IT'S THURSDAY NERDSDAY!
YEAH!
SO BUCKLE IN, NERDS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN YOUR
WORLD, RESPECTED NEWS ORGANIZATION TMZ HAPPENED TO
BUMP INTO LATINA ACTRESS MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ AND ASKED HER
ABOUT RUMORS SHE MIGHT PLAY THE GREEN LANTERN.
>> I THINK IT'S SO STUPID FOR, LIKE, EVERYBODY BECAUSE OF THIS
WHOLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, MINORITIES IN HOLLYWOOD THING.
IT'S, LIKE, STOP STEALING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE'S
SUPERHEROES, LIKE MAKE UP YOUR OWN.
>> Larry: STEALING THE WHITE PEOPLE'S SUPERHEROES?
YEAH, THAT'S THE TALK I HAVE WITH MY SON.
SON...
DON'T STEAL.
I KNOW YOU LIKE SPIDERMAN, BUT THAT'S THE WHITE MAN'S
SUPERHERO.
WE HAVE GIZZARDMAN.
AFTER A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE OFFENDED BY HER COMMENTS, SHE
GOT ON Facebook TO TRY TO CLEAN THINGS UP.
>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD STOP BEING LAZY, AND THAT'S WHAT
I MEANT BY MY COMMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M TAKING IT TO HEART AS WELL AND I'M
CONSIDERING THIS WHILE I AM OUT THERE COMING UP WITH PROJECTS TO
DO AND THINGS TO WRITE.
>> Larry: OKAY.
I SEE YOUR POINT.
MINORITIES SHOULD COME UP WITH ORIGINAL PROJECTS INSTEAD OF
RELYING ON LAZY FRANCHISES.
BY THE WAY, MAKE SURE YOU CATCH MICHELLE IN THE SEVENTH
INSTALLMENT OF THE "FAST AND FURIOUS" FRANCHISE, "FURIOUS 7",
OUT APRIL 3rd!
(APPLAUSE) WELL, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT
WOULD PISS MICHELLE OFF.
THERE'S BEEN SOME LAZY CASTING TALK ABOUT THE NEW SPIDERMAN.
>> LISTEN, THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE, GUYS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU
RIGHT NOW, SPIDERMAN'S GOING TO BE MOST LIKELY BLACK.
BUT THERE IS A CHANCE HE COULD ALSO BE LATINO.
>> Larry: OH.
(LAUGHTER) WELL!
THE FANS MAY NOT LIKE THIS, BUT I TELL YOU WHO WILL LIKE THIS --
MARY JANE.
ONCE YOU GO BLACK SPIDERMAN...
YOU'LL HAVE TO FINISH THAT.
(LAUGHTER) ANOTHER THING ROCKING THE
NERD-IVERSE -- THE ALL-FEMALE GHOSTBUSTERS REMAKE.
APPARENTLY NERDS AREN'T AFRAID OF GHOSTS, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE
FRIGHTENED BY THE LADIES.
>> BUT THERE IS BEEN SOME HARSH BACKLASH ONLINE ABOUT THE
UPCOMING ESTROGEN POWERED GHOSTBUSTERS STARRING
McCARTHY, KRISTEN WIIG, KATE McKINNON AND LESLIE JONES.
ANGRY FANS OF THE ORIGINAL FILM STORMED SOCIAL MEDIA ATTACKING
THE REMAKE'S DIRECTOR, PAUL FEIG.
>> Larry: THAT'S HOW NERDS RIOT, BY THE WAY.
THEY STORM SOCIAL MEDIA.
"THEY BURNT DOWN TUMBLR, MAN!
WHY WOULD THEY BURN DOWN THEIR OWN?"
BEFORE WE ALL GET MAD AT NERDS, LET ME SEE IF I CAN EXPLAIN IT
TO YOU.
NERDS DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WOMEN, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
CHANGE.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
NERDS ARE UPSET AT BLACK STORM TROOPERS IN THE "STAR WARS"
MOVIE.
DO THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A STORM TROOPER BEING BLACK?
NO, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU CHANGING THEIR DEFINITION OF A
STORM TROOPER.
LET ME BE A LITTLE CLEARER -- IF THE FIRST TIME YOU INTRODUCE
OATMEAL TO A NERD, IT HAS MAPLE SYRUP IN IT, IT BETTER HAVE
MAPLE SYRUP IN IT EVERY (BLEEP)ING TIME OR IT'S NOT
OATMEAL.
THAT'S YOUR FAULT.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT, YOU NEED SOMEBODY WHO'S PART OF
YOUR ORIGIN STORY TO EXPLAIN THAT CHANGE.
LIKE WHEN STAR TREK CHANGED THEIR ORIGIN STORY, THEY HAD THE
ORIGINAL SPOCK COME BACK TO EXPLAIN IT TO THE NEW SPOCK.
THAT'S WHY NERDS WERE COOL WITH IT
WELL, THEY WEREN'T COOL, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO THE ONLY WAY TO CALM NERDS ABOUT BLACK STORM TROOPERS ISN'T
TO RECAST "STAR WARS" BUT TO HAVE A CHERISHED CHARACTER
EXPLAIN.
EXAMPLE -- LANDO CARLISSIAN COULD BE TALKING TO ADMIRAL
AKBAR -- "CALM DOWN, EVERYBODY.
IT'S A BLACK STORM TROOPER.
IT WASN'T MY FAULT!" OR OBI-WAN -- "THIS IS NOT THE
BLACK STORM TROOPER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
MOVE ALONG.
MOVE ALONG ."
OR DARTH VADER -- "I AM YOUR FATHER AND THE
STORM TROOPER IS A BROTHER AND THIS IS CNN ."
(APPLAUSE) OR YODA -- "STORM TROOPER NEGRO!
(LAUGHS) OKAY IT IS.
BUT LADY GHOST BUSTER, WEIRD IT IS ."
HERE TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON THIS SITUATION IS COMIC BOOK NERD AND
BLACK GUY MIKE YARD.
MIKE, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> MIKE: THANKS FOR HAVING ME, LARRY.
>> Larry: SO WHY IS DIVERSITY IN SUPERHERO MOVIES SO
CONTROVERSIAL?
I HEARD RUMORS OF A BLACK BATMAN.
HOW COME THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN?
>> MIKE: NO, THAT DID HAPPEN, LARRY.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A BIG BREAK FOR ME.
I GOT TO PLAY BATMAN!
>> Larry: WAIT, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU PLAYED BATMAN?
>> MIKE: YEAH, WANT TO SEE IT?
>> Larry: HELL, YEAH, I WANT TO SEE IT.
>> MIKE: ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
♪♪ >> WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THE
GUY'S GOING TO SHOW?
>> DON'T WORRY, HE'LL BE HERE.
♪♪ COMMISSIONER GORDON, I'M HERE.
(BLEEP)!
I'M ON YOUR SIDE!
(SOUNDS OF ARGUMENT AND FIGHTING)
THIS IS NOT WHAT THE SIGNAL IS FOR!
>> Larry: WOW.
THAT WAS SHORT.
WAS THAT THE TRAILER?
>> MIKE: NO, THAT WAS THE FULL MOVIE, LARRY.
>> Larry: OH, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE, MIKE.
THEY NEEDED MICHAEL KEATON, A BELOVED BATMAN, TO COME BACK AND
EXPLAIN THE CHANGES IN THE CAPE CRUSADER'S ORIGIN STORY.
>> MIKE: NAH.
BLACK MAN LANDS ON A ROOF IN A MASK, IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR
BAD (BLEEP) TO START HAPPENING.
>> Larry: I FEEL CHEATED.
I WANTED TO SEE MORE!
>> MIKE: ME, TOO!
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN TO HIS BAT CAVE, MAKING LOVE TO
RIHANNA AS BAT GIRL, SMOKING BAT BLUNTS BECAUSE YOU KNOW BRUCE
WAYNE GETS THAT GOOD SCARECROW WEED.
>> Larry: AND FIGHTING CRIME.
MIKE: TIME PERMITTING.
>> Larry: WELL, WHAT'S NEXT?
ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A BELOVED CHARACTER TO
EXPLAIN THE CHANGE FOR YOUR NEXT PART?
>> MIKE: NOPE.
NOT WITH MY NEW ROLE.
LET'S SEE IF THOSE COPS CAN CATCH BLACK FLASH.
>> Larry: SOUNDS SMART.
MIKE YARD, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.