tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377547612007-08-04T02:03:56.441-05:00QBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1170489287934123792007-02-03T01:51:00.000-06:002007-02-03T01:54:47.946-06:00It has come to my attention that, in creating this website, I have spelled Billy's name incorrectly. CY-goniac, like a cyborg. "Half-man and half-machine, on the cover of a magazine..."<br />Not Tsy-goniac, like he's Russian. My bad. And sincerest apologies, and all that jazz.<br />Maybe I'll fix it, maybe I won't. The doc is keeping me pretty busy. Speaking of which, back to work.<br />-R. CleeryBriantag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1170468151462100862007-02-02T20:02:00.000-06:002007-02-02T20:02:31.476-06:00Super Bowl Predictions...<br />With the savagely cold weather happening in the midwest, shooting has noticbly slowed down. Fortunately, this has given me more free time to play video games. I was curious to see what predictions about the super bowl Tecmo Super Bowl had to offer, so I watched a demo of the Bears-Colts (Indionapolis, of course), and discovered the Colts were the victors 34-13. Call me old-fashioned, but when a video game tells you something, you can take that to the bank.<br /><br />Tom, i'm still waiting for that autographed poster of RLMI (Return to Land Mine Island). And while i'm addressing people involved with this film, Dr. Stamps, stay out of my medicine cabinet. I saw you in my trailer the other day. Remember, i'm a camera man, I catch everything...Bill CygoniacBilly Cygoniactag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1170046584655105992007-01-28T22:45:00.000-06:002007-01-28T22:56:25.106-06:00Hello independent cinema fans!<br />Denton Wallace checking in here... I'm the director and writer of Storm Chaser... the only movie big enough to blow doors down like a furious twis--- I mean, tornado. We don't say that other "t-word" here on set.<br />Well, truth be told, I'm not on set, per se. I'm in Acapulco, heading up the first unit shoot. I've left Bill in charge of some shorter scenes, bestowing him "Assistant Director" status until I return. I hope he's able to put up with those clowns... I mean, uhhh... those highly-skilled professionals. Just kidding guys! You rock!<br />Anyways, I just thought I'd put a word in quickly and say hi. Thanks for stopping by the site! I'll be sure to post again as soon as things calm down a bit here. Take care, weather fans, and get psyched like a cyclone!<br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">-Denton</span>Briantag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1168411716777603952007-01-10T00:37:00.000-06:002007-01-10T00:48:36.786-06:00Life imitates art. And vice-versa.<br />When life is pain, art is pain, so of course the opposite must also be true (though less common.) Sometimes I think my choice of profession is making me physically ill.<br />It is hard to ignore the moans of old ghosts when even your "friends" try and resurrect them.<br />I guess life comes down to recognizing a similarity of your own goals in others, and trusting those people. Sometimes that's a wise choice... other times it's a complete fuck-up. Do not expect sincere apologies, because they are few and far between. Here's to a better 2007.<br />Ignorance is Strength,<br />Roger CleeryBriantag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1168380006424220722007-01-09T15:47:00.000-06:002007-01-09T16:00:06.443-06:00Dear Alan Stamps,<br /> Your friend Tom wishes to apologize for the miscommunication between Tom and yourself. Tom had read in a newspaper about a "Hail Convention",as in that was the title of the Nazi Rally, being the english translation of Heil, near to the same convention center that you attended your Hail convention. There was no error in your writing Alan, you wrote Hail, and now I know you meant Hail.<br /> Tom Strom is well read, a student of the intellect, and squire of Gothosian charm. He in no way misread that a nazi convention called "Hail Convention" was taking place and merely assumed that Alan Stamps was attending said convention because of the way he raved on and on about attending with a passion only matched by neo-nazis. I now know that Alan Stamps passion for the weather and those "hail" pieces borders on fanatacism which is all fun and wonderful and more than a match for the same devotion a Nazi brings. I am pleased that Alan is not a Nazi, and note: I never claimed he was a nazi, simply that he may have facist beliefs, which is fine, even if he was a nazi, he would be accepted by Tom and the whole Storm Chaser cast, because what we all are becoming is a family. A family of devotion, understanding and love for this movie...and humanity.<br /> With much love,<br /> Tom StromTom Stromtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1168329426255293252007-01-09T01:35:00.000-06:002007-01-09T01:57:06.263-06:00I demand a public apology for Tom Strom's remarks referring to me-- the "Kid From Kansas City that could predict the weather" as a facist and a nazi. Unlike Mr. "Moviestar," I have read extensivley not only world history/weather of the time, but have also mastered the gift of <span style="font-size:180%;">READING</span>!!!! When I wrote that I attended a "Hail Convention," it meant hail. And even if I did write heil, Cleery has told me that this is called a typographical error. Perhaps Mr. Strom should spend less time reading his fan mail and more time reading the dictionary, that way he would know that "Sever" is what happens to weathermen who have a nervous breakdowns on the air and that SEVERE is the type of weather that we could have shot last week but Denton was nowhere to be found. He may have had some trouble with the second unit down in <strong>Mexico. </strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>For those of you who do not know, I will break our cast and crew gag order:</strong> They can't do this without me. Denton sent a crew down to track some weather patterns and we have not heard from them in awhile and we are all worried. I presume that while Denton was talking to <strong>U.S. and MEXICAN Authorities,</strong> this website and Blog was brought to their attention. The first thing they read was "DR. ALLEN STAMPS IS A NAZI," so what happens to Dr. Allen Stamps?<br /><br />THEY KNOCK ON HIS DOOR AND AWAKE HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!!!<br />Thankfully, one of the Federal Agents remembered me from channel 14 in Kansas City...<br /><br />---Dr. StampsDr. Allen Stampstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1168046559902568962007-01-05T19:09:00.000-06:002007-01-05T19:24:35.476-06:00Blue Skies! A Blue New Year...<br /><br />Tom Strom here. <br /><br /> I have been receiving all of the fan mail asking about Storm Chaser. When is it coming out? What has been going on behind the scenes. I am well aware of some leaked footage of me seemingly yelling at Alan Stamps in a very real and out of character moment. Let me set the record straight that Alan and I were rehearsing a scene in that footage and at no time have Alan and I come to yelling at each other. Some fans of Allen stamps have brought up the fact that I consitantly spell his name wrong ie. Alan instead of Allen. Alan is a name that I call Allen Stamps because we are that close as friends and have come that close together during this rather difficult shoot.<br /> There has been a sever lack of storms as of late. That coupled with Alan being away at some Hail convention...Let me be the first to say I do not hold Alan's facist beliefs against him. If he wants to go to a Heil convention with all the other White Supremecists and Nazis he is welcome to it. This is America and one of our founding principles has been the acceptance of other views on politics, religion, sexuality and the rest. Alan attending said convention and being away from the set and the unfortunate lack of any kind of weather has dampened our collective spirits. If only our clothes would be dampened too from a Big Storm to film!<br /> Maybe A rain dance would help, or cloud seeding, but I have been told that the budget is just too tight to hire Native American Shaman or a plane full of rain seed... we will just have to leave it up to the natural weather patterns to really bring on the rain so we can capture some true to life, real unaltered storm beauty and storm fear!Tom Stromtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1166173300641862942006-12-15T02:56:00.000-06:002006-12-15T03:01:40.650-06:00<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Excitement!!!<br /><br /><br />After a lull in shooting due to my hail convention, which turned out to be more organic than I imagined, we will be shooting some of the most exciting storm scened ever captured on film!!!<br /><br /><br />I co-wrote a paper on the weather patterns of late fall and it describes the amazing volital and randome weather patterns that emerge when the earth tilts and the jet stream changes... We should hopefully see some of this mystery weather, and hopefully, we can track it down. I just hope that Denton is willing to have the crew on a 24 hour notice so that we can get to these storms as soon as possible...<br /><br /><br />Dr. Allen Stamps</span>Dr. Allen Stampstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1165384030978876472006-12-05T23:35:00.000-06:002006-12-05T23:47:10.986-06:00Well, life hasn't been a bunch of roses since I switched over from my "Birds!" doc to chronicling this movie. But this was clearly the right decision to make. I know a good topic when I see one.<br />So far in production there has not been storm one, which obviously worries me a little bit. Denton knows his craft though. If he says that Stamps says there will be storms to shoot, well, I believe it.<br />Sometimes all you can do in life is sit back with a bottle of wine and wait for sunrise.<br />Goodnight,<br />Roger CleeryBriantag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1164944987131746822006-11-30T21:21:00.000-06:002006-11-30T21:49:47.146-06:00<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Tom Strom</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Storm Chaser Production BLOG</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">30/11/06<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">A little Taste of what is to Come!</span><br />As part of my contract I, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tom Strom</span>, am instructed to "share" some experiences from the Storm Chaser set to my legion of fans. Even if this was not part of my contract I would leap, nay, Boldly Go to any lengths to keep my fans updated on this amazing film's progress. Let me just say that <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tom Strom</span> never lets down his fans! I will not only share, but will illuminate your lives with tales of the excitment, danger, and thrill of being a famous, yet humble, actor on a feature film set. I will regale you with the bonds of fellowship that have formed between me and my co-stars, especially Dr. Alan Stamps, who is a true joy, singular oddity and Cosmic Master of the world of the Weather! The chance to work with Alan is one of the great joys of working on this film. I will post the wonderous and magical details of my day to day experiences on set as often as I can, because you, the fans, deserve it. I may not be able to post every day, but know that you, the fans, are foremost on my mind each and every moment of each and every day, and I thank you for your years of dedication, and know that I, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tom Strom</span> am wholly dedicated to you all as well.<br />Yours Truly! <3<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >TOM STROM</span><br /></span>Tom Stromtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1164840081485196652006-11-29T16:37:00.000-06:002006-11-29T16:41:21.486-06:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffff33;">I have been invited to a hail convention! Unfortunately, it has left me alone in a vacant lecture hall. Either I am in the wrong room or no one is coming to my lecture, I may also be here on the wrong day. I am really upset that I left my new batch of bathtub gin in the waiting area as I did not have time to bottle it. Perhaps I will use what I did not bottle in order to expirament with some new flavors. Dr. Allen Stamps</span>Dr. Allen Stampstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1164615813163727852006-11-27T02:13:00.000-06:002006-11-29T16:37:01.596-06:00<span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102);font-size:100%;color:#ffff33;" >So far, so much better than working with the technical crew that I worked with at Channel 14 in Kansas with! People are helping me with learning how to use the internet, especially Cleery and Tom. Tom is a great help, I asked him if he could help me get the "rust out of my delivery on camera," and he said that he would be able to help me as soon as he has time-- I admire his honesty. I wonder if he too is having trouble remembering his lines. Probably not though, he is a big movie star from the "Landmine Island" series. I hope that he does have time to help me, but if not, the Director --- Mr. Denton--- has been encouraging me to take some pills that I understand to be herbal supplements that will encahance my acting. I really trust these folks, and I am already ThinKinG about writing A NEW BOOK!!! abouT WEAther!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />-----Dr. Allen Stamps<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>Dr. Allen Stampstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37754761.post-1164223133111493432006-11-22T13:18:00.000-06:002006-11-24T21:11:50.996-06:00Welcome to the Stormchaser Blog. As part of the documentary I'm doing on this movie, I had a website put up for the cast and crew to use. The SC crew will be commenting on the actual production of the movie, and I'll be talking about the making of it. Not a whole lot else to say at the moment, but keep an eye on the site for tons of updates coming soon. I'm sure Denton and his DP will be checking in soon, along with Stamps and Strom (the actors... and yeah, before you ask, I think those are their real names.)<br />We're all looking forward to the upcoming production! Should be great. Thanks for your support,<br />-Roger Cleery,<br />DocumentarianQ