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In honor of the upcoming film Men In Black International film (MIB International podcast episode now available!), we at Force Fed Sci-Fi wanted to revisit the film that started it all by talking about and reviewing the movie Men In Black. We decided to cover topics like the Men In Black creatures and aliens, the Men In Black ending, some of our favorite Men In Black quotes, and more!Let's start with the...
Men In Black CastWill Smith plays Agent J (Jay) in Men In Black (his previous identity being Edward James earlier in the film). As Sean and Chris discuss in this show's podcast episode, Will Smith had just completed and ended his popular show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, starred in the smash blockbuster hit Independence Day, and then was cast and released in this film Men In Black. It's kind of interesting as he finished the show and while he starred in the action film of Bad Boys first, he then cemented himself as kind of a sci-fi action star with Independence Day and Men In Black. We definitely don't think it's interesting in a bad way, but exactly the opposite as we think he did a phenomenal job taking up these types of roles (and still does). Sticking with Men In Black though, Smith did a great job! The mashup with Tommy Lee Jones'character made the film funny and of course Will Smith delivers his one line jokes with ease as he usually does. We'll get more into some of these jokes with our favorite Men In Black quotes later.

Tommy Lee Jones plays Agent K (Kay) in Men In Black. Jones had won an Oscar 4 years prior to the release of this film for his portrayal in The Fugitive (our non-sci-fi film recommendation of the week) and had filmed several films in between the two in the meantime. As we mentioned, the contrast of Jones'and Smith's characters was impeccable and added to the movie's humor. Some people may not know that Clint Eastwood was considered for this role as well. While Sean and Chris think that you could trade Eastwood and Jones out on this week's episode, I disagree and think Eastwood would have brought too much seriousness to the character of Agent K.

We also have in Men In Black, Zed who is portrayed by Rip Torn. We think Torn does a nice job playing the leader of the MIB agency in this film (and in the second one). We assume he wasn't asked back for the third MIB movie due to his legal troubles though. Despite his past, he has had some great performances to go along with a long career.
Men In Black Creatures and AliensSo we thought it would be fun to identify some of the Men In Black creatures and aliens we meet in the first film along with some of the actors who portray them:

 Vincent D'Onofrio portrays the main villainous creature alien in this film. We never get the exact name of his species though! We get him referenced as"the bug,""cockroach,"and as"Edgar,"which is really the body he stole as a disguise (poor Edgar? nah he was a jerk, haha!). In any case, D'Onofrio gives a great performance in this film while making himself move awkwardly at times since he really isn't human, just disguised as one.

Tony Shalhoub portrays Jeebs, a creature alien who apparently can grow his head back? I want to know, can he grow as many back as he wants? Or does he have a limited amount? 

 We get see the Arquillians introduced in this film. Who are actually an important race involved in this storyline.

  

We see a Cephalapoid at the very beginning of the film blink two sets of eyelids (although the second turn out to be gills since he was out of breath? Uh...alrighty then). However, we quickly say'bye bye'as he jumps off of a roof.

 In this film we are introduced to the worm guys and Frank the pug. Like Edgar, we don't really get a name for these alien creatures. I am glad we got a big more of these characters in the second MIB film, though. Hopefully we'll get to talk about that in the future!

  

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