April 29, 2005

Still more "Revelations" in the news

May the Force Be With You, and You, and You
By Clive Thompson on Slate

and

Star Wars fan film generates close to a million downloads
By John Virata

April 29, 2005

Fan mail!

Well, they said it would never happen, but today, for the very first time
. . . I started receiving fan mail.
People I don't know, from different parts of the world, just dropping me an e-mail to tell me how much they enjoyed "Revelations" and my performance in it. I'm not sure how to feel about this but I'm trying to express my gratitude and humility in the face of all this attention. I honestly thought Gina would be the main draw for this kind of thing. I guess I'm just a little surprised to be getting any. It's a nice surprise though and very much appreciated.

Director Shane Felux as Cade.

April 28, 2005

Is Shane Felux the next George Lucas?

Well, that's what Peter Nowak of the New Zealand Herald thinks. Here's the latest article.

I just spoke to Shane and he says he's been busy doing two or three interviews a day. He says he doesn't even ask who they are for anymore. He also says the movie is huge in Germany and in other various locations around the world. There is even a rumor of a possible screening at a certain notable special effects house where Shane may be invited to come out and show the film in their private studio there. Hmmmm . . .

Today, right now, that guy is huge. The movie itself has been downloaded over 300,000 times that we know about directly, and who knows how many times from the more fleeting mirror sites like mine. Millions of people all over the planet are watching our movie.

Gina on the red carpet at the premiere. Photo by Tish Wells

April 26, 2005

Still more "Revelations" in the news.

Here are a couple of quick links to folks who are talking about us.

The Can Magazine canmag.com has a very positive review here.
C-Net gives us an honorable mention of sorts here.
And C-Net has another here.
Kentucky.com has an article about the film and local 328 Studios.
As well as reprint of the Tish Wells - Knight Ridder article here.
NFHQ has a short review here.

And the hits just keep coming.
Still not sure where this wave is heading, but man, what a ride.
I had to totally remove the quick time file of the movie from my site altogether because people were apparently just going to the Google cached version of my page and finding the link there and burning through my bandwidth like a lightsaber cutting through butter.

Now about that picture. . .

Isn't that some picture?

I love that picture.

Gina looks like her face isn't big enough for her smile.

It reminds me of quote from Atlas Shrugged;

"And to such among you who hate the thought of human joy, who wish to see men's life as chronic suffering and failure, who wish men to apologize for happiness -- or for success, or ability, or achievement, or wealth -- to such among you, I am now saying: I wanted him, I had him, I was happy, I had known joy, a pure, full, guiltless joy..."

To me, that's how Gina looks in that picture.
Thank you Shane and crew for giving us this moment.
Thank you Tish for taking this picture.
Thank you Gina . . . just for being.

April 24, 2005

Where can you go to see Revelations?

Here is the main mirror site hosted by the brilliant and wonderful ZAP.
http://revelations.master-zap.com


Zap also tell us that "2000 DVD's has been downloaded so far (disk #1) and over 21 Terabytes of revelations data has been shuffled around the net. "

GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING!!!
WE ARE HUGE!!!!!

Also while you are there check out the video's from the premiere weekend.
Fun stuff.

Thanks ZAP!

April 23, 2005

Pulling my 1 QT link due to bandwidth overages.

Well that was fun, but I'm topped out. What can I say, I'm really just small potatoes over here and I can't take the bandwidth demands.

STAR WARS:
Revelations
*Discontinued*



April 21, 2005

WTF!

Revelations has just been dropped by theforce.net! They claim it's taking too much of their bandwidth?! Now I probably should have expected this and predicted it, but I didn't. What I have been saying all along was that Revelations would take fan films from a little known art form and push it into the mainstream. Now, a scant five days after the premiere, I think that has just happened. When a site dedicated to Star Wars in general and Star Wars fan films in particular, and hosting Star Wars fan films, and sharing information about Star Wars fan films says 'sorry but you're just to popular for us' that's got to say something.
I can host maybe one QT version of the film from here, I think, if I can still get to the file somehow. Check back in a bit.

April 21, 2005

New "Revelations" story
on C-NET


Interesting article mostly about Shane and how popular the download of the movie is becoming. People are really going nuts trying to get to see it and that's good. I'd also like to thank everyone who sent us letters of support telling us not to pay attention to the more mean spirited, ill informed and in some cases childish criticism some have unlashed against us. We appreciate your support.
For my part I'm not really sure where all this is heading but so far it's been one hell of a ride!

Here is a story:
At the premiere, I was standing outside the hotel waiting for a cab with Gina and a couple of friends. As we stood there we were approached by another couple asking is we were with Panic Struck. We laughed and said we were, and they introduced themselves as Sonia Hillios and her husband Chris! Let me tell you something, rarely have I ever met nicer folks. Instantly we were joking and laughing about what a great job she did on the poster and Gina commented on the detail on my hands. Sonia's husband laughed and showed us his hands and . . . they were just like mine. He also told us he had been a model for Sonia for characters like Captain Picard among others. That's impressive company to be in, let me tell you. As I say though, what struck me most was how nice they were. It was like meeting old friends, for the first time.

Want to see the movie?

Watch it here via theforce.net (Discontinued!!!)

or

check out the Mirror pool via theforce.net

I can't seem to get the whole mirror thing working, so forget it.
Lot's of other people are hosting it.

Man, I just watched most of the behind the scenes stuff and that was really great. Big shout out to Jack and Shane for that. The "Revelations" site itself is back up now that the movie is being hosted elsewhere.

Thanks everyone.

Photo by Jim Norcross I think this shot says it all. Thanks Jim!

Baltimore Sun Revelations Review

A really good article by John Coffren who calls my performance as Declan "grand".
There really is just too much to tell here. The Premiere went off, if not smoothly, at least successfully as seen from the outside. There was a lot more drama behind the scenes than there was on the screen, to tell the truth, but we pulled it off. There really is too much to tell, but we'll cover it all here in the days to come.

Now . . . how the hell do I activate my mirror???

Zap's mirror seems to be up and working here.
Watch the movie over at TFN here. *Discontunued*

April 13, 2005

REVELATIONS REVIEW
RELEASED EARLY

The word is out. Knight Ridder has released the very first review. Shane, Gina and I are now, officially, "smooth" performers.

It's like smooth criminal only without the crime or alleged child molestation.

The review itself is very positive and, although I hear that it was released early, it does not contain any real spoilers.

Go check it out here.

My excitement level just went right through the roof! Strangest of all, as I have said before, is that all of this is happening prior to the general release of the film itself. If you think this is something, wait until you actually see the movie. Then we should see some real excitement!

Thanks again Tish!

For a listing of news papers running the article online click here.

April 13, 2005

I'm a Space Cowboy, baby!

Presented here, with very little comment, is a sample of composite work of Greg from
Forward Motion Productions.

I mean . . . what is there to say about this?

In other "Revelations" news . . .
um . . . we're on the cover of a magazine!!!
Well one of two covers really, but that's cool!
There is certainly no disgrace in sharing with Grayson!
I loved that preview!!!

Details from the main "Revelations" Site:

Issue #1 is ready for pre-order (for May shipping) and anyone who pre-orders by April 30th will receive an 11"x17" poster of Sonia Hillios' official artwork for the film!

ORDER HERE

In other news I just can't win for losing, between problems at work, (I actually ended up sleeping there Friday night and working straight through the weekend) I haven't had time to even catch my breath, let alone get excited for the premiere - but I am looking forward to it. Gina on the other hand is just beside herself with excitement. We're also having some of the wood floors refinished at the house, so late last night, with the help of a good friend, we moved stuff out of the way and then I went into the crawl space to pull some wires out of the way. They had been run through a hole in the floor which is being repaired, but I plan to rerun them more properly through the wall after this is all done. Anyway I get under there and I notice that the ground is wet in one spot. I find a leaking cut off valve for the front outside hose.
It's not leaking too bad . . . until I touch it, then it totally disintegrates and starts spraying everywhere.
Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!

So what to do?
Turn off the water to the whole house.
Pull down the wires.
Wash hands with bottled water and go to bed.
Get up first thing and dress in last nights clothes.
Drive to local hardware outlet.
Look for replacement part.
Discover they only sell entire valve which is already sweated into place thank you very much.
Buy entire valve with plan to removed needed part and replace it in the aforementioned waiting valve.
Get home discover the bolt head I need to grab with a wrench is very slightly, but deliberately, pre-stripped to prevent me from doing exactly what I'm trying to do.
Spend two full minutes cursing and swearing at a level that would embarrass the most vice ridden prostitute.
Find vice grips.
No the BIG VICE GRIPS!
Apply a little of the old brute force mojo.
Adjust part to my needs.
Install part.
Over-tighten faucet head nut. ( Forgot to turn off the old brute force mojo I guess.)
Fix the valve so that it doesn't leak (at least in the closed position. No one needs to use the front outside hose before we get back and who the hell designed this cheap ass faucet head assembly anyway?)
And then . . .
Finally . . . .
Take a shower and head to WORK!

On the other hand at least I caught and stopped the problem before the floors were redone and we were in Maryland. The valve was clearly going to go any second anyway so hopefully it will have all worked out for the best. Just a matter of how you look at it, I guess.

How about that magazine cover though?
That's pretty cool!

April 11, 2005

"Revelations" Poster Revealed

From the Revelations site:

"The stunning art for the "Revelations" poster is an original piece that was done by Sonia R. Hillios who is an award-winning painter and illustrator of science fiction and fantasy and environmental subjects. Her work has been commissioned by The Hamilton Collection, Pocket Books, DC Comics, Lucasfilm Ltd., Paramount Pictures, SkyBox International, Universal Studios, Twentieth Century Fox, and many others.
Sonia's work is the result of a lifelong interest in science fiction and in art.
We are thrilled and honored to have Sonia grace us with her work and can not thank her enough for the enormous effort and detail that went into making it for "Revelations" Thank you Sonia!!"

For my part all I can say is I LOVE THIS POSTER! Short of the movie itself, this is the coolest thing ever. EVER! We're planning on hanging it in our refinished living room. And to those who might say that such a display is ostentatious, I say that's only because you don't have one.

COOLEST THING EVER!

Holland as Raux.

April 7, 2005

Revelations Link List:

Panic Struck Productions

Revelations Main Site (Flash Intro)

Revelations Main site (Post Flash Intro)

Revalations Fanzine Now Free!

Events and Press Page

Knight Ridder news

The Trailer

Frank and Gina's: Revelations Page

It's getting closer and closer.
Look for more and more media coverage right before and certainly after.
I also hear that a Soundtrack CD in the works.
Also wait until you see the poster by Sonia R. Hillios. (Shane won't let me post it yet.)
Trust me though once Sonia paints you in an action pose, you're an action hero.
The poster is nothing short of stunning.

April 6, 2005

Our top story today:
The Dalai Lama is alive and well.

Later we'll look into the health of various Vedics, Clerics, Ayatollahs, Pagan High Priest and Steven Hawking (for the more secular among us.)
What are you looking at? I'm just saying, if we're going to spend all this time covering the Pope's death we should give some time to the other guys. No Zoroastrians though! Screw those guys.

April 5, 2005

Ron Moore for President!

Mr. Moore stands up and defends Battlestar Galactica, the show's politics, and his own, on the latest entry on his blog.

Here's a taste:
"In a time when the President of the United States actually asserts that he has the power to arrest without warrant and detain indefinitely without charge or appeal, any citizen (indeed any person on the face of the Earth) simply by designating them as an "illegal combatant," we should all be engaged in a vigorous and energetic debate about who we are as a people and as human beings and exactly how we do intend to respond to the very real threat posed to this nation and to the foundations of liberal democracy posed by people capable of, and willing to, fly airplanes into buildings."

Go read it. NOW!

Our New Theme

This month's theme will be, of course,
Star Wars: Revelations.

Here we come!