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Terror on the Wing V, Part 2

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A few days ago, I wrote about a short film I was part of 17 years ago, when the cicadas emerged. Seventeen years later, with the reemergence of our little winged friends, the good folks at Revolver Films got the band back together and made Terror on the Wing V, Part 2. iPhones didn’t exist when the first film was made, if you can believe that. We were all younger, which, after seeing myself in Part 2 is not hard to believe at all. But it was just as fun as the first time. Here it is, bigger and better than the first, Terror on the Wing V, Part 2.

And Chris and Todd gave me even more lines in this new installment, a challenge to my aging memory. I think we must have done at least a dozen takes of my scenes. The hardest part was not just cracking up in laughter. I don’t know how real actors do it. Oh, and in case you don’t recognize me 17 years later, you can find me around the 8:00 and 10:00 marks.

If you liked this one, check out all of Revolver Films videos on their YouTube channel.

And thank to Chris and Todd for letting me be a part of these iconic motion pictures. I have only one question for you guys: Can I get my SAG card now?

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Terror on the Wing V, Part 1 (Remastered)

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Seventeen years ago, I experience my first cicada spring. The loud insects emerged from their 17 year hibernation and were everywhere. I’d never seen squirrels so fat as I did that summer of 2004. Some talented friends of mine, collectively known as Revolver Films, made short films and entered those films into local film contests. This was how I found myself with a bit-part in a film called Terror on the Wing V, Part 1. The short film–it’s about 6 minutes–is cast as as trailer for a horror film. The whole thing is a parody. It was a lot of fun to be part of this, and yesterday, a remastered version of Terror on the Wing V, Part 1 was released on YouTube.

You can find (a much younger version of) me at the 5:38 mark, and again at 5:49. This was made in my pre-blogging days, just about a year before I started writing here. Indeed, in searching back through the blog, I found a post that I wrote on the original from back in 2006.

I mention this now because earlier this spring, we had another wave of cicadas and along with their incessant chirping and ubiquitous presence, came a sequel to Terror on the Wing V, Part 1. In this latest release, I find myself reprising my role as an on-site reporter. This time, they decided to give me more lines. I’m not sure what the title of the new release is, or when it will come out, but sources tell me that it should be any day now. And so I thought I’d share the remastered original with everyone in preparation for the new release, coming soon to a screen near you.

(And, of course, I’ll post it here once it is officially released.)

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