth, it is decided that Lee is going to take the Pegasus and the remainder of the fleet off to Earth while his dad is going to coordinate the rescue operation.
There are quite a few parallels between the Cylon occupation on New Caprica and our own presence in Iraq. One part of the resistance strategy is the use of suicide bombings, and this becomes a major point of contention between the Cylons and the humans. Baltar’s plea to Roslin resulted in a very cool scene between Roslin and Tigh, where she tried to convince him to end the suicide bombings, and Tigh basically told her to go frack herself.
The Cylons have had enough with the resistance movement and force Baltar to sign an order to execute 200+ names, including Roslin and Zarek. The new human-led police force drives the prisoners out into the woods and drops them off. Meanwhile, Boomer (who has been reinstated by Admiral Adama) rendezvous with leaders of the resistance to coordinate their efforts. As this was going on, I was wondering why the humans don’t colonize in the woods by the river. It seems like a much more hospitable area than the one they’re already in. Anyway, the premiere ends with centurions walking up to the prisoners, and as we see a shot of Callie running through the woods, we hear gunfire. With Ellen’s help, the centurions also got the drop on Boomer’s meeting with the resistance, so that could have been the source of the gunfire. Is Roslin shot? Maybe. Is she dead? Not a chance.
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