
Greetings to all!
Welcome everybody to yet another exciting dissection of our favorite show in the
form of Eberts’ Files! Thousands of years from now, scholars may debate the
value of the aforementioned files, but for now we all know that they allow you,
the viewer to learn a little more about what we, the actors, writers, directors
and crew do to make I-Man the great show it is! So let us now turn our eyes to
Flash to Bang!
This was a really fun episode in my estimation. Craig really balanced the
elements of fun and drama in this one and wound it all together with two of our
favorite villains, Arunad and Stark. The pacing, jokes and suspense turn this
into a nice midway point episode in season two.
But enough of that let get into the "tidbits"...
Focus-puller: on the bench of the police station at the end of a long line of
thugs waiting to be processed is our very own focus-puller, Richard! Richard’s
normal job is to make sure the camera lens stays in focus by turning a little
dial on the camera while cameraman Spencer keeps us all in frame. This episode
Richard employs both definitions of the word.
Ah, the ever rugged looking...Arnaud? I completely didn’t recognize Joel when we
were filming that day because he was wearing a baseball cap and had the beard on
before his scene. He looked like a trucker. So why did Craig decide to have
Arnaud in a beard? Better for disguising himself? In case the mask rips the
beard will cover it? The real reason is that Joel is currently shooting a small
part n a movie in Canada that requires him to be bearded. He was able to be
spirited away long enough to shoot our episode, but the beard had to stay.
We see beautiful Balboa park in the background again.
This episode featured three of my friends on camera. Most of you are probably
know Jason as Dr. Murav, (you can read all about his adventures on his website
http://www.geocities.com/jasonmakiaris/) better known as fishtaco. However, the
Nurse (Myra) and the desk cop (Matt) are also good friends. Sharp-eyed viewers
may also remember Matt as orderly number three in IHWYDT. As a side note, Jason
and I appear in an episode of The Chronicle and Myra one before us!
Eberts to marry Agent Monroe! Well, maybe not. I received a lot of e-mails and
even a call from my dad about Alex flirting with Eberts. Does this become
anything? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see...
This episode is credited with being directed by Jim Contner. Unfortunately,
Jim’s back was still hurting from Bad Chi, which forced him to take a pass on
directing this time. Luckily, Bill Norton was able fill in quickly and did a
great job. Jim did show up on set to film the dance scene from bad chi between
Darien and Claire. It was obvious he was in quite a bit of pain, which made him
all the bigger trooper for showing up at all!
Well, that’s what I got for F2B, take or leave it! Next week I’ll probably have
a little bit more, but this week I’m drawing a blank! To any extent, I thank you
for reading. Our surprises are just beginning for this season and we hope to
keep you entertained! Again, thank you so very much.
Mike