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John Hudgens

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Award-winning filmmaker (AMERICAN SCARY, BACKYARD BLOCKBUSTERS), lots of work on other properties (BABYLON 5, STAR WARS, CRIMSON SKIES) - I try to stay busy...

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · Nov 11

To my new followers - I'm a filmmaker/animator/TV producer in Tennessee.

I'm probably best known for my documentaries AMERICAN SCARY or BACKYARD BLOCKBUSTERS.

Or the videos I did with JMS for BABYLON 5. Or STAR WARS art for WizKids. Or several STAR WARS fanfilms. Or the original CRIMSON SKIES.

Poster for AMERICAN SCARY, a 2006 documentary film about classic TV horror hosts.
Tagline: It's about that favorite show you forgot you loved.

Poster for BACKYARD BLOCKBUSTERS, a 2012 documentary film about fan films and fan filmmakers.
Tagline: "Big Dreams - Tiny Budgets"

Cover for a private DVD release of the Official Babylon 5 Music Videos I did with J. Michael Stracsynski, made for cast and crew. The main image is from the season 3 promotional poster.

Cover for Microsoft/Zipper Interactive's 2000 PC game CRIMSON SKIES - I created nearly all the animation for the cutscenes in the game.

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 5h

Talk about a tailgater…. :)

A giant skeleton on the back of a blue Jeep seen on the road this evening…

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 7h

"Life, the Universe and Everything" first came out when I was in the ninth grade, about the time the TV adaption finally aired on our local PBS station - I was forever changed that summer... :)

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 7h

That being said, *outside* of Whatley's reign of terror, many of us actually enjoyed Shakespeare, and I'm glad I'm familiar with many of the plays...

But gawd, I hated that woman with the heat of a thousand suns...

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 7h

Our 11th grade English teacher (who we got fired) forced us to memorize certain passages from Shakespeare, which is probably the only reason I can still dredge up that whole "to be or not to be" speech...

Rest in hell, Mrs. Whatley - we *still* hate you, four decades later...

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 7h

Don't forget to keep this handy and stocked, or you could never make calls back then!

An ancient device for keeping dimes handy

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 11h

And then sock it to 'em... :)

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 12h

I was working for The WB when it first aired - loved it then, still love it... got to visit the set a few times on trips to Burbank - miss those days....

Outside Luke's Diner from "Gilmore Girls" - on the Warner Bros backlot in 2002.

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 17h

It’s been several years, but yes, his Treasury of Great Recipes was rereleased for its 50th anniversary back in 2015. Fun stories, great recipes - I love the Dutch Green Pea Soup in there, have made that many times…

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

Shower thought: What if the Illuminati are just the people who learned what that One Weird Trick was?

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to try to catch it this week - my weekend viewings were already booked with TRON and ARMY OF DARKNESS... :)

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

Be on the lookout....

"FBI Most Wanted Terrorists"
Inflatable costumes of a dinosaur, frog, unicorn, and shark

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

I found a misplaced box full of the pens I prefer (and don’t see much anymore) a few weeks back that I’d bought and stashed away… I’m set for years, now… :)

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

I loved reading Vincent Price’s cookbooks…

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

Likely the cause of a fire just down the road from me the other day…

Aftermath of a fire at the Cedar Bluff coin laundry

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

I’m holding out for the Unidentified Flying Oddball reboot…

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

The theatre also had a practical light cycle on display in the lobby that was the work of my friends Chris Dotson and Jonathan Douglas - unfortunately, riding it was not an option… :)

A practical light cycle replica from TRON ARES

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

Pulled out my old ASH VS EVIL DEAD foam chainsaw for ARMY OF DARKNESS tonight - didn’t wear it into the theater, but kinda wish I had, as we had a pretty full house of appreciative fans tonight…

Showing off a foam chainsaw from the ASH VS EVIL DEAD sneak preview 10 years ago

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

I had nothing against it, and wanted to like it.

It was just.... there. Didn't suck, but wasn't great.

Won't bother with a rewatch.

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

United We Hop, Divided We Croak

Put the HOP back in HOPE

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty sure I lost a job because I mentioned I'd never use A.I. generated footage in my projects in the interview...

Doesn't change the fact that I will *NOT* use A.I. generated slop in my projects...

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

What. The. Bat. F.

Bat-Fam - Official Trailer | Prime Video

YouTube video by Prime Video

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

Using the original TRON arcade game intro music as a ringtone at one point was a cute easter egg....

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

Didn't much care for the soundtrack... sounded like they were trying *so* hard to emulate what Daft Punk did with LEGACY, in some cases right up to the edges of plagiarism, but not quite... 'twas nice to hear some of Wendy Carlos' original score in there, tho...

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

And shouldn’t a TRON movie actually have Tron in it? They couldn’t even work up a mention?

It’s not a bad movie - but it ain’t great…

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

Saw TRON: ARES last night - it’s more a sequel to TRON than LEGACY, which is still the best of the three, IMHO. Bringing the world of the grid into the real world just didn’t work for me - the programs and tech, maybe, but making the physics of light trails work the same way was just a bit too much…

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