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JMaster Luke Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/5/02 8:27pm Subject: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	I posted a topic like this a long time ago. I'll post it again in case new films are out. alot of ppl are make fan made star wars movies. i've even see lego movies, but why is there barely any interest in making star wars ACTION FIGURE movies?! when u make a movie with the action figure its like having the same actors that played in the original movies, but just smaller the action figures have their own guns, sabers, cloths, vehicals, everything. all u gotta do i add in the sound, FX, and music. I've seen a few action figure movies, but none that i think are any good (All the ones i see are just 1 or 2 mins of good f/x with no story) do any of u know where i can find star wars action figure movies (or non star wars) that have a good story first of all, and then good special effects. -----signature----- Check out my Star Wars Generations Action Figure Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9VWIvwY4Y 2nd! Star Wars: Generations Trailer.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiA0Ya1AgbM And Check out my Lost Fan Film here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efxX
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JMaster Luke Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/6/02 10:01am Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	wow this dropped very fast -----signature----- Check out my Star Wars Generations Action Figure Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9VWIvwY4Y 2nd! Star Wars: Generations Trailer.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiA0Ya1AgbM And Check out my Lost Fan Film here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efxX
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Shoveler Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 12/6/02 10:10am Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?! - Date Edited: 12/6/02 10:11am (1 edits total) Edited By: Shoveler
	Well think about it dude, making an action figure movie is gonna be a hell of a lot more tedious than making a regular fan film. And I don't think too many people are all that amused by them. Personally I shudder at the thought of anything to do with stop motion. Shoveler -----signature----- The clocktower offers me a vantage point...
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JMaster Luke Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/6/02 10:13am Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	yeah but wouldn't it be easier then doing it with lego's?! lego's are 1/4 the size of action figures. and the whole movie doesn't have to be stop motion. just on action scenes. -----signature----- Check out my Star Wars Generations Action Figure Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9VWIvwY4Y 2nd! Star Wars: Generations Trailer.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiA0Ya1AgbM And Check out my Lost Fan Film here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efxX
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DaftMaul Title: Former TFN Fan Films Staff Registered: Feb '01	Date Posted: 12/6/02 10:51am Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?! - Date Edited: 12/6/02 10:54am (1 edits total) Edited By: DaftMaul
	Ewing Squadron was making what looked like a really cool action figure film - with talking mouths no less! but he went and got himself all bored with it and seems to have shelved the project for the time being I hope he starts it again one day. That clip where the guy said'Animate what the actor is thinking, not what he is saying' was a clip I saw and just thought Wow, this could just be SO cool As for a lego film, we posted about the trailer for Episode III - Rise of the Empire a while ago, which was really nicely done. It was very well shot and looked like a feature film in terms of composition, so done well I'm sure someone could produce a cool film using either action figures or legos'. I certainly don't think the genre is played out just yet. -----signature----- DARK SKIES : http://www.darkskies.info STORM AHEAD : http://www.stormahead.com I hope Obama gets in. I really hope you don't shoot him if he does.
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JMaster Luke Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/6/02 11:12am Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	but why are there so many lego movies but no good action figure movies? Like i said i've seen some good action figure fighting scenes but with no plot, just a 1-2 min fight -----signature----- Check out my Star Wars Generations Action Figure Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9VWIvwY4Y 2nd! Star Wars: Generations Trailer.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiA0Ya1AgbM And Check out my Lost Fan Film here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efxX
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Semaj Ovured Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/6/02 11:35am Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?! - Date Edited: 12/6/02 2:29pm (1 edits total) Edited By: DaftMaul
	Check out EVAN MATHER's site. he's done several. (Note the markup codes, guys) EDIT: Absolutely priceless James. I fixed your mark-up code for you. ( I'm genuinely LOL at the moment dude - what a star!) -----signature----- STARFLEET RENEGADES http://www.starfleetrenegades.com RED ALERT!
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TheRealFennShysa Title: TFN FanFilms Staff Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 12/6/02 11:57am Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	I note that you screwed it up... Fenn -----signature----- John Hudgens (Fenn) Films: SITH APPRENTICE, THE JEDI HUNTER, DARTH VADER'S PSYCHIC HOTLINE, CRAZY WATTO AMERICAN SCARY - Now touring film festivals! Pro: BABYLON 5, CRIMSON SKIES, MECHWARRIOR, STAR WARS PocketModel CSG http://www.zteamproductions.com
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QuanarReg Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 12/6/02 2:03pm Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	Just for the record, I'm currently working on a large action figure film. -----signature----- George W. Bush-Saving your ass whether you like it or not. "300,000 Yankees is stiff in Southern dust, we got 300,000 before they conquered us, they died of Southern fever and Southern steel and shot, I wish it was 3 million instead of what we got."
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Semaj Ovured Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/6/02 2:54pm Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?! - Date Edited: 12/6/02 3:02pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Semaj Ovured
	Leave it to me to embarrass myself! (The point is still valid though). Thanks for fixing the code, Daft! -----signature----- STARFLEET RENEGADES http://www.starfleetrenegades.com RED ALERT!
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JMaster Luke Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/6/02 3:35pm Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	your making a action figure movie?! really can u tell me alittle bit about it. like when does it take place? OT or PT time. when's it coming out? any previews? thats cool -----signature----- Check out my Star Wars Generations Action Figure Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9VWIvwY4Y 2nd! Star Wars: Generations Trailer.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiA0Ya1AgbM And Check out my Lost Fan Film here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efxX
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QuanarReg Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 12/6/02 8:35pm Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	Yes, I am indeed working on a action figure film. The film went through two long years of preproduction and is now in the production stage. I was orginally only into doing Star Wars fan fiction, and after finishing three long fictions(something like 24,000 words a piece), I decided to turn one of them into an action figure film. I chose to do the second story because I see it as the easist to pull off. It is called, The Shrouded Treachery. The story is set when Qui-Gon Jinn is a young Jedi student. He and a Jedi Knight find themselves stuck between two waring worlds and have to settle the dispute. The story has alot of fun in it and quite a bit of action. Its going to be one of those fan films were there is no lightsaber to lightsaber action, there is no Sith or even dark Jedi, just two Jedi that help restore peace to a struggling planet. Maybe that will be boring to some, but hey, that's the story. I think an action figure film has both posititve and negative features. In the positive light the film requires no actors or any of those probelms, and it may be easier to have a film with much more scope. On the negative side, action figure films often look humerous, they are very time consuming, and it is hard to display emotions. So making a serious action figure film is difficult. As far as the film itself goes, I am working on interior sets and should begin filming soon. I started working on the film's preproduction in 2000 and hope to have a finished film by 2004. I have poured alot of money and time in this project, so I hope it all works. I hope to be putting some "making of the fan film" video on the net sometime next year, but so far there is no actuall footage I can show you. You can see some of the concept art here: [link=www.angelfire.com/mi3/unseenally/behindthescenes.html] Concept [/link] It is nice to see people interested in action figure films. If you have any other questions, I'd be happy to answer them. -----signature----- George W. Bush-Saving your ass whether you like it or not. "300,000 Yankees is stiff in Southern dust, we got 300,000 before they conquered us, they died of Southern fever and Southern steel and shot, I wish it was 3 million instead of what we got."
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zirkusaffe Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 12/7/02 5:55am Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	Personally, I find that the Lego guys work better because they're more stylized. The usual sort of action figures might look more like the real characters but the range of motion isn't that much better and the result ends up pretty jarring. Besides, building sets isn't easy - especially Star Wars-type sets. With live-action it's a matter of understandable sacrifices for realistic budget. With Lego, the stylized blockiness lets you get away with more. With action figures? In the middle with the worst of both worlds, if you ask me. I've seen some nice dioramas, though. Of course, if you're really upset about the lack of action figure movies, the best thing to do is grab a camera. -j (the Lego Ep. III trailer guy)
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Scott_M Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 12/8/02 3:45pm Subject: RE: Where are the Action Figure movies?!
	I made a 25 minute action figure film back in 1999 that's main claim to fame was it premiered alongside Bounty Trail, Sacrifices and Dark Redemption. TFN seems to have a marked aversion to action figure films for whatever reason. My flick was hosted at Jedinet for a while some time ago, but I can't afford to pay for hosting myself, and I haven't pursued any other avenues for hosting. Just like there are good and bad live action films, there are good and bad action figure films. Evan Mather remains the king of the good ones.
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