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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