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Re: You Again?: Nelson, “Lightning Strikes Twice”

fanfilmbook — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:44:45 -0000

Someone covered the Producers? Whaaa? Must find!

Re: Is Disney Scared To Release ‘TRON’ on Blu-ray?

fanfilmbook — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:27:51 -0000

C'mon guys, you can get Tron on DVD at your local library for FREE. You've heard of that place--it's where they keep the Classic Kindles made out of paper.

Re: Smooth Sailing: In Defense of Bob James and David Sanborn

fanfilmbook — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:05:48 -0000

As a kid, I liked that after the first few numbered albums, James kept numbering but hid the digit--"Heads" has a nickel on the cover so it's really Bob James 5; "Touchdown" is Bob James 6, etc. Having heard it every Sunday morning in a doubleheader with the Duke Ellington/Shorty Rodgers' classic, "Side By Side," while my dad made breakfast, I'll vouch that "Heads" is good stuff.

Re: Bruce Willis Wants To Make Two More ‘Die Hard’ Films, Then Step Away

fanfilmbook — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:51:34 -0000

Die Hard 6: Die, Die Hard, Die!

Re: STAR WARS: Live on Stage at The Dark Room

fanfilmbook — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:50:55 -0000

"Troops" is a classic fan film--I wrote all about how they made it in my new book about the history and future of fan films, Homemade Hollywood, which is coming out in December in bookstores everywhere.

Also, for what it's worth,
if you want to find out more about the world of fan films, you might want to check out my daily fan film blog, fancinematoday.com.

Re: Batman: Dead End

fanfilmbook — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:50:11 -0000

"Dead End" is a classic fan film--I wrote all about how they made it in my new book about the history and future of fan films, Homemade Hollywood, which is coming out in December in bookstores everywhere.

Also, for what it's worth,
if you want to find out more about the world of fan films, you might want to check out my daily fan film blog, fancinematoday.com.

Re: Dream of a Fandom Economy

fanfilmbook — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:25:16 -0000

It's an interesting idea, but it takes such efforts out of the realm of fan production, making them more akin to independent contractors. Would a studio license out its intellectual property if the money was right? Could a franchise survive an avalanche of sub-direct-to-DVD product if people were asked to pay for it? Perhaps, but if money is involved, then they’re pro productions, regardless of how qualified the cast and crew may or may not be. Professional work is measured on a very different scale by studios and viewers (not to mention unions), so if someone holding the purse strings is saying ‘no,’ they likely have their reasons, whether it’s that the franchise is too valuable, or that even high-end amateur work just isn’t pro enough.

Not that many studios threaten to sue anymore, although it does happen from time to time. Lucasfilm fired off a Cease and Desist order to The Dark Redemption in 1999, so you won't see them buying that one any time soon! Meanwhile, Shane Felux, who made Revelations in 2005, won the Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge the following year when he made Pitching Lucas; the result of that is that Lucasfilm owns the rights to it for the next 10 years--it's part of the contract that all nominees in the contest have to sign.
You can read about both these stories in-depth in my upcoming fan film book, Homemade Hollywood, which incidentally, goes into the topic of whether studios should buy or license fan works as well (to be honest, that first paragraph at the top of my reply was cut-and-pasted direct from my manuscript!)

Re: Fanfilm: Trooper Clerks

fanfilmbook — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:16:39 -0000

This is actually one of the flicks I wrote about in my book on the history (and future) of fan films, Homemade Hollywood. Jeff Allen, the guy behind the various Trooper Clerks movies, actually made me a brand-new cartoon of the troopers behind the counter, just to use as a graphic in the book. At the time, he was mulling over making a NEW Trooper Clerks animated fan film to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the flicks, so lets hope he's hard at work on that! Oh, plug time: If you want to find out more about the world of fan films, you might want to check out my daily fan film blog, fancinematoday.com.

Re: <i>Wired</i>: Stop Your Blogging, Please, It's Pathetic - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat

fanfilmbook — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:28:18 -0000

It's a real toss up. I've been blogging to try and drum up interest in my new book about 'fan films' (Oh, it's called "Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera;" thanks for asking), and feel that I'm just tilting at windmills. Having started it 18 months ago and gone full-on, at-least-one-post-a-day, five days a week for the last six months, I'm up to 120-140 readers a day on average. Best I can tell, that kind of traffic sucks, and even if someone were to inform me it's great, it isn't translating into pre-sales on Amazon in a way that is commensurate with the effort I'm putting in. If anyone wants to take a look and tell me what I'm doing wrong or only semi-right, hey, I'm all ears; the blog is fancinematoday.com.