tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113920042012-01-29T21:41:13.225-08:00Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.comBlogger7071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-450291735635628692012-01-29T17:23:00.001-08:002012-01-29T17:30:27.773-08:00

Am excited. Right now, my composer is uploading the entire musical score for GOH to my dropbox. Can't wait to get it all and lay it in, check it out. It's the closest it gets to Christmas as a kid for me.Watched Chillerama last night. It's an anthology of horror stories from Adam Green, Adam Rifkin, Joe Lynch and Tim Sullivan. It's set at a drive-in and most of the movie is the movies being shown

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-84896592243579445522012-01-23T14:11:00.001-08:002012-01-23T14:22:21.053-08:00

So, have decided to go back on the diet. I could feel myself getting bigger. To recap, there was a time I got to 230 pounds. I'm 6'0. I lost 40 of those pounds in about 3 months. Stayed pretty good for about 3 years.I just stepped on a scale. Was 209. That's not gonna work for me. So, back to the shake diet. I'm 206.5 now after 2 days. Will keep you updated, because I know it's riveting for

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-55653554294621383562012-01-19T21:17:00.000-08:002012-01-19T21:45:31.919-08:00

So I saw a tweet by a guy named Stu about this pretty cheap rig for a DSLR that came with a matte box and a follow focus.I don't have much experience with rigs, as I have a super-cheap one that I have used for years. It's just a shoulder one that can be adjusted and you can pretty much screw on a million things. (I did one shoot with my DSLR strapped to the top, a Xoom recorder screwed to the

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-24780636317277913472012-01-19T00:58:00.000-08:002012-01-19T01:10:47.645-08:00

Man, am I fuckin' sick of the SOPA whining. Really.#1: Anyone who says it could mean the "end of the internet" is fucking retarded. It's crazy hyperbole meant to incite the people who think they can't live without the internet.#2: That's the other thing. It's just the fucking internet. The world operated fine without it for a lotta years. Know what would happen if it(meaning, sites that might be

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-84607845469446141722012-01-18T15:37:00.000-08:002012-01-18T15:44:18.109-08:00

This cracks me up:The ArtistIt reminds me of the time I went to see Brotherhood of the Wolf. The movie started, the subtitles came up(because it's French), and there was a huge groan and like 25 people stood up and left.Anyway, on page 51 of the vamp script. Not much movement on it, as I've been working on GOH. Got the last 2 people I need for looping, and am inserting it.BUT...you know...I was

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-65807791964276419442012-01-14T23:35:00.001-08:002012-01-14T23:47:31.727-08:00

Up to page 48 on the vamp script. I'm aiming for 80-90 pages. The shorter it is, the more time per page I can spend. I wouldn't mind if the final version is 80 minutes long, and credits will add a couple of minutes.I'm trying to figure out how I'm gonna make the main guy more likeable. I think he's gonna have to take charge at some point, because--like I said earlier--the side characters have

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-60082244997241814972012-01-12T07:17:00.000-08:002012-01-12T07:25:35.037-08:00

Forgot about this. But what the fuck is going on with kids today?Not the normal thing. I mean their homework.My kid is in the third grade. He's also autistic, but he's in regular class. Let's ignore that for now though.He brings home a lot of homework and I help him sometimes. But I am AMAZED that some of this shit is third grade. Does this sound like third grade?One question asked: Choose the

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Dunno. It's weird. My sleep schedule is all over the place. I dozed off for two hours last night, so now I'm up.And writing the vamp script. It's pretty cool, because you know how there are some great characters out there in movies/TV that you really don't give a shit if they're doing anything, they're just entertaining to listen to? You LIKE them so much you could just watch them shoot the shit?

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So, this may be boring to you if you don't know anything about the antique doll business or don't know Luke/Nelly.But you get bored, hang in there. The parodies come faster and better as you get in.The link to video gold!Also note: See why you don't zoom with a kit lens. (that flicker you see is because I didn't have a decent fixed aperture zoom lens on day 1--got one for day 2 though)Also, look,

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-30542938284458789122012-01-08T19:26:00.000-08:002012-01-09T02:06:48.078-08:00

I know, some people are saying 2012 is the end of all. I hope so.And now, I even suspect it. Why? Did you see that Rob Schneider has his own show coming on a major network? And it's even called Rob!It looks terrible, but the fact that it exists is proof enough of our imminent doom.Also: Fuck the Devil Inside right in the face. $34.5 million? Even though it has a 7% on Rotten Tomatoes? What are

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-44575343446826431222012-01-07T23:02:00.000-08:002012-01-08T03:59:11.674-08:00

I know, everybody's doing their top ten movies from last year list...I like the lists, but I hate doing them because it's so very hard for me to remember what I saw this year. Time is like a blur to me.So I'll do a little research and give you my best guess:5) Limitless - This one kind of surprised me. Seemed a rather limited(sorry) premise, but the director really makes the most of it. Really

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-31858538971256915402012-01-04T21:05:00.000-08:002012-01-04T21:10:55.363-08:00

Is that the weird deleted scene from GOH with music? Why yes, yes it is...Will it confuse you? Probably. Is the music awesome. Definitely.Once you see the actual movie, it should make sense to you...(this scene technically takes place before the movie begins)http://www.gohedon.com/playteaser.htmLet me know if the screen is cut off on the right side. I'm trying to figure out whether I should give

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Yeah, so I'm still at page 51. On the good side, I believe the whole video I was editing is done. Just gotta show it to them and see if they need any changes, but it's nearly there.Watched I Saw The Devil tonight. Man, that's a good movie. Quite an ordeal though. Not a feel-good movie, but it looks gorgeous and has some great acting, and excruciating gore scenes.Went out New Year's Eve with the

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-3564707907823956682011-12-29T20:38:00.001-08:002011-12-29T20:45:53.825-08:00

So, last night I got 0 pages of writing done. In my defense, I'm really trying to finish this corporate video, and it's complicated. I'm having to re-create about 9 openings to TV shows, and that means a lot of After Effects work.I'm currently doing the Arrested Development one, but really didn't have the time to take the proper photos of the actors involved. So I'm going through footage and

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-29106475321177603452011-12-27T18:34:00.000-08:002011-12-27T21:18:37.507-08:00

Got home tonight from shooting at like 8pm. Think we got all the footage we need.Not fun though. Some was out in the car, and it's pouring rain. Also, one guy we were supposed to shoot, who called out yesterday which is why we're shooting today instead--he shows up and says he can only shoot until 1:30pm. So we have to shoot ALL his parts in 3 hours.What a fuckin' douche. Anyway, home, am dumping

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-39074802197365199492011-12-26T21:56:00.001-08:002011-12-27T21:17:13.202-08:00

Super. I have grown to dislike it greatly. I'm not sure why. It just seems like a massive pain in the ass now.Have shot about 70% of the video for my buddy's company and edited it all(including tons of After Effects work). Will post it here when it's done. It's got some funny parts, I think.Am going to shoot the rest tomorrow, so I'm about to take an ambien and go to sleep.I also decided, in a

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-24043004986737439292011-12-20T21:24:00.000-08:002011-12-26T21:55:54.390-08:00

Only based on the show. Because let me tell you, the show has some of the worst writing going on in the biz...(very very slight spoilers follow)Let me count the ways...From Dexter's sudden propensity for saying the amazingly obvious("He's eating a hot dog. He must be hungry.")......to inexplicable fits of Dexter being retarded(someone knocks Dexter out, he wakes up and sees a trap door WITH A

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-34564176699019931642011-12-20T04:47:00.000-08:002011-12-20T04:48:59.152-08:00

Not sure how, but once again my fantasy football team is kicking ass. Didn't think it was that great(and let me tell you, I have the weakest receiving corps I've ever had due to injury replacements...)Also noteable, the top two teams are actually in the final game, which rarely happens.I'm obviously the Marauders, if you wanna check the stats there. Will let you know if I win.

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-38461149154756880712011-12-18T19:48:00.001-08:002011-12-18T20:10:46.861-08:00

This area seems to have become pretty big on indy filmmaking, and a lot of them are using people from my crews, so I hear a lot of stories.And they're REALLY frustrating to hear about. There's a ton of money, time, and wasted talent going into some super half-assed productions. I mean, productions with directors who drink on set while directing(and I'm not talking A beer), directors with no shot

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-14152625585863596852011-12-13T03:10:00.000-08:002011-12-13T03:22:41.679-08:00

and I've only bought 2 gifts. A new TV for the wife(our living room TV went out--and I only watch TV up there when we eat dinner together, which isn't that often--we've got weird schedules), and an ipad for my 8 year old.I know, I don't have an ipad, why should he? Well, since I paid for all of it(my wife insists she and her parents are going to pitch in), I'm considering it partially my ipad

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-48936956499184195022011-12-02T02:09:00.000-08:002011-12-02T18:27:47.521-08:00

Was having a hard time getting in touch with my composer on GOH. He was on across the pond in London and Tokyo and a couple of other places doing a tour for a video game(omitted because Andrew is paranoid) thing he created.He got back and THAT day emailed me to tell me he was ready to get on GOH. Sounded excited.Then I heard nothing. Sent him a couple of emails. Nothing.Finally email-bombed him,

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-28453482424210213362011-12-01T05:20:00.000-08:002011-12-01T05:29:17.247-08:00

Quick thoughts today. Bleak, as normal.I was just thinking about HH, and the thought occurred to me that as a writer you will never ever write the same thing in one period of life as another. Like, today if I had never written HH, I don't think I could write it.The same way I am writing things today that I never could have written back then. I'm in a different mindset now than back then.Which

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-56065225632741201542011-11-20T13:43:00.000-08:002011-11-20T13:53:22.362-08:00

The comic book by Frank Miller.I see now where this comic book came from. It's the story of an aging Batman who has gotten out of public affairs. He feels like he's too old to do anything and can't compete physically with the new breed of crime.But eventually he's pushed to it, and he comes out, and he kicks some ass. I can see what Frank Miller(the writer/artist of DKR) was feeling when he

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-24997571182170220892011-11-17T04:48:00.001-08:002011-11-17T04:52:49.697-08:00

On one of the script fronts. I have begun work on it again. It was at page 30, am now at page 33.The weird thing is that it's a character in the script who is forcing me to work. He's saying things and doing things that make me want to go write them down lest I forget them.It's something that happens sometimes when writing is going well. A character really jumps out and takes over.Only problem in

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-27882336411663369842011-11-15T19:31:00.000-08:002011-11-15T19:36:37.067-08:00

Do you see those fucking Twilight Zone seasons? They are temporarily selling on Blu Ray for like $38 for season 1, like $43 for Season 2, and like $40 for Season 3.I don't own the TZ on DVD(besides 2 discs that have my absolute favorite episodes)...and I LOVE me some Twilight Zone.And these things are CHOCK full of extras. It would take weeks of watching to get through them all, maybe even

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-51680437433356662712011-11-13T22:46:00.001-08:002011-11-13T22:54:53.826-08:00

All over the place. Here. GOH. Pretty much everywhere.You can blame video games. Battlefield 3 came out a few weeks ago, and I spent a lot of time playing that.Thursday night came Skyrim, the next Elder Scrolls game. I've played the last 2, probably put in a combined 200 hours of gameplay in those.The line to get Skyrim at midnight on Thursday was near 400 people. Clearly I never should have

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-46043577409878016582011-11-04T11:46:00.000-07:002011-11-04T13:30:19.721-07:00

...with talk of what's better, the new Canon C300 or the Red Scarlett. I don't care, but at first glance it certainly appears to be the Red. Whatever.(an aside: this guy has found serious frame-drop flaws in the Red Epic, but I wonder if it has anything to do with shooting 25fps--he's in the UK, and that's standard there...but also, I enjoy hearing about his FCP having to spend forever exporting

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-72481886594925136872011-10-26T16:33:00.000-07:002011-10-26T16:52:53.630-07:00

Mid-week edition.Have not touched GOH since re-exporting it. Taking a break.After hearing that Andrew guy talk about Blender all the time, I figured why not download it and take a look? I'm not sure why, as I own 3Dmax and Maya. Have used 3Dmax lightly since 1998 when it was affordable, but never tried Maya. Tinkered with Lightwave back in the day.So I'm not a noob to modelling programs. But

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-18801684501479051052011-10-21T06:55:00.000-07:002011-10-21T07:08:20.227-07:00

Too quickly. I'm not watching what I'd like to watch, not enough. There's too much regular TV to keep up with...Wednesday night I went to a local premiere of a buddy's horror movie. Saw a lot of people I don't see a lot of, which was cool. Enjoyed the flick more than I figured I would, as I'm not typically a fan of campy-type horror.Afterwards went to the after party(makes sense). I knew the

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-75624641691926126322011-10-16T19:35:00.000-07:002011-10-16T19:55:03.530-07:00

Okay, after a marathon 20-hour session of editing, I have inserted about 95% of all the looped audio I recorded on GOH. Much of it works so good that I actually thought I hadn't muted the original track...Am using every trick in the book to get it in there so the audience never knows how much work was involved.Now I just need the exterior audio from 2 actors, and then the foley work for the

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-59864452176693164032011-10-11T07:42:00.000-07:002011-10-16T19:34:40.911-07:00

Hey, let's go off topic. Too early for a best-of the year list? I don't think so.Here's some of my favorite albums I've been listening to this year. I think, once again, my taste in music will surprise you.First off, love the Maroon 5 album, "Hands All Over". It's very hard to pin down my favorite track, as there's some great stuff there. If I had to say, it would be this:http://youtu.be/

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Did you know there's a movie called that? I just found out. Movie probably sucks, but that's a catchy name.I happened to be watching the Night of the Demons remake, and was looking up some of the actresses in it, and one of them is in YPF.Anyway, yep, that's one of my Halloween movies to watch that I've never seen. Saw the original, but not this one.Also of possible interest to you, you know the

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-45442815107092470622011-10-04T22:33:00.001-07:002011-10-04T22:41:58.235-07:00

So I just started watching the first couple of episodes of the Six Million Dollar Man. I need something in the background that I don't have to pay attention to while I work.I loved this show as a kid. It thrilled me that my middle name was Lee, and that was the main actor's name(Lee Majors).Anyway, the first two episodes are almost unwatchable now. The third and fourth episodes are part 1 and 2

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October's here, and this Halloween I'm gonna enjoy it. I was locked in production of GOH last year, so it went by without me watching a single horror movie.Anyway, have started a list of movies I intend to watch this October, and it looks like this:critterstremorsdark night scarecrowpumpkinheadaliens bludont be afraid of dark(orig)cast deadly spelli was teenage werewolfthe midnight hourtrick r

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-64704512884196341312011-09-27T18:08:00.000-07:002011-09-27T18:18:30.564-07:00

I shouldn't be posting this because it just forces me to think about it all the more, but did I mention how I have to foley/loop pretty much 50% of my new movie's scenes?I don't want to think about it really, as it will probably paralyze me with anger and frustration. I just have to keep knocking at in chunks, not looking at the big picture. Chip away at the mountain and eventually it will be

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-78255189591481993532011-09-19T18:50:00.000-07:002011-09-20T01:37:36.070-07:00

Well, it was mine also over the weekend. I decided to go to a local horror show where John Carpenter and some other celebs were going. I booked myself a room at the hotel and went with absolutely nobody.I'm sure it seems kind of weird to others, but I really dig being alone. I have always been a pretty solitary person, so every once in a while it's nice to get away.Told the wife I'd be gone

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Remember when I said I wanted to get some smaller names in my flick that we'd like to shoot next year? My plan had been to go to Pittsburgh to meet up with Tiff, one of those names I mentioned, take her out to dinner and chat with her a little.Well, some other local filmmakers cast her in a comedy(?) and brought her here, and my man Zig got on their flick as the Production Manager. So he kept an

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-73005585551632133252011-09-04T01:58:00.000-07:002011-09-04T02:18:56.513-07:00

I am watching a movie right now that I haven't seen in 28 years. First off, I'd like to reject the notion that I could have seen a movie almost 30 years ago, as I am only 24 years old. But anyway... You might have remembered me talking about the summer of 1982 in this blog entry here, and the double feature movie I went to with my dad and brother. If you don't remember, well, that's why I

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If so, comment and let me know how... I'm just curious why this blog is all of a sudden getting a lot of hits...

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Meaning, I am a paid photographer now. A long while ago I started submitting photos to a stock photo company online. Stock photos are where you go if you're lazy and/or just can't find that photo you want for your book/movie/ad/whatever. You just go to a site, search for the image, pay for it, and then it's yours to use. The place I used is called Big Stock Photo, though Istock Photo is

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Saw a blog post today titled, "Is anger stifling your creativity?" After contemplating that for all of about ten seconds, I am prepared to answer "Very Possibly." Lately I don't feel very creative. I've got about 7 screenplays that have 30+ pages each, but I get to a certain point and just feel like I've got nothing new to add. Every idea seems to be an idea I've seen somewhere else, and I

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Got the awesome news that the bitch Irene was headed our way. The news was making it out to be Armageddon, which I was pretty sure was just over-hype, like everything else they do. And yeah, I was right. Storm came. Lot of rain. Lot of wind. Stuff blew around. Everything was okay until Sunday morning about 1am when my power went out. I was mid edit, but saving frequently, so no big deal. It

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-66814032444470102052011-08-23T20:49:00.000-07:002011-08-23T20:59:22.176-07:00

Yeah, so there was an earthquake in Maryland today. Here's what happened from my perspective. I went to sleep about 9:30am. I slept soundly. A rumbling awoke me. My first thought was that a plane was taking off and really pushing that throttle, rumbling the house. That happens on occasion since we're close to the airport. But then the house REALLY started shaking. I sleep in a waterbed, so it

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I love the original Conan movies. I love the original books by Robert E. Howard. I love the Conan comics, including Savage Sword of Conan which I used to buy with Fangoria at the News Centers near me when I was like 13. I do not love the new "Conan" movie. Where to start? My expectations were pretty freakin' low going in, so I thought hey...maybe there will be something cool. And then we hear

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Seen my movie FOC2? If not, wtf are you waiting for? Anyway, there's a scene where Old Man Horner's perving it up on his laptop, checking out a web site with boobies. I had to create that site myself so I didn't risk a lawsuit by surfing a copyrighted site. And I just found that whole site on one of my thumb drives, and I uploaded it. It's small, one page that you can scroll down, but it's

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-40615164126969199602011-08-11T15:49:00.001-07:002011-08-12T14:29:41.103-07:00

I am currently on about the 6th cut of GOH, my new flick. It's getting down to where I'm trying to fix EVERYTHING short of sound now, and that means I'm doing composite work. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW, so here's your boring warning. What's that? That is where you basically are taking things out of your movie that you don't want in, or putting things in that weren't there when you shot it.

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-75976634775987588492011-08-08T22:01:00.000-07:002011-08-08T22:07:03.829-07:00

So I guest-directed the opening scene to a buddy's comedy flick. It opens with a cheesy horror movie, and who gets that call? Yep, me. But I knew it would be fun, and it involved a big-breasted hottie. Went out, helped them out a little while they were shooting some other scenes, then waited for night to fall for my scene. Biggest problem was that we were shooting at an old house(it's

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-49413104351949452672011-08-01T00:38:00.000-07:002011-08-01T00:50:25.554-07:00

So, Saturday was the last open day of the store. I was there while we were open from about 1:30pm to close at 9 pm. Then I stuck around 'til about 12:30am packing up, taking things apart, and trying to organize.Brought home a bunch of stuff, then sat around before going to bed.Then Sunday, back up to the store at1pm. Luke showed up and helped me take apart some stuff and load some stuff into the

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-19648397357656740892011-07-29T00:17:00.000-07:002011-07-29T03:22:48.001-07:00

You been looking for something good to watch on Netflix streaming, haven't you? Well, look no further.Under New Arrivals: TV is The Good Guys. This show is hysterical. Bradley Whitford makes this show--he plays one of the funniest characters I've seen on TV in a long time.Give it a watch. It's one of those shows that got better and better. Then give the finger to Fox, who once again lets a great

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-69093742774685932802011-07-27T21:51:00.000-07:002011-07-27T21:57:48.689-07:00

Or, as I said to my customers in an email, So Long and Thanks For All The Fish.So I'm packing it all up, taking shit apart, selling whatever I can. Throwing tons of shit on eBay, packing stuff that I've sold on eBay.And then my D.P. from GOH calls me. "Hey, we're gonna be filming my comedy movie, " he says, "and the opening 3 pages is actually a horror movie. Wanna guest-direct it?"I tell him to

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-39752270121752068052011-07-20T23:51:00.000-07:002011-07-21T00:34:56.964-07:00

I know, I know. I said GOH was the fifth and final KK(me) movie. So how do we get to a place where we're planning the sixth?It's Luke's fault really. He comes to me with an interesting idea AND a guy who's willing to put in almost three times GOH's budget.Now we're trying to break the story and figure out where budget can go, and I'm even attempting to put some small names in the flick. We're

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-29242818415384575162011-07-17T00:02:00.000-07:002011-07-17T00:05:23.112-07:00

Am having an argument with some pinheads on FB. Many of them think Insidious as a movie sucked. I think they're fuckin' idiots who couldn't rub two sticks of wood together to make fire.But one in particular keeps talking like she's an expert, and I keep busting her on some facts, and I really just want to say: "You are wrong, and I can prove it. Do you wanna know how?"She'll say, "Yes."I will

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-1906243584139321842011-07-11T00:22:00.000-07:002011-07-11T00:25:51.807-07:00

First off, I went out this morning to pick up any nail or screw that didn't get stuck. Don't want MY tire flat, right? There is only 1 left on the road, so that means he has 5 assorted beautiful nails/screws in his tires.Ahhhhhh, revenge is wonderful.Second, file this under "Why Complain?" I sometimes list stuff up for auction and every once in a while I put up a FOC2. Here, check out what it

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But that's not what I'm here to talk about.It went okay. The camping theme this year. Yay. Whatever. Decided to have some drinks this year, vodka cranberries. Got a nice buzz going.Stayed until about 11pm. Came home.There's someone parked in front of my house. SMACK dab in the goddamn center of my house. I can not park behind them without blocking my neighbor, and to park in front of them puts me

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-65589408071359108542011-07-03T02:33:00.001-07:002011-07-03T02:36:51.111-07:00

So that article below? Apparently people read it. I didn't realize anybody read the paper anymore, but given the influx of people to the store, I guess they do.Unexpected, we've had some sales of more of my dvds at the store than usual. That's kind of cool.The weirdness is how many people read the article and saw that I was going back to teaching video, and they came in to see if they could hire

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-56538795124830137222011-06-29T20:57:00.000-07:002011-06-29T20:59:27.001-07:00

So I think I told you I was closing my shop, right? An local journalist who I have done stories with about my movies came in to interview me.Here's what she came up with. A very uninspiring title, and also a bit misleading. Sounds like I failed, right? I mean, do you know any other small business that's stayed in business almost 17 years?http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/LIF/2011/06/26-08/

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-72814051039424036332011-06-25T02:49:00.001-07:002011-06-25T02:56:50.559-07:00

The wife wanted to go out to dinner and a movie. Been a while since we did that.Called Texas Roadhouse. We've had gift certificates for there that we got for Christmas and still haven't used. They're ALWAYS busy. ALWAYS have a wait. I call ahead to get put on the list so when we get there we won't have to wait very long.Not tonight. Friday night at 7pm. No wait?On the ride over we notice

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I know, it's one of those questionaire things, but I felt like participating. Just not on Facebook.Rules: Pick an artist and answer the question with the title of one of their songs. And yeah, is it any wonder why NIN is my favorite band of all time? Man, this list just makes me want to go listen to the songs...Artist: Nine Inch NailsDescribe yourself: brokenHow do you feel: Head Like a HoleIf

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UPDATED: WHOOPS, LINK WAS PRIVATE--NOW IT SHOULD BE VIEWABLE FOR A WHILESo, today really doesn't get any better for me. You could almost call it near perfect.Other than when I laid down to go to sleep around 7am, and tossed and turned. Sleep isn't coming easy lately. I looked at the clock on occasion to see how long I'd been laying there. Last one I remember seeing was 8:20am, so I must have

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So, been hectic. Most of the shit I'd think about posting seems a bit trivial.Like, right now I'm watching Wet Hot American Summer. Someone somewhere recommended it. It's okay...it's a very weird mix of nostaligiac camp comedy meets slapstick meets outright weirdness. I don't know how to explain it.But casting-wise...man, they got a lot of actors for their miniscule budget. The soundtrack alone

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Time for another episode of "Holy Fuck, How Douchey Can MovieGoers Be?"You may remember my Mist story, or perhaps my Predators nightmare, and there have been others I can't track down.So today I went to see X-men First Class. It's pretty crowded for a 3:30pm Monday showing. Nobody was next to me for quite some time, and then of course, after the lights went out some people sat to my right. (there

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You know, sometimes I'm hard on myself. I tend to really focus on the negative. How I'm not getting what I want accomplished.I mean, I only want to be Steven Spielberg. Is that so much to ask?I have decided to try to counter-act my negative thinking. I have been looking at some of the positives and trying to focus on them. It works...a little. For instance:Every movie I have ever done has

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-11017009242196316532011-05-26T23:56:00.001-07:002011-05-27T00:05:47.703-07:00

I think I mentioned that I watch Supernatural. It started off as an okay show with great production value and look, wandered off into monster-of-the-week, and then really took off with season 2.The creator of the show had a 5 year plan--he was going to end it after five if it made it that far, because that was how far his story went.Anyway, show was a moderate hit, made it the five years, and a

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-56848786240262872242011-05-21T01:09:00.000-07:002011-05-22T04:13:57.069-07:00

I'm scrolling through the titles on Netflix streaming while I wait for a motion tracker to track some footage on GOH. I'm having to do some compositing that I really shouldn't have had to do, but whatever...and I see Hot Dog: The Movie. An eighties sex comedy I had a recollection of seeing when I was young.So I think fuck it, let's play it. And I start watching it and...I am back to age fourteen.

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-7118850302777710822011-05-18T22:42:00.000-07:002011-05-21T01:09:14.323-07:00

The flick we did two years ago just hit VOD(Video On Demand) on Verizon Fios, Time Warner, Charter and Brighthouse--you can watch it for $4.99 regular or $5.99 HD. It's called "Bounty", and is a mix of Dog/Cops/horror.I would not watch the trailer--they cut a new one and threw in some spoilers...I also watched the HD version of the trailer and it almost seemed like they de-interlaced it or

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Have a rough rough cut of GOH done. Showed it to Luke so he has an idea of just how much sound work we need doing. Bad news: We really should just loop the whole fucking movie and record foley effects for everything.Good news: That will make creating an M&E track REALLY easy!Sorry, sound joke there.Wanted to go to the M3 festival last weekend. Kix, Slaughter, Warrant, some other hair bands were

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Man, I have this new neighbor...I was hoping it would be an upgrade. You know, over the old neighbor with the ugliest, most annoying dog in the world.These neighbors have moved in, and hey, they breed dogs. Yappy little things. Pieces of shits.Worse yet, they fancy themselves handymen/construction people(the neighbors, not the dogs), so they've brought bulldozers and tractors into their yard, and

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Okay, busy stuff going on. Some of you know I have owned a comic store for 16 years. Have decided to close it.So I'm trying to go through a ton of stuff--will be blowing everything out in the next 2 months. I'm not bringing much home, as my house is already overstuffed with junk.Have finished the rough cut of GOH and am going through my 2nd pass. Man, I really don't like the first 25 minutes of

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From Chance Shirley's blog:http://scanyourfilm.com/ScanYourFilm__Revolutionary_Motion_Picture_Film_Scanning.htmlThe thing is, back when we shot a promo trailer to raise money for "FOC", I shot footage on my Bolex and on a video camera. The video stuff came out okay, so I just cut that into a trailer. The 500 feet of film went into my refrigerator, where it still sits.Just never had the disposable

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Are you seeing a pattern here? Me love 'em big boobies...Sweet! Rough cut of GOH finished on 4/18/11. Will go back to the beginning and start working on fixing and laying in audio to see just how fucked I am.But hey, back to Vegas...Coming back from the bathroom, you had to push your way across the dancing bodies. It was packed tightly. I led the wife across the floor, following a couple of hot

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-27750654958316008592011-04-16T01:28:00.000-07:002011-04-16T01:31:16.417-07:00

That's the scene I'm currently working on. I told you this movie was gonna be flashy in the edits...and I'm totally proving it now. I'm pulling out all the crazy time remapping, level-flashing, jump-cut editing I've learned over the years.I'm on a scene where it REALLY fits in...some of the others scenes...not so much. But the MTV crowd is gonna eat it up.The ADHD fucks...

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Me, with my new big-breasted love at Margaritaville...she's a mermaid, but I love her anyway...-----------------Okay, the quick rundown.No sleep, 'cause our flight left at 6am...we arrive there at 9am Vegas time. Technically we can't check into our hotel until 3pm, but we head there anyway, hoping to drop off our luggage and wander.Turns out, the hotel has open rooms, so they let us in right away

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-87604638026138107312011-04-06T21:28:00.000-07:002011-04-06T21:44:11.672-07:00

Was rocking along on the rough cut of GOH and came across a scene with no audio, scene 57. It was a small scene, and I just figured it was misplaced.Then got to scene 95 and I only have half of the scene's audio takes. Weird.I go check...we only have one full audio tape from that night. The first half of that scene. And then I remember that we shot scene 57 right after scene 95......which means

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-76257983606553243542011-04-03T07:56:00.000-07:002011-04-03T08:03:36.892-07:00

So my wife's cousin is a journalist. I only vaguely know him because he comes to the family Christmas dinners with his big-breasted girlfriend. She always shows a lot of cleavage, and us guys sit around and chat about it.Anyway, he frequently goes to dangerous places and photographs stuff.Well, on the news last night they did a story because apparently he went to Libya and got captured by

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-82170853217689002712011-03-28T03:58:00.000-07:002011-03-28T04:06:59.750-07:00

This is kind of how I direct my actresses......I know what I'm doing.Sometimes I doubt myself. It comes with the territory of being a fairly anal perfectionist. I'm always second-guessing. The good news is the second guessing has me looking so far into the future and at so many scenarios that when shit goes wrong, I've probably already considered that.I mean, a problem has to REALLY come out of

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-86909406389655375632011-03-27T01:04:00.000-07:002011-03-27T01:15:06.173-07:00

Just started. Technically it's spring. Just saying.Am on scene 86 of GOH. Yes, I'm on a downhill sprint toward the end of the rough cut. I'm moving pretty fast, and the scenes are actually pretty good in many cases. Again, this movie will get stronger the later it goes, which definitely has me thinking about re-editing so it's out of sequence.(I know, just like Pulp Fiction! Except with less

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-71691350717449757082011-03-21T23:55:00.000-07:002011-03-22T17:29:09.495-07:00

Up to scene 61 on GOH. Known during shooting as "The Scene That Never Ended". We were in an attic, and I swear to God it seemed like days...here's the actual diary entry I made that night:Okay, was gonna post it but have reconsidered. It's got some stuff in it.(this was the day I threatened to quit the entire production, even throwing down my script and saying that if the producer wanted to

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-72590778148936571152011-03-20T00:43:00.000-07:002011-03-20T00:56:51.581-07:00

So, today I wrote 17 pages of script in three hours.If you've ever written any scripts, you know that's pretty crazy. If you do five good pages in a day, you're on your game.I have had intentions for a few years to shoot a short, just for fun. To remind me of the good old college days. And I had a short story I was going to adapt by a not-super-well-known author that I had read years ago,

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-16790233394090330172011-03-19T01:07:00.001-07:002011-03-23T17:54:03.994-07:00

Man, back to back compositing...in one it's the scene with my cameo--running out of time, we just threw a green screen over some boxes behind me, quick lit it and shot it. I knew I'd have to do some work fixing it, but not THIS MUCH.The green screen doesn't work at all, because the whole room is lit drk. I basically have to just roto myself out. Frame by frame moving the mask nodes around as I

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-52582432095405985962011-03-13T19:24:00.000-07:002011-03-13T19:35:14.708-07:00

Bits o' stuff.Watched Buried. It's okay. Ends the way you probably expect it to. Has some ridiculousness to it, bit it's an okay waste of 80 odd minutes.Paranormal Actitivty 2. Garbage. Jesus, how many times are you going to show me the same goddamn room with NOTHING HAPPENING IN IT? After the first 3 times, I'll just assume nothing's going on there unless you show me the room WITH SOMETHING

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-88402336700379763022011-03-09T21:24:00.000-08:002011-03-09T21:30:36.697-08:00

Okay, GOH is almost exactly half rough-cut. There is some ugly stuff in there, but there's also some REEEEEEAAAAAAL pretty stuff. Some of it almost looks like a real movie. :)Anyway, just uploaded a new video of my kid playing the new song he taught himself. You may recognize it. It's pretty funny what you'll hear as you wander past the closed door to his music room. Yep, 7 years old and autistic

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-4825489598538816532011-03-07T02:52:00.000-08:002011-03-07T02:59:09.447-08:00

This scene from GOH, that is...For those who know, it's the gambling room scene where Owen questions Geoffrey and all but accuses him of killing the women.After spending a solid day and a half on it, I think I'm nearly done with the scene. (technically it's 2 scenes if we do the webisode version)I'm editing it together into the movie, and later I'll decide whether to re-edit it down to the

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-78397686284308408552011-03-03T11:00:00.000-08:002011-03-03T11:01:45.031-08:00

Check it out, especially if you're an 80's fan.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwT2Yiny9F4

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Wow. Things are hectic.Last week I was asked to come back and teach the Premiere course on Thursday and Friday. Then Thursday night the guy in charge gets back to me and asks if I'm interested in teaching a Dreamweaver I class on Monday/Tuesday.I have a familiarity with Dreamweaver, but I hardly use it. I've programmed in html, and I also was 80% of the way to a computer science degree before I

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Up to scene 27, the actual first scene we shot. Yep, Day One.It's not as horrible as I'd remembered. And we shot a decent amount of coverage. I wish I had known of the Red's capabilities before shooting. I mean, if you shot a Med Cu then you have no need of a CU. You can zoom that Med Cu without any loss of quality to at least 250%, maybe up to 400% if your focus was spot on.So we could have

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-35729823809579237252011-02-15T17:35:00.001-08:002011-02-15T17:42:34.169-08:00

So I continue my long line of QC failings with today's notification from the lab that Bounty's got some problems. However, here's the interesting thing.Some of what the lab is calling errors(and failing errors at that) are actually errors on purpose. For instance, they note quite a few times where the "Production Props/Camera/Cameraman" is seen. It would be like citing Dog the Bounty hunter for

Aric Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15988520977827917569noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11392004.post-49413990479239094792011-02-14T22:30:00.000-08:002011-02-14T22:36:50.721-08:00

On Friday he decided(as I was getting him ready for school) to puke all over the sofa. Then he got some sort of cold with a fever, and puked again off and on right until Sunday night.So now I've got the sick. Not the pukes, but the congestion and weariness.Have been working on the GOH teaser. It's all but done. Only thing left to do is render my new logo in 4K resolution so it matches. (I know,

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Joe Dante tweeted this link today:http://www.fearnet.com/blogs/tim_sullivan_shock_n_roll/b21700_of_mice_masters_inside_inner_sanctum.htmlI mean, besides the fact that it's too cool that Joe Dante's tweeting stuff, it got me thinking.What ARE my 5 favorite non-horror films? And I guess we're talking things that couldn't possibly fall into the horror realm. So films like "Aliens" and "The Birds"

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has now been viewed over 34,000 times...Man, that's crazy to think of. It seems like it took about 3.5 years to hit 20,000 and then another year it's almost doubled. It's snowballing all of a sudden.Cool, you know?Also, today someone from the Discovery Channel emailed us to find out about including footage from HH in one of their shows. Which is weird, because nobody else thinks they need our

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I did not write this...it's one of those things passed around, but it made me chuckle.Growing up without a cell phoneIf you are 40, or older, you might think this is hilarious!When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning...Uphill...Barefoot... BOTH

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No, not GOH. Bounty--the deliverables. They got me the final contract with the deliverables to what I could deliver, and now they say they're aiming for that May premiere on VOD, DVD to follow probably about 18 months later.So I put all the stuff on a Firewire 800 drive, wrapped it up, and now I have to get it out in the mail in the icy crazy weather.Also, 'cause I'm not busy enough right now, I

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Here's an informational site that my buddy Zig sent to me. It's just trying to get the truth out there. Everyone should know the facts, man.Information You Should Know

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You know, I check out a lot of blogs. I sort of reward myself from work by spending 10 minutes reading them.But I notice that most of them have spiffy pics, whereas I mostly don't. 'Cause I'm lazy I guess.So that ends here! From now on if I don't have a cool pic applicable to my post, I will post one of my favorite demotivational posters--just love those things. Many are very clever.But please,

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So we got some snow today. I left work early 'cause the roads were getting ugly.Got home, and the snow was really coming down. My wife said the heavy stuff was just starting. I asked her what the updated forecast was. She said, "Five to eight inches".I smiled and said, "Hey, that sounds like YOUR forecast for tonight."Yes, I am all class, baby. And her forecast was RIGHT ON.

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I would bet all the money in the world that you couldn't guess...I'm color-correcting FOC2...I know, what?Long story...short version is this: I've already had one of my original FOC2 hard drives go down. I have some exported versions of FOC2 available, but I did some bad early color correction in the "basement" scenes of FOC2 and I'd love to just go back and get the originals and redo that.So I

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Gotta admit, this is pretty bad ass...As the original poster said, "This is...BO-BAAAAAAAAA!"

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It's weird. I don't have a blog counter thing any more, and since I have a number of blogs, I'm not sure which ones are getting read.So I'm not sure anybody's here to read my ramblings. So perhaps the blog has come full circle...it started as the Blog No One Sees and now it has returned!Anyway, spent a week cramming together a "Making Of" Bounty...it's not great, but I'm uninspired and don't have

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So this is funny. Been waiting for a user rating to show up on Bounty. Couple hundred people saw it at the premiere, some reviewers have seen it, and I've asked the cast and crew to rate it.But somehow it still kept saying it was waiting for 5 votes. I even voted 3 times under different accounts. Nope, don't mind telling you.A year later, here we are. Suddenly it says 11 people have voted. And

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I've always liked the Beach Boys. Their sound. Never thought much about the lyrics.I'm a little saddened that I can answer the questions that they posed in this song, that I never really thought much about.When I grow up to be a manWill I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid? YesWill I look back and say that I wish I hadn't done what I did? YesWill I joke around and still dig those sounds

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...when you're one night away from directing the most complicated scene you've ever directed, where you are somehow going to shoot nine pages in eight hours, and that involves a ton of dialogue, a gunfight, and a guy whose head gets exploded?Me, I'm printing out names for folders that are needed as props. Then I get to cut those names out and insert them into tabs, and then stick the tabs onto

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