I was really excited when creator Mike Davies suggested I play the role of Kalm. Not only am I a lover of old Trek, but I’ve even read The Eugenics Wars series that explained the rise and fall of Khan Noonien Singh (which I was critical of, but still quite enjoyed) and, as an actor, I was ecstatic to be stepping into Riccardo Montelban’s Shakespearean shoes.
My only disappointment was that I felt the final edits downplayed the lesbian undertones I was going for with the character. However, to their defense… the character wasn’t written with lesbian undertones in mind, that was just my creative interpretation. In fact, at one point we were even talking about having a lesbian kiss between me and Taryn O’Neill! I felt that after Mike Davies grabbed Hottie McHotterson to make out in the middle of the video game face off, Kalm’s naturally vengeful reaction would be to grab Taryn’s character and kiss her, therefore undermining Mike’s attempt to throw Kalm off. I even got the “ok” from my boyfriend Rudy… what a forward thinking man!
Unfortunately, we never shot the kiss and the lesbian flirty looks between me and Taryn O’Neill were pretty much cut out… but I can always hope that Mike’ll write it in a future episode… Right, Mike? Pretty please…?
And, for the record, I’m not the only one who wants more hot girl-on-girl action… here’s the IM chat I had with Rudy just after he showed the episode to his co-workers:
About a year ago, when we were making A Comicbook Orange, I got a neat little surprise… a friend request from Tony Moore on Facebook! It wasn’t the first time I had connected with him… I had actually spoken with him a couple of times earlier when I emailed him to say that we had reviewed Fear Agent and The Exterminators on our show.
But when I got a friend request from him I got rather giddy. I ran in the back office to tell Rudy and then started singing what is now the first part of what we dubbed The Tony Moore Song. With my tendency to turn everything into a cheesy small town commercial jingle, I came up with a tune… and later Rudy helped me find the perfect word to rhyme with “Exterminators”.
And so the Tony Moore ad was born.
I started composing the song in GarageBand that week, but didn’t finish the vocals since I wanted to get Rudy’s voice saying something like “Not affiliated with Tony Moore auto parts!” Then it happened… My laptop was stolen from my luggage and the song and screenplay with it.
As you can imagine, this set the Tony Moore project way back. But, after months of interruptions, my schedule was finally ready. I re-recorded the entire song from scratch and invited Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt over to help us make it. Rudy then proceeded to write a whole new, filthier script. And finally today… what (to me and Rudy) was a long-awaited project is finally up on the interwebs. Now the whole world can sing along
Thanks to Tony Moore for being cool enough to let us post this borderline-slander online. We do love him and his work… so if you haven’t already seen his work, go pick it up right now!!! (Especially XXXombies, my personal favorite.)
It may not look like much at this point, but it will grow in time. After all the research I did for my third Guardian article, I know that the more web series are added to IMDb, the meatier my profile will become. And with all the financing that Hollywood studios are throwing into internet videos, it shouldn’t take long.
On a side note, I have to feel proud. There aren’t many people who’ve transitioned from new to old media… if you sit and think about it a few minutes, most people who’ve “transitioned” actually started out in old media and used new media to get ahead in their careers. Most new media people on IMDb actually have credits from work that predates their internet series… Rudy and I are one of the few who truly started their entertainment career online.
My favorite features of the redesign are the sexy font (Countdown – Energy Corporation’s font in the original Rollerball), the random tagline generator on the upper right and, of course, the epic background photo by Vu Bui.
Credits:
Coding and late nights by Rudy Jahchan
Background photo taken by Vu Bui
Site design by me
When I was in Toronto last August, I was shot for a guest taster spot on Pro at Cooking, the new series from the creators of Pure Pwnage. Episode 2 (embedded above) came out today.
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