Meeting time - please choose three most convenient times for you

Hey guys, am trying to figure out a good day/time to do our team meeting. For me my preference will be evenings and weekends so am proposing the following dates/times. Please write me back and pick your top three preferred times, in order of your most convenient times.

a) Wednesday 6PM ET; 11PM Greenwich; 3PM PST
b) Saturday 2PM ET; 7PM Greenwich; 11AM PST
c) Saturday 3PM ET; 8PM Greenwich; 12 noon PST
d) Saturday 4PM ET; 9PM Greenwich; 1 PM PST
e) Sunday 2PM ET; 7PM Greenwich; 11AM PST
f) Sunday 3PM ET; 8PM Greenwich; 12 noon PST
g) Sunday 4PM ET; 9PM Greenwich; 1 PM PST

For me the three best times are: a) then b) then e)

Thanks,
Mark
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I put this up for Matt as his PM won’t work (full mailbox). I’ve PMd everybody to try and work out a time, I prefer if you PM me back so that I know to check my account. But Matt if you see this please post your preferred time or PM me back.

Thanks,
Mark

PM’d you although will make this available on this thread as well.

A’s bad for me since I have college the next morning.

B to E are fine, though. Any of those times I can make.

I’m available B through E as well.

Chris here…

Quick (and probably slightly stupid) question - is Greenwich another way of saying UK time? If so, this week the only options I can make work are E, F or G, with no real preference for any of the three - I can never do Wednesdays, and this Saturday I have a major gig where I shall be out from 6:30pm until at least 11:30pm.

With enough notice I may be able to make something work on Saturday 11th October, but if we’re talking about this week, Sunday is my only option I’m afraid. :frowning:

Take care… :slight_smile:

Okay guys looks like the best time for those who responded is:

e) Sunday 2PM ET; 7PM Greenwich; 11AM PST

So I’ll see you guys on Skype on Sunday. I’ll let Martin, Neil, MannyC know that we’ll meet then and will share the results of our meeting with them afterwards too.

Cheers,
Mark

Awesome. Will be there - Skype username is nickmills2007, if anybody wants it.

I will not be able to attend.. as mentioned in the other thread.. I work all day saturday and sunday. Fill me in on what happens :slight_smile:

Sounds good. Is the date secured? Is it this Sunday?

Yup this Sunday is confirmed

Chris here…

As it stands at the moment, I shall be there - looking forward to it! Guessing it’s a typed chat rather than verbal, as after the heavy gig I’ve got coming up on Saturday night I shall likely be a bit hoarse! :smiley:

Take care… :slight_smile:

Hey guys, I have an emergency. I’m letting you guys know now just in case I can’t make it at all. At this point, I might be a tad late, but there’s no way for me to ignore the issue.

Sorry. :frowning:

Chris here…

Hey gang, just to warn I may be a few minutes late as I’m about to sit down with my family and eat - we’ve had the day from hell (don’t ask) and this will be the first thing I will have had to eat all day since breakfast (about 9 hours ago). However, rest assured that I will be there as soon as I’m finished eating! :slight_smile:

Take care… :slight_smile:

Chat session first half hour

[2:05:30 PM] grizzlor18 says: hey Nick
[2:05:37 PM] Nicholas Mills says: hey
[2:05:42 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sorry about that, did u try to call me?
[2:05:59 PM] grizzlor18 says: yeah by mistake we’re going to be doing a text chat
[2:06:04 PM] Nicholas Mills says: oh okay
[2:06:07 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sounds cool
[2:06:21 PM] grizzlor18 says: i’m hoping Manny and Chris will join soon
[2:06:33 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cool. whats the agenda for this meeting then?
[2:06:38 PM] grizzlor18 says: sounds like they both had some personal stuff to deal with today, hope they’re both alright
[2:06:39 PM] Nicholas Mills says: just to iron out stuff for the site?
[2:07:14 PM] grizzlor18 says: agenda wise i mostly wanted to cover the dual site leader thing, and how that should work
[2:07:22 PM] Nicholas Mills says: okay
[2:07:22 PM] grizzlor18 says: want to get your thoughts and Chris’ thoughts on that
[2:07:27 PM] Nicholas Mills says: okay cool
[2:07:40 PM] grizzlor18 says: and we can talk about plans for future interviews and the cartoon section today also
[2:07:48 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sweet.
[2:08:11 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yeah jim meskimen and gerrianne raphael bailed… so I gotta reschedule with them
[2:08:26 PM] grizzlor18 says: is the stephen perry interview uploaded yet?
[2:08:31 PM] Nicholas Mills says: was sposed to have done em this weekend
[2:08:37 PM] Nicholas Mills says: aye. its the peter lawrence interview we need to upload.
[2:08:48 PM] Nicholas Mills says: which is a really sweet one
[2:08:54 PM] grizzlor18 says: cool i need to go listen to the stephen peryy that guy really cracked me up
[2:09:05 PM] Nicholas Mills says: its awesome, defo. :slight_smile:
[2:10:00 PM] grizzlor18 says: where abouts do you live Nick?
[2:10:20 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I live in glasgow
[2:10:26 PM] Nicholas Mills says: am from wales, though
[2:10:28 PM] Nicholas Mills says: UK
[2:10:33 PM] grizzlor18 says: oh cool i’ve been there, great city
[2:10:47 PM] Nicholas Mills says: kewl.
[2:11:02 PM] Nicholas Mills says: ive lived here for three years and I still feel like a foreigner :stuck_out_tongue:
[2:11:25 PM] grizzlor18 says: i guess being welsh makes you a good singer huh?
[2:11:33 PM] Nicholas Mills says: LOL
[2:11:34 PM] Nicholas Mills says: no chance
[2:11:38 PM] Nicholas Mills says: im crap.
[2:11:39 PM] Nicholas Mills says: :stuck_out_tongue:
[2:11:48 PM] Nicholas Mills says: thats one stereotype I wish I was :slight_smile:
[2:11:56 PM] grizzlor18 says: glasgow has a strange feel to it but i loved the pubs and small restaurants, little music bars and that
[2:12:12 PM] Nicholas Mills says: :slight_smile:
[2:12:13 PM] grizzlor18 says: nice vibe to the city…
[2:12:18 PM] grizzlor18 says: is it a good place to work?
[2:12:20 PM] Nicholas Mills says: does get cold, though
[2:12:31 PM] Nicholas Mills says: ehh, im in college at the moment. not really working.
[2:12:56 PM] grizzlor18 says: i’m originally from South Africa and now I live in Canada. I lived in Australia for a year too
[2:13:05 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cool. :slight_smile:
[2:13:08 PM] grizzlor18 says: ah right you’re 21 right?
[2:13:11 PM] Nicholas Mills says: 19
[2:13:17 PM] Nicholas Mills says: 20 in december
[2:13:25 PM] grizzlor18 says: 19 … were you old enough to watch T-Cats growing up?
[2:13:35 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yep.
[2:13:39 PM] grizzlor18 says: was it on reruns?
[2:13:55 PM] Nicholas Mills says: nah nah, on BBC.
[2:13:56 PM] Nicholas Mills says: it used to be like on at 4
[2:13:56 PM] Nicholas Mills says: on weekdays/satursdays
[2:13:58 PM] grizzlor18 says: cause you’d have been 1 year old when it aired for the first time right?
[2:14:02 PM] Nicholas Mills says: mm
[2:14:12 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yeah I was about 4 when it started airing. but it didnt air here for a while
[2:14:27 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I sorta bought videos and stuff to rewatch episodes n that
[2:14:35 PM] grizzlor18 says: okay that makes sense i guess, it aired in South Africa a little later than in the states also
[2:15:13 PM] grizzlor18 says: what uni are you at in glasgow?
[2:15:30 PM] Nicholas Mills says: college. called glasgow metropolitan.
[2:15:37 PM] Nicholas Mills says: its like smack bang in the city
[2:15:45 PM] Nicholas Mills says: and I live about 30 mins away
[2:15:51 PM] Nicholas Mills says: so I just walk it
[2:15:58 PM] Nicholas Mills says: takes about 5 mins by train.
[2:16:52 PM] *** grizzlor18 added He-Fan to this chat


[2:17:00 PM] grizzlor18 says: Chris is here!
[2:17:08 PM] Nicholas Mills says: hello Christafuh
[2:17:15 PM] grizzlor18 says: Nick you studying food / hospitality?
[2:17:19 PM] Nicholas Mills says: nah, TV.
[2:17:30 PM] grizzlor18 says: oh right thats so cool
[2:17:42 PM] He-Fan says: LOL - hey Nick! Sorry I’m late guys, hopefully my post on the board should have explained it all… :slight_smile:
[2:17:43 PM] Nicholas Mills says: its alright. I much prefer radio.. so less stressful.
[2:17:48 PM] Nicholas Mills says: its cool
[2:17:51 PM] Nicholas Mills says: dont worry, chris
[2:18:03 PM] grizzlor18 says: you familiar with Busta Toons aka James Eatock? He’s a guy who studied media and that and he’s really big into He-Man and Masters of the Universe
[2:18:18 PM] Nicholas Mills says: nah
[2:18:23 PM] Nicholas Mills says: is he from like he-man.org?
[2:18:30 PM] He-Fan says: Kind-of
[2:18:48 PM] grizzlor18 says: yeah… do a search for cereal:geek on google and you’ll find his newest initiative, a magazine dedicated to 80s cartoons
[2:18:48 PM] Nicholas Mills says: aha
[2:18:53 PM] Nicholas Mills says: oh cool
[2:19:19 PM] He-Fan says: He posts on their forums and has done work on the site before now…he now runs the magazine Mark just mentioned, as well as doing work for BCI Eclipse on their official DVD releases of He-Man.
[2:19:29 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cool
[2:19:37 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sounds pretty sweet
[2:19:48 PM] grizzlor18 says: well i dont think Manny will be on for a while based on his post on the boards… should we get started? Chris, for an agenda I thought we’d mostly talk about
[2:20:23 PM] grizzlor18 says: the dual leadership role that Manny and I will play, and I want to get yours and Nick’s feedback on what those roles should be, and we can talk about plans for future interviews and the cartoon section today also
[2:20:33 PM] He-Fan says: (y)
[2:20:35 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cool.
[2:20:37 PM] He-Fan says: Works for me!
[2:20:38 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sounds good to me.
[2:21:00 PM] Nicholas Mills says: hey, how come you guys are he-fan and grizzlor and I’m using my full name. how lame am I, huh? :stuck_out_tongue:
[2:21:06 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I’m official! :slight_smile:
[2:21:08 PM] grizzlor18 says: k well then what i could suggest is i’ll write for a bit about how i see the roles working, and you can let me know what you agree with, or see differently…
[2:21:19 PM] Nicholas Mills says: ookay
[2:21:24 PM] He-Fan says: Cool
[2:22:44 PM] grizzlor18 says: k well for the most part Manny will focus on his movie section and behind the scenes site design and overall fixes and troubleshooting, he’ll upgrade forums, make technical and server fixes, deal with our host and any other domain issues
[2:23:19 PM] grizzlor18 says: he has a relationship with the director of the t-cat movie and has been introduced into some of the inner circle of the movie workings
[2:23:33 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yeah he was saying a little bit of that to me
[2:23:35 PM] Nicholas Mills says: thats sweet
[2:24:05 PM] grizzlor18 says: so he’s in a great position to leak / release some movie stuff which will really rocket the site to new levels, ahead of the rest of the web… we can expect our traffic to continue to jump in the months to come
[2:24:44 PM] He-Fan says: Nice one!
[2:24:48 PM] grizzlor18 says: i’ve been playing the role of media relations because i developed a list of internet contacts for sites like aintitcoolnews.com and a bunch of other online movie and anime outlets
[2:25:10 PM] Nicholas Mills says: nice.
[2:25:42 PM] grizzlor18 says: when it was announced who the primary design artist would be we spread the news to a bunch of sites and the story was carried on three sites in cluding aintitcool and that helped us with traffic and contributed to our new google rank
[2:26:27 PM] grizzlor18 says: we’re expecting more of the same when Manny gets a hold of new releases, we’ll spread that to other sites and their links back to us will impact our google ranking and solidify us as the pre-eminent T-Cat site on the net
[2:26:27 PM] Nicholas Mills says: see that thread Manny created about the ‘ask the director a question’? is that apart of his movie deal with jerry?
[2:26:39 PM] grizzlor18 says: its a pretty safe bet :wink:
[2:26:41 PM] Nicholas Mills says: so that jerry responds to some of the questions.
[2:26:45 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cooooooool.
[2:27:15 PM] grizzlor18 says: this is one of the reasons that manny wanted to step back a bit from the leadership role, because he wants to focus on this movie aspect
[2:27:54 PM] grizzlor18 says: we’re expecting a revival because of the movie and we want to be at the forefront of that
[2:28:12 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sounds good to me.
[2:29:05 PM] grizzlor18 says: Manny and I talked about me taking on more of the team co-ordinator role, more of the internal management which really just comes down to checking in with everybody and keeping us on track against the plans we each individually set for our sections
[2:29:19 PM] He-Fan says: I concur with all of that thinking - Manny’s connections + the way we present and conduct ourselves allow us to really be the “go-to” site for TCats movie news, and if Manny needs to reduce his leadership role to focus on that, then that’s fair enough. Plus, it’s quite clear that’s the element of the site that Manny finds most exciting, and that’s good too - because, the site is first and foremost a thing we do for fun! :slight_smile:
[2:29:59 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yep
[2:30:29 PM] grizzlor18 says: Chris, you’ve known me longer and you know I’m fiercely protective of my right to run my section the way I see fit,and I respect everybody else’s right to do what they feel is best for their section… so that won’t change at all, we’ve all pretty much had carte blanche with what we work on and I think thats why we’ve been so good as a team for so long
[2:31:47 PM] grizzlor18 says: so nothing will change there… the redesign is something Manny will putter around with behind the scenes but no changes to roll that out in the short term. I may have him set my section up under the new technology more as a beta test of the concept and because I’m lazy with html and have about 50 more cels I want to put up
[2:32:45 PM] He-Fan says: Yep, that sounds good - would love to see more of your cels added to the site, I think whilst we await more movie news it would keep a “buzz” going around the site. :slight_smile:
[2:33:10 PM] grizzlor18 says: i may take on a bit more of the external communications with people from the show, but thats something I see as a shared job… you guys are both doing fantastically well reaching out to people who made the show and the interviews demonstrate what good spokespeople you are for the site
[2:33:29 PM] Nicholas Mills says: thanks.
[2:33:29 PM] He-Fan says: Well, Nick has to take most of the credit for that.
[2:33:44 PM] Nicholas Mills says: aww shucks
[2:33:51 PM] Nicholas Mills says: (blush)
[2:33:52 PM] He-Fan says: I come up with some of the questions, Nick’s the man who’s been able to make contact with these folks.
[2:34:13 PM] He-Fan says: Some of it is via contact info I’ve obtained - BUT, where I’ve hit brick walls, he’s battered them down! :wink:
[2:34:17 PM] grizzlor18 says: but if there is to be a “default” person on the site for people to contact that can be me if its helpful
[2:34:30 PM] *** grizzlor18 added Manny to this chat


[2:34:39 PM] He-Fan says: Hey Manny!
[2:34:39 PM] Nicholas Mills says: well well, look whos joined the party
[2:34:52 PM] Nicholas Mills says: good to see ya, bud.
[2:34:59 PM] grizzlor18 says: if its movie related that should be Manny, if its interview related it should be Nick first, Chris second, if its anything else it can start with me and go from there i guess
[2:35:08 PM] grizzlor18 says: hey Manny… everything okay bro?
[2:35:08 PM] He-Fan says: Hope you OK, Manny my friend - how are things?
[2:35:09 PM] Manny says: Hi guys
[2:35:15 PM] He-Fan says: @ Mark - that sounds OK to me.
[2:35:24 PM] Nicholas Mills says: Mark - sounds fine.
[2:35:38 PM] Manny says: Everything’s settled down.
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Part 2

[2:34:30 PM] *** grizzlor18 added Manny to this chat


[2:34:39 PM] He-Fan says: Hey Manny!
[2:34:39 PM] Nicholas Mills says: well well, look whos joined the party
[2:34:52 PM] Nicholas Mills says: good to see ya, bud.
[2:34:59 PM] grizzlor18 says: if its movie related that should be Manny, if its interview related it should be Nick first, Chris second, if its anything else it can start with me and go from there i guess
[2:35:08 PM] grizzlor18 says: hey Manny… everything okay bro?
[2:35:08 PM] He-Fan says: Hope you OK, Manny my friend - how are things?
[2:35:09 PM] Manny says: Hi guys
[2:35:15 PM] He-Fan says: @ Mark - that sounds OK to me.
[2:35:24 PM] Nicholas Mills says: Mark - sounds fine.
[2:35:38 PM] Manny says: Everything’s settled down.
[2:35:42 PM] grizzlor18 says: Manny I’ll post the chat session in the forum for you to do some retro reading to catch up
[2:35:45 PM] Nicholas Mills says: thats good to hear.
[2:35:54 PM] Manny says: k, thanks.
[2:36:33 PM] He-Fan says: @ Manny - glad things have settled down, hope nothing too stressful. I’ve had the day from hell as well, but it’s a bit of a long story for here! :smiley:
[2:36:48 PM] grizzlor18 says: http://thundercatslair.org/forums/showthread.php?p=22001#post22001
[2:37:15 PM] Manny says: Yeah it’s been one of those days.
[2:37:32 PM] grizzlor18 says: we were just talking about the roles for you and me as site co-leads and we also wanted to talk about interviews, and plans for the cartoon section and animation art section…
[2:37:40 PM] grizzlor18 says: but we’re all keen to hear more about the movie section!
[2:37:54 PM] Nicholas Mills says: hit us up, manny dawg. :slight_smile:
[2:38:17 PM] grizzlor18 says: @Manny why don’t you read through the chat history so far, let us know if you see any of the roles differently and then tell us what you can on the movie front
[2:39:37 PM] grizzlor18 says: while Manny’s catching up, Chris I was wondering what your next few goals are for the cartoon section?
[2:41:05 PM] He-Fan says: Well, my immediate goals for the Cartoon Section are to get the HTML for Nick’s interviews done so that I can update them, which is what I’ve been working on with him over the past few days.
[2:41:32 PM] He-Fan says: Nick’s going to fire some text over to me that I need, and then those should be able to be completed and brought up-to-date relatively easily.
[2:42:12 PM] He-Fan says: Beyond that, if I’m honest I hadn’t given it a lot of thought - I have several Episode Guide entries written up that I need to integrate into HTML, so I’ll probably do those next so that I’m up-to-date.
[2:42:26 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I’ll do that as soon as I can so we dont waste any time getting that uploaded. we need to get that Peter Lawrence interview uploaded cuz its a) awesome and b) we need some content for the time being whilst me and chris work on these other interviews
[2:42:39 PM] Nicholas Mills says: but apart from that, its looking great (interview page)
[2:42:40 PM] grizzlor18 says: okay sounds good guys
[2:42:59 PM] grizzlor18 says: i’m looking forward to that Peter Lawrence interview
[2:43:10 PM] He-Fan says: I agree, Nick, and like I say, once I get that text it shouldn’t take me more than a couple of days to get that all online and functional.
[2:43:26 PM] He-Fan says: Oh, and the other thing I’m going to work on is getting Nick’s documentary added to the site!
[2:43:42 PM] He-Fan says: That shouldn’t take long at all, and will make a great addition.
[2:44:11 PM] grizzlor18 says: well sounds like you’ll have your hands full for a while, nice set of updates coming up
[2:44:13 PM] He-Fan says: So, those three things - 1) Interviews, 2) Documentary, 3) Episode Guide pages into HTML - are my next three goals! :slight_smile:
[2:44:19 PM] grizzlor18 says: brilliant!
[2:44:50 PM] He-Fan says: Yeah, sadly, I’m a very slow worker these days because of lack of spare time - but, if I can keep things ticking over with some new stuff now and again, that’s gotta be better than nothing I guess!
[2:45:24 PM] Nicholas Mills says: whatever works. :slight_smile:
[2:45:29 PM] grizzlor18 says: would you say getting these three things done over the next 50-60 days would be reasonable?
[2:45:30 PM] He-Fan says: Something else I would like to work on is finally adding some content to the Comic Section’s UK Comic area - I have a contact who has promised me a load of cover scans.
[2:46:22 PM] He-Fan says: @ Mark - yeah, I would think that would be very likely that I would get those three things done within that time period - to be honest, most of the HTML for Nick’s interviews is done, that job should be completed within the next week or so.
[2:46:52 PM] grizzlor18 says: okay well thats a good amount of updates for the next two months then guys sounds killer… and two more interviews in the pipeline too
[2:47:13 PM] grizzlor18 says: anybody else on the list for future interviews?
[2:47:20 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yep
[2:47:58 PM] He-Fan says: On the UK Comics side of things, what I would like to do is create a cover gallery that would allow me to add information about the individual comics at a later date (i.e. when I have the time!), but allow us to host the cover images for now - I plan to work on that once I’ve completed the other three jobs I listed.
[2:48:07 PM] He-Fan says: hands the floor over to Nick on the interviews topic
[2:48:11 PM] Nicholas Mills says: okay, well
[2:48:17 PM] Nicholas Mills says: we have four lined up overall
[2:48:47 PM] Nicholas Mills says: Gerrianne Raphael and Jim Meskimen are the first two. I was sposed to do those this weekend but they both pulled out.
[2:49:00 PM] Nicholas Mills says: so im just to reschedule with them
[2:49:11 PM] Nicholas Mills says: hopefully I can get them both interviewed this week.
[2:49:57 PM] Nicholas Mills says: Peter Newman has agreed to do an interview and thats at the end of october. I do have a confirmed date but not on hand.. think its October 25th or something like that.
[2:50:09 PM] grizzlor18 says: wow thats brilliant
[2:50:23 PM] He-Fan says: As with Lynne Lipton, first fan site interview with Peter Newman EVER! :wink:
[2:50:24 PM] Nicholas Mills says: aaaand
[2:50:31 PM] Nicholas Mills says: Leonard Starr will do a text interview with us
[2:50:50 PM] grizzlor18 says: wow thats sick
[2:50:51 PM] He-Fan says: ^ First fan site interview with Leonard Starr EVER! :wink:
[2:50:53 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cant get him to do audio but offered text and says he’ll answer whatever
[2:51:02 PM] grizzlor18 says: HUGE
[2:51:23 PM] Nicholas Mills says: so thats just a matter of emailing the questions through a representative
[2:51:29 PM] Nicholas Mills says: and then getting them back at some point
[2:51:36 PM] He-Fan says: Has this Nick Mills dude got the Midas Touch or what? :wink:
[2:51:40 PM] grizzlor18 says: man this is exciting times… i have a bunch of questions for both of them… will we be asking forum members to submit questions also?
[2:51:56 PM] Nicholas Mills says: …well
[2:51:58 PM] Nicholas Mills says: at the moment
[2:52:06 PM] Nicholas Mills says: its chris and me just working on questions
[2:52:12 PM] Nicholas Mills says: see
[2:53:29 PM] Nicholas Mills says: for the peter newman idea is.. well, for our exclusive content, we dont wanna upload everything in one go. and once we announce peter newman, we want it to be a surprise. so we were thinking we’d wait till we did it then do a teaser
[2:53:42 PM] He-Fan says: From my own POV, I can’t see a problem with other members of the TCL team chiming in with questions if they think of any, but I think what Nick is concerned about is releasing to the forums that an interview is going to be taking place beforehand lessens the impact of when it’s “unveiled”…
[2:54:00 PM] Nicholas Mills says: in the form of an audio clip. this is just an idea, btw. sonia sent me the thundercats soundtrack so I can make up some teasers…
[2:54:13 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yeah, precisely (@ Chris)
[2:54:26 PM] grizzlor18 says: well its definitely your call, i think there’s an aspect of ‘coming soon’ excitement that will bring people back too… but i could see it your way too for sure guys
[2:55:15 PM] He-Fan says: It’s a tough one, because the “all inclusive” element seems to work well for Angie (Purrsia’s) site - however, she’s never had potential interviews with such “exclusive” people before…
[2:55:51 PM] Nicholas Mills says: the other concern is… and I noticed this on eyeofthundera.net is they announced interviews and they didnt happen
[2:55:54 PM] Nicholas Mills says: for whatever reason
[2:56:11 PM] grizzlor18 says: yes thats very true Nick, that would be embarassing to say the least
[2:56:21 PM] grizzlor18 says: especially if we announced a release date
[2:56:26 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I wanna kinda get em in the bag and edited. then tease em with a lil audio clip.
[2:56:27 PM] grizzlor18 says: and it never happened
[2:56:28 PM] Nicholas Mills says: for example
[2:56:41 PM] He-Fan says: It’s a bit different with Manny’s “Ask the Director”-type thread, because that’s something that’s very current and so a lot of different fans have a lot of different questions. @ Nick - yep, and in a way that’s a big plus point to the slightly oblique wording of MannyF’s “Ask the Director” thread…
[2:56:56 PM] grizzlor18 says: love your thinking on that… sounds good
[2:57:11 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I’d do a clip saying “TCL is doing this with interviews, we have the very first fan interview with lynne lipton, yadda yadda…” and create clips. so lynne would talk with cheetara’s theme in the background
[2:57:21 PM] Nicholas Mills says: and then, the final part of the clip
[2:57:42 PM] Nicholas Mills says: we’d go “and, ladies and gentlemen, we present the very first exclusive fan site interview with…”
[2:57:55 PM] Nicholas Mills says: silence, tygra’s music plays and I have peter newman soundbites over it
[2:58:32 PM] Nicholas Mills says: and we create its own thread on the forums and link it so everybody see’ it
[2:59:01 PM] He-Fan says: I think this is a really good idea, so I would say go for it - you could include the “teaser” in a ThunderCast episode as well (not the full interview, I hasten to add, just the teaser by itself).
[2:59:03 PM] grizzlor18 says: sweet
[2:59:20 PM] Nicholas Mills says: we kinda figured that this would me more beneficial cuz people would go insane and then we could take advantage of their fandom :slight_smile: :wink:
[2:59:21 PM] Nicholas Mills says: muhahaha
[2:59:27 PM] grizzlor18 says: i love it, and cant wait to see them come through
[2:59:27 PM] Nicholas Mills says: but yeah. whatever works.
[2:59:29 PM] He-Fan says: :smiley:
[2:59:56 PM] Nicholas Mills says: if peeps dont listen to the thundercast, though, we should release it later with its own link and forum thread so peeps can react.
[3:00:06 PM] grizzlor18 says: well sounds like thats all well in the works… do you have a timeline yet for the Peter Newman and Peter Lawrence interviews?
[3:00:07 PM] Nicholas Mills says: and we give people lil tibits of what we talked about. tease them…
[3:00:18 PM] Nicholas Mills says: Peter Lawrence is done. thats just to be uploaded.
[3:00:36 PM] He-Fan says: Just to be uploaded, hopefully within the next week (said Chris hopefully)!
[3:00:40 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I’m thinking the Peter Newman interview would come out early to mid Nov.
[3:00:55 PM] grizzlor18 says: so which ThunderCast would you like to include the teaser on?
[3:01:47 PM] He-Fan says: @ Mark - well, that was just my thought, I don’t know if Nick wants to run with that or not. I meant that in addition to posting audio teasers on the forums, they could also be included in ThunderCast eps where appropriate…
[3:02:18 PM] grizzlor18 says: okay… but assuming that the interviews come out sooner than the ThunderCast then we’d just go with the teaser audio clips right?
[3:02:42 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yep
[3:03:02 PM] grizzlor18 says: but if the timing works out we could use the ThunderCast as a teaser too… and/or we could use it as one more way to call attention to the interviews available on the site
[3:03:07 PM] He-Fan says: Yeah, I wasn’t meaning to stick them into a ThunderCast ep INSTEAD of the teaser audio clips, I meant AS WELL AS! :slight_smile:
[3:03:13 PM] grizzlor18 says: okay gotcha
[3:03:59 PM] Nicholas Mills says: okay, the other thing was: we should release the interviews one by one. we did it in a bundle last time and I dunno if interviews were looked over or not. soooooo… what we should do was do these interviews, edit them and then release them one by one
[3:04:08 PM] He-Fan says: The only reason why I mention plugging the interviews in ThunderCast is because I’m sure there must be folks who subscribe to that via iTunes who don’t visit TCL that often - so, being able to tease them with something like that intices them to visit the site! :wink:
[3:04:12 PM] Nicholas Mills says: so this gerrianne raphael interview and jim meskimen.. they can be done and edited in no time.
[3:04:30 PM] Nicholas Mills says: but
[3:04:39 PM] Nicholas Mills says: we’ll release them seperately
[3:04:52 PM] Nicholas Mills says: gve a week or two before releasing the next so theyre both equelly as important as the other.
[3:05:16 PM] He-Fan says: I agree with this thinking very much - because, if the site starts to slump a little in terms of new content being added…there’s material that can be released to keep the front page ticking over.
[3:05:32 PM] Nicholas Mills says: and yeah @ Chris: we can do both. release it on the thundercast for those who dont come onto the site often and… do it on the forum first as an exclusive.
[3:05:41 PM] grizzlor18 says: good thinking, and it gives visitors to the site something to keep coming back for… might help to send out a note to all forum members to let them know when the interviews will be posted
[3:05:55 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yeah, that works for me.
[3:06:10 PM] He-Fan says: (y)
[3:06:17 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I usually upload em to megaupload and let you guys listen to em first/give all the burden to chris to upload :stuck_out_tongue:
[3:06:26 PM] Nicholas Mills says: /manny when he was doing it
[3:06:41 PM] grizzlor18 says: excellent, so we could spread out the release of the interviews maybe on a every 3-4 week schedule?
[3:07:04 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yep. that works.
[3:07:09 PM] He-Fan says: LOL, burden away, Nick! The other thing I will need from you when the time comes is a Megaupload link to the Peter Lawrence interview…I lost the one you gave me! (blush)
[3:07:22 PM] Nicholas Mills says: ookies
[3:07:37 PM] He-Fan says: I don’t need it now - you can fire it at me with that text I need… :slight_smile:
[3:07:49 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sweet. eyah, its easy to find. I emailed myself the link.
[3:08:01 PM] Nicholas Mills says: so its just a matter of finding that link and passing it on. should be still active.
[3:08:09 PM] He-Fan says: Cool!
[3:08:12 PM] Nicholas Mills says: also, peters been very patient cuz he wants a link of it :stuck_out_tongue:
[3:08:20 PM] Nicholas Mills says: poor peter, you slow sona*****es! :smiley:
[3:08:28 PM] Nicholas Mills says: hehe
[3:08:29 PM] Nicholas Mills says: jk
[3:08:42 PM] He-Fan says: LOL, well, I’ll try not to keep the poor man waiting more than a few more days!
[3:08:55 PM] He-Fan says: OH, and the other thing I’ll need is a photo of Peter if you have one.
[3:09:00 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yep, got that
[3:09:06 PM] Nicholas Mills says: took two screensnaps from the dvd
[3:09:11 PM] grizzlor18 says: k sounds like thats a great plan and even better progress on the interviews front
[3:09:14 PM] grizzlor18 says: love your work guys
[3:09:16 PM] Nicholas Mills says: ehh
[3:09:26 PM] Nicholas Mills says: one other thing. can this all be put onto the front page as an update?
[3:09:34 PM] Nicholas Mills says: like, when the peter lawrence interview/documentary is up
[3:09:36 PM] Nicholas Mills says: or whatever
[3:09:56 PM] He-Fan says: Yep, when this stuff goes live on the site, I will 100% link to it on the front page - I would do without being asked as a matter of course.
[3:10:03 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sweeeeeeeeet.
[3:10:04 PM] Nicholas Mills says: awesome.
[3:10:13 PM] Nicholas Mills says: also, I do have something to run past you guys
[3:10:20 PM] He-Fan says: Hit me!
[3:10:23 PM] Nicholas Mills says: well
[3:10:25 PM] grizzlor18 says: @Nick you should ask Manny to give you an invite to the google blog application that lets you post an update to the front page. its easy to use, he just needs to add you to the invite list and you need a google account
[3:10:32 PM] Nicholas Mills says: as you all probably know, I’m trying to get in touch with Earle Hyman.
[3:10:56 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I had his home phone and ive been regularly (every two weeks) leavin messages but nothing. called and emailed the agency but nothing.
[3:11:18 PM] Nicholas Mills says: bit lame. so anyways, remember that video that came out with earle hyman a few years ago? the grievingcentre one?
[3:11:35 PM] He-Fan says: Yep, I know the one - about his partner Rolf who died?
[3:11:36 PM] grizzlor18 says: i dont think i ever saw that
[3:12:16 PM] Nicholas Mills says: anyways, before you say anything - the ideas a bit morbid and I dunno if I feel comfortable but I have a contact email for someone interviewed in that video. I could try and ask him if he has any of earles contact details like an email or something
[3:12:30 PM] Nicholas Mills says: but I think that might be a step too far to secure an interview
[3:12:40 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I dunno. what do you guys think?
[3:13:18 PM] He-Fan says: @ Mark - there was a link to it on Angie’s forum for a while. Basically it was about some centre where Earle’s partner Rolf was cared for prior to his death. And yep, before you ask, that does mean that Earle Hyman is gay! :wink:
[3:13:34 PM] Nicholas Mills says: nah its not… earle talks about him being a partner and friend.
[3:13:43 PM] Nicholas Mills says: like, he says ‘I know whatcha thinking…’
[3:13:47 PM] Nicholas Mills says: or something along those lines
[3:13:52 PM] Nicholas Mills says: he just means best buddy.
[3:14:21 PM] He-Fan says: Well, I asked the question on Angie’s forum “Waitaminute, does that mean Earle is gay?” and the general response was “Well, DUH!” :smiley:
[3:14:22 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I thought that at first, too.
[3:14:39 PM] Nicholas Mills says: nah nah, its not. I watched the video and theres a section where he says something like ‘I dont mean partner as in…’
[3:14:48 PM] Nicholas Mills says: and then describes rolf as ’ a good friend’ and such
[3:14:55 PM] Nicholas Mills says: it just means real close homie. :stuck_out_tongue:
[3:15:23 PM] He-Fan says: Really? I’ll have to re-watch it - I would have thought the term “partner” was pretty synonomous {sp?} with, well, you know! :wink: But anyway, I digress…
[3:15:28 PM] Nicholas Mills says: mm
[3:15:29 PM] Nicholas Mills says: me too, I know
[3:15:31 PM] Nicholas Mills says: anyways
[3:15:38 PM] Nicholas Mills says: do you reckon thats a step too far in trying to get in touch with earle?
[3:15:42 PM] Nicholas Mills says: or should I try it?
[3:15:49 PM] He-Fan says: In terms of the interview contact thing, I’m sort of in two minds…
[3:15:50 PM] grizzlor18 says: Nick it couldn’t hurt to try that avenue…
[3:16:06 PM] Nicholas Mills says: see, we’re nowhere with the agency and his home. I think he’s in norway.
[3:16:49 PM] He-Fan says: If you’ve got a home phone number for Earle and you KNOW it’s his home phone, and he’s not returning your calls then I think it might be best left. BUT, if you’re not 100% certain that that is his home phone number, it might be wotth pursuing that avenue.
[3:17:07 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yeah it is his home phone. I found it on whitepages.
[3:17:14 PM] Nicholas Mills says: but, as I said, its possible he’s in norway
[3:17:26 PM] Nicholas Mills says: so he’s not getting the messages or anything
[3:17:33 PM] He-Fan says: The other thing is, if he’s in Norway he may get back to you when he returns home - in which case it may be worth you waiting a while…
[3:17:49 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yeah I thought that, too
[3:17:55 PM] grizzlor18 says: Nick have you tried sending a letter? I had a great response rate from people when I was asking for help in identifying the mystery artist of my T-Cat painting
[3:17:58 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I did that
[3:17:58 PM] Nicholas Mills says: nothing
[3:18:04 PM] grizzlor18 says: k
[3:18:08 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sent it to his house
[3:18:15 PM] grizzlor18 says: well could we hand over to Manny for a bit now guys?
[3:18:22 PM] Nicholas Mills says: his agency, though, ive given up. I even called and left a message with my phone… nothing.
[3:18:23 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sure.
[3:18:26 PM] Nicholas Mills says: *no
[3:18:33 PM] He-Fan says: The thing you don’t want to look like is a stalker - even though you have an umbrella organisation you’re working under, if you pursue too many avenues (letter, phone, asking someone for new contact info), it might look a bit…I dunno…creepy?
[3:18:42 PM] Nicholas Mills says: LOL :slight_smile:
[3:18:44 PM] Nicholas Mills says: fair point
[3:19:01 PM] Nicholas Mills says: alright, ill leave it be.
[3:19:12 PM] He-Fan says: My take - wait a while now and see if you hear anything after a couple of months. If not, it might be worth chasing another avenue.
[3:19:12 PM] grizzlor18 says: Manny you all set to give us your update?
[3:19:19 PM] He-Fan says: OK, over to Manny!
[3:19:29 PM] *** He-Fan has changed the chat topic to “Manny’s update! :)”


[3:19:36 PM] Nicholas Mills says: drumroll
[3:19:50 PM] Manny says: I don’t really have much to say really…lol
[3:20:16 PM] Manny says: I read over the chat and Mark did a great job of relaying what we discussed last week.
[3:20:46 PM] He-Fan says: Tell you what, I’ll be right back - keep talking Manny, and I’ll catch up in 3 mins!
[3:20:51 PM] Manny says: I do want to focus on the movie section and give the front page a facelift while the redesign is on hiatus.
[3:21:54 PM] Manny says: As for movie news, I’m probably going to have an interview with Charlie Wen when the movie section launches.
[3:22:09 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sweeeeeeeeet
[3:22:33 PM] grizzlor18 says: that is awesome news
[3:22:57 PM] grizzlor18 says: will we be releasing any concept work from the movie?
[3:24:36 PM] Manny says: I doubt it. They keep giving the same “it’s still early in early in development” statement.
[3:24:54 PM] Manny says: “it’s too early in the development.”
[3:24:57 PM] Manny says: sorry
[3:25:42 PM] grizzlor18 says: but its still all steam ahead on the movie i assume?
[3:26:05 PM] Manny says: Charlie’s interview would be more of what he’s worked on previously and what we should expect from him regarding the ThunderCats movie, but nothing too earth-shattering.
[3:26:22 PM] Manny says: My plan is to introduce these people to the fandom…
[3:26:31 PM] Nicholas Mills says: would that be a text interview?
[3:26:37 PM] Manny says: get them comfortable with where the movie is headed…and go from there.
[3:26:51 PM] Manny says: Most likely, though I did give an option of a phone interview.
[3:26:58 PM] Nicholas Mills says: fair enough
[3:27:03 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sounds good whatever yer do.
[3:27:04 PM] grizzlor18 says: is this somewhere that we should hand over to Nick for his phone interview skills?
[3:27:17 PM] Manny says: pretty much read my mind Mark.
[3:27:28 PM] He-Fan says: I’m back…this is all sounding very good and exciting! Keep talking guys, I’m all ears…well, all eyes! :wink: :smiley:
[3:29:15 PM] Manny says: So yeah that’s what I’ve got in stored for the first feature.
[3:29:37 PM] grizzlor18 says: excellent
[3:29:42 PM] Nicholas Mills says: manny - thats thread uve opened up about askin jerry questions. is that summit ur relaying to him so he can answer them?
[3:29:48 PM] Manny says: I’d like to also…
[3:29:52 PM] Nicholas Mills says: or just a bit of fun? :slight_smile:
[3:31:45 PM] Manny says: I’d have to give a no comment on that for now. I have to a bit coy with what I speak regarding the things I talk about regarding Jerry O’Flaherty. He’s been kind enough to keep communication with the site…so I just want to build trust first.
[3:32:04 PM] Nicholas Mills says: …no comment!!! …damn. :stuck_out_tongue:
[3:32:23 PM] Manny says: It’s all preliminary…basically he promises…but it’s not set in stone.
[3:32:29 PM] Nicholas Mills says: he say anything about the interviews or anything like that? or anything the website he digs?
[3:32:42 PM] Manny says: He enjoys the podcast.
[3:32:45 PM] Manny says: :wink:
[3:32:56 PM] Manny says: He and his wife listen to it.
[3:33:02 PM] Nicholas Mills says: that must be your american drawl :wink: :slight_smile:
[3:33:08 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cant get enough of it :stuck_out_tongue:
[3:33:21 PM] Nicholas Mills says: but thats cool.
[3:33:37 PM] Manny says: I can email him any rumors and he can either confirm or deny it for me…
[3:33:43 PM] Nicholas Mills says: coooooooool.
[3:33:49 PM] Manny says: like the Panthro head model…which was false.
[3:34:19 PM] Manny says: and the Tyrese news…which was debunked by Jerry.
[3:34:40 PM] Nicholas Mills says: thought so. tyrese gibson in thundercats… hyukl!
[3:35:37 PM] grizzlor18 says: lol
[3:36:05 PM] Manny says: He sent in audition tapes…
[3:36:22 PM] Manny says: but he is in no way involved in the movie.
[3:36:27 PM] Manny says: …yet.
[3:37:00 PM] Nicholas Mills says: damnit, we want larry kenney, not tyrese ‘im known for a lameduck role in 2 fast 2 furious, that lame sequel with ludricrous’ gibson
[3:37:01 PM] Nicholas Mills says: :stuck_out_tongue:
[3:37:04 PM] Manny says: I want to also dispel rumors about the live action stuff.
[3:37:15 PM] Manny says: so much misinformation regarding the movie
[3:37:21 PM] grizzlor18 says: is this something we should be keeping quiet Manny? about Tyrese sending in audition tapes i mean?
[3:37:22 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cool. cool. sounds pretty sweet to me.
[3:38:05 PM] Manny says: No. I think it’s okay to speak about.
[3:38:58 PM] grizzlor18 says: k cool lol
[3:39:13 PM] He-Fan says: Well, that all sounds pretty cool - anything else you’re able to tell us (if not the wider public) about the movie, Manny? :slight_smile:
[3:39:24 PM] grizzlor18 says: cause i think Tyrese has a bad voice… too limited
[3:40:02 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I liked how the guy from DBZ, damon clark, auditioned. his voice for cell is awesome.
[3:40:26 PM] Nicholas Mills says: dunno what his slithes like but it wont match up to bob mcfadden. damn, it could come close, though.
[3:40:34 PM] Manny says: Nothing really. If there is big news, I usually post it on the movie thread in the team forum.
[3:41:40 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I stuck interview links on wikipedia for larry kenney, lynne lipton and such. so thats some extra lil traffic.
[3:41:42 PM] He-Fan says: Fair enough - can I ask though, based on the knowledge you have, should we be optimistic that we (and fandom in general) will be pleased with the TCats movie?
[3:41:48 PM] grizzlor18 says: k well i for one continue to look forward to learning more
[3:41:53 PM] He-Fan says: “Can I ask” = “Is it OK to ask?”
[3:42:59 PM] grizzlor18 says: we’re at just over an hour and a half guys which is how i long i’d hoped we’d spend on the meeting… and I think we got pretty much everything covered. I’ll copy and paste this thread in the forums for everyone to read who couldn’t make it today and will get back to you guys in a couple months about the next team meeting
[3:43:17 PM] Manny says: I’ll put it this way: the fans who are expecting it to be similar to the cartoon might be disappointed.
[3:43:47 PM] grizzlor18 says: if people would like to stick around and chat thats cool i’ll be here for another 15 mins, if anybody needs to head out now that the formal part of the meeting is over feel free…
[3:43:56 PM] He-Fan says: @ Mark - that’s fair enough, I think we’ve covered everything of import. @ MannyF - yeah, I’d think (and always have thought) that’s probably a fair bet.
[3:44:02 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I figured as much. Peter Lawrence told me that he knows that WB arent using anybody from the original series, not even arthur rankin/jules bass.
[3:44:18 PM] Manny says: Can I ask a question before we go?
[3:44:26 PM] He-Fan says: Fire away, Manny!
[3:44:51 PM] Manny says: Do you guys have anything you are concerned with regarding the site that relates to my responsibilities?
[3:45:10 PM] Nicholas Mills says: nah man, your cool.
[3:45:55 PM] He-Fan says: I can’t think of anything - my one question would be, with the co-Site Leader thing with Mark now in charge of co-ordinating the team to a large extent, are you still in charge of organising ThunderCast or has this also passed to Mark? :slight_smile:
[3:46:06 PM] He-Fan says: That’s the only thing I could think of to ask, LOL! :smiley:
[3:46:29 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I was meaning to ask about the episode we recorded, manny, if thats being edited.
[3:46:37 PM] Nicholas Mills says: or uploaded at all
[3:46:46 PM] Manny says: I was going to ask if you could edit it Nick.
[3:46:53 PM] Nicholas Mills says: …sure.
[3:46:54 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I can do that.
[3:47:42 PM] grizzlor18 says: i haven’t been involved in the thundercasts and have no particular desire to be, and certainly no skill in that area, would it make sense to add that to Nick’s role?
[3:47:58 PM] He-Fan says: I was going to suggest that very thing, Mark!
[3:48:07 PM] Manny says: As for the podcast, I can only help schedule it, it’s really dependant on who can show up
[3:48:38 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I’ll edit it. cant do recording or anything like that, though, cuz I have this issue with my skype recording where my dialogue is echoed and I have to re-record it
[3:48:41 PM] Manny says: But I think Nick would be a perfect host for ThunderCast.
[3:48:41 PM] He-Fan says: But, MannyF is correct - the problem with the podcast is that it is now VERY hard to get enough members of the team together at one time.
[3:49:33 PM] He-Fan says: Presumably though, Nick, you’re OK doing a recorded convo on Skype, provided that somebody else is the one recording it?
[3:49:43 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yep.
[3:49:44 PM] grizzlor18 says: i’d be happy to participate on the next one if there is any interest in talking about animation art or cel collecting
[3:49:52 PM] Nicholas Mills says: that works for me
[3:50:04 PM] Nicholas Mills says: then just send the audo file and ill edit it.
[3:50:23 PM] He-Fan says: @ Mark - I certainly think it would add a whole other dimension to the podcast, you could devote a good 75% of an episode to that subject I reckon.
[3:50:35 PM] Manny says: It’s funny Mark – the recent episode would have been perfect with you on it.
[3:50:53 PM] Manny says: We were talking about the animation.
[3:50:54 PM] grizzlor18 says: yeah how so?
[3:50:57 PM] grizzlor18 says: ah cool
[3:51:02 PM] grizzlor18 says: my favourite topic lol
[3:51:10 PM] Manny says: and the differences between other 80s cartoons.
[3:51:56 PM] He-Fan says: I would have loved to have been on that one - without wanting to blow my own trumpet I think I could have contributed a bit to the discussion. Unfortunately, I have SO MANY evenings knocked out these days with gigs, it’s unbelievable!
[3:52:13 PM] grizzlor18 says: oh yeah there are a lot of differences… not many people know that ThunderCats was animated in Japan
[3:52:41 PM] grizzlor18 says: it might be a good article for me to work on… to write about the history of T-Cat animation
[3:52:50 PM] Nicholas Mills says: say
[3:52:50 PM] He-Fan says: BRILLIANT!
[3:53:05 PM] Nicholas Mills says: a question I have is… once we do those interviews, who else can we really interview? we would have hit a brick wall.
[3:53:20 PM] He-Fan says: Mark, I’ve been after something like that since the year zero - if you could come up with something for our About the Series section, that would transform it!!!
[3:53:44 PM] grizzlor18 says: it would take me a long time, but it would be a fun long term project
[3:53:50 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sounds awesome
[3:54:29 PM] He-Fan says: Well, if you’d be happy with it going in our “About the Series” sub-section (with lots of links to the Animation Art Section of course), you’d make me a very, very, very happy man!
[3:54:45 PM] Manny says: We could probably do a part 2 of that topic since there was so much to talk about.
[3:54:51 PM] grizzlor18 says: I’ll get started on it guys. sounds good to me @ Chris… well i need to run fellas but thanks for the great chat… will catch you all later
[3:55:06 PM] Manny says: Get a unique perspective from Mark.
[3:55:10 PM] Manny says: and Chris.
[3:55:20 PM] Nicholas Mills says: see ya, dude
[3:55:35 PM] He-Fan says: Take care, Mark, and fantastic to chat as always!
[3:55:47 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I wanna dress up as jaga and go onto the streets of glasgow, pretending to be like a spiritual guide for random people
[3:55:49 PM] Manny says: Take care Mark.
[3:55:55 PM] Nicholas Mills says: wouldnt that make a sweet comedy skit? :stuck_out_tongue:
[3:56:28 PM] He-Fan says: Something I had been considering and wanted to run past you guys is, I had thought of contacting Rick Goldschmidt and asking whether he would do a special one-off article for our About the Series sub-section about the history of Rankin-Bass, with a bit of a ThunderCats slant.
[3:56:48 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cool
[3:56:50 PM] Nicholas Mills says: that sounds awesome
[3:56:56 PM] Nicholas Mills says: wait, I know that name from somewhere…
[3:57:04 PM] Nicholas Mills says: rick goldschmidt?
[3:57:56 PM] He-Fan says: http://www.rankinbass.com/
[3:58:05 PM] He-Fan says: That’s Rick’s site.
[3:58:07 PM] Nicholas Mills says: oh ****, yeah, I know now
[3:58:16 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I emailed him about trying to get interviews with jules and arthut
[3:58:30 PM] Nicholas Mills says: he sent em, I never got anything though. I’ve been told jules bass is just not approachable :stuck_out_tongue:
[3:58:57 PM] He-Fan says: http://www.rankinbass.com/yeoldshoppe.htm - those are the books he’s written. I thought he could use the article as publicity for the books and his website.
[4:00:10 PM] He-Fan says: He has already donated some material to this site: http://www.thundercatslair.org/cartoon/about/promotional/index.html . He was going to let us have some exclusive ThunderCats scans from his collection, but we’ve obviously fallen off his radar - however, he was a cool guy to me and I’m sure would be fine with being asked (even if he couldn’t do it).
[4:00:40 PM] Nicholas Mills says: sounds good
[4:01:46 PM] Manny says: Hey guys I gotta get going.
[4:02:01 PM] He-Fan says: Re: interviews - something I should have raised while Mark was here, you might like to ask Mark if he’d be comfortable with you talking to character design and episode author Dennis J. Woodyard for an interview. Dennis has donated loads of stuff to Mark’s Animation Art Section and is a very, very cool and approachable guy - I’m 99.9999% sure he’d do an interview, it’s just that as he’s always had Mark as his contact it would probably be worth checking with Mark that it was cool.
[4:02:07 PM] Manny says: I’ll post a mock design/layout of the new frontpage in the team forum in the next week or so.
[4:02:21 PM] Nicholas Mills says: he said it was cool and I emailed
[4:02:23 PM] Manny says: it should be much more streamlined than the current look.
[4:02:25 PM] Nicholas Mills says: but didnt get anything
[4:02:28 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I’ll try again, though.
[4:03:11 PM] He-Fan says: @ Manny - OK Manny, to be honest I’ll probably need to scoot soon too. Re: the new frontpage, that sounds fine, looking forward to seeing it. Might be worth you having a chat with Kyle about the pages he & I have built for updating them.
[4:04:00 PM] He-Fan says: Unfortunately I think the header is all in the HTML code rather than linking to one hotlinked image somewhere (a la the re-design with the datebase format) - but, hopefully they can be batch-changed…
[4:04:46 PM] Manny says: It’ll be fine Chris.
[4:04:52 PM] He-Fan says: (y)
[4:05:08 PM] He-Fan says: I have every faith in you, my friend!
[4:05:19 PM] Manny says: Alrighty guys, nice chatting with you. I’ll see you guys on the boards. :slight_smile:
[4:05:26 PM] He-Fan says: Take care Manny!
[4:05:27 PM] Nicholas Mills says: see ya, homie
[4:06:27 PM] He-Fan says: I’ll have to get going in a bit as well - but yep, Nick, if you could fire that text at me, I should be able to finish off the HTML for those pages with relative ease. Then, the interviews will be ready to rock, complete with Peter Lawrence!
[4:06:36 PM] Nicholas Mills says: cool. yep. thats all good.
[4:06:44 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I’ll defo try do that tonight if possible
[4:07:08 PM] He-Fan says: Also - for the page for the documentary, this was just a suggestion - by way of illustration, would you be comfortable with a photo of yourself being added?
[4:07:14 PM] Nicholas Mills says: yep
[4:07:17 PM] Nicholas Mills says: thats cool, too
[4:07:23 PM] He-Fan says: Maybe one with a very radio and/or ThunderCats-related vibe?
[4:07:38 PM] Nicholas Mills says: how bout the one u can see next to my skype name?
[4:08:04 PM] Nicholas Mills says: oh and on my forum page bit… it was taken in radio and it seems very studenty kinda radio related.
[4:08:26 PM] He-Fan says: Hang on, let’s have a look for it…
[4:10:10 PM] He-Fan says: Do you know what thread it was in?
[4:10:16 PM] He-Fan says: Just hunting for it now…
[4:10:16 PM] Nicholas Mills says: oh hang on
[4:10:18 PM] Nicholas Mills says: ill show yer a link
[4:11:26 PM] Nicholas Mills says: http://file043a.bebo.com/15/large/2008/06/04/21/1861394815a7939035087l.jpg
[4:12:01 PM] He-Fan says: The photo itself would be great, but that version of it looks a bit pixilated - is there a higher-res version?
[4:12:14 PM] Nicholas Mills says: nah it was taken in pixilated mode
[4:12:30 PM] Nicholas Mills says: well, the only one I could get, anyway
[4:12:45 PM] He-Fan says: OK - I’ll just have to post it up kind-of small I guess, LOL!
[4:12:49 PM] Nicholas Mills says: hang on
[4:12:53 PM] Nicholas Mills says: I have another, but… its not really studenty.
[4:13:08 PM] Nicholas Mills says: http://file041a.bebo.com/3/large/2008/01/11/07/1861394815a6589452508l.jpg
[4:13:12 PM] Nicholas Mills says: hows that?
[4:13:17 PM] He-Fan says: I suppose I could use this one from the TCL forums - http://file041a.bebo.com/3/large/2008/01/11/07/1861394815a6589452508l.jpg
[4:13:22 PM] He-Fan says: LOL, snap!