you seem to be in need of publishing a book ...
> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 22:39:34 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] sanctuary , santuary !!! just when you thought it was
> safe to eat your twinkees
> To: [email protected]
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> 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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