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And, yet another edition of today’s links you need to click.

• David sends along this gem, about the absolutely classic way that a Chase bank teller foiled a robbery. Well, at least one at Chase.
• In all seriousness, this will probably have profound effects on everything from your next visit to a museum to how certain things are portrayed in film.
• SRSLY. If Dinosaurs Had Twitter.
• Monsters. Aliens. MOAR PLEASE.

Here’s the links you need to click for Monday, May 24, 2010.

• Chris Thilk shares some thoughts on how he’s halted the regular linking to Movie Marketing Madness on Twitter, and the short-term results. Also, congrats to Chris on six years of MMM.
• Did you see what “Empire Strikes Back” would have looked like if it were made in the 50’s?
• Boba Fett! (where?) Boba Fett!
• My cat likes the dog’s food.
• You’re all ready for the premiere of “Mister Rogers & Me” from my pal Ben Wagner and his brother, right? Congrats, guys!

Here’s the batch ‘o’ links I’m suggesting you click for Friday, May 7, 2010.

• Thank goodness. Peter Shankman and the fine folks at HARO are tweaking their “anonymous” policy for the multiple-times-daily media & source email, to cut down on the overuse of “anonymous” that was being used by media looking to find sources for stories. I’d been seeing more and more (and more) use of “anonymous” in recent months, and am glad to see that it wasn’t just me who found that a little tricky. For those of you not familiar with HARO, find out more here.
• You guys might think I’m a little bit iPad happy or something, but I’m not the only one who is looking at the device as a real game-changer. [via many]
• It can’t be coincidence that the same day this spoof post, “If Super Mario Bros. Was Made in 2010,” was published that Blizzard Entertainment announced it would be connecting its games to Facebook, right?
• Joy shares one of the really bad PR fumbles that those of us in the industry see on an almost daily basis. So sad. Stop using canned lists and actually read something, people.
• For those of you going to see “Iron Man 2″ tonight / this weekend / as soon as you can possibly leave the office, you might dig on Chris Thilk’s writeup of the marketing behind the film. It’s pretty stocked up. Oh, and the movie was really good. Not that I went out at midnight last night or anything.

I’m not sure I have to say much more than the fact that I’ll be seeing this movie, tank scene be damned.

Props to Darren for retweeting about this extra awesome video that shows what the intro to “Tron” might have been, were it created by Saul Bass. Bass, if you’re not familiar, was responsible for everything from AT&T’s “globe” logo to film title sequences ranging from “Casino” to “Doc Hollywood,” and a healthy heaping of “Spartacus” and “Big” for good measure.

In two words, this is simply awesome. And that’s with the accent on both words.

Okay, I’m not trying to be a total jerk by skipping the awesomeness of this post from Anil Dash – you’ve really got to read the whole thing – but I wanted to share this excellent video that I’ve watched a couple of times, but forgot to share it here.

Check out how someone who’s never seen “Star Wars” before relates the story of the film and those that followed it, just by putting together what they’ve “heard” from others.

Here’s today’s batch of links you need to click, including some I’ve sat on for a little bit.

• Over at bats:both, I shared some thoughts on the passing of sportscaster George Michael.
• Time Out New York published some link bait for the entire universe by publishing their list of top movies of the decade. I’ll save the wrath of pen (or keyboard) for some of my blogger colleagues, but there’s some brutal choices on there. The “Donnie Darko” fan club will not be happy.
• If they had Facebook in the “Star Wars” universe, it might look something like this.
• I must admit, I spent a ton of time looking over these pager messages from 9/11/01. [via reddit]

Here’s today’s short list of links that are of interest. I’ve got more links, but a lack of time to share. More later this week.

• For the ad lovers out there, check out today’s Q&A w/ Stuart Elliott in the NYT.
• The Yanks are out playing the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California, USA, North America today, but you can still go to Yankee Stadium, if you were so inclined, to watch the game. I remember doing this during the New York Rangers’ 1994 run to the Stanley Cup, while the team was out in Vancouver. Kind of fun, but it wasn’t like 42 degrees in Madison Square Garden.
• Andy Beal writes about the news that social networking via mobiles has doubled in the last six months. Wow. [via Chris Thilk]
• Dave shared a solid Friday Heh this past week, with the payoff of a Facebook conversation having its way with the “Fresh Prince” theme song and balloon boy.
• Ben Wagner shares some personal perspective and a great way of spelling out what the film adaptation of “Where The Wild Things Are” means to a lot of people.
• This is awesome. That is all.
• Broadband is a privilege, not a right, right? Wrong, if you’re in Finland.

If you’re of a certain age, then “Nightmare on Elm Street” generates a certain feeling in your stomach (hopefully not a blade-adorned glove coming through it) whenever it comes up. You know, when good old Freddy Krueger and his sweater show up and tear your dreams (and body) to pieces.

Well, Michael Bay’s got a re-up of the flick coming, and here’s the trailer.

As you can see, it’s looking pretty good. I am not sure I’ll be able to avoid this one. Over at NY Mag’s Vulture, Lane Brown says that what we’re getting out of the trailer “seems to be a darker, slicker version of Wes Craven’s 1984 Nightmare.” I’d say that’s a fair assessment. Chris Thilk, what say you?

A mere hour after I posted on Twitter lamenting the time between “I’ve got a great idea” IMs that I’ve sent to Chris Thilk, followed by his response about how it has “got to be hours since I IM’d you something funny related to G.I. Joe,” we’ve got something new and funny, related to G.I.JOE. And oh boy is it funny. If you, umm, get all the jokes and inside baseball, of course. Note the level of talent that FOD continues to score, though.