Is this thing on...?
R.I.P. message boards, plus a Tempe
reality check...
The faithful handful of you that have been
frequenting the former TempeTalk message boards since we ran all those Full
Moonies out of town last year have probably noticed a slow decline in attendance
on the boards. Truth be told, there just ain't much to talk about except DVD
acquisitions, and the boards seemed to be the most active when there were new
productions ongoing. So, between that and the popularity of my DEAD NEXT DOOR
remastering weblog, I decided to play Van Helsing (no, not that piece of shit
movie!) and ram a stake through the heart of the Message Board Formerly Known As
TempeTalk™ and introduce this semi-frequent weblog
version.
So what can you hope to read
here? Well, your guess is as good as mine...I guess we'll find out together.
Could be semi-daily ramblings about any manner of things, an occasional rant or
three, maybe even some helpful "do's and don'ts" from the front lines. By all
means consider this an open invite to e-mail me with comments, thoughts,
feelings and death threats...I might even post them here to entertain the masses
(that's right, all ten of you, LOL).
Now
before you get the impression that I've been sitting around with both thumbs up
my rear, read on!
This week's big news is
that our SOMETHING TO SCREAM ABOUT documentary has just been picked up by
Showtime and should find its way to one of their channels in January,
2005...how's that for kicking off the New Year in style? So if you're one of
those cheap bastards that hasn't ordered your copy yet, stay tuned to your
TV Guide
(or this blog) for showtimes. This news is particularly exciting for me seeing
as it will be the first all-Tempe production to be blessed by The Cable Gods
(unless you count last year's brief pay-per-view run of SKINNED ALIVE...but I
don't since Charlie Band ran off with all the
profits).
There's also some DVD news
that's not exactly related to the daily operations here...we've licensed 18
titles to BCI Eclipse (aka Brentwood) for non-exclusive, multi-pack releases
which should launch later this year. That's right, soon you'll be able to get
your very own copy of SKINNED ALIVE along with 9 other movies you've never heard
of for a mere $9.99 SRP! So why continue buying the Tempe-branded discs? Well,
for one thing the Brentwood release do not feature any of the extras that we've
toiled so hard to bring you on our discs...those are Tempe exclusives, the way
it should be! Those folks will also be releasing the original, non-remastered
editions of some titles, including SKINNED ALIVE, OZONE, BLOODLETTING and GHOUL
SCHOOL. That's right...forget about those 5.1 surround mixes 'cause you ain't
gonna get them on a 10-pack for $10, kids. But this is still exciting news as
the Tempe virus will spread into some places that we haven't been able to infect
yet...and that's always a good thing.
I
think that's about it for this first edition...thanks for reading and come back
again y'all...
Stay sick! -
JRB
Posted: Tue - August 31, 2004 at 11:43 PM