heathrocksla
Junior Member
I'll simply ignore all the previous punches...except to say...I'm not a spiderman groupy as some of you are...which is fine if you are...I worked on the film...I work on many films, not because I'm into them, but because that's what I do. My only intention of ever posting here was to relay my experiences to anyone interested in hearing about them because I figured it would be pretty cool if someone did that for me. But naturally, there are always skeptics and that's fine...I really don't care. So to those skeptics, I simply say...don't read what I write. Now wasn't that easy. And as far as, "And how do we know your not just some fan whos selling some random program from a meeting?" I ask the question...how exactly would a Spiderman fan get a hold of one of only 15 copies of a program that was held exclusively on Sony's studio in Culver City? And to you SUPERFLY, I could give a shit less what you think and if you think I have something to prove to you...then you're dreaming in Spidey land...to the others of you...congratulations at not hating the world and being a negative person even when the truth is clearly in front of you...and that's ALL I have to say about these matters....now, if you'll read my earlier posts...I was involved in the pre-production process of the film...meaning, months before any of the filming began, the suit, which is soooo complex had to be developed and basicallly, just had to be figured out how the hell to do it. We started with 4 puppeteers and me wearing an ordinary black back brace with 4 long foam tentacles glued to the back of them...rods where attached to each tentacle and we basically went through the movements of fighting...walking, crouching, sitting...etc, to see what worked and what didn't. Improvements were made along the way...I took a beating at times, but it was all cool...so what did they end up making the tentacles out of? Well, they tried different things...aluminum was an option but they ended up making the tentacle out of liquid foam. Molds were made and the foam was poured in and would cure after a short time...these were all painstackingly assembled. To complicate things, there were different size segments made..so it was like a jigsaw puzzle. Plus, there were lots of cables that had to go through the middle of each tentacle which added alot of weight. The puppeteers ended up having to rig a complex system of weights and booms to lift the tentacles during filming. And another problem...these wires inside the tentacles..with each movement...they worked as a saw against the foam segments...meaning, they would eventually saw through the links and they would have to be replaced.
So...oh, one more thing...the pre-production I was involved with was done at EdgeFX which is in Burbank, CA on Flower St. Lyle Conway was originally in charge of the development, he created Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors and also created THE BLOB. He was also in Blade, at the end when all the elders are in a circle...he's the one that talks to the bad guy...he has a white beard. Anyway, he was fired after a while..totally political...that happens a lot in this business, unfortunatley.
So that's enough rambling for now...feel free to bash away....