Outside the entrance to Fan Expo there was a table, a couple of guys in waistcoats and their crew. They were The Conventioneers, a show found on bitetv.ca that covers conventions of all sorts. A while ago, the irreverent commentators were banned from getting inside. Alex and Ryan ask them why. **Please excuse the audio issues. Our mic was acting up **
Read MoreAs Ryan mentioned before, sat down with Kevin Eastman, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles during Fan Expo. They about leaving Mirage, starting Tundra Press, running Heavy Metal magazine and his disappointment with the second Heavy Metal movie after losing creative control. He also talks about the third movie, which will be an anthology like the first, with animation done by blur.com. David Fincher is executive producer and plans on directing a segment. During the interview, Eastman also mentions directors Zack Snyder, Guillermo Del Toro and Gore Verbinski all want…
Read MoreAlex has a conversation with John Meadows, instructor at Vancouver Film School and writer for Lost: The Video Game, for Ubisoft amongst other things. They touch on challenges writing for the video game medium vs. film, working with an existing property, and the different storytelling sensibilities of North America vs. Europe and Japan, and Ubisoft as a French company producing games in Montreal.
Read MoreAlex talks with Aaron Douglas, who plays Chief on Battlestar Galactica. It starts off as a mutual Ricky Gervais / Stephen Merchant / Karl Pilkington fan chat (Aaron want to work with them, hint hint), then turns to discussions about the announced BSG TV movie being directed by Edward James Olmos and his roles in The Bridge and Blood: A Butcher’s Tale and what it’s like to work on a fully green screened set. NOTE: This is a repost because the earlier version contained an error.
Read MoreRyan talks to Rick Green about the hilarious history of Hoverboy, and Doug pops in to find the truth behind the fate of the Prisoners Of Gravity chair. “The chair ended up in our garage after the series ended and I just knew that someday it would be worth something as a collector’s item, but, you know, raccoons pooed all over it and it went in the garbage eventually…” Rick summarized. A sad end to a beloved prop indeed.
Read MoreRyan and Dave spent part of the day Saturday hanging in the Media Room area, and managed to have some brief chats with Wes Craven, Kate Mulgrew, Buzz Aldrin and Henry Winkler, in no particular order. Buzz describing getting the shot of the earth rise is a particular highlight, in the science fact department. NOTE: The end credit in this video is wrong. It’s Ryan on the mic, and Dave (mostly) shooting. He vanished before the Kate Mulgrew interview, so Kate’s assistant Holly deserves a thumbs up for taking over…
Read MoreDave sits down with legendary director Tobe Hooper, who clears up his inspiration for Texas Chainsaw Massacre (hint: it’s NOT Ed Gein). “It occured to me if I start one up, you know that the people would part like the waters… that’s the true story.” Put that line in context, and you’ll get the point. Beyond that, he also discusses his influences, why torture porn has seen such a rise in popularity, and has a tip for budding film makers.
Read MoreAlex sat down with Brian Bolland, legendary comic artist behind Batman: The Killing Joke, Judge Dredd and Animal Man. They discuss the recolouring of The Killing Joke for the recently released ‘Remastered‘ edition, Mr. Bolland’s process, including drawing on a Wacom tablet, as well as the British comics invasion and more. We also managed to score a signed copy of the ‘Remastered’ Killing Joke that we will be giving away in a contest. Check back for more details soon.
Read MoreAlex talks with Rocco and Shawn from Mega64.com, in what is the funniest interview of the show (so far?). Everything from outside projects and bodily mutilation via Blendtec blenders is discussed. NSFW, but only if you work someplace where they take NSFW seriously.
Read MoreIn “United Free Worlds”, mankind discovers a new planet in our solar system and decides to colonize it. This is, apparently, a mistake. The book was written by Blake Leibel (Director & Writer, Spaceballs: The Animated Series) and drawn by Jason Raines (Director, Spaceballs: TAS). Fantasy Prone president Lawrence Longo and staff writer Jeff Wood were kind enough to take a couple of minutes to discuss the book with us. Check the video out here. (It’s labeled “rgb Fan Expo B”.) rgbFilter will be giving away prize packs including UFW…
Read MoreThe pro-gamer documentary “FRAG” will be getting screened at Fan Expo on Sunday Aug 24. RGB interviewed the film’s director Mike Pasley, as well as scored some DVD copies of the movie to give away…which we will doing in a contest we will be announcing on our next regular show.
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