Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Nerdy Facts of The Day: E.T. via Buzz Feed
Steven Spielberg’s original concept for E.T. was the story of a family that is terrorized in their home by five aliens.
The candy E.T. eats was supposed to be M&M’s, but Mars (M&M’s manufacturer) turned down Spielberg’s request to use it in the film. Spielberg then approached Hershey’s, who allowed him to use its Reese’s Pieces (which, of course, had its sales skyrocket after the release of the film).
Harrison Ford’s cameo as Elliott’s principal was cut from the film.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Nerdy Facts of The Day: Sixteen Candles via Buzz Feed
John Hughes was inspired to write Sixteen Candles after he received a headshot of Molly Ringwald.
Viggo Mortensen was almost cast as Jake Ryan.
The cake in the iconic final scene was made out of cardboard.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Nerdy Facts of The Day: Gremlins via Buzz Feed
In the original script for Gremlins, Gizmo was supposed to be the villain, turning into the gremlin Stripe and becoming the leader of the gremlin pack. Steven Spielberg (who produced the film) suggested they change that plot point because he felt Gizmo was cute and audiences would want to see him throughout the film.
Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (which also both happen to be Spielberg-produced films) were responsible for the creation of the PG-13 rating system. Both films, while rated PG, contained lots of violence, but not enough to warrant an R rating.
Tim Burton almost directed Gremlins, but was eventually passed over because he had never directed a feature length film.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Retro Nerd: Marty McFly Kicks by Universal Studios
Universal is now releasing the Marty McFly shoes to the public outside of the Nike Mag.
100.00
Dropping Soon.
Nerdy Fact of the Day: Back To The Future
Disney rejected the script for Back to the Future because of the incestuous storyline involving Marty McFly’s mother falling in love with him.
Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty (when the producers’ first choice Michael J. Fox was unavailable due to filming commitments on his TV show,Family Ties). He filmed five weeks worth of footage before he was let go and replaced with Fox, who the producers were able to get after working out a deal with the Family Ties producers.
Doc Brown was originally supposed to have a pet chimpanzee, not a dog.
The iconic DeLorean time machine was originally envisioned as a time travel chamber that resembled a refrigerator.
In Ronald Reagan’s 1986 State of the Union Address, he quoted the classic last lines from the film, “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Nerdy Facts of The Day: Goonies via Buzz Feed
During the filming of The Goonies, Jeff Cohen (Chunk) came down with a case of the chicken pox; he was so scared he was going to be replaced that he secretly showed up to work sick, and his chicken pox are visible during the iconic “Truffle Shuffle” scene.
The pirate ship that is seen in The Goonies was real. The film’s director, Richard Donner, did not allow the cast to see it in advance in order to be able to get genuine reactions from them during filming.
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