@Devil_Rising I can’t imagine James NOT throwing in some horror movie motifs.
OlDirtyVinceDm
February 26, 2012 at 1:32 am
1:21 i know there’s a wig that comes with the exorcist mask I see right there and holyshit I can imagine so many things I could do with an exorcist mask and some special effect for vomit this place is great good video
1:30 Idk what’s the story about the chicken coop by the way but if there’s a chicken coop you might concider including buckethead, good music a character no copyrights the guy probably loves nes games and he’s a actually a fanatic of horror movies and has shitload of songs based on the thing you should actually check him out. Buckethead cameo + Chicken coop = Epic Cameo for your movie, just an idea to concider
@Nanofuture @Cito Was thinking about that as well. But it would be interesting if it was nerd like CG, but then have awesome animatronics.
yk1989
February 27, 2012 at 11:53 am
@Nanofuture yeah, but he normally used cg for those things that were too expensive to put in regular FX or where directly impossible to put. I think is fine, because That’s how cgi must be used. Not like a toy to play with everything.
Fata Morgana
February 26, 2012 at 2:38 am
@Cito CGI isn’t inherently evil, you know. It can be and has been used to great effect in many films.
@Cito Animatronics bring in the realness factor, that it’s a physical entity that could possibly be doing all the mayhem it’s doing on screen. if anything it can be possessed by a demon.
I’m guessing that whatever effects can be accomplished for less will be the ones you guys will go with. I’m not trying to imply you’re cheap, but you would want to stretch your budget as far as you possibly can. Practical over CG shouldn’t really enter into the equation. Thanks for the update, lads. Things seem to be progressing pretty much how one would expect. Might sound odd, but what was the movie (or whatever it was) paused on the TV screen? My curiosity is obscure, yes, but I must have it appeased.
@Devil_Rising I don’t believe I mentioned “Grade A” at all. Computer effects are cheaper in a lot of cases than practical effects. When you’re doing a film on a budget – cost is the most important factor.
yk1989
February 27, 2012 at 11:49 am
@kaneda_bjf Well actually, TODAY CG is even more expensive than FX. unless you want effects like those of the war of the worlds movie (not the spielberg one)
Doogrisa
February 26, 2012 at 3:21 am
Have animatronics as good as the ones in the movie “The Thing” (1982) Im a grown man and that movie still creeps me out!
The effects in that film are 100% creepier and more “organic” than the over-used CGI in the “prequel” film. That wasn’t a BAD movie….but it lost everything in translation that made John Carpenter’s film what it was. I think people of the day forgot that the goriness of the effects wasn’t what that movie was all about, at it’s core. It was about the pervasive sense of creepiness and building dread that just permeated that film from the opening scene to the final credits.
All the new movie could manage was some CGI gore, and a bunch of “GOTCHA” jump scare moments, which seems to be all any modern horror films ever really do anymore. It’s sad.
They don’t build characters (most of them just are there to be killed and have no personality)
they don’t build a good story, just excuses.
And the most important thing (because maybe history and characters can be not important… maybe… in a horror flick)
Build a setting, make the people feel the suspence, the horror, not knowing what will happen next. Movies today just suck at that. we know who will die, who is the hero, and that nobody but one but survive (probably a woman, the smart and lighthearted, because the other 2 are a frightful idiot and the other bad tempered that nobody likes -she dies first and nobody knows that until 5 minutes later-) and the woman’s guy will die saving her.
Man, now I am sad and mad, they never look at some mails! Paul are a tallented guy, please let him join you guys He works at Lucas Francis Studio… He’s a titan…
@CyrilWindlovver Tom Savini has some of the best and most iconic horror film’s FX in his resume, that’s not James’ style. James has more of a B-movie feel (Ed Wood-ish), you know, not bad FX but the best one can do with the money and tools available. And it’s reassuring to see James go with a small, real ‘latex and makeup’ FX team and not CGI because that’s the image I have of him as a filmmaker and that’s what I want to see in his movie.
@Trojan_Reggae I would like anyway that james find the true balance between cgi and Fx. But I think doing both would be too expensive… If i chose one, i’d take Fx. I love how james work with that
gamez
February 26, 2012 at 8:47 am
I wouldn’t be surprised if Tom Savini helps out. After all James did interview him, so it’s likely James made him into a contact.
Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, visual effects can sometimes be WAAAAY cheaper than practical effects. Case and point, imagine making a building explode. It’s way cheaper to just animate it on a computer than it is to actually rig up a building to explode. Or even to make a convincing miniature set and blow it up. However, I find that practical effects are little more convincing than visual effects (within reason, crappy rubber masks you get at the dollar store aren’t very convincing) if only because it’s because there is actually something in front of the camera. Your actors have something to work with, they don’t have to imagine this monster or alien, and they don’t have to talk to a masking tape X on the floor.
But making the argument that ALL visual effects sucks or ALL practical effects rules is stupid. They both have their place, and they both are necessary. It’s just that there are a lot of lazy lazy film makers that will rely on visual effects as a fucking crutch and its really EASY to do visual effects poorly and to give your movie a very “fake feel”.
That said, I know that James has enough knowledge and insight to use both practical and visual effects at the proper time and place and that the resulting product will be spectacular.
Keep up the great work, I love these behind the scenes videos and I can’t wait for the movie!
@DonSkiver digital effects surely have their place. But I think there is something to be said for most major Hollywood films OVER-using it nowadays. You might even say they’re “spamming” CGI.
There will always be things that CGI is “better at” or very useful for. But at the end of the day, I agree with the sentiment that “any time you CAN use traditional, ‘practical’ special effects, do so”. Because it just comes off as more “real” and organic. Besides, traditional “Creature shop” style special effects like seen in the video…that’s an art, a tradition that has been used since the earliest days of film, that’s over a century of “practical” effects work that has grown and evolved, and yet they still keep some of the old practices alive.
That’s something I’d personally hate to see die out. In the same way that I’m glad there are still a handful of folks who keep stop-motion animation alive. There’s just a quality and “magic” to it that makes it unique compared to any other style of effect, and I hope the art that Ray Harryhousen kept alive and made so famous also keeps going.
@Devil_Rising I agree… There are some things you will never do with special effects. But that don’t mean you need Cgi for everything. And… this is just a personal opinion, but nowadays 3-D (stereoscopic) is just hiding the fact a movie sucks. And I started to think the over using of 3d effects did the same before the 3d cinemas were everywhere. Studios throw lights and noises … then the people exit the cinema don’t knowing how the F was the movie but it was “awesome” (Avatar had this problem for me… a lot of 3d and one of the most unoriginal and predictable plots in years… if not boring , without the 3d glasses)
BramBrouwers
February 26, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Ah Kevin’s a vegetarian, is that why he looks so sick?
@BramBrouwers lol Dude gimme a break. Some Vegetarians are some of the healthiest people on earth. Not that I am one, mind you, but I respect the lifestyle, and see the benefits in it.
@Devil_Rising lmfao healthiest people on earth? I’d like a source on that.. And I’d like a source where they surveyed vegetarians who DIDN’T take vitamin supplements.
Tanastari88
February 26, 2012 at 4:41 pm
@TomBacon Why can’t they take vitamin supplements? Beside they don’t really need vitamins as vitamins are mostly found in green vegetables. They might have some protein deficiency though, but there are ways to compensate if you do some research. Meat is usually not very healthy. Vegetarians have less heart diseases so they live longer on average. That’s why they are considered healthy. However it’s true that becoming a vegetarian without doing research before hand might not be quite as good.
JohnnyNightrain
February 26, 2012 at 5:33 pm
@TomBacon Actually, societies and cultures that consume meat and dairy are the unhealthiest people on the planet. There is a huge misconception that humans evolved by hunting and eating animals. Some cultures (like ours; and look at us now) did, but there are plenty who didn’t.
If you want a good source, and you have Netflix, check out Forks Over Knives. There have been decades of PH.D.-level studies on this, and not not just interviews with vegetarians who take vitamin supplements.
RowanJColeman
February 26, 2012 at 6:13 pm
@JohnnyNightrain @TomBacon Guys I kind of find it funny how off topic you just went. BTW I’m a vegetarian myself and it’s a lot different to the stereotype that others think of.
Akmet
February 26, 2012 at 7:14 pm
@RowanJColeman @JohnnyNightrain @TomBacon
Yeah, i agree. I’m also a vegeterian for over 2 years now, and im damn healthy – without any kinds of supplements. I even work out and do martial arts and have a nice trained body… also i never even bother to bug anyone who is eating meat, its their decision and im fine with it. I dont care at all if you do, its more the other way round: people never understand why i dont and allways try to convince me to eat meat… how stupid is that?
So much about stereotypes and the Bull that goes with them. Have a nice day.
@Tanastari88 @TomBacon “Green vegetables”???? All vegetables are green, there are many parts to a plant and the vegetable is not the bark, its not the flower, or the fruit or the seed or the nut or the drupe or the legume or the roots. It is only the green leafs of a plant. A bean is not a vegetable, a potato is not a vegetable, rice is not a vegetable, mushrooms are not even plants they belong to their own kingdom separate from animals, bacteria and algae. Kelp and seaweed are not plants, they are algae. Broccoli is a flower, corn is a fruit as with tomatoes and cucumbers. I could do this all day, plants are kinda my thing. As for your vitamins. The reason vegetarians have to take supplements, and they really do have to (this isn’t made up), is because plants do not have a lot of vitamins. Meat has several B vitamins, zinc and iron not to mention amino acids that plants can’t make only animal’s can. Then there is phosphorus which is essential for producing energy in the muscles. You see, an animal will run around all day and eat different plants and accumulate vitamins in their bodies stored in their meat. Whatever organism eats that animal will absorb its nutrition (AHEM, you are what you eat).
dilerium86
February 27, 2012 at 12:34 pm
@Devil_Rising Yep.. but most of the healthiest people on the earth eats meat..So many of them that uses special pills to get all the “stuff” they would have got from meat..I accept their life style.. and hope that it some day can be less of an lifestyle and more of an eating habit if you get what I mean..You know that the appendicitis was used to break down plant fibers from the time we ate a lot more grass then we do now.. Just a fun fact.. or theory.. I don’t know if it’s been proven..
AMillah
February 26, 2012 at 7:09 pm
@BramBrouwers He looks pretty healthy to me. Don’t be an obnoxious dickhead. Some people are naturally thin, like myself.
A healthy mix is probably the healthiest, but to imply vegetarians don’t get enough vitamins through veggies is laughably ignorant.
@AMillah @BramBrouwers If it’s ignorance, then blame medical professionals for it. They recommend that both vegetarians and vegans alike take supplements to get the necessary vitamins and minerals that their diets are otherwise lacking. Hell, just Google the words vegan and vegetarian and you’ll notice that the first several pages of results are filled with links that discuss how important it is for anyone considering the diets to take vitamin supplements. So yeah, not so convinced that it’s ignorance, really. Now, what is ignorant is the idea that vegetarians and vegans are sickly squirts who could keel over dead at any moment.
JohnnyNightrain
February 26, 2012 at 9:18 pm
@Cyberxion Lots of people take vitamins and supplements, though. They even have them in Flintstones form for children. There is absolutely nothing in meat that is not in any other foods. The ill-effects of meat far outweigh the protein… I mean most meat you buy at the store, literally, has feces in it. It also causes cancer. I don’t think too many people care what they are eating, though. If you buy pre-made bread and pastry from the store, you are eating human hair and wood. Anyway, I’ve been vegetarian/vegan for ten years and I’ve never taken any supplements. I’m in great health (I get a check-up every year). I play sports. I think most people who make the choice are fully aware of how to eat properly. I mean I imagine there are some kids being trendy or hip and trying it out, but they usually don’t stick with the diet. Again, I suggest checking out Forks Over Knives.
Cyberxion
February 26, 2012 at 10:53 pm
@JohnnyNightrain B12, Johnny. That’s one thing that’s in meat that isn’t in vegetables. Ovo-Lacto vegetarians don’t need to take supplements to get it but vegans do, and it’s very important that they do.
I apologize for not addressing the rest of your post. It’s just that besides pretty much preaching to the choir in regards to the dismal quality of store-bought food these days, I think you’ve totally misread me here. I never was out to argue that vegetarianism is wrong or that eating meat is right. I have no horse in that particular race one way or the other as I firmly believe in living and let living. To each their own and all that. I just took umbrage with the idea that it’s ignorant for folks to believe that vegetarians don’t get enough vitamins in their diet when doctors have been saying exactly that for pretty much as long as people have been vegetarians. Whether right or wrong, I don’t think that conclusion is one of ignorance.
Devil_Rising
February 26, 2012 at 3:56 pm
That’s exactly why I would love to get into film some day. All that “movie magic” stuff really sets me off….I love it!
To have people who make artificial blood and guts offer me a bloody steak or a sausage, I don’t think I would want to eat it. I would be afraid it was made of rubber and covered in corn syrup.
I’m bracing for a ton of people to have outrageously high expectations, then backlash when it’s not what they expect, even though they don’t know what they’re expecting.
@TEvil I think that if someone can make a full length movie off a character like pee wee herman that making a movie with a substantial plot for the AVGN can also be done.
If done right you can take any minor character and give them a plot to be involved in, i’ll wait till it comes out before i say it’s going to be bad
@TEvil How the hell did they make a movie out of “Wayne’s World” ? A good chunk of SNL skits were made into films some were good, some were bad. Will this be good or bad? We dont know till it actually is released. But James passion for films make me confident it will be good.
To anyone who doubts the power of organic effects: “The Thing”.
To anyone who doubts the possibilities of stop motion animation: “The Nightmare Before Christmas”.
@RobinLudvigIsomaa It’s so sad though. As James has said many times there’s just something about seeing a really good stop motion effect or such that makes you wonder how they did it. With CGI you have the answer right away: the used the computer. Period. It’s just not the same.
@RobinLudvigIsomaa …I’m working in the VFX industrie and no: CGI is’n cheaper! It’s even much more expensive if it’s done right.
But you are completely on control of everything in CGI…that’s what makes directors preferring CGI…
But don’t get me wrong: Very often I like SFX more than VFX!
I actually wrote a screenplay for a AVGN movie 2-3 years ago :’) It was basically about how the nerd goes to a game store and find an unlabeled NES cartridge game & it turns out it was a alien communicator & now alien robots are trying to hunt the Nerd down and retrieve the cartridge
I thought it was buffering and sat there for a good 4 minutes. Yes, I sat there almost twice as long as the video itself. Very rare for James to just cut to nothing like that without any indication the video was ending.
Hey nerd. Have you herd of Kickstarter.com? Its a website that helps you raise money for independent projects. People can go to the site and donate money. I thought it could help you raise some capita.
February 26, 2012 at 12:08 am
Nice to see how you do things.
February 26, 2012 at 12:23 am
I’m so excited about this movie!!!
February 26, 2012 at 12:24 am
That was really cool! I hope to see Robot Frank in the movie.
February 26, 2012 at 12:45 am
Meat and monsters? What kind of movie are you guys making?
February 26, 2012 at 1:08 pm
@JesseLemons I’m betting a really awesome one
February 26, 2012 at 12:50 am
YES! speciall effects are going to be in this movie!!! CGI looks fake. Special effects look way better.
February 26, 2012 at 1:06 am
aww man!!!! This is gonna be a horror show!!! You know how much james likes horror!Can’t wait!!! ITS GONNA BE AWESOME!!!!
February 26, 2012 at 4:09 pm
@MegaMech I doubt that it’s going to get super-gory or anything. It’s AVGN.
February 26, 2012 at 8:07 pm
@Devil_Rising I can’t imagine James NOT throwing in some horror movie motifs.
February 26, 2012 at 1:32 am
1:21 i know there’s a wig that comes with the exorcist mask I see right there and holyshit I can imagine so many things I could do with an exorcist mask and some special effect for vomit this place is great good video
February 26, 2012 at 1:37 am
1:30 Idk what’s the story about the chicken coop by the way but if there’s a chicken coop you might concider including buckethead, good music a character no copyrights the guy probably loves nes games and he’s a actually a fanatic of horror movies and has shitload of songs based on the thing you should actually check him out. Buckethead cameo + Chicken coop = Epic Cameo for your movie, just an idea to concider
February 26, 2012 at 2:09 am
please stay with animatronics and special effects… BOO to CGI! unless it’s a last resort… I always love animatronic effects!!
February 26, 2012 at 2:23 am
@Cito He uses CG all the time in the Nerd videos. It seems realistic to expect CG in the movie as well.
February 26, 2012 at 7:49 am
@Nanofuture @Cito Was thinking about that as well. But it would be interesting if it was nerd like CG, but then have awesome animatronics.
February 27, 2012 at 11:53 am
@Nanofuture yeah, but he normally used cg for those things that were too expensive to put in regular FX or where directly impossible to put. I think is fine, because That’s how cgi must be used. Not like a toy to play with everything.
February 26, 2012 at 2:38 am
@Cito CGI isn’t inherently evil, you know. It can be and has been used to great effect in many films.
February 26, 2012 at 7:48 am
@Cito Animatronics bring in the realness factor, that it’s a physical entity that could possibly be doing all the mayhem it’s doing on screen. if anything it can be possessed by a demon.
February 27, 2012 at 11:50 am
@Cito I like CGI.. And I think it can be used moderately, But today producers like to use CG for everything. is like they use CG as enema.
February 26, 2012 at 2:22 am
keep em comin’!
February 26, 2012 at 2:50 am
I’m guessing that whatever effects can be accomplished for less will be the ones you guys will go with. I’m not trying to imply you’re cheap, but you would want to stretch your budget as far as you possibly can. Practical over CG shouldn’t really enter into the equation. Thanks for the update, lads. Things seem to be progressing pretty much how one would expect. Might sound odd, but what was the movie (or whatever it was) paused on the TV screen? My curiosity is obscure, yes, but I must have it appeased.
February 26, 2012 at 8:56 am
@kaneda_bjf That is “The Shining” by Stanley Kubrick, one of the best horror movies ever made.
February 26, 2012 at 4:08 pm
@kaneda_bjf also……why would they want massive, “Grade A” special effects when that doesn’t fit the AVGN style anyway?
February 27, 2012 at 6:48 am
@Devil_Rising I don’t believe I mentioned “Grade A” at all. Computer effects are cheaper in a lot of cases than practical effects. When you’re doing a film on a budget – cost is the most important factor.
February 27, 2012 at 11:49 am
@kaneda_bjf Well actually, TODAY CG is even more expensive than FX. unless you want effects like those of the war of the worlds movie (not the spielberg one)
February 26, 2012 at 3:21 am
Have animatronics as good as the ones in the movie “The Thing” (1982) Im a grown man and that movie still creeps me out!
February 26, 2012 at 4:07 pm
The effects in that film are 100% creepier and more “organic” than the over-used CGI in the “prequel” film. That wasn’t a BAD movie….but it lost everything in translation that made John Carpenter’s film what it was. I think people of the day forgot that the goriness of the effects wasn’t what that movie was all about, at it’s core. It was about the pervasive sense of creepiness and building dread that just permeated that film from the opening scene to the final credits.
All the new movie could manage was some CGI gore, and a bunch of “GOTCHA” jump scare moments, which seems to be all any modern horror films ever really do anymore. It’s sad.
February 27, 2012 at 11:41 am
@Devil_Rising Horror movies today are ,….
“AAAAAAAH!”
*squish*
3d gore
*Loop*
They don’t build characters (most of them just are there to be killed and have no personality)
they don’t build a good story, just excuses.
And the most important thing (because maybe history and characters can be not important… maybe… in a horror flick)
Build a setting, make the people feel the suspence, the horror, not knowing what will happen next. Movies today just suck at that. we know who will die, who is the hero, and that nobody but one but survive (probably a woman, the smart and lighthearted, because the other 2 are a frightful idiot and the other bad tempered that nobody likes -she dies first and nobody knows that until 5 minutes later-) and the woman’s guy will die saving her.
they are THAT unoriginal.
February 26, 2012 at 3:45 am
Wow. I cannot wait.
February 26, 2012 at 3:49 am
Seems really interesting!. Hopefully they can find some sort of balance between CGI and practical effects, or is mostly limited by the budget?
February 26, 2012 at 5:09 am
I hope my friend, Francis E. Paul, got to help
February 26, 2012 at 5:12 am
Man, now I am sad and mad, they never look at some mails! Paul are a tallented guy, please let him join you guys
He works at Lucas Francis Studio… He’s a titan…
February 26, 2012 at 6:13 am
is that the cave you talked about in monster madness?
February 26, 2012 at 7:06 am
@Tommykreuk yes it is
February 26, 2012 at 6:27 am
awesome I can’t wait for the nerd movie to come out!!
too bad it won’t be available here in portugal but I hope it will be available to download =P
February 26, 2012 at 7:05 am
I thought, that Tom Savini could help his old friend with special fx
February 26, 2012 at 7:46 am
@CyrilWindlovver That would be overly intense. Only if huh?
February 26, 2012 at 9:34 am
@CyrilWindlovver Tom Savini has some of the best and most iconic horror film’s FX in his resume, that’s not James’ style. James has more of a B-movie feel (Ed Wood-ish), you know, not bad FX but the best one can do with the money and tools available. And it’s reassuring to see James go with a small, real ‘latex and makeup’ FX team and not CGI because that’s the image I have of him as a filmmaker and that’s what I want to see in his movie.
February 27, 2012 at 11:35 am
@Trojan_Reggae I would like anyway that james find the true balance between cgi and Fx. But I think doing both would be too expensive… If i chose one, i’d take Fx. I love how james work with that
February 26, 2012 at 8:47 am
I wouldn’t be surprised if Tom Savini helps out. After all James did interview him, so it’s likely James made him into a contact.
February 26, 2012 at 9:35 am
@gamez That would be awesome, but i doubt James could afford him.
February 26, 2012 at 9:19 am
At the end it sounded like he wanted to say veterinarian, lol.
February 26, 2012 at 10:40 am
awsome cant wait for the movie
February 26, 2012 at 12:16 pm
@ChrisGallo Its gonna be epic!
February 26, 2012 at 11:50 am
Did I see Vlad and Pooch in there? Are they working on the Hack/Slash movie?
February 26, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, visual effects can sometimes be WAAAAY cheaper than practical effects. Case and point, imagine making a building explode. It’s way cheaper to just animate it on a computer than it is to actually rig up a building to explode. Or even to make a convincing miniature set and blow it up. However, I find that practical effects are little more convincing than visual effects (within reason, crappy rubber masks you get at the dollar store aren’t very convincing) if only because it’s because there is actually something in front of the camera. Your actors have something to work with, they don’t have to imagine this monster or alien, and they don’t have to talk to a masking tape X on the floor.
But making the argument that ALL visual effects sucks or ALL practical effects rules is stupid. They both have their place, and they both are necessary. It’s just that there are a lot of lazy lazy film makers that will rely on visual effects as a fucking crutch and its really EASY to do visual effects poorly and to give your movie a very “fake feel”.
That said, I know that James has enough knowledge and insight to use both practical and visual effects at the proper time and place and that the resulting product will be spectacular.
Keep up the great work, I love these behind the scenes videos and I can’t wait for the movie!
February 26, 2012 at 4:02 pm
@DonSkiver digital effects surely have their place. But I think there is something to be said for most major Hollywood films OVER-using it nowadays. You might even say they’re “spamming” CGI.
There will always be things that CGI is “better at” or very useful for. But at the end of the day, I agree with the sentiment that “any time you CAN use traditional, ‘practical’ special effects, do so”. Because it just comes off as more “real” and organic. Besides, traditional “Creature shop” style special effects like seen in the video…that’s an art, a tradition that has been used since the earliest days of film, that’s over a century of “practical” effects work that has grown and evolved, and yet they still keep some of the old practices alive.
That’s something I’d personally hate to see die out. In the same way that I’m glad there are still a handful of folks who keep stop-motion animation alive. There’s just a quality and “magic” to it that makes it unique compared to any other style of effect, and I hope the art that Ray Harryhousen kept alive and made so famous also keeps going.
February 27, 2012 at 11:32 am
@Devil_Rising I agree… There are some things you will never do with special effects. But that don’t mean you need Cgi for everything. And… this is just a personal opinion, but nowadays 3-D (stereoscopic) is just hiding the fact a movie sucks. And I started to think the over using of 3d effects did the same before the 3d cinemas were everywhere. Studios throw lights and noises … then the people exit the cinema don’t knowing how the F was the movie but it was “awesome” (Avatar had this problem for me… a lot of 3d and one of the most unoriginal and predictable plots in years… if not boring , without the 3d glasses)
February 26, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Ah Kevin’s a vegetarian, is that why he looks so sick?
February 26, 2012 at 3:56 pm
@BramBrouwers lol Dude gimme a break. Some Vegetarians are some of the healthiest people on earth. Not that I am one, mind you, but I respect the lifestyle, and see the benefits in it.
February 26, 2012 at 4:20 pm
@Devil_Rising lmfao healthiest people on earth? I’d like a source on that.. And I’d like a source where they surveyed vegetarians who DIDN’T take vitamin supplements.
February 26, 2012 at 4:41 pm
@TomBacon Why can’t they take vitamin supplements? Beside they don’t really need vitamins as vitamins are mostly found in green vegetables. They might have some protein deficiency though, but there are ways to compensate if you do some research. Meat is usually not very healthy. Vegetarians have less heart diseases so they live longer on average. That’s why they are considered healthy. However it’s true that becoming a vegetarian without doing research before hand might not be quite as good.
February 26, 2012 at 5:33 pm
@TomBacon Actually, societies and cultures that consume meat and dairy are the unhealthiest people on the planet. There is a huge misconception that humans evolved by hunting and eating animals. Some cultures (like ours; and look at us now) did, but there are plenty who didn’t.
If you want a good source, and you have Netflix, check out Forks Over Knives. There have been decades of PH.D.-level studies on this, and not not just interviews with vegetarians who take vitamin supplements.
February 26, 2012 at 6:13 pm
@JohnnyNightrain @TomBacon Guys I kind of find it funny how off topic you just went. BTW I’m a vegetarian myself and it’s a lot different to the stereotype that others think of.
February 26, 2012 at 7:14 pm
@RowanJColeman @JohnnyNightrain @TomBacon
Yeah, i agree. I’m also a vegeterian for over 2 years now, and im damn healthy – without any kinds of supplements. I even work out and do martial arts and have a nice trained body… also i never even bother to bug anyone who is eating meat, its their decision and im fine with it. I dont care at all if you do, its more the other way round: people never understand why i dont and allways try to convince me to eat meat… how stupid is that?
So much about stereotypes and the Bull that goes with them. Have a nice day.
February 27, 2012 at 6:11 pm
TomBacon. if you want to read some realiable sources about that matter, here are some: Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada: Vegetarian diets http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/2003_ADA_position_paper.pdf American Journal of Clinical Nutrition http://www.ajcn.org/content/78/3/610S.short The Incidence of Dementia and Intake of Animal Products: Preliminary Findings from the Adventist Health Study http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Doi=110296 American Heart Association http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/Vegetarian-Diets_UCM_306032_Article.jsp#.T0wKX_WuY4k The Telegraph: Vegetarian low protein diet could be key to long life http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6710896/Vegetarian-low-protein-diet-could-be-key-to-long-life.html the list goes on and on… just google it… there is more references here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian_nutrition and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegan_nutrition I’m vegan for almost eitgh years
February 27, 2012 at 6:14 pm
@TomBacon TomBacon. if you want to read some realiable sources about that matter, here are some:
Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada: Vegetarian diets http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/2003_ADA_position_paper.pdf
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition http://www.ajcn.org/content/78/3/610S.short
The Incidence of Dementia and Intake of Animal Products: Preliminary Findings from the Adventist Health Study
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Doi=110296
American Heart Association http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/Vegetarian-Diets_UCM_306032_Article.jsp#.T0wKX_WuY4k
The Telegraph: Vegetarian low protein diet could be key to long life
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6710896/Vegetarian-low-protein-diet-could-be-key-to-long-life.html
the list goes on and on… just google it… there is more references here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian_nutrition
and here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegan_nutrition
I’m vegan for almost eitgh years
March 4, 2012 at 9:52 am
@Tanastari88 @TomBacon “Green vegetables”???? All vegetables are green, there are many parts to a plant and the vegetable is not the bark, its not the flower, or the fruit or the seed or the nut or the drupe or the legume or the roots. It is only the green leafs of a plant. A bean is not a vegetable, a potato is not a vegetable, rice is not a vegetable, mushrooms are not even plants they belong to their own kingdom separate from animals, bacteria and algae. Kelp and seaweed are not plants, they are algae. Broccoli is a flower, corn is a fruit as with tomatoes and cucumbers. I could do this all day, plants are kinda my thing. As for your vitamins. The reason vegetarians have to take supplements, and they really do have to (this isn’t made up), is because plants do not have a lot of vitamins. Meat has several B vitamins, zinc and iron not to mention amino acids that plants can’t make only animal’s can. Then there is phosphorus which is essential for producing energy in the muscles. You see, an animal will run around all day and eat different plants and accumulate vitamins in their bodies stored in their meat. Whatever organism eats that animal will absorb its nutrition (AHEM, you are what you eat).
February 27, 2012 at 12:34 pm
@Devil_Rising Yep.. but most of the healthiest people on the earth eats meat..So many of them that uses special pills to get all the “stuff” they would have got from meat..I accept their life style.. and hope that it some day can be less of an lifestyle and more of an eating habit if you get what I mean..You know that the appendicitis was used to break down plant fibers from the time we ate a lot more grass then we do now.. Just a fun fact.. or theory.. I don’t know if it’s been proven..
February 26, 2012 at 7:09 pm
@BramBrouwers He looks pretty healthy to me. Don’t be an obnoxious dickhead. Some people are naturally thin, like myself.
A healthy mix is probably the healthiest, but to imply vegetarians don’t get enough vitamins through veggies is laughably ignorant.
February 26, 2012 at 8:22 pm
@AMillah @BramBrouwers If it’s ignorance, then blame medical professionals for it. They recommend that both vegetarians and vegans alike take supplements to get the necessary vitamins and minerals that their diets are otherwise lacking. Hell, just Google the words vegan and vegetarian and you’ll notice that the first several pages of results are filled with links that discuss how important it is for anyone considering the diets to take vitamin supplements. So yeah, not so convinced that it’s ignorance, really. Now, what is ignorant is the idea that vegetarians and vegans are sickly squirts who could keel over dead at any moment.
February 26, 2012 at 9:18 pm
@Cyberxion Lots of people take vitamins and supplements, though. They even have them in Flintstones form for children. There is absolutely nothing in meat that is not in any other foods. The ill-effects of meat far outweigh the protein… I mean most meat you buy at the store, literally, has feces in it. It also causes cancer. I don’t think too many people care what they are eating, though. If you buy pre-made bread and pastry from the store, you are eating human hair and wood. Anyway, I’ve been vegetarian/vegan for ten years and I’ve never taken any supplements. I’m in great health (I get a check-up every year). I play sports. I think most people who make the choice are fully aware of how to eat properly. I mean I imagine there are some kids being trendy or hip and trying it out, but they usually don’t stick with the diet. Again, I suggest checking out Forks Over Knives.
February 26, 2012 at 10:53 pm
@JohnnyNightrain B12, Johnny. That’s one thing that’s in meat that isn’t in vegetables. Ovo-Lacto vegetarians don’t need to take supplements to get it but vegans do, and it’s very important that they do.
I apologize for not addressing the rest of your post. It’s just that besides pretty much preaching to the choir in regards to the dismal quality of store-bought food these days, I think you’ve totally misread me here. I never was out to argue that vegetarianism is wrong or that eating meat is right. I have no horse in that particular race one way or the other as I firmly believe in living and let living. To each their own and all that. I just took umbrage with the idea that it’s ignorant for folks to believe that vegetarians don’t get enough vitamins in their diet when doctors have been saying exactly that for pretty much as long as people have been vegetarians. Whether right or wrong, I don’t think that conclusion is one of ignorance.
February 26, 2012 at 3:56 pm
That’s exactly why I would love to get into film some day. All that “movie magic” stuff really sets me off….I love it!
February 26, 2012 at 5:07 pm
To have people who make artificial blood and guts offer me a bloody steak or a sausage, I don’t think I would want to eat it. I would be afraid it was made of rubber and covered in corn syrup.
February 26, 2012 at 6:49 pm
fantastic!
February 26, 2012 at 6:56 pm
I can’t wait for the movie to come!
February 26, 2012 at 7:37 pm
I’m bracing for a ton of people to have outrageously high expectations, then backlash when it’s not what they expect, even though they don’t know what they’re expecting.
Hope you’re all going in with open minds.
February 26, 2012 at 7:38 pm
@OfficialJab
February 26, 2012 at 8:04 pm
@OfficialJab I expected the Nerd web-series on a slightly higher scale. As long as they deliver that, I’m sure I’ll be satisfied.
February 27, 2012 at 4:05 pm
@Cyberxion @OfficialJab I think it could be like Wayne’s World. He has his web show, but there’s a lot more too it outside as well.
February 26, 2012 at 8:57 pm
@OfficialJab i would watch if it was just the him taking a shit the whole movie.
February 27, 2012 at 8:58 am
@GeofBOMB Creepy
February 27, 2012 at 12:22 pm
@SM Nesseight creepy indeed.. but you would watch it to..I think we all would
February 26, 2012 at 11:22 pm
post their resume on films. would love to check some of their work
February 26, 2012 at 11:35 pm
I’m vegetarian to Kev! Remember – you are awsome!
February 27, 2012 at 12:14 am
that intro music kicks ass, makes me want to go on an adventure!
February 27, 2012 at 10:21 am
Is Super Mecha Death Christ going to be in the movie? Just rewatched the Wizard episode and was thinking how great it’d be to see him in the movie!
“WATCH YOUR FUCKING LANGUAGE!!!!!”
February 27, 2012 at 10:32 am
What happened to Battle Beyond the Stars? Was it removed due to copyright infringement? Or were there editing problems? Or something else?
February 27, 2012 at 2:04 pm
@hankforeman91 Cinemassacre I thought is not the type of site to receive copyright threats.
February 27, 2012 at 4:30 pm
@Lucas Allen Never mind about that, it’s back!
February 27, 2012 at 11:25 am
Wow really!? Can’t imagine what sorta movie it’s gonna be with all these great stuff!
But no matter what, I know it’s awsome;-)
February 27, 2012 at 2:14 pm
oh god how do you make a substantial plot out of AVGN???? Its gonna be so bad, its going to SO end up on Mother Fucking Monday being reveiwed by Mike
February 27, 2012 at 3:09 pm
@TEvil have some hope
February 27, 2012 at 3:09 pm
@TEvil have some hope
February 27, 2012 at 4:06 pm
@TEvil I think that if someone can make a full length movie off a character like pee wee herman that making a movie with a substantial plot for the AVGN can also be done.
If done right you can take any minor character and give them a plot to be involved in, i’ll wait till it comes out before i say it’s going to be bad
February 27, 2012 at 5:30 pm
@TEvil How the hell did they make a movie out of “Wayne’s World” ? A good chunk of SNL skits were made into films some were good, some were bad. Will this be good or bad? We dont know till it actually is released. But James passion for films make me confident it will be good.
February 27, 2012 at 3:17 pm
To anyone who doubts the power of organic effects: “The Thing”.
To anyone who doubts the possibilities of stop motion animation: “The Nightmare Before Christmas”.
Unfortunately, CGI is a lot cheaper…
February 27, 2012 at 4:55 pm
@RobinLudvigIsomaa It’s so sad though. As James has said many times there’s just something about seeing a really good stop motion effect or such that makes you wonder how they did it. With CGI you have the answer right away: the used the computer. Period. It’s just not the same.
February 28, 2012 at 6:40 am
@RobinLudvigIsomaa …I’m working in the VFX industrie and no: CGI is’n cheaper! It’s even much more expensive if it’s done right.
But you are completely on control of everything in CGI…that’s what makes directors preferring CGI…
But don’t get me wrong: Very often I like SFX more than VFX!
February 27, 2012 at 4:35 pm
I actually wrote a screenplay for a AVGN movie 2-3 years ago :’) It was basically about how the nerd goes to a game store and find an unlabeled NES cartridge game & it turns out it was a alien communicator & now alien robots are trying to hunt the Nerd down and retrieve the cartridge
February 27, 2012 at 6:42 pm
I made a Rom Hack of Mega Man 2 based of Angry Video Game Nerd we all know. Is called AVGN VS Dr. Wily.
Follow the links to play it.
AVGN VS Dr. Wily (Download Rom)
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/851/
AVGN VS Dr. Wily (Play it on Browser)
http://www.vizzed.com/play/mega-man-avgn-vs-dr-wily–online–36208-game
February 27, 2012 at 8:48 pm
You can hire an effects team, but renting time at shooting locations is too expensive? Dang, the Hollywood economy is messed up.
February 27, 2012 at 11:05 pm
mmmm, i think i had that batman thing on 1 18. when i was a kid
February 28, 2012 at 1:51 am
uhmmm meat lovers
February 28, 2012 at 8:44 am
Well that ended abruptly =)
I thought it was buffering and sat there for a good 4 minutes. Yes, I sat there almost twice as long as the video itself. Very rare for James to just cut to nothing like that without any indication the video was ending.
February 28, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Why do I only get a 4 second animation of the springboard logo instead of a video?
February 28, 2012 at 9:28 pm
OH MY FUCKING GOD! JAMES YOUR SHIRT IS SO FUCKING EPIC! GUINNESS FUCKING RULES!
February 29, 2012 at 2:13 am
Is that the cave from Hollywood, james?
February 29, 2012 at 2:26 am
Coincidentally “meat and monsters” is my nickname for my dick and balls
February 29, 2012 at 8:16 am
No tomatoes? No killer tomatoes? Darn.
February 29, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Cool things they got there. I really love your passion for this kind of things
BTW Teenage boy eating wierd mix! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMt2oRyF9pQ
February 29, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Hey nerd. Have you herd of Kickstarter.com? Its a website that helps you raise money for independent projects. People can go to the site and donate money. I thought it could help you raise some capita.
March 1, 2012 at 2:34 am
@BillySettle Click the Paypal button at the top of the website to donate.
February 29, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Have you thought of doing a Castlevania or maybe a spiritual successor to Legend type movie. THAT WOULD ROCK!!!
March 3, 2012 at 10:18 am
Guiness? What, no Rolling Rock?
March 4, 2012 at 2:25 pm
My god, animatronics really creep me out. Still, god look to you guys!
March 4, 2012 at 2:26 pm
My god, animatronics reall creep me out. Still, good luck to you guys!
March 4, 2012 at 2:26 pm
My god, animatronics really creep me out. Still, good luck to you guys!
March 4, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Is that.. the 1966 Batcave entrance?