It's the stories and connections that make these monsters from the past legendary today. You went from the original artist, to Tom, to Jordu, then to Kirk. The team did a great job on "Saucer Man".
You probably know this but they didn't necessarily color things "right" when they filmed B&W because they were looking to achieve a specific shade of gray that would read like the color they wanted to represent. That's why you see old cartoons like Steamboat Willie painted in shades of gray instead of simply painting them in color and shooting them in B&W. Love this thing, BTW!
I can only imagine the feeling of obtaining the molds! Molds to something you loved watching as a child! Incredible to think, one day, you'd have the original! Love that YOU do! Hope 2024 is an absolutely AMAZING year for all at Distortions! I truly enjoy watching your videos and all of the Making Monsters episodes!
I absolutely love hearing the story you just told, how amazing! Great work once again distortions! Now I need to get a bigger living room! These are absolutely amazing, and they need to be added to my collection of distortions creations! Bravo!
These are incredible. If you’re a fan of b movies, even more “modern” ones like Killer Klowns, you’d enjoy this movie. These guys are a bit pricey for me, but absolutely impeccable. Ed’s spot on with the monster characters. Love this history.
or have 3 colors, orange Flesh would be the Behind the scenes color/real color, Green is Movie Poster Promotion color, Black white/grey would be Actual Movie Color
I have said for years, ever since I first saw this way cool bubble head alien in the 60s, that this was the coolest freaking creature ever in the history of sci-fi Alien Invaders!!!
Both paint jobs look to be very simplified versions of what appeared in the film and in stills. A lot of the darker splotching and streaking have been left off (or lost in the more flattened lighting seen here. But nice work regardless. That, of course, is Bob Burns in the photo with Paul where they are showing off the head. Bog DID in fact help puppet the saucerman head/mask for post-production insert shots, but, other than a quick shot of Bob himself getting jabbed with a needle-tipped alien hand was not an actor in the film itself. (But maybe you knew that?) The term LGM--Little Green Men was a pretty well-known (and dismissive) cliche by the time the film was made. I certainly had heard it before I saw the film (on its original release). Thanks for the video
