Columbus was a Success!

Discussions with the script review regarding Traumatic Possession 3D 2 went well. The ending is going to be completely re-worked and I have no complaints about it. I was honestly relieved when we finished it. It didn't turn out as bad as the aftermath of the Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape premiere. We will be announcing the cast and the characters come the time we start shooting the film.

What I can tell you about this film is that it's loosely tied into the lore of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. This time, the story focuses around survivors who wind up meeting each other. Will Simon Lange be present in the film? Yes! One of the characters that I wrote is basically me in a nutshell; a laid back person who wants to be left alone and wants nothing to do with Simon Lange and what his possible whereabouts could be.

I attended the Ohio premiere screening for Christopher Mihm's The Giant Spider at the Grandview Theatre. While present as only a spectator, I had about three people come up to me and ask when I would have another movie coming out. It was humbling. It made me feel that I wasn't a complete fuck up for my first full length feature. Stories was brought up too as I talked to Dr. Bob. Stories is one that's in production, but there's nothing to it as it's nine, unrelated stories, which serve as pilots to films that can be made in the future.

The Giant Spider was fun and I was able to do a video message for him and I stumbled a bit on it. I was mainly trying to get to Dr. Bob and ask a few questions about some Asylum movies. As Bob has been screening them as a part of his show. And of course, The Asylum has thrown some goodies his way to promote their brand. I got a shirt and an LED flashlight that has been very helpful at night whenever I walk home from work.

I did get a chance to go into Tensuke Market Plaza and do some shopping on my way out of Columbus. I did go into the video store and buy a few Japanese DVDs for gifts and a few myself. I got Sadako 2D for my sister, I'll be picking up the Blu-ray soon in a few weeks. I grabbed Always: Sunset on Third Street '64; Be With You; Sakuran; and The Wings of the Kirin. Some of the DVDs that I saw for rent was the Japanese R2 DVD of Godzilla and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. These DVDs are from the magazines that came out a few years back. If I am able to stay out there a bit the next time, I'll have to get a membership and rent them. It was interesting to see the American films that they had Japanese DVDs too. They had Snakes on a Plane and the English title that they put on the Japanese release is Snake Flight!

Before I go for the day, because, I'm being a slacker... I'm annoyed that someone is talking about me. I posted a few videos on my Youtube page, but, after making another which I will not post, I will say this. get my new number off of our good friend. She's here in Ohio for the summer. Call me up and talk to me like an adult. Getting tired of these games.

Most Absurd Date ... Ever.

While I miss the days of being with my second ex-fiancee, moving on has been strange. It's been a good five years at this point that I've been trying to start dates and relationships. Back in March, I went out with a girl who was obviously not into me. No biggie. Well, went out again...hilarity ensues. While I will not go into specifics about this date, it did give me some ideas for material.

I am going to Columbus next weekend and I'm waiting to tell my co-producer this whole situation and see her reaction. Can't wait to see Chris Mihm's The Giant Spider. I got three days off before I leave for Columbus, hopefully I can get one of the scripts completed to show off to my co-producer so we can get one of the Traumatic Possession sequels shot.

And with all this dating shit, if my ex-fiancee didn't leave me, none of this would be happening. To make a commitment and then to walk away from it all after I have numerous letters and video messages that were left behind is numbing. When I opened the binder to store the hand-written pages of the Traumatic Possession sequels; out flew a piece of paper from a drawing/art pad that had big letters written on the page; "I LOVE YOU". And in each of the letters had full descriptions of why I was loved.

I didn't realize it was in that binder. I must have placed it in there while I moved from the house I was renting from my folks while they were in Maryland. To have that piece of paper fall out of the binder and into my lap was a shocker to me. And I am still finding stuff hidden around in my laptop. A Microsoft Word document from the day she left last August.

I almost wanted to start smoking again. The depression started hitting me, because after she left, I started to smoke. And for a while there, I stopped because I was filming and editing Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape and I needed to stay focused. Alcohol has been slowly coming back into my life. Right now, I keep one bottle of beer in my fridge and I'll tell myself; "Tomorrow...."

But...

TOMORROW...

Just a Tease...

Something's coming this winter...

Scripting...

It's been a week that I first sat down and hammered away at the script for the untitled Traumatic Possession 3D sequel, which we refer to from now on as Traumatic Possession 2 until we get a title for it. I'm past the first third of the script and decided to scribble a few pages of notes and got the first ten pages down for Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse. Why write the third script at the same time that I am writing the second script? Simple, there's no real connection story-wise. Apocalypse is a stand-alone film, with the only character coming back is Simon Lange. I've written in that the final scene from Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape is to appear to continue the story off in both films.

In a way, it's kinda like how Toho did two sequels that aren't connected to one another with the Japanese film series, The Ring. After The Ring, there was The Spiral. The Spiral has no connection with any of the other films in The Ring series. And then, Toho did The Ring 2 and it basically was like Toho's way of saying; "Hey, The Spiral can fuck off! Our bad!"

With Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse, after getting the first ten pages, I like that this is a different type of animal. I was thinking, how could I bring Simon Lange into a futuristic setting without bringing him into space and it all came to me. I have a lot of set work to do in terms of getting this how to look like how I want it, visually. I know I'll be color correcting the hell out of this one in post, once we get it shot. I'm thinking a murky brown-ish tint to it.

I am planning on getting discs factory pressed for 2014, but, with the intention of getting these copies in what's left of the video store market. It'll be a DVD-9 of Traumatic Possession: The Trilogy. Into the Madness: A Documentary will not be included on it, but, it will be on the Blu-ray. The Blu-ray release for the trilogy will have to span across two discs as I believe there is no way to fit it all on one BD-50 disc.

Disc one will most likely contain:
Traumatic Possession 2D: The Tape
Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape
Traumatic Possession: The Director's Cut
Into the Madness: A Documentary

Disc two will most likely contain:
Traumatic Possession 2 - 3D
Traumatic Possession 2 - 2D
Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse
Traumatic Possession 2D: Apocalypse

The Director's Cuts of Traumatic Possession 2 and Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse will be the final cuts that you see. Only reason why you're getting Traumatic Possession: The Director's Cut is because of some disagreements between my co-producer and I regarding the final cut for the theatrical release. I'm just restoring my vision for the film.

What next after finishing Traumatic Possession: The Trilogy? Well, we have Juggernaut 3D as my follow up. And Maze of Thought 3D will be filming for a 2015 release. I'll be breaking out another revision of the script for Maze of Thought 3D here in the next few weeks and hand it off to my co-producer. It's hard to believe it's been four years ago that I laid in bed, sick as a dog in Hilo, Hawaii and hammered out that script.

Hopefully, in late 2014, I can get my white ass back to Hawaii and enjoy the beaches and the island life. I miss it. I wish to find peace there after my second ex-fiancee walked away on everything. I would like nothing more than to just hear the waves crash upon the shore and think; "I'm home".

Teaser Poster. Announcing the Films.

Untitled Traumatic Possession 3D Sequel and Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse coming soon! The  first trilogy ends after this year. We will let Simon Lange take a rest for a few years. I have plans for a semi-hiatus, once this ends, I'll bring Simon Lange back for another trilogy.

And finally, audio podcast...

Expanding the "Traumatic Possession" Universe.

The next film I am planning on filming in a two week period in June or July will be a spin off from Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. Now, I'm doubting it will be titled Traumatic Possession 3D: Sequel Title Here. If I did call it a Traumatic Possession 3D film, it's only like a joke. Kinda like how Lamberto Bava's television film The Ogre is called Demons 3: The Ogre outside of Italy.

I decided that this new film was going to be TP3D related after giving it thought. I decided to change the ending of the script and some plot line at the beginning of the script to fit within the TP3D universe. I might make a few other films to fit within this scheme of people who have come into contact with Simon Lange in some sort of aspect. This one deals with someone who has had a close encounter with Lange and the other who is thrown into this universe and then things start to spiral.

I will be acting in it, but, not as Simon Lange. I'll be playing a completely new character to the series. If we ever have these two character meet up in the series, I'll gladly recast the role and re-shoot the scenes with the new actor in it as a flashback. And if Lange ever met with this character, he'd be fuckin' dead meat. Lange is not a nice person at all. His cruelty will be brought up and seen in Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse.

It's kinda odd to be directing two Traumatic Possession 3D films and producing Ghosts of Mansfield. Being a producer and sitting behind the camera will be an exciting experience. This is something I look forward to doing more of. Whether it be another movie that Stephen makes or if it's someone else. Plus, I'm planning on taking some acting gigs outside of the studio. Nothing is final, yet. Working on it...

Spoilers... I Am Iron Man. Iron Man 3D!

Do not read any further. You have been warned!

I caught the 9:15 pm showing of Iron Man 3D last night and enjoyed it. However, how Marvel has allowed the people behind the Iron Man series handle villains is an out right joke. I thought how Whiplash/Crimson Dynamo hybrid was handled in Iron Man 2 was pretty bad, but Iron Man 3D takes the cake. We finally have the Mandarin, a bad ass kung fu master who plans on destroying the planet...oh, wait... he's a coked out British actor. The trailers totally mislead us on all of it. This was supposed to be the Mandarin we deserved and this was instead the Mandarin we got. Such a damn shame if you ask me.

I honestly liked that the villain wasn't suit-based like how Stane and Vanko were in the previous installments. Problem is, we're thrown into a whole different direction once we realize that the "real" Mandarin is Aldrich Killian, played by Guy Pearce. The biggest bad ass kung fu villain, which is Stark's arch-nemesis is brought down to this? A nerd who wanted Stark to buy into his science? Bullshit.

War Machine being re-branded as the Iron Patriot was also a lame attempt at using another name of a comic character. Iron Patriot in the comics is really Norman Osborne from Spider-Man, but, Disney can't use Norman now can they?

I did like how Tony handled situations. He is all on his own pretty much throughout the film. One of the early production concept arts shows Stark with one suit glove on and another suit leg on and fighting bad guys. That was one of the best action scenes as he's flying around towards the end of the film. With his updates on the Mark suits, he's now able to be out of the suits and operate it from the ground is pretty sweet. I really dug that.

Oh, yeah...one last thing...

I AM IRON MAN!