What Do You Mean, Lunatic?

I don’t watch much TV, but tonight I caught a few shows. I like the upbeat announcer’s voice that always says, “New Episode coming next week.” But as a title came up that said “The Strike is over!” he said in his excited voice, “New Episodes coming in July.”

I know these things take time to get going again, but I don’t see the problem… you write a script today, shoot it tomorrow, do a quick edit and air next Tuesday. Whatever happened to “The Show Must Go On?”

Actually, I’m not all that serious… Making a movie takes so much time… every step of the way. It’s like moving… it’s endless… and after you pack up that last box, your stuff seems to multiply and there’s even more. Editing a movie is like that “Outer Limits” where the world slows down to a crawl around you… where for every hour that passes, actually only a second has gone by, and everyone appears to be motionless. (Kind of like waiting in line at the post office)

Well, I was happy to see a new review from “Blood Sucking Babes” on Sleazegrinder today. It’s nice when a reviewer “gets it.” My favorite line was “…Director Bowman is either a genius or a lunatic. I’d bank on the latter…” Most reviewers just stop at the “lunatic” line:

http://sleazegrinder.com/garb_2-2008.htm

I also liked “…a low-budget, blood-splattered jiggle-fest…” The picture is from the beach attack scene. Yes, it seemed like we had gallons of that mint-flavored blood. None of the actors have been able to drink a bloody mary since!