Wow, that was fast. You've heard the Christian Bale tantrum and now you can dance to it, thanks to "Bale Out," a genius piece of mixing by L.A.'s very own RevoLucian. Needless to say, DON'T LISTEN if you are easily offended...or if you don't want to rock out at your desk.

VIDEO: Christian Bale's career, singing in "Newsies" to slaying in "Salvation"

Is "Terminator Salvation" the "Iron Man" of 2009?

Oh my.

Have you heard the scorching on-the-set rant by Christian Bale, who was clearly furious at Shane Hurlbut, the director of photography for "Terminator Salvation"? Clearly, somebody in the film's audio department decided that the famously severe actor's tantrum should be heard by the world ... which is why it landed at TMZ. The incident was reported months ago but the audio has finally made it out to the internet.

And ... wow, he was mad.

You can hear it right here but, please, don't go there if you are offended by coarse language or if you are a big fan of Bale and don't want your affections shaken.

Why the vicious tantrum? Essentially, Hurlbut (who worked with "Terminator Salvation" director McG on "We Are Marshall") walked across Bale's sight-line during a scene. That's a huge no-no and anybody with Hurlbut's two decades of experience on movie sets is well aware of that.

"If you do it one more time I ain't walking on this set if you're still hired!" Bale barks at Hurlbut at one point during the three-minute snippet (the besieged cinematographer can't be heard well during the barrage -- clearly the audio is all from a microphone that is on or near Bale).

Congrats to the Pittsburgh Steelers and welcome to a special postgame, all-video edition of the Hero Complex, your roundup of handpicked headlines from across the fanboy universe.

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE ... AGAIN: Does anybody blow it up bigger (or more often) than Michael Bay? (Just check out his truly awesome self-spoofing Verizon commercial.) Anyway, during the Super Bowl on Sunday there was a brief but, er, energetic preview of "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen." How did it look? Well, I don't think it will be ushering in a new era in cerebral cinema BUT it did have giant alien robots on skates! Here you go ...

UNDER THE GUN ... AGAIN: I kind of forgot there was a "G.I. Joe" movie coming this year. Seriously. But there it was, a trailer for "G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra" during the biggest U.S. sports broadcast of the year, with slow-motion hot chicks and dour military men making hard decisions in a hard world. The move is directed by Stephen Sommers ("The Mummy," "Van Helsing"), which is not necessarily a great thing, but it does have Dennis Quaid as Gen. Hawk, one-time "Doctor Who" star Christopher Eccleston as Destro and Ray Park as Snake Eyes.  Lock and load ...

Hmmm. I know this is not the intended effect, but as I watched that "G.I. Joe" trailer all I could think about was this ...

BEHIND THE WHEEL ... AGAIN: Action star Jason Statham, who has a flair for laconic exasperation, drives more sweet rides than a valet at the Four Seasons. The actor (who told the Hero Complex he wants to portray a certain Marvel superhero) has made a specialty of gas-pedal films ("Transporter," "Transporter 2," "Transporter 3," "Death Race.") and he's in a great new Audi commercial that aired during the game Sunday. Here's a look; it's really fun ...

ON THIS DATE: Today is the 60th birthday of actor Brent Spiner, who has appeared in major films such "The Aviator," "Independence Day" and, uh, "Dude Where's My Car? but will be forever remembered as Mr. Data, the earnest android from "Star Trek: The Next Generation." The mechanical man with the positronic brain is one of the great characters on a great series (and in four films) and with his relentless logic and sweet naivete he was a sort of yellow-eyed hybrid of "Mr. Spock" and "Pinocchio." You Southern California readers have a chance to see Spiner on stage soon -- he will be starring in "Man of La Mancha" at the Freud Playhouse at UCLA beginning on Valentine's Day and continuing through March 1. Also, the Houston native has a tricked-out personal website. Check it out. In honor of Spiner's birthday, let's treat our friends to a surprise rendition of "Blue Skies" today ...

Thanks for reading, have a great day.

-- Geoff Boucher

It was 70 years ago that "Marvel Comics" No. 1 hit the newsstands of America, and all year long we'll be marking that key pivot point in publishing history with special features. One of those features will be "Fred Hembeck's Hero Complex," where Fred Hembeck, the parody master of comics fandom, lovingly lampoons classic Marvel covers. Take it away, Fred...

My name is Fred Hembeck. Some of you may know me from when I destroyed the Marvel Universe a while back (turns out it didn't stick ...), others from the countless goofy little cartoons I've done over the years spoofing the entire comics medium.

The fine folks at Hero Complex -- that'd be Geoff Boucher; thanks, buddy! -- have kindly invited me to dig through my files and, every few weeks, share a selection of my Classic Cover Redos, which (ahem) happen to be available for purchase.

Since The House of Ideas is celebrating a noteworthy birthday in 2009 -- the 70th, makes them older than me even -- Geoff thought it might be nice to throw a spotlight on some of my Marvel work, and who better to start with than a two-part series chronicling the exploits of the dude who claims Betsy Ross as his all-time favorite fashion designer ... Captain America!

"Captain America" No. 1 (March 1941) Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, original artists

THIS is where it all began! Months before the U.S. entered the fray, Timely publisher Martin Goodman gave co-creators Simon and Kirby the go-ahead to have their spanking new star-spangled hero land one square on Hitler's jaw!! And I think we all know by now that he sure had it coming! Not a bad way to launch a career, not a bad way at all...