Heat Vision And Jack - The Show That Was Not To Be

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Long time no post, eh? Sorry about the delay in posting, "dedicated" readers; you know, community theater, graphic novel design and all....

Anyway, here's a delightful tidbit o'news (two actually); seeing as how lazy I am to post reviews, I'm going to just post interesting things, opines, mostly movie-related, on the ol' blog-a-roo now, make it a little more accessible to the average Joe out there. And yes, I start now:

Which leads to tidbit #2 - Have you heard about this failed TV pilot called "Heat Vision And Jack", which Ben Stiller created after Fox Television canceled him then begged him to do something for them after he won an Emmy (c)? Interesting fish, this is; a renegade astronaut (Jack Black) is irradiated with solar radiation and becomes the most brilliant man in the world...as long as the sun is out. He is also in turn hunted down by NASA to get his brain removed and examined. All the while, he hightails it throughout the U.S. of A. with his best buddy-turned motorcycle Heat Vision (voiced by Owen Wilson) - it's a long story.

So many convoluted plot points and comedic highlights are lumped into a 30-minute pilot that, perhaps, it was a bit too low-(or even high-) brow for Fox to understand. Be that as it may, it is as funny as all get-out and should be mandatory viewing by any and EVERY living being on this planet. Hey, it'd make a great lead-in to Black's Nacho Libre wrestler movie dealie.

And so, I leave you now a link below with the very pilot that was never meant for your viewing pleasure. Ladies and gents: "Heat Vision and Jack".

Enjoy. Dope out.

-TGWD