Hmm, Where Have We Seen Will Smith's Men in Black 3 Monocycle Before?
Sony has debuted a new chase scene from their upcoming sci-fi sequel Men in Black III, in which Will Smith and Josh Brolin (playing the young Tommy Lee Jones) hop onto a pair of newfangled high-tech monocycles to chase some alien perps. But where have we seen these super-speedy circular vehicles before? Mr. Garrison, take "It" away...
First, the men in black in their space-age cycles (via Yahoo):
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"Do you have these in the future?" teases Brolin's Agent K. "No," the Fresh Prince responds.
Well actually, in the year 2001 an enterprising Coloroadan named Mr. Garrison, fed up with airport security lines, invented such a contraption...
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Yep. Flexi-grips. The vehicle of the future! Er, or the past. Whatever.
Men in Black III cycles into theaters May 25.
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Wow, the special effects are so horrible it hurt my eyes. Will Smith's first flop?
Word is tracking is abysmal, plus rumors of skyrocketed budget... definitely an uphill battle.
This movie looks like it's on the border of infantile, one of those crappy products that only gets made because it's a popular sequel and has big name stars attached. Sadly, it will be a huge success in foreign markets.
You must be too young to remember Wild Wild West.
Having the third flexi-grip inserted is coincidentally the same feeling as watching Men in Black 2.
You can actually purchase a version of these.
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/11102.asp
The same company has ridable TRON light cycles as well.
MIB3 folks evidently went here mcleanmonocycle.com for inspiration. Sure would be nice if they gave Kerry some props.
I'm sure General Grievous in Episode III had one of these...
Obviously the SouthPark and the MIB 3 designers drew their inspiration for their monocycles from this inventor who has real life examples http://youtu.be/g_Q8rp0nnrE
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