Jodi and I got to work one of the villain’s strange devices today. The thing had four legs which needed to work in a coordinated movement, so even though it could be considered a prop they threw puppeteers into it. It makes sense, but man, it made for a long day.
As most of the big props are, this was made of fiberglass. It had cured more than most of the props do, so the fumes weren’t too bad. All the same, I wore a respirator and they kept a fan on us anytime we weren’t shooting. Jonathan wore a microphone and was calling our count out to us so we could keep the legs synced with the rope towing us. This got to be a little funny because Jodi and I are in this contraption, completely visually isolated from the rest of the studio, but we hear Jonathan through our headsets. It was like wandering around in his head, like “Being John Malkovich.”
Sometimes I think he forgot we were listening, but other times he was clearly saying things for our amusement.
After work, a group of us went to see X-Men 3. You may skip the movie and wait for cable.
Yeah, I agree with X-men III. Went to see it yesterday, and it was really disappointing. Pity, because the I and II were very good movies.