Tuesday Odds & Ends: G.I. Joe, Flash Forward, historical inaccuracies, space taxis and Mythbusters

+ Say you don't want to go see "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" but you DO want to see Alan Tudyk wearing a false beard and crying over "The Wonder Years." Then check out this ode to G.I. Joe called, oddly enough, "The Ballad of G.I. Joe" about what all your favorite Joe characters do on their off time. Hee.

The Ballad of G.I. Joe from Olivia Wilde

+ As someone who's still fuming about the gigantor sabre tooth tigers in "10,000 B.C.," I enjoyed this list of the 10 most historically inaccurate movies. Read a book, Roland Emmerich! (I only criticize out of love -- Roland has made some of my favorite cheesy movies of all time, bless his little heart.)

+ Want to learn more about ABC's new fall series, "Flash Forward," where every person in the world blacks out for 2 minutes and 17 seconds (isn't that how we choose our "Idol" winners?) and has a singular vision of the future? Sure you do! Check out this interview with "Flash Forward"'s producer David Goyer.

+ Here's something I didn't know -- seven of the nine writers behind "Mad Men" are women, including "Buffy" alumna Marti Noxon. The Wall Street Journal has a great article on how they put their pen to 1060s chauvenism and general ass-hattery.

+ Have you been secretly developing a commercial passenger transportation service to space and wondering what to do with it? Well, NASA would like to hear from you. I suggest charging for every quarter mile but that's just me.

+ "Family Guy" has more "Star Wars" spoofs planned, says Seth McFarlane, adding, perhaps menacingly depending on your feelings about Freudianism, "Certainly the big worm coming out of the asteroid (in 'Empire Strikes Back') is a big comedy moment for us." Oh dear.

+ And finally, run, don't walk to your local newstand where this month's issue of Popular Mechanics features "Mythbusters" on the cover and includes their guide to gonzo engineering.

Thanks Super Bowl for whetting our summer movie appetite

Further evidence that nerds are ruling the world these days -- our movies were all over the Super Bowl last night. You can check out the new "Star Trek" preview which features Kirk being his usual bad-boy self and also the first shots of Dr. McCoy that have me thinking he looks like Nathan Fillion.

We also got to see a sneak peak of the new "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" movie which, let's face it, looks pretty much like the old "Transformers" movie and that's fine by me. Actually things look even more 'splody, if that's even possible, and there seems to be a giant robot dog. Sweet!

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

And last but not least, we got a peak at the upcoming "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," which I'm including because it features Christopher Eccleston going all Scottish and action figure-y. Niiice.