Waching daily Jul 2 2017

Hi there.

Andrew here to regale you with a grab bag of news, opinion and personal anecdotes

from the previous week of seven days.

Let's get started.

Nintendo has long weathered speculation that it purposefully shorts supply of its popular

products, such as the Wii, amiibo and more recently, the Switch, in order to artificially

inflate demand.

The Switch may be impossible to find on store shelves but at least we can be reasonably

certain that we'll have many opportunities to pick one up over the next few years.

This turned out not to be the case with the similarly "so popular it's never in stock"

NES Classic Edition which Nintendo discontinued after only five months on the market.

At the time, an unnamed Nintendo representative responded to the gaming world's collective

incredulity by telling IGN that the NES Classic Edition "wasn't intended to be an ongoing,

long-term product."

Shortly thereafter, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé told Time that the NES Classic

Edition was originally intended as a product for the 2016 holidays.

Naturally, gamers found these explanations aggravating because at no point was the NES

Classic Edition ever marketed as "Limited Edition" or "Holiday Exclusive" or "While

Supplies Last!"

So this week, Nintendo's Senior Director of Corporate Communications Charlie S… um,

this guy, offered a mea culpa, telling Ars Technica,

"I think we could have done a better job communicating that was gonna be a limited run."

Yeah.

You could have ACTUALLY COMMUNICATED THAT!

My sister came down for a visit recently and was super excited to see the feral kitties

that were born in my neighborhood a couple months ago.

I see them lurking in the bushes pretty much every time I go outside so I told her we'd

definitely see them.

She was here for five days.

We saw neither hide nor hair of them.

Did they moved on and find a better place to live?

Nope!

They just don't seem to like my sister very much because since she left, I've seen them

every single day.

A fact I gleefully rub in her face by texting her each and every one of these pictures.

Because that's what older brothers do.

On Thursday, I was sitting in a left hand turn lane waiting for the light to change.

Unfortunately, when I got a green arrow, I couldn't turn because the intersection was

completely blocked by a line of cars.

What are you going to do, right?

Well, the guy behind me certainly seemed to have an idea because he started honking and

angrily gesturing at the green light and motioning that I should go.

Honestly not sure what he expected me to do, plow through three parked cars?

Dude, I'm in a KIA.

The next day I found myself in another left hand turn lane.

This time, I couldn't move on the green arrow because both lanes were backed up all the

way to the light and I didn't want to pull out and park in the middle of the intersection

because doing so would be phenomenally uncouth.

That didn't stop the guy behind me though.

No sir, he jerked the wheel and swung around me, zipping out into the street and plopped

himself right in the middle of the intersection, blocking the oncoming traffic and getting

in the way of the left-turning cross traffic.

And then he smugly crossed his arms and gave a self-satisfied huff.

Can you guess what he was driving?

Yeah, it was a BMW.

It's always a beemer; you never see anyone pull that crap in a Pinto.

Earlier in the week, this cute little number popped up on Twitter, helpfully differentiating

the main mechanic of the Kirby games, where Kirby gains powers and physical characteristics

of his enemies via oral consumption, and the upcoming Super Mario Odyssey, where Mario

possesses enemies by placing his hat on their head.

But not so fast!

Nintendo of America, ever protective of its IP, swooped in to Nintendosplain: "Um, actually

he's been 'Captured' by Mario."

That's right, when Mario forcibly enters the body of another sentient being to override

their agency and bend them to his will, he's not possessing them.

Heavens no!

He's merely capturing them and Nintendo will thank you not to tarnish Mario's good

name with such a scurrilous description of his actions.

Shame on you.

Why, you'd never hear Nintendo's Treehouse staff employ such an offensive label while

demoing the game at E3.

"There's lots and lots of things to do beyond following the main story of the game.

Like posses rockets. And turn into rockets."

Oops.

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Dee Daa's Jailbreak (feat.RoastMasterZ) - Duration: 3:59.

Dee Daa: What's up Youtube? My name is Dee Daa and welcome to Roblox!

This time we are breaking out of jail

You are probably wondering why I'm in jail...

...well that's not important

My cell mate RoastMasterZ is here with me

RoastMasterZ: I have been in jail for twenty years. It's time I break out

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【Minecraft】マイクラの全ブロックでピラミッド Part112【ゆっくり実況】 - Duration: 10:35.

Hello, this is Teryi.

Good evening, it is slowly.

Thank you for your viewing.

Thanks dear.

Well, triumphant return to defeat the two-body eyes of the wizard, it was supposed to be with, but I have become a helpless subtle result. It did not help beacon.

Well beacon Nante, I to I after all a mere building materials.

No, I was wondering for a long time. Beacon that do not fall into the hands and the wizard is not the after the war, I'm sure that it's very useful in the wizard game.

The idea is not changed even now, you probably do just the way it went wrong the last time.

Well last time, while thinking about how to solve the anger of zombie pig man left the Nether, was the first challenge to the wizard ground war.

Because it takes time and effort just head collected, and past the mistakes are not allowed, but it is I only was not that fought in the safety measures of the underground passage.

So as I wanted to fight on the ground squarely.

We worship the wizard to fly through the air freely thanks.

In, it was thought from the previous play, first to but cattle have been caught off really surprise when was attacked first, when as soon as the, wizard, it is characteristic to attack chasing the nearest of the creatures, and I thought It was.

However, it's the horse has not been attacked.

In other words, it No target of the wizard is not the nearest animal.

Alternatively, the enemy search range of the wizard will remain the possibility that short is in the downward direction.

In, I tried to some extent approach, wizard is I guess for me, it was to target the near me pig or rather.

In, wizard after pig attack would make you go away not go for my nearest.

And if chase to Savannah plateau, after the horse attack, we have finally for the first time wizard is hit me.

I came to just above the Teryi.

The wizard of the time this is still physical strength have exceeded half, is from here to become close combat mode.

From the above, Savannah plateau was evacuated animals, might become the ideal battle field and surprisingly wizard.

That is, the higher short potential enemy search range downward.

If if is speculation hit, usually even in the plains there are animals, if installed the Iron Golem, which was sealed with obsidian in the air, I might be sealed to stuck.

In a way, the official English wiki, only the notation of the attack other than the undead, information of the enemy search range and attack the priority was not seen.

Well, it is abrupt with a problem here. What am I trying to make anything.

In other words, also I did forgotten recipes.

Well But I seem to have been implemented made recipe book from 1.12, troubled in the recipe is the last maybe this time.

Before I had said something about not surprisingly troubled.

Such of just a sour grapes.

Well, one Prototype.

And prototype two Unit is a failure.

The prototype three Unit successfully on and off of the reversal.

Further trial by a four-Unit, has implemented an adhesive piston.

In, we were taken in a glass colored in five Prototype, but this is a fiasco.

The first place I did not need a mechanism for turning on and off inverted.

In other words, it can I gonna to do is retracted.

In, I saw completed in six Prototype.

But the oh well, still to take time until the red lights.

If you simply increase the hopper with the truck, I thought the time until the lighting is better, I think I'll hit.

Since also improve likely to take time, and leave the single of the status quo.

Well next, while expected to lead out, we go to see the progress of the abandoned village of.

Understanding of the specifications of the door is correct, it answers with.

I think sometimes, than in the case of I say love verification, make a forecast with limited information, I guess likes pounding feeling that the answer alignment.

We are super excited.

In, When I come to the village of darkness fraud, although there are villagers in the vicinity of the north-east of the house, such as a wide degree scattered than ever with so much slightly.

Well it is in the distribution basis.

But this is a home or would no longer 's house.

If you go away from more and more village the villagers, the villagers how to get back to the village is not, we panic quite been attacked by a child zombie.

What you're doing.

When I moved away further, is absolutely If this distance indeed.

In other words, in a state was not a house to house is a useless only block the direct sunlight of the door before and after 5 trout, I can say something or re-load of the chunk was necessary.

Furthermore, I tried waiting for the sunset, but went home dash phenomenon could not be verified. Will no longer doubt. Abandoned village of is achieved.

But it's for good, Do you accept not really the villagers to protect?

Object of protection is the village of darkness fraud. Even if with the intent to protect the village residents, it will not be already protected because they are not residents.

So, it's good to've removed the other torches.

The dawn of the pyramid is complete, I would like to look at the scenery again from the village of both in name and reality darkness.

Well, there was no need to make every time of spoilers. The opportunity to further verification is a pity to have been limited.

Timing leaving the base the future than about wizard game, beacon as soon as uniform, it takes at the end of the building.

It should be noted that the bonus target, beacon 4 twin launch of 4 the occasion of the end of the building, check crush springing up of 2 of the pyramid surface is done after the construction.

In, is either seen something new in the mule escape plan, I would be honest luck ask. It is likely to be Mikagiru four beacon set soon.

Well, and the day has come to begin to gather the last of Wizasuke head.

But it stopped unexpectedly is not come growth in the pyramid.

I had to say and try the last time you mention it.

When you talk once again, it is not completely picked up recording software is heavy in the world generated, sound and video of the recorded data is a phenomenon that deviate a few tens of seconds, we have suffered for many years.

I mainly video editing.

In, I thought not?, You do not sound shift. Finally is the sound shift goodbye.

When it comes to sound shift in play from time to time also occurs, it may be able suppress After a little stop immediately after the lag has occurred.

Well, in is starting to gather the last of Wizasuke head. Outing will be the last.

Really I late also this project finally.

It is likely to be the last round in a few episodes later.

Well It was a variety, there was a series reflection point often.

While he attracted to new things in the first ground planning, to do a complicated this project, there is a feeling that there is an honest unreasonable and look back.

In previously, but the planning spirit was the talk of the want to make the omnibus that was the axis, we struggling beginning to take.

Well Well from this area, to be stopped as little progress in 10 seconds, and then close to the Nether fortress while the anger mode measures of zombie pig man.

In, but is just a story, one of the causes of omnibus manufacture have much trouble is a gap of play then and now of knowledge and experience.

For doing this play if now, it's hard to make and I think start with.

The other is, if you try to Morikomo the idea to the axis of the main idea, I inevitably moving image is long.

Not a summarized in the compact.

Well, the release of anger mode of zombie pig man who had been suffering for many years, was successfully made somehow.

In the Nether continue to escape in a certain direction, it seemed correct.

Once, I so arrow came decrease brought the infinite bow, but had inadvertently. Not supposed to put away all.

In, from here is dangerous.

Head with only two bodies first entered the Nether fortress has come out Corot.

It 's luck is going crazy.

The wizard before the war, but it is only just to get the time away from the Nether fortress. When this comes almost continuously, not only a bad feeling.

In other words, it's forever count work is followed by a wizard skeleton from here.

No, the beginning of the work was from here.

By the way, I put the distance on the lookout here to the voice of the zombie pig man, was not particularly anything.

Anyway, it counted as integral eye this wizard skeleton.

And, gave up counting, after an hour roughly, it seems had invited the anger again.

Please counted.

Well I generally think that it was about 40 bodies.

And this time away from the Nether fortress is up to here.

Even so, I guess why become the last one is always this very.

Because it is always of fate.

Mean to say, is whether the next time at the head gather is unknown. But I think that it is probably all right.

So, we will work hard the next time.

see you next time. Buying and selling.

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HEATWAVE GIVEAWAY WINNER!! - Announcing an ALL NEW GIVEAWAY! - Rocket League - Duration: 2:01.

the beasts kind co-star what is going on everybody rich you go here and I'm back

with another video hope you guys are having an amazing day and in today's

video we're going to be announcing the heatwave giveaway winner I mean I have

been running this giveaway for a long time now maybe like around about a month

like I think it's like exactly a month kind of and we're going to be announcing

that he weighs giveaway in this video and we are going to be doing a all-new

brand new heat wave giveaway because as you guys saw in that blind trading video

I did have to surf at heat waves just because Zack gave me one so that's

perfect to do another giveaway so don't be down if I didn't pick you for this

giveaway everybody would obviously have another chance to win another heatwave

in our next giveaway all right so without further ado our

winner for this heat wave giveaway is a shot a lob see I think I might be

pronouncing that wrong but if I am don't hate on me that's all you have to do is

just comment down below your gamertag and I will send you a message right away

sending you over the heat wave or the certified heat wave obviously and for

those of you who did not win don't worry because another heat wave giveaway is

going to be taking place and like probably like in a day or something so

don't worry about it alright guys this is probably going to be the end of the

video yeah I know this video is really short but I just want to announce the

heat wave giveaway winner and announce the new giveaway that is going to be

taking place in about like like a day or two or something like that so if you

guys ready to like this video make sure to smash that like button down below it

really helps out the channel this is Richie go I'll see you guys in my next

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I Still Feel Like A Di*k For Doing This | Vlog 003 - Duration: 5:49.

So I'm down here today for a networking event just around the corner, I've been

making a big effort in these last few months to get as get out there as much

as possible and really spread the awareness of our company so I've been

going to as many the local networking events as possible getting as much

face-to-face time as well with other business owners not even necessarily

with businesses that will require or services but who are at least big have a

big profile in the local area I had a meeting yesterday with the CEO of a web

development agency in this area and you know he said in the last three months

that we've definitely made a big splash on the industry in terms of getting

awareness out there about who we are and what we do and you know that said I gave

me a lot of encouragement word is spreading and you know at this stage we

couldn't really ask for much more all the great things will come once we've

got our name out there people know who we are what we're about our values what

we stand for and there's just a great value that we offer and the great

results that we bring so before I head over to the event I'm actually going to

take some time to take a look around cuz I feel like every time I come here it's

always on business it's always for some event and I've never got the time to

actually appreciate this place on foot so yeah what better day then to take a

little wander around see what see what the Canterbury has to offer there's

coffee place I've been one to check out for a while so my head on over there and

get a bit hungry now I think coffee and a cake is called for

it's funny because we're all just filming this video down by the river

there I tried to film the video there about six months ago after I finished

another networking event down here and yeah basically just had the chicken out

I shit myself in the middle of it because of people watching me I just

wasn't comfortable bit whatsoever and now now look at me

you know I still feel like a dick for doing it but you know when I look around

and I see that majority of people aren't doing this the majority of people here

aren't trying to build themselves a personal brand I am so the whole time

I'm on this side of the majority I don't mind I think you should always be any

innovator should always be on this side of the majority if that means that a

thousand people down this this High Street here are looking at me can't give

a shit okay I really want that coffee now

so the promise of great coffee didn't disappoint if you're ever in Canterbury

Garage Coffee go check them out really great guys in they're really into

vlogging actually the vlog breaks down some barriers of people it's a talking

point an icebreaker often so yeah for those in the know shut away they see the

setup and go you have lager I'm like I'm trying to be I'm pretending to be yeah I

actually I love Canterbury for this I love it for these little side streets

that I have down here just absolutely beautiful

look at this so yeah great coffee great chat with them I got a whole lesson in

coffee making but now I bet head on over to this networking event but nothing

could have prepared in there yeah having a coffee of those guys having a nice

little chat and yeah I feel like the networking has already begun that I've

got to be one of the best networking events I've ever been to they did very

kindly give me permission to film in there but I literally didn't get a

chance that was just some of the conversations which is so intense and

intimate and they're fantastic it's funny because you see all of the classic

networking types you know the guys that is my business calif is my business card

is my business card and then you get the way that I like to network which I don't

know you see instead of knowing everybody but only on this kind of level

I prefer to get to know one to maybe half a dozen people are most depending

on how long the networking event is and just get to know them a lot more

intimately a more deeper conversations I feel like when I do that I have more

context not a platform from which to contact them after that thereafter so

whilst my priority of course is to spread awareness of the business it's

not to go into spam everyone with business cards that's not the way I want

to do it the way I want to do it get to know the key people get them to

know the business index and just really get the show the true value that we can

bring all in all I'd called a really really positive day great too great to

explore some of these little side roads in Canterbury and kind of see what it

has to offer as almost like a tourist great to me of the guys at garage coffee

and see what they're all about and then everyone that I've met at their

networking event yeah I'd call that a pretty successful day

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Metal Guitar Tone With Free Plugins (Gurya Records) - Duration: 7:58.

Hi. I am often asked: "Is it possible to use only free plugins?"

My answer is yes!

Today i show you how to amplify guitar and mix this with free stuff.

so..we need...

Tube screamer TSC by mercuriall audio.

amplifier... legion by pouline plugings

You can see all settings in upper left corner

also... we need cab simulater

This is NadIR by Ignite Amps

Cab simulater includes a some impulse

I share this with you for free. Link in description!

i am copying settings to the second guitar

Guitars are sent to GTR Bus

Bus includes all settings for mixing guitars

All plugins are free

You can download and install this

Links in description

Let's check guitar sound without proccesing

The first plug is a Pod Farm preamps + EQ by line6

I chose American classic

"Pod Farm Free" includes this

This makes the sound more massive and uniform

I very often use this plug

I like to use this for metal music

The next is a dynamic EQ

This controls palm mutes

The next is an EQ

This is standart plug for Studio one

You can use any standart EQ in the your DAW

The first band is a low shelf filter - 235 Hz

This frees the place for bass guitar

You probably noticed this...I removed the low frequencies

your question - "Why is this?"

Your words - "This can be done by pod farm preamp"

The answer is simple

I'm uncomfortable doing it (low shelf 235hz) here (in the pod preamp)

Value of button (band gane in the pod preamp) is either very large or very small

So I use this only to saturate and to change the tone

Next I use the detailed processing for mixing guitars

Back to that

Cut-out of resonances

and hi-cut filter (hiss sound)

The next plug is a compressor

...DCAM Freecomp

I used this to change the nature of sound

and to reduce the dynamic range

The second EQ

Cut-out of some resonances

The last plug is Limiter.

This is W1 limiter

This is clone of Waves L1

i used this to adjust the balance

...with full mix

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Honor 9 - The €450 Flagship - Duration: 2:23.

it's never been easier to get a great high spec smartphone with great

performance and great build quality for just 450 euro this is honor nine the

four hundred and fifty euros flagship

honor nine came up with five point one five inch F HD display with Corning

Gorilla Glass five that's five point one five inch display resolution is 1080 by

1920 it's about 155 grams on the top of the

handset we've got an infrared port on the right side we've got the volume up

and down key we've got the power buttons

at the bottom of this handset we've got the speaker three point five millimeters

headset jack and got the USB C port it comes up with Kirin 960 CPU or gigabytes

of RAM 64 gigabytes of ROM you can extend storage up to 256 gigabytes with

micro SD card and it comes with Android 7.0 it has also dual camera system the

main sensor is 12 megapixel and the secondary sensor is a 20 megapixel

autofocus lens and the fon camera is a megapixel with f 2.0 aperture it comes

with fingerprint sensor bluetooth 4.2 and dual SIM support it has also 3230

mAh battery

you

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Power Rangers (2017) Blu-ray CLIP | Rita Repulsa at Jewellery Store 'Did You Miss Me?' (Scene) | HD - Duration: 2:58.

These... are all 24 karat gold bands.

Hello, I'll be right with you.

They're at the top of your budget...

I'll get you anything you want.

Aw. You're so sweet.

Get my cookie anything she wants.

I'll be right back.

Uh... can I help you?

Gold.

I'm interested...

in gold.

Yeah.

We have some very nice pieces here.

Come closer.

- Closer. Closer. Closer. - Oh...

- This. Give it to me! - Of course!

Okay. Here you go.

Ah...

Grow.

Grow.

More!

Police! Don't move!

Drop your... weapon, and put your hands on your head.

Do it now!

Do what I say, lady!

Lady... I like the sound of "lady."

Get on the ground and you won't get hurt.

Unit five, I need backup at Fenix Jewelers.

Shots fired. I repeat, shots fired.

Get down!

It's been too long since I raised my beautiful creatures.

Did you miss me?

Oh, my God.

Kill him!.(CoolestClips4K)

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Famous Movie Roles Actors Were Too Afraid To Take - Duration: 10:55.

Things normal people are afraid of: zombies, the dark, spiders, and whether or not the

waiter spit in our food.

"Take it back!

If I wanted something your thumb touched I'd eat the inside of your ear!"

Things celebrities are afraid of?

Sketchy acting jobs.

Sometimes actors pass up blockbusters because of the overall creepiness of the movie, a

fear of awful writing, or just because they're afraid of disappointing their fans.

Here are a few famous actors who have turned down incredible roles for totally legitimate

reasons — and some who lived to totally regret it.

Michelle Pfeiffer: Silence of the Lambs

Even a legend like Michelle Pfeiffer isn't afraid to admit she was too afraid to take

on the subject matter of Silence of the Lambs.

As Empire revealed in its look at the making of the movie, she was turned off by overwhelming

darkness and violence in the script — a letdown for director Jonathan Demme, who'd

worked with her previously and made Pfeiffer his first choice for the role of Clarice Starling.

He went through a number of other actresses before hiring Jodie Foster.

Honestly, we wouldn't want to be face-to-face with Hannibal Lecter even if we were just

on a movie set, so it's easy to sympathize with Pfeiffer.

Meanwhile, another big star passed on a role in Silence of the Lambs: Jeremy Irons.

Apparently, playing a cannibal serial killer is just a little worse than the creepy dude

he played in Lolita.

Josh Hartnett: Superman Returns

At the ripe age of 22, Josh Hartnett was afraid of being pigeonholed when he was asked to

wear the red cape in the 2006 film Superman Returns.

So he turned down the role, partially because he valued his free time, but also for fear

of damaging his career.

Also in Hartnett's "thanks, but no thanks" pile: opportunities to play both Batman and

Spider-Man.

As he later admitted to Playboy, choosing not to put on the tights is what ultimately

hurt his career after all, saying,

"I've definitely said no to some of the wrong people.

I said no because I was tired and wanted to spend more time with my friends and family.

That's frowned upon in this industry.

People don't like being told no."

Jude Law: Superman Returns

English actor Jude Law grappled with the same offer as Hartnett.

Director Bryan Singer considered going with the British star, but Law wasn't sure pinning

on the cape was a good idea.

He was worried about his nationality, thinking an Englishman shouldn't play the guy who stands

for the American way — and he also wasn't crazy about putting on the tights.

Hoping to sway the actor, Singer had the costume sent over, and Law tried it on for size.

"I take the suit into the bathroom and I'm putting it on…and I look around… and I

look in the mirror, and suddenly I'm Superman."

Law even started hearing the original film's John Williams theme — but the fantasy didn't

last long.

"And then I had this picture of that..of me in that you know on posters all around the

world and I thought… 'no way' and I unzipped it."

Suddenly, there was "no way" he could play the part, although he did have the satisfaction

of pretending to be Superman for a few moments.

And as Law put it, "That was enough."

Bette Midler: Sister Act

It's hard to picture anyone but Whoopi Goldberg as Sister Mary Clarence in Sister Act, but

the role was first offered to Bette Midler.

As she later told Metro, she turned down the opportunity because she was afraid of how

her fans would react to her portrayal of a nun, saying,

"My fans don't want to see me in a wimple."

Who wants to break the news to Midler that the character wasn't actually a nun?

That's kinda what the "Act" part in the title meant.

Jennifer Hudson: Precious

Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson was offered the title role in Precious, but turned it

down — a decision she initially attributed to a reluctance to gain the weight necessary

for the character.

She later insisted the decision actually had more to do with what was on the page than

what would've shown up on the scale, telling The Huffington Post,

"I'm a firm believer that what is meant for you is meant for you.

I did not turn the role down because of the weight situation.

I just felt the character was doing things, at least in my script that I got, that were

places I did not want to go and not where I needed to go."

Mark Wahlberg: Brokeback Mountain

Originally offered the role of Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain, Mark Wahlberg declined

the part after feeling, quote, "creeped out" by the script, and letting his fear of the

movie's homosexual themes outweigh the potential of the role.

The National Enquirer doubled down on the rumors and stated that Wahlberg was simply

told 'no' by his priest.

It's acting, Mark!

"What?

No!"

Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger signed on, and Gyllenhaal's Oscar nomination for the

film must have been fun for Wahlberg to read about.

Brad Pitt: 12 Years a Slave

As one of the most acclaimed dramas to come out of the major-studio system in recent years,

12 Years a Slave almost starred Brad Pitt in the villainous role of Edwin Epps.

Pitt told The Mirror that he refused the role because he was afraid of what his children

would think if they saw him as a slavemaster in the film.

He opted for a cameo role — because, as one of the producers on the movie, you get

to do things like that.

John Lithgow: The Fly

David Cronenberg's The Fly is pretty much a perfect horror movie.

It's disgustingly awesome, and Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis totally kill it as the two

leads.

It's hard to imagine anyone else playing their parts, but shockingly, Goldblum wasn't the

only actor in consideration for this grotesque manimal.

As it turns out, John Lithgow was also up for a trip through the teleportation pods.

Lithgow is no stranger to playing monsters.

But despite his penchant for playing scary characters, Lithgow didn't have the stomach

to morph into a man-sized fly.

In an interview with In Magazine, the actor admitted his agent wanted him to play the

doomed scientist Seth Brundle, but Lithgow thought The Fly was an "icky story," and he

"didn't want to play something so grotesque."

" Oh.

That's disgusting."

And if the guy who played the Trinity Killer thought a movie was too gross, then you should

probably be afraid of watching that film.

Be very afraid.

Will Ferrell: Reagan

Even before the film Reagan began filming, the project was dead in the water due to public

outrage.

In this alternate history take on Ronald Reagan's last four years in office, the 40th commander-in-chief

is suffering from Alzheimer's during his second term, and one intern's given the job of tricking

Reagan into thinking he's still an actor, and is actually playing the president in a

film.

When word leaked out that Will Ferrell, no stranger to playing presidents, was considering

playing the dementia-stricken Reagan, the internet went absolutely insane.

Most notably, the movie also drew criticism from the Reagan family, who claimed the film

was offensive to people suffering from Alzheimer's.

Things got so intense that director Adam McKay claimed people were calling the production

offices and leaving threatening voicemails.

Soon, anger at the project reached such a fever pitch that Ferrell essentially killed

the film by announcing he was no longer interested in the part.

Probably for the best.

Toshiro Mifune: Star Wars

By now, everybody knows the original Star Wars was a brilliant mash-up of George Lucas's

favorite stuff.

Throw in some Flash Gordon, mix in a bit of World War II footage, add a dash of The Searchers,

and presto, you've got A New Hope.

But perhaps the biggest influences on the Star Wars saga were the films of Akira Kurosawa.

Of course, you can't have a Kurosawa film without Toshiro Mifune, a superstar who appeared

in 16 Kurosawa films.

He made such an impression on Lucas that the director wanted him to play Obi-Wan Kenobi.

There's no denying Mifune would've made an excellent Jedi knight, but according to his

daughter, Mifune was worried that the film, quote, "...would cheapen the image of the

samurai.

At the time, sci-fi movies still looked quite cheap as the effects were not advanced, and

he had a lot of samurai pride."

Mifune waved his hand and told Lucas to move along, to both the roles of Kenobi and Darth

Vader, according to his daughter.

If that's true, his samurai pride cost him a pretty hefty paycheck.

Chris Evans: Captain America

It's pretty hard to imagine anyone other than Chris Evans playing Captain America.

Evans seems to embody Cap's innate goodness, nobility, and heroism.

It's really a case of having just the right actor in just the right role, and that makes

it all the more surprising when you realize Evans initially turned down the Marvel super

serum.

On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Evans admitted that he was afraid of the whole thing.

"I was scared because you know at first it was some nine-picture contract, and there

are parts of me that have a little bit of social anxiety with this industry."

He turned Marvel down…twice.

As he explained to The Scotsman, he just enjoyed doing smaller films and staying under the

radar.

But eventually, the star-spangled actor realized he was "saying no out of fear," and he finally

picked up the vibranium shield after realizing he was turning it down for the wrong reasons.

"...whatever you're scared of, push yourself into it."

Which sounds just like something Captain America might say.

Chris Pratt: Guardians of the Galaxy

We know Chris Pratt eventually took the starring role of Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy,

but before he helped save the universe, he originally passed on the part.

As he told Entertainment Weekly, he thought he was too fat to play a superhero, and he

was ultimately afraid of the same feelings of rejection he dealt with when he was passed

over for Star Trek and Avatar.

A huge fan of the action movie genre, Pratt later faced his fears and won the hearts of

Guardians fans everywhere.

That right there is a real-life superhero story.

Denzel Washington: Se7en

Speaking with GQ, Denzel Washington admitted he regretted turning down the chance to star

in Se7en, the David Fincher classic about a serial killer who uses the seven deadly

sins as a template for his murders.

As he explained, he found the script "too dark and evil" — although now that we've

all had a couple of decades to love Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman in the movie, he feels

a little better about the film.

If you ever see Washington, don't forget to ask him "what's in the box."

"What's in the boooox?"What's in the boooox?"

"Because I envy your normal life, David."

"Put the gun down put the gun down, David"

"Seems that envy is my sin."

Ah what's in the booooox?"

"It's a box of balloons."

"It's balloons!"

"It's just balloons."

"It's balloons."

"It's a box of balloons."

"There must be a hundred balloons in here!"

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