by the time i bought concrete to dark... so ill do tommorrow..
so My 27 year old son which I took to monater bash several times in Pa
andhe likes all the monster movies like sam Raimi and Petter jackson and
Romero.. ( he met the writer at the detroit horror convention and he
signed his book John Russo.. they sold the Film Salami Joe annd got a
good reveiew from a detroit write,, its free on You tube if you want to
see it... well they decide to make part two,,, and raised like 6000 on
kickstarter and bought a Hd camera and new computer and all... it tok
them like 2 years of start stop production and was finally all done
sound all the distal CGi amd all.. so he had a premire planned aug 16 at
a club downtown,, local paper is doing a story , they have a facebook
event page,,, when yesterday his hard drive locked up !!! yep totally
froze maybe mechanical... I said why didnt you have a back up to the
back up.. he said Money... soI said whats the worst case senerio?? all
the film will be lost forever... so they found a data recovery clean
room in cleveland that for like 600 maybe be able to save it... I feel
so bad for him...so far he seems to be taking it Ok.. all that work
hope he saves it...
so I was at my facebook page and it sayd Ron Chaney would like you to
like his page,,,, whats the odds? then I thought well all these
hollywood familys have been here done that as itgoes with the turf...
Tommy actually met the chaneys at the monster bash alomg with Forrey and
Savini and the guys from plan nine from outer speace and actually he
bought a piece of the curtain... also he read Robert Rodriguiz s book
and i think that inspired him on film budget costs.. hes 27 now and he
even is doing home repairs so hes learning to fix cars and house stuff
and all kinds of things about life,,, thats been my personal bucklist
goal is to help my son be able to be independent of the parenst and do
his own thing... I think he gets it..im sure many of you have the same
issues and all and I think why ive experience what I have is to maybe
help others ifI can..but morehave helped me then them...so I have a way
to go,, but have a goal,.
the armor I speak of has a funny story maybe i havve shared before...i
was at a auction of a factory that had al kinds of wierd stuff,, parts
ex military stuff,,you name it... well they had a semiload of plastic
parts used in football sholuder pads.. all white.. Im standing there
thinking ....in my add way.." STORM TROOPER costume!! so when the guy
asked for a bid as no one was ineterested I said Ill give 2.00= where
talking semi load like 40 foot tariler of gaylord boxes... he sceams out
" SOLD" to number whatever I was... so now im thinking my exwife is
going to kill me when I bring it back... so 1st call I made was to
Lucasfilm and said hey guys need some parts to make a ton of storm
troopers in a wide lon shot!!! they said no we just finished return of
the jedi and are not making anymore so good luck buttry Doug white
makeup effects lab in la... I called him and he said well Im working on
some projects II may use it in But I dont need a semi load... why not
market it yourself?? I knew nothing about making armor or costunmes But
I also thought it would be perfect for Mad max costumes..so I bought
rivit machins and tons of parts and webbing and spikes and you name it ,
then I had it chrome vacuum plated by same guys that did Kenner toys..
near me then I put a ad in starlog.. and also went to national halloween
show in chicago and Got a distributor - Morris costumes in Charlote.. my
1st order was 12,000.00 and that was wholsale... so we added a few items
to it and sold it from like 83- 86 when My son was born.. i said Im
getting rid of It so my child doe not get wireded out,,, he heard what I
did and stered Crying saying I could have made a robocop suit from that
stuff... figures..then Peter from Starlog called and bout some to make a
battlestar bgalactago cylon raider costume and was featured on real
peopel,.... I later sold him a Ghostbuster ambulance we used in 84 as a
promotional vehicle and he sodl it to Kenner in south america,,, for
like 30K,,,,it was a 66 caddie but he ddid a 59 also I think he sodl to
Barris.... he was also in Ghostbuster 2 in the restraunt scene with
Michael Ostins wife and gets slimed ,, he came to Tolkedo Got the car
and we did a parade and all around town and he traded me... small
world.... posters and monster magaziens from the 1986 FORRY ackerman
sale of warren Publication inNYC,,, so I had lifesixze vamperella, and
bundles of new never read warren publications..I still have some !!
soits so wired how we are all connectedd... wehn I hear bruce storys
andothers I see we all have had some wired stuff happen...I think we
call this paying our dues RIGHT?? all in all Ive been treated well in
the hobby only one tme did they try to really hurt me but as Universal
once told me when They had me make a protoype then wanted to take to
china and copy my idea.. they said give us a great price as we are going
on a buying trip and we love this idea...I said but wait I did all the
engineering out ofpocket and you make me bid on my own creation?? wow...
they said Tom dont take it Personal we do hthis to everyone.. thats was
the last time i made a spec job..for Ubniversal I said next time there
will be a R&D fee... Huge companys eat people up.. But Disney was alwsy
nice they justdidnt want anyone to know I worked for them and many of
these companys would send contarts saying you could not tell anyone...
to me that was crazy as it was my resume so I refused to sign
them...they also try to snare your intellectual property where hthey
then own it for perpituity,, yep so i say stckto your guns as eventually
it seems to work out heck most the guys i knew are dead or retired now
so its a whole new cast..maybe peopels attitude have changed Ive been on
dagobah like 4 years now..:) anyways after Ghostbuster car ,,, peter
gave some of my movie reel clocksto the cast ,, and they sent us a
signed one sheet by everyoe except sigorney...they also signed the
headliner in his car 59 cadddie ectomobile.... and then Columbia gave me
a License tomake Ghostbuster 2 movie rel clocks that aer rare from 1989
as our deal with spencer giftsfeel hrouggh and they went with he 89
batman,,, I sld some retail and even columbi sent some to Italy and
other places but we didnt sell many I still have a few left and I
donated some to Harold Ramis a few yesrs ago for a fndraiser in chicago
for the homeless.. Od he died of a similar thing like I have
healthwise,,, so we have a connection.. I loved all his films.. genius
writer and was Told a very kind man... he sent Tommy a dvd of Ground
hogs day -signed. as a thank you he also signed the clocks for
people....... so it was a win win... hope they do 3 but it wont be the
same without Harold IMHO.
hoep everyne has a great sunday and hat any health issue , money issues,
or stress , relationships, or anything in your lives is rectified in a
good way.. God bless everyone no matter what your faithmay be or eligion
or culture ,, the God I talk to loves everyone the good the bad and the
ugly,,, all are welcome as we all make mistakes butall can change and
help others if we wish to..take care folks sorry m am rrambling must be
a add thing or age..:)
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