9/22/00
It's the Real McCoy!
Look who I met today! That super lady visiting our island is Sue Hendrickson, discoverer and namesake of "A T. Rex Named Sue". Sue made sure I held on to that cast of one of Sue's actual teeth!
Sue with Sue
While we've been messing around with CGI and Animatronics here, Sue has been out there with the real thing. "Sue" the T-Rex she found is the most complete and best preserved T. Rex ever found.
It's a Wrap! (for now)
Well, we have bid aloha to the cast and crew of JP3. Filming wrapped up this last weekend and all the cast and most of the crew have left Hawaii. We have been told it is very likely they will have to come back in January for more filming. I hope so because this has been a blast! There are a bunch of pictures that will be coming my way, as soon as they are developed. We will most likely see some sets in the next batch. Below are some details I want to clear up.
1. The parachute accident we talked about a while back was actually a paraglider, not a parachute or parasail. It was being launched by a boat, the boat did not get up enough speed and it ended up in the water, with the pilot strapped under it. Divers had to get him released.
2. Three crew members were on the lighting barge that tipped over in the river. Witnesses tell me it was like something out of the three stooges, watching everybody jumping off to avoid being hit by lighting equipment. Value of the equipment on board was $150,000, with $100,000 of it ruined for good. Water depth was four feet, which really didn't put anyone in danger unless they happened to be hit by some equipment.
3. The scene that was supposed to have been shot at the arboretum was shot near the reservoir location. It was decided the arboretum did not have near enough parking space for all the equipment needed for the shoot.
4. The 'raptor' boat (or picture boat as it is known in the industry) was used in the reservoir scene as well as the river scenes.
5. One of the equipment barges used in the Molokai shoot disappeared, presumably out to sea. No equipment was on board.
6. And finally, it seems that at times, there was alot of fuss made on location about my coverage of what went on here. They seemed to be most upset about the fact I had pictures of the boat and the cast. My opinion is that 1. both the cast and the boat were available to hundreds of people to take pictures and 2. I don't feel I revealed any spoilers, I simply passed on to everyone around the world what was happening on Kauai. It is called 'creating buzz', which most filmmakers would die for. Being a company that reports on movies made on Kauai, I think we did the right thing and passed along some really interesting information in the process. I'm happy with what we did and will do it again.
Stay tuned for the new 'up close' photos when we get them and don't forget about Ernie. He has called and has some great adventures he wants to pass on to me in the future. All of you who have watched this coverage have been great. The passion of the JP fan is unequaled. Big thanks to Dan and all of the other JP webmasters!
Aloha,
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