About Me

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Movies:

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Television:

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Heroes:

Jeremy Feig planted the seeds of Manic Turtle Productions in the early 21st century. Sensing a cosmic dearth of creativity and an overall sense of boredom of the world's population, Jeremy knew something had to be done. Thus, he tended to his film garden with gentle loving care and a healthy dose of sarcasm. Out from the dirt emerged a seedling of hope, which grew and grew and blossomed and flowered. Now the spores fill the air with the fine, facetious, fairly family-friendly films that Feig and his first-rate filmmaking faction have provided. And there was much rejoicing.

My Blog

voices carry

Did Angelina Jolie need to be in Kung Fu Panda? Her character, Tigress, couldn't have had more than 25 lines of dialogue in the entire movie (Jackie Chan probably had less than 10). So was it really n...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:15:00 PST

too many sorrys

Sometimes when I walk down a hallway and turn a corner, I'll nearly crash into someone who was coming from the other direction. Most of the time, the other person will say "sorry" before continu...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:21:00 PST

resistance was futile

I couldn't stop myself. I did something I thought I'd never do. Something that will change the way I live, perhaps forever.I bought a bluetooth headset for my cell phone.Whenever I see som...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:16:00 PST

down the Garden Path

new music video for singer/songwriter Shannon Hurley's "Garden Path" is up! and like all previous videos, you can also see it at manic turtle youtube and manicturtle.com.the manic turtle gets...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:27:00 PST

When a Man Loves a Dog

I went to the Creative Screenwriting Expo a few months ago. They had this big spontaneous writing competition called the CS Open. They give you a scenario, then you have exactly 90 minutes to make up ...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:14:00 PST

Lost in Thamel (and finale ultimo)

May 15 -- 8:13pmI get back to my Kathmandu hotel exhausted. My legs hurt from the knees to the toes. All I want to do is lie in bed and watch TV while eating room service food. That and go downstairs ...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:40:00 PST

trek

May 12 -- 10:12am I sit in a 30 seat propeller plane which will take me to Pokhara, 30 minutes away. I'll start my trek from there. I'm flying on Yeti Airlines. It sounds made-up, but it's act...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:21:00 PST

and then i flew to Kathmandu

May 11 -- 10:29amI'm sitting in the Delhi International terminal, my stopover before I jet off on Jet Airlines to Kathmandu, Nepal. I'm excited about going to another country. After five months and th...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:56:00 PST

Oh! Calcutta!

May 10 -- 6:08pmThe Hindustan International Hotel is in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was the cheapest hotel I could find online that was at least vaguely close to the airport. But it turns out to b...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:16:00 PST

leaving the islands behind

May 9 -- 2:14pmIt's hot and muggy and I'm in a pissy mood. I'm waiting at the dock for a boat that's already here, but it won't be leaving for another hour and 45 minutes.The scuba resort owner told m...
Posted by Manic Turtle Productions on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:06:00 PST