Welcome to today’s edition ofNerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news for you in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for Tuesday?Dwayne Johnsonsurprises his biggest fan by officiating his wedding, LEGO builders create insaneMad Max: Fury Roadvehicles,Marvel’s Daredevilopening sequence gets reworked in the style ofLaw & Order, and much more. So sit back, relax, and check it all out in today’sNerd Alert!
Dwayne JohnsonOfficiates A Super-Fan’s Wedding
Ever since (what is considered) the “worst interview of all time” at thePain & Gainjunket,Dwayne Johnsonhas developed a friendship with comedian and ScreenJunkies correspondentNick Mundy. While promotingSan Andreas,Dwayne Johnsontook part in an epic prank where he surprisedNick Mundyby officiating his wedding.Dwayne Johnsonactually became ordained by the state of California to perform the ceremony, which could go down as one of the craziest matrimonial pranks in history.
Flickr userLegoWillhas debuted photos from his incredible collection of LEGO vehicles he built himself, that were inspired byMad Max: Fury Road. Hilariously, Will used the Ecto-1 set fromGhostbustersto create Immortan Joe’s modified version of a 1959 Cadillac known as the Gigahorse, along with the Doof Wagon, a.k.a. the monstrous speaker truck with Coma the Doof Warrior playing his flamethrowing guitar, and the War Rig driven by Imperator Furiosa.
Marvel’s DaredevilTitle Sequence InLaw & OrderStyle
One of the most iconic opening sequences in TV history is NBC’s long-running dramaLaw & Order, which has been mocked and spoofed countless times throughout the show’s 20-year run and beyond. YouTube userDavid Johnshas taken theLaw & Orderopening format and applied it toMarvel’s Daredevil, splitting up the good and evil factions of the show into “Dare” and “Devil.”
Avengers: Age of Ultron: Redneck Avengers
The folks atBad Lip Readinghave compiled a number of scenes from the blockbusterAvengers: Age of Ultronand other Marvel movies, dubbing over the dialogue to give Earth’s Mightiest Heroes a redneck twang in a four-minute video they’re callingRedneck Avengers: Tulsa Nights. As you can see, the ludicrous dialogue actually matches up quite well to not only the scene itself, but the lip movements of the actors.
Halo vs. Call of Duty Epic Fan Film
WackaWacka’s Danny & Michael Philippou have created an epic and rather insane four-minute fan film entitledHalo vs. Call of Duty, where a number ofCall of Dutyfans find themselves battlingHalo’s Master Chief himself, after calling out the rival game. This could be the closest thing fans get to either aHaloorCall of Dutyfilm for quite some time, and it surely doesn’t disappoint.
Jeopardy! Champion Gives Hilariously Wrong Answer
Whenever most Jeopardy! contestants don’t know the Final Jeopardy answer, they normally either answer with a question mark or just leave the screen blank. Current championChoyon Manjrekardecided to have some fun with his response to, “A Christian hymn and Jewish holiday hymn are both titled this, also the name of a 2009 Tony-nominated musical.” His response? “What is Kinky Boots?” As it turns out, none of his fellow competitors gave the correct response, Rock of Ages, and he ended up winning anyway.
Make Your OwnJason Statham3D Printed Mask FromSpy
20th Century Fox has launched an intriguing promotion for their upcoming action-comedySpy, giving fans the opportunity to create their own 3D-printed mask ofJason Statham’s face. Of course, the catch is you need to have access to a 3D printer to do so, but you can download the 3D file atFaceOffMachine.com.
Top 10 Movie Sets of All Time
Cinefixhas broken down the Top 10 Movie Sets of All Time in an extensive 10 minute video.Mad Max: Fury Roadhas drawn much praise for its extensive use of practical sets, so it’s quite fitting that this list would come out when it did. Among the site’s picks for the best movie sets are The Atoll inWaterworld, Gotham City inBatmanand The Roman Forum inCleopatra, and those are just the bottom three.
Robert De NiroDelivers Incredible NYU Commencement Speech
Acting legendRobert De Nirobrought some real talk to his commencement speech this weekend for graduates of New York University’s famed Tisch School of the Arts, telling them bluntly, “You made it, and you’re f—ed.” He goes on to break down how graduates of every other NYU program will have jobs, but telling these art graduates that “passion should trump common sense,” and that being “f—ed” is not a bad place to start. You likely won’t hear a more memorable commencement speech all year.
Epic Rap Battle Between Lewis & Clark and Bill & Ted
Youtube channelERBcontinues their long-running Epic Rap Battles in History series with a new video that pits famed historical explorers Lewis & Clark against famed cinematic time-travelling explorers Bill S. Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan fromBill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. The result is a hilarious mix of historical and movie references, and we also have a video that goes behind-the-scenes of this rap battle.
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