Monster Man Series - Page 5

RoxyBlue · #41 04-10-2012

LOL at the "jar of frozen spiders remark", Jim

RoxyBlue · #42 04-12-2012

Watched the spider/zombie makeup episode last night courtesy of OnDemand and got to see the jar of frozen spiders Jim was talking about

The zombified girl looked really good - beautifully done makeup, and it's just fun to see the transformation of a pretty, petite girl into a nasty looking creature.

The melting face sequence was also good, although I did feel a little sorry for that poor actor sitting there getting all that green goo sprayed into his face

Spooky1 · #43 04-12-2012

I really can't imagine that a director wouldn't work a little closer with his effects people. Is it just for the this show to up the "drama" that everything is last minute? Wouldn't you run tests of your props with the director to be sure it does what it needs to do? Though I enjoy the show, it seems more and more contrived.

JustJimAZ · #44 04-12-2012

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Watched the spider/zombie makeup episode last night courtesy of OnDemand and got to see the jar of frozen spiders Jim was talking about

...AND you wish you had one, right? I was wondering how one would even go about getting such a collection. Bizarre.

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Though I enjoy the show, it seems more and more contrived.

Just so. Even I test run my props before "The Big Night". I guess the hallmark of low budget movies is you make only one of each prop and keep your fingers crossed.

Sawtooth Jack · #45 04-20-2012

I work in an environment where the deadlines are much like the ones on the show, so I can sort of buy into that aspect of the show. I just find the personalities and drama contrived and over the top...blame the producers I guess!

Blackrose1978 · #46 04-20-2012

I love the different techniques that they are using. I wished they would focus more on the how to than the drama. Monster man's foam skills are astounding

Bone Dancer · #47 04-21-2012

I am afraid that Blackrose is right as well as the rest of you. Prop making is the last thing on the list as far as the program producers are conserned. Drama is first with tension between a unusual group of people that appear a bit beyond the norm. The " will they make it in time" thing. And last, they are making props for B movies as a back drop for this show.
So you take a dysfunctional group of people, doing something with a lot of drama and you have a show. Just fill in the blanks. Trucking, logging, hunting, ect. I just feel bad that I have to set through it all just to see something I am interested in and then wonder if it's worth it.

Pumpkin5 · #48 04-21-2012

Well, I am DVRing the series and I run through the episodes fairly quickly. Let's face it, the show's premise is just like all the other reality shows, character drama, strife and whatever else they can dream up to get veiwers to 'tune back in' after the commercial. I will continue to watch it to gleen whatever I can as far as prop making, where to buy, etc. Even though it isn't a great "how to" series, there are small nuggets of info every now and then. It isn't going to win any Emmys, but sometimes there are neat things to see. I love the hearse and some of the prop making ideas. Who knows, I may learn something very helpful for my Halloween 2012.

Does Cleve remind anyone else of Pennywise????

JustJimAZ · #49 04-23-2012

Anyone see last week's? I did not. just wondering what it was.

I had a funny moment watching the one with the giant spider. I was watching it with my son - don't judge me - and you know they changed the designs and they were not happy with the rod puppet and so on... So they're talking about the huge foam spider and what it can do, and my son starts mocking the director..."And it can fly, right? Because in one scene we need it to fly across the sky and land on these people." I thought that was the highlight of the show, personally.

Does anyone else get the feeling (assuming the backgrounds of these people are as advertised) that Cleve and SOTA would both be improved if Cleve got fired? Not that I want him to lose his job. Not at all. Just from a philosophical perspective, I imagine his irresponsibility (again, assuming that is real) would disappear overnight if he had to prove himself to a new boss. I think the SOTA team's professionalism would improve when they saw an owner who took the business seriously rather than playing favorites.

I realize it may be like philosophizing about Batman or Star Trek - since the whole thing could be a fiction. Just something that occurred to me when What's his Name said "If it was anyone else, they would be fired. But Cleve is a genius".

RoxyBlue · #50 04-23-2012

We just watched the episode from two weeks back - 12 foot tall boots and the 50s horror movie alien mask, which I LOVED. Cheesy 50s horror movies rule! And Wee Man was totally adorable.

Jim, I'd lay money on a lot of it being totally contrived for the show. If the working relationships were as constantly over the top dramatic as the show makes them appear, there's no way those folks would still be together after 20 years.