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First Person Monster Blog: September 2014
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014. To Celebrate My 30 Years in the Business an excerpt from my upcoming book:. Many of you have been reading entries in this blog from the beginning and I can't thank you enough for the support. Your interest and comments are what has spurred me to get off of my butt and write a more detailed account of what happened entitled "I'm Rubber, You're Glue." I'm including this excerpt from the manuscript to give you a flavor of how the book will read. I hope you enjoy it:. To put th...
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First Person Monster Blog: Part 46: The Saga of THE PREDATOR, Part 2
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Monday, March 4, 2013. Part 46: The Saga of THE PREDATOR, Part 2. I was doing that for everyone, including Stan. As I understood it, my ass was on the line. Steve and Matt, having head-strong youth on their sides, were indefatigable machines working non-stop for hours and staying much later than any one else on the crew. A black self-skinning soft urethane casting of Matt's Predator head. Steve Wang and Grant Arndt look on in horror! Oh, yes, and for much of the film, the Predator would be optically camo...
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First Person Monster Blog: A quick sidetrack before we return to our story...
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Monday, February 25, 2013. A quick sidetrack before we return to our story. Most everyone in Hollywood (and in the world) has embraced digital technology and it has thrown incredible tools into the hands of many creative people who, otherwise, would find creating cost prohibitive. That is good. Right? Anyone who had the guts to pick up a Super 8mm camera (that's right, I said GUTS) and shoot a few days of crude stop-motion animation, knows what I'm talking about. Because a team of artists and technicians...
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First Person Monster Blog: December 2013
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Sunday, December 22, 2013. Part 47: Will you EVER finish with THE PREDATOR? What the HELL had I done? I loved working at Stan's and although at that moment the pressure was on, through my actions I had made "bad" - "WORSE! I think a little squeak must have escaped my clenched esophagus because what happened next was an act of friendship that I will never forget -. Get it into a BOX! Production had long before decided (and filmed shots where) the Predator's blood was ORANGE! Now, they wanted it orange but...
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First Person Monster Blog: December 2014
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Sunday, December 28, 2014. Why would you pay for something that you can get for free? As promised (or threatened), I've finished the first volume of my e-book "I'm Rubber, You're Glue" which reflects the same time period represented in this blog. So why would or should you buy the book, when you've read everything here for free? 3) You're helping me move ahead. This sounds crappy of me, but it does take time to write all of this down and I have a HUGE job ahead of me covering the years between PUMPKI...
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First Person Monster Blog: April 2014
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Sunday, April 27, 2014. To My VERY Valued Blog Readers:. I have to appeal to your sense of understanding when I say that even though I've been posting for years now, I still don't get the hang of all of the comments, advertising, etc associated with blogging. I've done my best but I'm sure it could have been better. That said, I want you all to know how much I appreciate your comments and your continued support and interest. So this is where I give you the good news/bad news:. So many fun stories, behind...
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First Person Monster Blog: October 2011
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011. Part 44: "We're the MONSTER SQUAD". When we completed shooting on "Miss Stardust" we returned to the shop excited to begin preparations for MONSTER SQUAD. In anticipation of creating so many creatures and make-ups, Stan rented a third unit in the industrial complex. While we began putting together tables and moving equipment and clutter out of the main building, Stan, himself, began designing the monsters. Yes, I saved my screening invitation! Rosengrant's Wolfman. I had ...
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First Person Monster Blog: January 2012
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Thursday, January 19, 2012. Part 45: The Saga of THE PREDATOR, Part 1. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. We were in the thick of MONSTER SQUAD, when we began to see new drawings from Stan of a new alien character for the film PREDATOR. The makeup effects community in the 80's, although expansive, was still drawing from a common talent pool, so friends were always talking despite many studios' insistence on secrecy. Fate truly had cursed him to be such an integral part of the show.
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First Person Monster Blog: February 2013
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Monday, February 25, 2013. A quick sidetrack before we return to our story. Most everyone in Hollywood (and in the world) has embraced digital technology and it has thrown incredible tools into the hands of many creative people who, otherwise, would find creating cost prohibitive. That is good. Right? Anyone who had the guts to pick up a Super 8mm camera (that's right, I said GUTS) and shoot a few days of crude stop-motion animation, knows what I'm talking about. Because a team of artists and technicians...
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First Person Monster Blog: March 2013
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Monday, March 4, 2013. Part 46: The Saga of THE PREDATOR, Part 2. I was doing that for everyone, including Stan. As I understood it, my ass was on the line. Steve and Matt, having head-strong youth on their sides, were indefatigable machines working non-stop for hours and staying much later than any one else on the crew. A black self-skinning soft urethane casting of Matt's Predator head. Steve Wang and Grant Arndt look on in horror! Oh, yes, and for much of the film, the Predator would be optically camo...
