Well - I liked it!!

The Trailer

One year, two days, 300 blogs, 353,268 page loads and one trailer ago this site was born.

Grinder Year 2.

Many of you have seen the trailer so here is some interesting little tidbits.

Will Public Enemies with The Golden Trailer Award for Best Action this year. It certainly does test the time limit. A trailer can only be 2 minutes and thirty seconds and PE is RIGHT up against that edge.

In this scene in Oshkosh the poor cop rehearsed this scene I have to think 30 times. HE was pretty clumsy falling into Stephan Dorff but it came together. That gun was REALLY loud and even though he had ear pieces after 4 hours of blasting next to his year he had to be going deaf.

One blooper was in rehearsal he fell into the gun and the barrel bent 90 degrees down and everybody started laughing.

Scott and I were across the street in the car sitting next to the green screen (below)

Here is what WE saw. That is Bob Wagner on the lower left, you can see his head is about to explode as he is looking for someone to yell at - I think it was going to be Bruno this time. The explosives/gun guy.

And just to tweak the Imdb crowd (who are all now complaining about the horrible "digital" look of the trailer) remember - this was the first website to announce to the world that Emilie de Ravin was on set.


Funny thing about Ms. de Ravin (just Ravin??) was when she appeared on set she had this HUGE winter parka - I mean MAMMOTH. It looked more like the New York New Years Eve Ball. It was about 37 to 40.

On a sad note there was an Extra that looked exactly like Emilie, spittn image, that sat in the holding room for 16 hours never to be called. She left with tears in her eyes.

OH - I made a post over at Imdb asking if Johnny Depp or Christian Bale was the REAL star! LOL I said John Michael Bolger was the REAL star!!

Thanks to Jenny. Anybody else notice Jerry in the trailer?

There was one scene where if I would have reached out, I could have touched Michael Mann during a scene. Not that I wanted to touch him but . . . . I could have if I wanted too. He probably would have smacked me. Or Bob Wagner would have tackled me and bit my neck.

And of course many people did not notice yours truly in this scene. I was afraid it would not make it in the movie. Kudos to Michael Mann for his vision.

Johnny: "Is that your beer mister?"
Grinder" Yes it is"
Johnny" We're here for the banks beer, not yours, put it away"
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I'm still looking for a good domain name for the new blog. This will be 100% about Columbus, maybe a little drier at times but news and views, sort of counteracting that other nameless site but with more reality.

I had the look and feel until I blew it away by accident. I HAD gone with MainStreetColumbusWI but some might think it is associated with the Main Street Organization (is that a bad thing?). It will certainly be pro downtown. Any other ideas? Columbus Telegraph?

Someone at the Kurth last night said something on the order of "Are you making another blog?" Like I only had one or two.

So if interested

DJ and Grinders Island Vacation Adventure - the blog that one travel forum changed "trip reports" forever.

The Great American Road Trip - DJ and I set out to renew our vows and drive 2000 miles in 10 days (not something we will do again . . .the driving part). Oddly where we got married had a building blow up next to it a week later and the place we renewed our vows burned down 3 days later. Add two failed newspapers and I'm getting a little worried.

Lasagna Beds for Beginners - The gardens of the Melotte household.

Grinders Poker blog - 145,000 pages read - if you tune in in the next few days you will hear my thoughts about losing a set of Aces TWICE in the last three days.

Actually there are two more involving our house but that would give away the massive safe that holds all of the poker money. Gotta keep security tight you know. And I AM a private guy!
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The Kurth was a hoot last night. Got to meet Suz's friend Mr. Cleveland and learned a little of the sordid background of the two. Sort of a Bonnie and Clyde thing going on I think with how they met. I can see suz with a tommy gun in her hands when she is in one of her cranky moods laughing hysterically as she sprays the sky with bullets trying to hit satellites.

COME ON YOU MOFO COME AND GET ME BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM
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I was talking to a prominent lumber guy and he basically mentioned that he enjoyed my blog because I was not afraid to make EVERYONE my enemy but I was excused because I was new around here. (Not exactly his thoughts but if you twist the meanings of his words you could interpret them that way).

In other words I will step in all sides of the Columbus poop. I'm like the Columbus pooper scooper trying to clean things up with new eyes.

Speaking of poop. Does anyone know when the next Common Council meeting is? - I have these words in my head that need an audience. Something about how I want to stress that THIS summer is the most important summer in Columbus history and they need to get their act together (but I'll be kind and gentile and use small words).

Rod- better work the work

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