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The Storyboard Artist - NO STORYBOARDS, SOME CAMPING, AND A LOT OF GUNS

October 28, 2008

Well, can’t say the work week has been any better. I did get a check that will tie us over for a bit, but a brother needs a nice long-term gig. Six months would be great.

Just spoke with my buddy Darrin Denlinger, a talented colleague who offered his usual good words of encouragement. Always nice to hear. Darrin is on the remake of CLASH OF THE TITANS.

The weekend was good, as I took my son Joshua (12) camping for the first time, and he loved it. Anything to get the kid away from video games, which he has been on a bit too much. Our neighbor Don, road Josh and some other kids on a ten-mile bike ride during the trip, and Joshua had such a sense of pride that he finished it.

A got a nice little surprise when I bought the DVD of YOU DON”T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN, a film I worked on last year for about four months.

On the audio commentary, director Dennis Dugan refers to me as “an idiot savant of martial arts movies” and “the Rain Man of anything martial arts”) which had me laughing out loud.

I guess it beats just being “an idiot”. As he went on, Dennis was actually very, complimentary with my involvement and helpfulness in the process of designing the stunts for the film.

I bought the DVD at a 2020 DVD store Sunday night, and when I walked out of the place there were about 7 cop cars and a police helicopter outside of the fast food store (I think El Pollo Loco) twenty feet away with two guys already cuffed on the ground.

All of the customers were marched out (hands over their heads) and put against a wall where they were ALL frisked. Like 20 people!!! I assume cops couldn’t know who was involved (robbery attempt) and may have tried to blend into the crowd (ala INSIDE MAN). Sorry for the film reference.

I had to wait outside for over an hour as I smartly parked my car EXACTLY where the police pulled in kitty corner like to block any escapes.

I knew it was tense when they pulled the pump action shotguns from the police car trunks.

All this for a DVD ego boost!!!

Anyway, props to Eric Ramsey, who boarded the enjoyable RED BELT, which I just saw on video.