Game Dogs - the new web show by The Escapist!

The Escapist just posted the first episode of it’s new online animated series, Game Dogs, which stars the voice talent of my girlfriend Alena Koch.   

I’m so extremely excited for her and little jealous, because I always wanted to voice an animated character. I can now live vicariously through her.

The site blurb:
“A show about dogs – who make games. It features the voice talents of Jon Etheridge, Tony Schnur, Alena Koch and George Palmer. See a new episode every Thursday at Noon, ET, only at The Escapist.”

The first episode has them playing a version of D&D called Dungeons and Dogs. I think it’s a pretty funny start to the series. Check it out at the link below and pass it on to your friends.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/game-dogs/1396-Pilot-Episode-D-D-Kills

If you like it, please help my girlfriend out by Digg-ing the video here!

Thanks for checking it out!

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That love for all things Twitter gave my girlfriend(@AlenaKoch) the cool idea of making a Twitter music video based on the old Happy Days tune “Rock Around the Clock.” She came up with the lyrics for the song, mapped out the storyboard with me and then we shot the video over several days.

I think i turned out pretty well. Please check out the video(linked below) and if you like it, give it 5 stars and please pass it on to your friends. If you want to be extremely helpful, you can RT the video link to your followers on Twitter.

Tweet Around the Clock

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They can cheer you up, when you’re feeling down.  They can touch your heart to the point of making it a littly dusty in the theater. They can make you think.

Because of how films affect people, this is the reason I became a filmmaker. To make something that moves people in some way.  Whether that be a laugh or a tear or even fear. To create something that makes people feel the way I’ve felt everytime I enter a darkened theater or curled up in front of my television.

My biggest fear as a person is to be forgotten. I want to make an impression on people that lasts beyond the initial contact. As a filmmaker, I hope that one day my films will be noticed beyond my normal circle of friends and family. I don’t want to be famous per say, but it would be nice to at least be acknowledged.

Today I feel that acknowledgment. I feel like I’ve made a few baby steps towards being more noticed, because my film Hard Stapled now has a listing on IMDB.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1377166/

Sure, it’s probably silly. It’s just an online listing, but for me this is a big achievement in my life. The Internet Movie Database has acknowledged my film as being more than some silly little parody of a John Woo film. It’s now listed in the same database as some of my favorite films such as Star Wars and The Silence of the Lambs. My name is listed as director along with the likes of such directors as Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Speilberg.

I feel like I have more credibility as a director, because now I can say I’m listed in the IMDB. This makes me want to do more projects, so I can have a movie resume that rivals other directors.

Life seems so great right now, because I feel for the first time I can really call myself a “filmmaker.” The IMDB says so. The sky’s the limit at this point. Thanks to everyone who’s helped me get to this point.

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I originally auditioned for the show on a whim and didn’t think I had a chance of getting into the competition. For the audition we had a only few minutes to do a talent and I decided I was going to sing a song. Of course, I thought it would be funny to only sing the very last word of the song(which happened to be “Balls!”) The tune was from the online hit “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog”, so the gimmick was I would be doing different things to pass the time waiting around to say the final word(such as read a book, draw a picture, eat a banana, breastfeed a baby, etc. Sadly, I did all of those in the audition.)  Well, the bit worked and I’ve been in the competition ever since.

Of course, the first week I almost quit. The first week we were challenged to sing a song. I picked the Steve Miller Band hit “Abracadabra” and added the extra difficulty of performing magic tricks to it. I was extremely stressed that week, because I always hate having to memorize stuff and having to choreograph magics tricks around it made it even more daunting. When the time came for the performance, I messed up one part of the lyrics and had my showstopper, streamers from the zipper trick, fail to perform as well. It made for a fun night for the audience and despite the messups, I had fun, too. Check out the first week video at this link: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=37827083161&subj=515965492

The rest of the weeks I did all kinds of cool stuff. I got to do my version of the the well-known introduction of Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lector scene from Silence of the Lambs for the acting week. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=38634463161&subj=515965492

I got to teach about Zombies and reanimate one as well as get attacked by one for the teaching week. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=39909033161&subj=515965492

Had a fun Judges Challenge that week, where I did lots of fun variations on one prop. Robin Williams would be proud. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=39914443161&subj=515965492

I got to tell a story about my love for movies and the power of imagination for the tell a story week. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=40658678161&subj=515965492

Then, this past week I had to perform a dance with a partner to the Lion King song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight”. We did a ballet performance that brought down the house and in return I got the highest judge points for the night as well as the fan vote and judge’s challenge. In one night I went from 2nd to last place to 2nd place overall.    http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=42054083161

It’s been a fun five weeks so far and this last week ending this Saturday has us all doing any talent that we want, but we just have to “Sparkle” while doing it. I’m not sure if my idea will top my Lion King performance, but I’m going to do my best to go out with a bang. If you’re not doing anything this coming Saturday, November 8th, then you should come check out the show. You won’t be disappointed. I’m just glad to be a part of it.

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I’m revamping my site www.ilikefilms.com to now include a blog, so it can be more current with my projects, thoughts, opinions and news in general. I’ve put off working on this site for so long, but with my recent film festival entries and other film opportunities, I felt like it was time I got off my rear end and did something about it.

So this is a new start of sorts. The opening credits for something bigger and better. A Star Wars text crawl that has yet to be written. It’s still in the early stages of development, but I’m ready for the cinematic journey and looking forward to sharing it with the masses.

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