Tom, I don't know you even thought I immortalised you in poetry, but if you are ever in Ireland I definitely want you to come to dinner!
On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 3:39 AM, Tom Martin < [email protected]> wrote: > 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..:) > > > > ---- > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
