Filmmaker On Fire!
It has been a little while since my last post, but this one, another one of the highly popular Ten Burning Questions posts, will melt your face! Today’s brave soul is Patrick Shawn Bennett, an indie filmmaker who has his hands in all sorts of cookie jars. I’m proud to call him a friend, and hope that you enjoy reading his answers to some pretty hot questions.
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1. What nerdy hobbies or jobs do you have?
My hobbies are: making movies, running a pop culture website (popninja.net, putting on a couple of annual film festivals (Lake Charles Film Festival & Calcasieu Serialfest), collecting comics / action figures/ movie prop replicas/ posters/ celebrity autographs, and watching movies and tv shows. Oh, I dabble in screenwriting and old school RPG’s too.
2. Who is you favorite comic book character? It’s changed over the years… when I was a kid I was really into war comics and I would have answered this question with 3 characters: SGT Rock, Blackhawk & The Unknown Soldier (both DC comics.) Right now I would answer it: Green Arrow & The Punisher.
3. What was the last nerdy thing you did? Shot some new scenes on my new superhero web series called “Stretch.” It’s about a girl that gains super powers and is now being hunted by a covert organization that wants to exploit her powers. I’m making the series as original content for my website popninja.net. I also have a Facebook page for it called “Stretch – The Series.” Check it out.
4. Is there a specific film director or writer that you draw inspiration from? My favorite director is Robert Rodriguez. I like his range. He can do family films like Spy Kids and then turn around a give you a gem like Planet Terror.
5. Are you a member of any nerdy or geeky clubs? Tell me about them. Just the Lake Area Film Group in Lake Charles and the Lake Area Film Scribes. Sometimes we geek out.
The film group is made up of production geeks who help each other with film projects by giving of their time or equipment to help make films. We have actors, directors, writers, camera operators, lighting technicians, and much more. The film scribes are made up of aspiring screen writers and we write and critique each other’s work.
6. Who’s better with a lightsaber, Count Dooku or Kylo Ren? I would have to say Kylo Ren… because I’m one of those prequel haters and I would have to say who’s Count Dooku? Wasn’t he a vampire duck?
7. Froot Loops or Frosted Flakes? I’m a looper!
8. What, if anything, do you collect, and how big is your collection? I answered some of this earlier. But the biggest part of my collection is vintage action figures and movie/TV memorabilia. I have tons of stuff. So much that I have two storage units to hold it all. Surrounding my computer desk right now is a vintage Evel Knievel figure on a motorcycle, and Evel bobble head, figures of the fFlash and Arrow from the CW shows, a laser cut miniature of myself frozen in carbonate, a Reaction figure of The Rocketeer, a miniature Evel Knievel pinball machine, a life-size full head mask of the Creature of the Black Lagoon (autographed by the guy who played him,) a 12” figure of Chris Reeves as Superman, a vintage Star Wars At-At Walker, a figure of Twiki from “Buck Rogers” and figures of the Super Friends’ Wonder Twins and their pet monkey.
9. Do you identify with any specific characters from literature or film? If so, which ones and how do you identify with them? Yep.
Indiana Jones, Doc Savage, Tarzan, and Allan Quartermaine. These guys are adventure personified and I love a good adventure. Fortune and Glory, kid. Fortune and glory!
10. Which convention is your favorite and why? I have always liked the Dallas Comicon, but I stopped going for a few years now because it has grown so big that it’s more hassle to me than it’s worth. I mainly stick to the two local cons in Lake Charles now… CyphaCon and Bayoucon.
Super Mega Bonus Question 11: Do you have a website, Facebook page, email address, or any other type of info that you’d like to share with my readers?
Popninja.net , facebook.com/popninja , lakecharlesfilmfestival.com , facebook.com/lcfilmfest , facebook.com/gorillabob , also you can check blogger for “Movies by the Slice”, “Sci-Fi 100” and “The Adventures of Louisiana Bennett.”
Well, that’s all for this week, folks. Thanks for reading. Also, if you happen to be in southwest Louisiana on July 16th, be sure to check out Calcasieu Serialfest. It’s a FREE event and everybody is welcomed!
Coming up in the next few weeks, I’ll have a few more Ten Burning Questions and my views on all sorts of nerdy things. Keep in touch!
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