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Steve Johnson Wants To “Slime” You This Holiday Season.

With all the news coming out of Steve Johnson’s corner of the world, you would think this was his fan blog or something.  Just in time for the holiday shopping season and under his Solid Thought Corporation banner, he is releasing a resin figure collectable with behind the scenes DVD.  Here is what the auction [...]

1Dec2009 | Editor | 2 comments | Continued
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Steve Johnson’s Rubber Rules – Get Slimed Part 1

“Get Slimed: The Making of the Classic Animatronic Character” Go behind the scenes to see how Slimer (known as Onion Head in the script) was made for the smash hit film “Ghostbusters”!

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27Nov2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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King Kong Skeleton Auctioned for $200,000

The tiny King Kong figurine that helped launch the career of one of cinema’s biggest monsters has sold for about 121,000 pounds ($200,000) at a London auction Tuesday Nov. 24 2009. Auctioneer Christie’s says the 22-inch (56-centimeter) skeleton was the one used in the climactic scene of the 1933 movie in which the giant ape [...]

27Nov2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Steve Johnson Doesn’t Want a F**king Oscar

Steve Johnson’s Rubber Rules has become a reason to watch Youtube again for me.  Finally someone telling it like it is without all the “We’re just a great big happy production” feel.  Steve talks about how The Abyss’s clear NTIs were a challenge and how the fiber optics lit the underwater puppets.  Also, there is [...]

15Nov2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Steve Johnson Launches His Channel “Rubber Rules”

There are several people in the SFX industry that can legitimately be called “masters” of FX.  The fact that Steve Johnson is among them, is indisputable.  His enormous body of work is not only visually stunning, but also inventive, interesting and technically complex.  Now, he wants to share it all with the world.
Steve Johnson has [...]

31Oct2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Sunday School Teaches How to Make Zombies!

If you have ever fancied yourself a bit off kilter with the rest of the world because you dream of making monsters someday, you should go to Sunday School.  Special Effects Sunday School! According to their website, you can
LEARN HOW TO DESIGN, SCULPT, MOLD, CAST, PAINT, AND
APPLY YOUR OWN PROSTHETICS IN 4 SUNDAY WORKSHOPS!
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27Oct2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Animatronics Guru Video

A nice video with a small collection of projects he was involved in whilst working as a mechanical designer at Jim Hensons Creature Shop. Feel free to e.mail him any questions or comments you may have.ady-ajay@ntlworld.com

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14Oct2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Rick Baker Gets Eyegore Award

According to his Facebook, Rick Baker will accept a Chller-Eyegore Award at Universal Studio Hollywood’s opening night ceremony for the theme park’s ‘Halloween Horror Nights” event on October 2 at 7 pm.

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4Oct2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Studio halts development until 2010

Universal Pictures put the word out this week that it will not spend money for the rest of the year to advance development projects.

18Sep2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Warehouse51.com Closes It’s Vitrual Doors.

Another economic casualty, Warehouse51.com run by Los Angeles FX supply closed it’s doors officially today.  All remaining company assets will be sold off to leverage debts incurred in attempting to keep the dot com afloat.  Warehouse51.com Operations Manager Jon Bailey said “It’s a sad day for us and the customers we have served.  A tremendous [...]

10Sep2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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