{"id":15787,"date":"2016-07-13T04:31:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T08:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=15787"},"modified":"2016-07-04T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T13:18:41","slug":"15-out-of-this-world-facts-about-men-in-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=15787","title":{"rendered":"15 Out-of-this-World Facts About “Men in Black”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Garin Pirnia<\/b> and Mental_Floss<\/strong><\/a> present 15 Out-of-this-World Facts About Men in Blac<\/em><\/a>k<\/em><\/a><\/b>. \u00a0Here are three of my favorites…<\/p>\n
9. MEN IN BLACK<\/em> IS THE HIGHEST-GROSSING ACTION BUDDY COMEDY OF ALL<\/span> TIME.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/b>Rush Hour 2<\/em> almost dethroned Men in Black <\/em>from the top spot in 2001, but with a gross of $250 million, Men in Black<\/em> held onto its position. 22 Jump Street<\/em> comes in third, and Men in Black II<\/em> and\u00a0Men in Black<\/em> <\/i>3<\/em> rank fourth and fifth on the list, respectively. On the sci-fi comedy chart, the Men in Black<\/em> movies corner the top three positions.<\/p>\n
11. WILL SMITH CAME UP WITH THE PLOT FOR MEN IN BLACK 3<\/em> WHILE FILMING MEN IN BLACK II<\/em>.<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/b>One night while on the set of Men in Black II<\/em>, Smith told Sonnenfeld his idea for a third film. <\/b>\u201cAt the beginning, something has happened and Agent Kay is missing and I have to go back to the past to go try to save young Agent Kay,\u201d Sonnenfeld recalled to CNN<\/i>. \u201cIn doing so, myself and the audience find out all sorts of secrets about the world that we didn\u2019t even know were out there.\u201d All Sonnenfeld could muster was, \u201cCan we just finish this one?\u201d Over a decade later, the plot to Men in Black 3<\/em> did revolve around time travel and saving a young Agent Kay, played by Josh Brolin.<\/p>\n
15. THE RAY-BAN GLASSES WORN IN THE MOVIE ALMOST DIDN\u2019T GET A SHOUT OUT.<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/b>The sunglasses Smith and Jones sport in the film are Ray-Ban Predator II glasses. According to a 1997 article in Promo<\/em> Magazine, a special coating was applied to the glasses to limit reflection, which meant removing the logo. Without the logo, nobody would know what type of glasses they were (Sonnenfeld edited out a previous line in the movie where Jones says \u201cthat\u2019s why they call them Ray-Bans\u201d). Ray-Ban tried to convince the studio to reinstate the logo, but they refused. After some coercing, Smith compromised and name dropped the company in the \u201cMen in Black\u201d song: \u201cBlack tie with the black attitude \/ New style, black\u00a0Ray-Bans, I\u2019m stunnin\u2019, man.\u201d The popularity of the movie and the song\u2019s music video gave the $100 Predators a four- to fivefold increase in sales, and a boost to Ray-Ban\u2019s entire catalog of shades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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