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John Hudgens
@johnhudgens.bsky.social
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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 · 7h
Shower thought: What if the Illuminati are just the people who learned what that One Weird Trick was?
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 10h
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 · 10h
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 · 13h
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… :)
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 13h
I loved reading Vincent Price’s cookbooks…
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 14h
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
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 18h
I’m holding out for the Unidentified Flying Oddball reboot…
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d
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
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d
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 · 1d
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.
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d
United We Hop, Divided We Croak

Put the HOP back in HOPE
The Portland Frog, in Shepard Fairey's style United We Hop, Divided We Croak Put the HOP back in HOPE
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d
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...
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d
What. The. Bat. F.
Bat-Fam - Official Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d
Using the original TRON arcade game intro music as a ringtone at one point was a cute easter egg....
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d
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 · 1d
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 · 1d
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…
Key art for TRON: ARES
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks to my scout troop wanting to see SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER and finding *that* sold out (“let’s go see STAR WARS again” someone said) I got to do an end run around my mom’s movie-going plans… :)
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d
Luckily, even though I didn’t see it until August, I *did* see STAR WARS first. My mom wouldn’t let us see SW because the day before it opened, they ran a trailer for it in front of RACE FOR YOUR LIFE, CHARLIE BROWN that scared the pants off my little sister… PETE’S DRAGON was an Xmas release, IIRC…
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d
Which ones? Looks like that channel is just compiling/swiping a bunch of other reactors' content and repackaging it...
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d
I never caught anyone in library study rooms back in my college days, but I certainly heard stories... however, the empty top floor conference rooms in the humanities tower in the middle of the night? Oh yeah, that was happening - saw that several times in my exploring the campus...
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d
After a few weeks off, the DRCX is back with a new race - have fun!
DRC-X Rally Event 2 Begins - Ford vs Alfa Romeo Diecast Racing
YouTube video by 3Dbotmaker
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d
Post a mage!
The wizard Aahz looms over Skeeve and the dead body of his mentor (and Aahz’s friend) Garkin from Phil Foglio’s adaption of Robert Asprin’s MYTH ADVENTURES
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 3d
Slow clap to @theonion.com for this…
The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein
YouTube video by The Onion
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 3d
Everybody needs one... :)
Fake Spirit Halloween package for a "Portland Protest Frog" INCLUDES: • Mockery of National Guard • Easy Being Green • Pepper Spray Filter • Fox News Confusion • Internet Clout
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