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Somebody was imPALIN' her DAUGHTER! -Heidi Hamilton

My Interests

Music:

Anything but rap.
The Violent Femmes suck too.

Movies:

Star Wars (all)
Lord of the Rings (all)
Back to the Future (all)
Pixar Films (all)
The Matrix (only the good one)
Fight Club
most Spielberg flicks
Kevin Smith flicks
Emperor's New Groove
Garden State
Serenity
blah blah blah.

Television:

Clone High
Simpsons
Futurama
Family Guy
American Dad (season 2)
The Dead Zone
Babylon 5
Firefly
Battlestar Galactica (season 1)
Smallville (a guilty pleasure)
Reboot
old school Nickelodeon
(like Pete & Pete,
Salute Your Shorts,
Rocko's Modern Life,
Ren & Stimpy...)
Wondershowzen

Heroes:

David Alan Grier
Al Gore
Tina Fey
Sam Jackson
Brad Bird
Christopher Walken
Piere Smirnoff
Bob Saget
..
Whoever made this:
..

My Blog

HEROES returns TONIGHT

Well, if you're logged into MySpace, you've probably already seen the full-home-page ads, and have been sufficiently reminded already, but just in case not, Heroes returns with the two-hour premiere o...
Posted by Ryan" on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:52:00 PST

No Emmy this year, still a good time.

Like last year, Stargate's work has been nominated for Emmys in two categories: visual effects for a series, and visual effects for a miniseries/movie/special. In the latter category, we had a miniser...
Posted by Ryan" on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:05:00 PST

I will be talking VFX on Geekza at 4:00 PM (PST) TONIGHT!

Hey everybody! This is definitely short notice, but Myspace and YouTube have shown me that there is no faster way to disseminate information to fans than to simply post a blog. So here we go. Four hou...
Posted by Ryan" on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:11:00 PST

RvD2 wins for best VFX in the official Fan Film awards!

Well, Comic-Con 2008 was a blast, and definitely one of the highlights was going to the official Lucasfilm/Atom Fan Movie Challenge, where RvD2 was a finalist this year. Trey Stokes presented the awar...
Posted by Ryan" on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:57:00 PST

Vote for RvD2 in the official FAN FILM AWARDS!

Hey everybody! Well, we did it: RvD2 is a finalist in the 2008 Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge! You can see all the finalists at starwars.atomfilms.com including ours, down kinda near the bottom-ish. No...
Posted by Ryan" on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:17:00 PST

Lightsaber Choreography Contest VI is UP! (Ryan vs Brandon 2)

Well, LCCVI is finally here and the entries are up for viewing and voting! Check them all out at sabercomp.com and read/contribute to the big TFN discussion here.Brandon Flyte and I teamed up once mor...
Posted by Ryan" on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:12:00 PST

Ryan & Dorkman cameo in new Weezer video

Weezer's latest hit Pork and Beans, which I thought to be a cool song, is now a cool video too. The video features a great number of YouTube celebrities doing their thing and intermingling in a montag...
Posted by Ryan" on Sat, 24 May 2008 01:22:00 PST

Renderosity.com interview/article

Renderosity.com conducted an interview with myself that has come out on their site this week. In it, I blow hard about visual effects, plug the Descendants, talk about my work at Stargate, and discuss...
Posted by Ryan" on Thu, 08 May 2008 05:40:00 PST

Help me find a SoCal location for my next saber fight!

Hey everybody. Well, it's that time again. The next Lightsaber Choreography Competition is in full swing over theforce.net's Fan Films Forum, which I have entered into in previous years to produce suc...
Posted by Ryan" on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:32:00 PST

SABERSHOP finally has a myspace!

myspace.com/sabershopCheck it out, be my friend... again....
Posted by Ryan" on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:17:00 PST