Boingo_Buzzard Wrote: TheReelTodd Wrote: It wasn't until "crack" was noticed in the background that I became a little worried that people may think I'm trying to promote illegal drug use - WHICH I AM NOT. Until you run for public office, you're safe. The minute that happens.... you're toast.

Yeah - VERY true!

Of course, that would be true regardless of my silly productions. They always find something, be it partially true, or completely made up. I won't be running for any office any time soon... but maybe I could get Weed Killer to run for office.

Remember when Max Headroom ran for office in 1988? I remember him and forgotten MTV personality "Randy of the Redwoods" running silly campaigns to promote themselves.




Back on Weed Killer - I submitted Episode 2 to a local theatre for potential public showing. They showed two of my other productions (the latest was Cutting Room Floor last year), so I'm hoping they'll give the green light for this one. I'd LOVE to see it in front of a live audience WITHOUT the damn chicken people there this time!

MutoidMan Wrote:Great work Todd! The new intro was very retro-cool; it was also somewhat familiar... I know, it reminded me of the retro-cool intro to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which I've always liked. Everything about this Weed Killer is improved over the first version. I especially like how you colored the lettering and pulled the swinging cube back a bit because now your background is much more reminiscent of the background that Max Headroom featured, while not copying it. The new look that you and Sketch came up with is also great. Before this latest video of yours, I'd never heard of Liposuction Theater; it's just repulsive... and oddly compelling at the same time. I mean, while I'd never attend one of these 'performances', I have watched a couple of documentaries about the procedure on the Discovery Channel, and it is interesting. Great job, and I look forward to the next one!

Thanks so much, MutoidMan! I'm glad you enjoyed my demented 8-bit take on things.

I really appreciate that! Yes - I was trying to go for more of the Max look and feel WITHOUT trying to appear as if I'm trying to be Max or recreate him. I spent a lot of time on the intro sequence alone in hopes that 1) it would be cool and people would smile while watching it 2) I could re-use it in future episodes, like a TV show intro kind of thing.

And you've got me really curious about the intro to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

I'm sure I could find one if I dug around a little, but if you know of one - can you shoot me a link to a video of the intro of it? I've never played the game, but I love retro stuff... as if that isn't abundantly clear in my work.
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I was just watched Cutting Room Floor and Weed Killer 2 with my friend.

He really liked CRF, but when I showed him Weed Killer - and I kid you not - he laughed so hard that by the end he was gasping for breath!



In other news, this is my 900th post!

NoExcuses Wrote:I was just watched Cutting Room Floor and Weed Killer 2 with my friend. He really liked CRF, but when I showed him Weed Killer - and I kid you not - he laughed so hard that by the end he was gasping for breath! In other news, this is my 900th post!

Sweet!

Thanks for showing my videos to your friend!

Even more so - THANK YOU for telling me his reaction to them!

When I came up with the material for Weed Killer 2, it was funny to me. Then I recorded it... then worked on it... etc. After a while, it wasn't funny at all and I started wondering if anyone would find it funny, or just think I'm a sick-o.

I showed an early edit of it to three guys at work back in mid September (before my HD failure). To my complete delight - they all laughed hysterically! One guy laughed so hard, he came to tears and his face was almost purple! They hated the ending part lines (which I replaced with the lipo-cheer) but they loved the rest of it. Then I started feeling like I had spent my time wisely on this one and I was VERY glad to have tested it out on people before finishing it and releasing it to the world. I think the original ending may have killed the fun mood for most people. I had no idea until I got feedback though.

Humor is a tough thing. I've got a twisted, warped sense of humor. I often find humor in things that other people may find disturbing or inappropriate.

I'm actually worried what people might think about the material for Weed Killer 3. I've got a rough, partially done monologue written down. It is definitely twisted and absurd... but is it funny or just gross? I have no idea where most people draw the line, so I have to be careful not to cross it. Yet at the same time - I gotta drag the audience on a joyride in to my messed up little mind!



EDIT: Ooo! I almost forgot!

Welcome to the 900 Club, NoExcuses!

That countdown to the big 1-0-0-0 has started!

NoExcuses Wrote:But there are... remnants of what has past members have done in here...

*Raises hand* My bad. But a good carpet cleaner/deodorizer should help with that.

Today, one of my friends (not me, amazingly) managed to start a discussion about Weed Killer amongst my other friends whom I've shown WK2 to.

This is the same friend also keeps quoting Weed at strange times. For example, today I was trying to translate a bit of Latin (unsurprisingly in a Latin lesson ), and just when I thought I had it, I heard my friend saying things like, '"per ianuam principiorum' - that's a fun word - principiorum' and then he started making sucking noises, before finishing off by telling me that Latin is 'the shi-shi-shi-shi-shi-shi... Latin is COOL!'

Todd, you're a bad influence.

TheReelTodd Wrote:Man, I LOVE to hear that! It's not an ego trip or anything - it is SOOOOO cool to know that I've been able to give some people something that they find entertaining and fun enough to incorporate in to their daily routine... and Latin classes.

Not just Latin... he was doing it all day today! He has an account here at the Sector, but only posted once or twice. I'll see if I can get him over again.

TheReelTodd Wrote:Oddly enough, something very similar happened today at lunch. I was eating a bit messy, and a co-worker made a comment that I had food-goo on my fingers and so I started to lick my fingers clean... and he went and made the liposucion sucking noise while I was doing so, which made me laugh... THEN he said "that got me light-headed" which made me laugh harder and some food shot out of my mouth!

Delicious!

TheReelTodd Wrote:I'd send you a Weed Killer t-shirt... if they existed. But they don't... at least not yet. But they might in the future. IF I can find enough interest in the character to justify the start-up costs of merchandising such a thing. Well, I can dream - it would be so cool to see people wearing t-shirts with Weed Killer on them. I've always wanted to make my mark on pop-culture.

Photoshop makes work of idle thumbs...

Watched this video on YouTube, it rocked! posted a comment aswell.