We Want FANS for the next TMNT DVD SET!

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

I apologize for being interpreted as "flaming," it wasn't my intention.

No peace in the middle east but we can have it here. Apology accepted and apologies, one more time, for being interpreted as saying we were only interviewing people who live in Southern California. Thanks, all. PS And "flaming" my have been too strong a word... Seriously, all good.

[Andrew NDB]

So Rose really does live too far away, or was that just smoke and mirrors? Because she says she was told, in no uncertain terms, "You're too far away."

Now you're saying, "Actually, no, we never said we were only interviewing people in LA and San Diego. We already have a few interviews scheduled on the other side of the country. As we just replied to your email, we've extended ourselves pretty far money-wise and time-wise and can't reasonably get everywhere we'd like to."

Over the course of the single day since this thread was created, you've already made commitments all over the country prior to Rose's query? And even if that's true -- despite being extremely suspect -- you agree, then, that whoever told her "you're too far away" wasn't being truthful as we're to believe now that distance isn't a motivating factor in the candidates selected?

You'd be scarce to find a more hardcore fan of TMNT of all kinds than Rose (and unlike a lot of TMNT fans, she's only a little bit looney, heh), which is why -- if that's truly your intent, to root out the "biggest" TMNT fans -- it's a little puzzling that before even finding out the level of her fandom, she's summarily dismissed with the comment given to her.

[gobo]

Really sorry you guys are getting all this flack, superherohq. We have a bit of pessimism going around lately. You did excellent work on the previous featurettes/interviews, and all the hostility towards you is really confusing and uncalled for. Your track-record should speak for itself. I'm guessing people are just disappointed that we're getting a brief fan-documentary instead of something more practical, like more interviews (Renae Jacobs, Jennifer Darling, production crew, etc.) or the two episodes that have been continuously skipped over.

[Jester]

Kinda what I thought. Just wondering.

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by gobo

Really sorry you guys are getting all this flack, superherohq. We have a bit of pessimism going around lately. You did excellent work on the previous featurettes/interviews, and all the hostility towards you is really confusing and uncalled for. Your track-record should speak for itself. I'm guessing people are just disappointed that we're getting a brief fan-documentary instead of something more practical, like more interviews (Renae Jacobs, Jennifer Darling, production crew, etc.) or the two episodes that have been continuously skipped over.

Thanks for that, Gobo. Check out some of my other replies which address some of what you just said -- specifically, the fan featurette is one of a few thing we're doing this time, not the only thing, and the skipped episode business is being addressed.

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

So Rose really does live too far away, or was that just smoke and mirrors?

Did you read all of our replies? There's no conspiracy here, we're not smart enough to kill JFK. You kind of look like Evan from Biohazard. Not a bad thing, kind of awesome. Whatever reason you (or anyone) has to be negative about anything from the TMNT camp doesn't involve our company. All we've ever done involving TMNT are the bonus features for Season 4 and 5. That's it!

WE CAME HERE TO INVOLVE YOU, NOT TRICK YOU OR BOTHER YOU.

Seriously... Truce?

[gobo]

Originally Posted by superherohq

Check out some of my other replies which address some of what you just said -- specifically, the fan featurette is one of a few thing we're doing this time, not the only thing, and the skipped episode business is being addressed.

Sorry for missing that. It must have been posted in the half-hour it took me to compose my post.

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by gobo

Sorry about that. It must have been posted in the half-hour it took me to post what I did.

Your avatar rules.

[GK Punk]

Originally Posted by superherohq

You kind of look like Evan from Biohazard.

Dude... He kind of does.

[Andrew NDB]

In the spirit of that truce, how about we begin with full disclosure. Where are you already committed to going for docs, and to visit what fans that we might have heard of?

I'm genuinely curious. Because the answer to that question might shed an ample amount of light on the kind of doc you folks are trying to do.

[Cipher]

While this is a cool idea and I'm glad you guys have managed to get extras onto the sets, as long as you're here I thought this would be a decent time to say that I (and other fans, if I may) would like more staff interviews as well.

What about writers? The prolific David Wise was captured in a fan interview not too long ago and still had an impressive memory of the show. Would it be too difficult to get an interview with Peter Laird or Kevin Eastman? (That's an honest question. I have no idea.) What other long time members Mirage creative team? I'd be interested in having some concrete opinions from them on the old cartoon.

Just some suggestions for the remaining releases.

EDIT - Unless this has already been suggested, since I didn't realize this was now three pages long.

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

So Rose really does live too far away, or was that just smoke and mirrors? Because she says she was told, in no uncertain terms, "You're too far away."

Now you're saying, "Actually, no, we never said we were only interviewing people in LA and San Diego. We already have a few interviews scheduled on the other side of the country. As we just replied to your email, we've extended ourselves pretty far money-wise and time-wise and can't reasonably get everywhere we'd like to."

Over the course of the single day since this thread was created, you've already made commitments all over the country prior to Rose's query? And even if that's true -- despite being extremely suspect -- you agree, then, that whoever told her "you're too far away" wasn't being truthful as we're to believe now that distance isn't a motivating factor in the candidates selected?

You'd be scarce to find a more hardcore fan of TMNT of all kinds than Rose (and unlike a lot of TMNT fans, she's only a little bit looney, heh), which is why -- if that's truly your intent, to root out the "biggest" TMNT fans -- it's a little puzzling that before even finding out the level of her fandom, she's summarily dismissed with the comment given to her.

The FIRST reply she received said, "It looks like you're about 6.5 hours from us which might be out of our budget range at the moment. We will keep you in mind and on the short list for now, absolutely, as we are collecting potential interview subjects going forward." It ended with "We'll be in touch." We've been working on various aspects of this for a while, didn't start today. And most of what involves travel costs is NOT the fan interviews. Rose wasn't dismissed. And she gave us two email addresses and we're already in contact with one of the people she suggested. Also figuring in is that we have remote crews in other cities, not all our associate producers and camera folk are based in So Cal, so if someone lives close to a place where we have folks we work with, that helps, etc. Really don't see why every detail of everything involved with how we're doing this needs explained but as you can see we are ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION WITHIN REASON ANYWAY. Why would we even come back here if you "found us out" or were "onto us" or whatever the crap. We're also on here RESPONDING to these posts... Does it really seem like we're out to get you, let alone mislead or lie about anything or dismiss anyone? We won't be able to go everywhere and interview everyone. That's common sense. There is no conspiracy... There is nothing "suspect." Thus far, we've turned out the ONLY bonus features on these DVD sets... Help us to help you! Why the antagonism? Seriously? If we ONLY wanted to find the Turtle Bus and the girl from VH1, we would have (and did find them already). THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO NEED TO COME HERE OTHERWISE IF THAT WAS THE MASTERPLAN. Maaaakkkiingggg ssesssnnnnsssee???

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by Cipher

While this is a cool idea and I'm glad you guys have managed to get extras onto the sets, as long as you're here I thought this would be a decent time to say that I (and other fans, if I may) would like more staff interviews as well.

What about writers? The prolific David Wise was captured in a fan interview not too long ago and still had an impressive memory of the show. Would it be too difficult to get an interview with Peter Laird or Kevin Eastman? (That's an honest question. I have no idea.) What other long time members Mirage creative team? I'd be interested in having some concrete opinions from them on the old cartoon.

Just some suggestions for the remaining releases.

Great suggestions... We are working on more than just fan interviews which is all we can say now about the rest of the stuff... Cool? And this is another reason why we came to fan sites... To get FEEDBACK and IDEAS, not to be outright dismissed or mistrusted simply for saying, "hey we'd like to involve you guys" haha... Um... Hi.

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

In the spirit of that truce, how about we begin with full disclosure. Where are you already committed to going for docs, and to visit what fans that we might have heard of?

I'm genuinely curious. Because the answer to that question might shed an ample amount of light on the kind of doc you folks are trying to do.

It's all still in flux... And to get this out of the way, YES we'll probably be talking to you-know-who. We've already been in touch. Not sure if we'll use it. Maybe we will, maybe we won't? Hmm.

We did NOT realize what a pariah she seems to be with some of you... And we do understand why once Rose took the TIME TO EXPLAIN IT a few emails in. THAT is the kind of constructive discourse we came here looking to have.

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by superherohq

Great suggestions... We are working on more than just fan interviews which is all we can say now about the rest of the stuff... Cool?

Definately.

And this is another reason why we came to fan sites... To get FEEDBACK and IDEAS, not to be outright dismissed or mistrusted simply for saying, "hey we'd like to involve you guys" haha... Um... Hi.

Yeah, no problem. I guess I'd like to officially state how cool it is that you guys are doing this in the first place, since it'd be so easy not to. I suspect that everyone else here shares that sentiment deep down, as well.

It's all still in flux... And to get this out of the way, YES we'll probably be talking to you-know-who. We've already been in touch. We did NOT realize what a pariah she seems to be with some of you... And we do understand why once Rose took the TIME TO EXPLAIN IT a few emails in. THAT is the kind of constructive discourse we came here looking to have.

You're amazing. I'll admit a slight cringe crosses my face everytime the words "fan interview" crop up, for things like this. But if it's done well, it's done well.

[LeoNerdo]

I don't have anything to contribute really, but sounds pretty awesome to me. I'm just glad we're getting something. Any extras is better than no extras and the interviews on the 4th & 5th seasons were....Bodacious~!11.

[Roseangelo]

Oy...

Would it be possible to clear the slate and start over again? Perhaps superherohq could reintroduce himself and clarify exactly what it is that they're doing and what they actually need from us.

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I'm genuinely curious. Because the answer to that question might shed an ample amount of light on the kind of doc you folks are trying to do.

I'm starting to understand why you are so skeptical. It definitely sucks when people misrepresent what you love. Here's the thing: WE'RE NOT THEM. We're the folks who tracked down Pat, James and the 4 TMNT who were all happy to sit for us and had great things to say. And this is now the next thing we're doing. And we CAME HERE to make sure we NEVER BECOME "THOSE" TYPES.

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Oy...

Would it be possible to clear the slate and start over again? Perhaps superherohq could reintroduce himself and clarify exactly what it is that they're doing and what they actually need from us.

We're doing some more bonus features for the Lionsgate DVD sets. Not sure what Lionsgate has announced, or what we can say as we are not part of them and only hired by them as a separate entity to provide bonus material. But PART of what we are doing is a relatively short but hopefully as ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE piece that profiles a handful of TMNT super-fans. Not to embarrass them, not to have a bunch of obnoxious voiceovers telling you about them, but to have them speak in their own words and show off any cool stuff they may have -- IF THEY HAVE IT (looks great on video), tattoos, whatever. We don't have the funds, time, whatever else to locate and interview everyone who is worthy but we'd love your help with finding some great, enthusiastic, intelligent, articulate people and we also would love to hear your suggestions / comments. And whoop there it is.

[superherohq]

Originally Posted by LeoNerdo

I don't have anything to contribute really, but sounds pretty awesome to me. I'm just glad we're getting something. Any extras is better than no extras and the interviews on the 4th & 5th seasons were....Bodacious~!11.

SINCERELY THANK YOU... It was a labor of love for us. Not every project we do is as awesome as Turtles. Plus Townsend is also the freaking voice of NBC. And James is UNCLE PHIL! C'mon, that's cool. All six of those cats were SO awesome, gracious... Just excellent.