Q: So when the Chakra Secrum Project disbanded, why
did you three decide to stick together?
Frank: I guess old habits. We
had played together for so long that I guess we were afraid to branch
out.
Dexter: When we lost our lead singer it was like The Doors going on
without Jim Morrison.
Frank: He was a crazy cat, that Jim.
Q: So
you guys knew Jim?
Dexter: Of course. Back in the day at the
Zombie-A-Go-Go's we performed before them.
Frank: Chakra Secrum Project
was Simon's baby. We didn't feel it was right to go on... The Doors did,
but look where that got them - a crappy project called American Prayer.
20140303
Channel Plex: The Method
(the following clip is an excerpt from the Behind the
Scenes documentary to be included on the upcoming digital release of The
Passion of the Cube 2: Max Cube Must Die. Simon responds to a question
on the press tour about being the second actor to play the titular
hero…)
"Well, I did a lot of the obvious things to prepare for the role… Spent some time on the firing range, got some instruction from a guy who’s pretty much a real life version of the character Frank. And I took some martial arts classes from another really great guy named Dave Wright. I meditated, and read a lot about the Tarot and other occult ideas. Did a few pagan rituals, which were very… moving, really. I even had lessons in piloting a helicopter – I figured Max would know how to do that, even though it doesn’t happen in either movie…
"The really neat stuff though, the stuff that got me most in touch with what I think Max was about… It was when we started filming, and, well I had heard all the rumours about Suki as a director, that she tried strange stuff with her casts, to get these really interesting performances out of them – like Kiera had told me that on Passion 1, Suki had her and Jason volunteer on a help line during pre-production… So Suki gave me a cell phone and would have people call me on it at, like, well any time, at all these weird times, sometimes even during shooting… I think some of them were PAs, and some were even buddies of hers… And they would have these assignments for me, these little sorta missions… Once I had to leave set and go to a local café to pick up an envelope and deliver it to a hot dog vendor – I have no idea if he was in on it or not. And there would be a lot of late night calls, one AM, three AM. So I’m routinely getting out of bed – actually by that point I was sleeping on the couch in my clothes, like the clothes from wardrobe… So yeah, it got intense… Really, say like in the scene in the LEGACY parking garage, when Max trips and starts to cry and he’s fumbling to try and reload his guns… Well, there wasn’t a lot of acting happening there… So hopefully that all comes across in the film, and everyone enjoys it."
"Well, I did a lot of the obvious things to prepare for the role… Spent some time on the firing range, got some instruction from a guy who’s pretty much a real life version of the character Frank. And I took some martial arts classes from another really great guy named Dave Wright. I meditated, and read a lot about the Tarot and other occult ideas. Did a few pagan rituals, which were very… moving, really. I even had lessons in piloting a helicopter – I figured Max would know how to do that, even though it doesn’t happen in either movie…
"The really neat stuff though, the stuff that got me most in touch with what I think Max was about… It was when we started filming, and, well I had heard all the rumours about Suki as a director, that she tried strange stuff with her casts, to get these really interesting performances out of them – like Kiera had told me that on Passion 1, Suki had her and Jason volunteer on a help line during pre-production… So Suki gave me a cell phone and would have people call me on it at, like, well any time, at all these weird times, sometimes even during shooting… I think some of them were PAs, and some were even buddies of hers… And they would have these assignments for me, these little sorta missions… Once I had to leave set and go to a local café to pick up an envelope and deliver it to a hot dog vendor – I have no idea if he was in on it or not. And there would be a lot of late night calls, one AM, three AM. So I’m routinely getting out of bed – actually by that point I was sleeping on the couch in my clothes, like the clothes from wardrobe… So yeah, it got intense… Really, say like in the scene in the LEGACY parking garage, when Max trips and starts to cry and he’s fumbling to try and reload his guns… Well, there wasn’t a lot of acting happening there… So hopefully that all comes across in the film, and everyone enjoys it."
Channel Plex: Saturday Night Plex
The Skit Is The Thing
A Metaplex Skit
Cast of Characters:
Max Cube
Max Cube VII
Max Cube VIII
Max Cube Cyborg
Kelly's Diner, Max Cube is sitting at a booth with laptop open and his fingers dancing across the keyboard. He takes a moment to sip a coffee and light up a cigarette. VII enters through the door to the left of the stage.
VII: Hello Max.
Max: Do I know you? [Max reaches for his signature weapons]
VII: Don't fret, I am an echo of your future self.
Max: Hmmm.
VII: I am here to tell you not to type the words "forever", "data" and "autumn rain".
Max: Huh?
VII: I am here to tell you not to type the...
VIII enters from center stage.
VIII: Stop VII. I'm here to tell you not to stop Max from typing.
VII: What?
Max: Huh?
VIII: I am from the alternate future where Max didn't add "forever", "data" and "autumn rain" in his one act play.
Max: But, why?
Cyborg enters from right door.
Cyborg: Hold On Fellows!
Max: Whoa now.
VII: Us?
VIII: Alternate reality us?
Cyborg: I'm here to tell you that this skit is now over.
The End.
A Metaplex Skit
Cast of Characters:
Max Cube
Max Cube VII
Max Cube VIII
Max Cube Cyborg
Kelly's Diner, Max Cube is sitting at a booth with laptop open and his fingers dancing across the keyboard. He takes a moment to sip a coffee and light up a cigarette. VII enters through the door to the left of the stage.
VII: Hello Max.
Max: Do I know you? [Max reaches for his signature weapons]
VII: Don't fret, I am an echo of your future self.
Max: Hmmm.
VII: I am here to tell you not to type the words "forever", "data" and "autumn rain".
Max: Huh?
VII: I am here to tell you not to type the...
VIII enters from center stage.
VIII: Stop VII. I'm here to tell you not to stop Max from typing.
VII: What?
Max: Huh?
VIII: I am from the alternate future where Max didn't add "forever", "data" and "autumn rain" in his one act play.
Max: But, why?
Cyborg enters from right door.
Cyborg: Hold On Fellows!
Max: Whoa now.
VII: Us?
VIII: Alternate reality us?
Cyborg: I'm here to tell you that this skit is now over.
The End.
20140302
Channel Plex: Late Night With...
*click*
Announcer: - and now heeeeere's the hero of the hour: Max!
[applause sign lights up] crowd goes wild, hooting and hollering, chanting: Maxie! Maxie! Maxie!
Max enters through the curtain in the center.
He acknowledges the band who are playing his theme song - 3AM Eternal - nodding to Frank, the band leader, then does the double gun finger over to the podium where his wing man is standing.
MAX: Woot!
FRANK: WOOT
Announcer: WHUT.
MAX to Announcer: That's Woot...
Crowd laughs...
*click*
Announcer: - and now heeeeere's the hero of the hour: Max!
[applause sign lights up] crowd goes wild, hooting and hollering, chanting: Maxie! Maxie! Maxie!
Max enters through the curtain in the center.
He acknowledges the band who are playing his theme song - 3AM Eternal - nodding to Frank, the band leader, then does the double gun finger over to the podium where his wing man is standing.
MAX: Woot!
FRANK: WOOT
Announcer: WHUT.
MAX to Announcer: That's Woot...
Crowd laughs...
*click*
Channel Plex: Medium vs Message - the Love Affair
"There's a real hunger for it
right now, all the gossip and the trash. This real almost joyful
reveling in the misery of their lives...."
"Yeah," Dexter agreed with Frank. "Maybe it's some sort of justice thing?"
Frank sipped his coffee, shifted on the steps of the trailer. Faint music could be heard from inside, someone singing along. "How do you mean?"
Dexter scanned the floodlit parking lot, the herd of the other trailers. Angst's, Pity's, Aqua's. "Like, there's not a lot of accountability these days, the bad guys get away with all the lying and greed and abuses of power... So maybe we're hungry to see people get what we think they deserve..."
"So the celebrities are the symbolic martyrs for our jealous resentment of the powerful?"
Dexter checked the time on his cell. "Well, we build them and then we tear them down. But instead of going after the real villains, the ones with real power, we attack these constructs. It's almost a religious sacrifice-of-gods-thing."
Frank ground out his cigarette. It was almost time to get her on set. "You think the kings and companies have the real power? That, in the final tally, an army is more mighty than a book? Who wins in the fight between MacDonald's and the Bible? The Senate or The Koran? Microsoft or The Art of War?"
Dexter smirked. "You're just trying to validate the importance of art because you work security for an up-and-coming film star."
Frank laughed and knocked on the trailer door. "Ms. Fujimoria? It's time."
"Yeah," Dexter agreed with Frank. "Maybe it's some sort of justice thing?"
Frank sipped his coffee, shifted on the steps of the trailer. Faint music could be heard from inside, someone singing along. "How do you mean?"
Dexter scanned the floodlit parking lot, the herd of the other trailers. Angst's, Pity's, Aqua's. "Like, there's not a lot of accountability these days, the bad guys get away with all the lying and greed and abuses of power... So maybe we're hungry to see people get what we think they deserve..."
"So the celebrities are the symbolic martyrs for our jealous resentment of the powerful?"
Dexter checked the time on his cell. "Well, we build them and then we tear them down. But instead of going after the real villains, the ones with real power, we attack these constructs. It's almost a religious sacrifice-of-gods-thing."
Frank ground out his cigarette. It was almost time to get her on set. "You think the kings and companies have the real power? That, in the final tally, an army is more mighty than a book? Who wins in the fight between MacDonald's and the Bible? The Senate or The Koran? Microsoft or The Art of War?"
Dexter smirked. "You're just trying to validate the importance of art because you work security for an up-and-coming film star."
Frank laughed and knocked on the trailer door. "Ms. Fujimoria? It's time."
Channel Plex: Lunchtime in the Cafeteria Part Three
Goner swirled the fry in the
gravy, slow brown waves. Mayganne kept reading. Angie scrolled through
the playlist, picked a track, adjusted the earphones. Goner ate the fry.
He couldn't wait anymore.
"So how is it?" he asked Mayganne. Angie turned up the volume. Mayganne looked up from the comic book.
"You will not believe what happens." Goner grinned. He felt great.
"So how is it?" he asked Mayganne. Angie turned up the volume. Mayganne looked up from the comic book.
"You will not believe what happens." Goner grinned. He felt great.
20140301
Channel Plex: First Thing In The Morning With Max & The Crew
Max: ... and that wraps up this morning's events, now over to Frank for today's forecast. I hope it's much better than what yesterday offered.
Frank: Well, all I can say is that it's more of the same, Max.
Max: So, I don't need to break out the shorts just yet.
Wraith: [chuckles] Now, that just sends shivers down my spine.
Frank laughs.
Max: You'll be happy to know that I've been working out over the winter.
Wraith: If you call walking over to the coffee pot and pouring a cup of coffee every half hour a work out.
Frank: Well, today's forecast is gonna be more of the same...
Frank: Well, all I can say is that it's more of the same, Max.
Max: So, I don't need to break out the shorts just yet.
Wraith: [chuckles] Now, that just sends shivers down my spine.
Frank laughs.
Max: You'll be happy to know that I've been working out over the winter.
Wraith: If you call walking over to the coffee pot and pouring a cup of coffee every half hour a work out.
Frank: Well, today's forecast is gonna be more of the same...
20140228
Channel Plex: Darkness In The Light
Max liked the anonymity of his job. He had
walked through the convention doors and no one had turned their heads or
given him a second glance.
He was dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and jeans. He strolled past a group of Naruto warriors and past a group of Hollowed before making it up to the registration booth. He actually stood in line right behind a fanboy dressed up like the character he voiced.
Max smiled; he had hit the pinnacle of voice-over actors. For the past three years he had been the voice of "Simon Light" in the anime series Bold Gun Crew Votillard. It was his bread and butter after spending a few years lost in the Saturday morning cartoon world, and he probably would be still if it wasn't for his agent who called him up and told him that the US company who had picked up the distribution rights to BGCV and a producer wanted the guy who had voiced "Chem Finder" in that CGI movie Citadel. They figured it was the perfect vocal tone for "Simon".
The line inched ahead at the registration desk and Max didn't mind. It gave him a chance to hear what manga/anime fans were chatting about and it also gave him fuel for his discussions. He didn't like writing a prepared speech and spouting it out like an automaton.
"Name," the girl at the desk asked.
"Cube," he leaned forward in doing his best Sean Connery. "Max Cube."
The girls eyes widened when she heard the name. "Omigawd!"
Her partner at the desk stopped what he was doing and said, "Mr. Cube! Holy crap it's you!"
"In the flesh," he said. "I'm supposed to be speaking in an hour. What room will I be in?"
He was dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and jeans. He strolled past a group of Naruto warriors and past a group of Hollowed before making it up to the registration booth. He actually stood in line right behind a fanboy dressed up like the character he voiced.
Max smiled; he had hit the pinnacle of voice-over actors. For the past three years he had been the voice of "Simon Light" in the anime series Bold Gun Crew Votillard. It was his bread and butter after spending a few years lost in the Saturday morning cartoon world, and he probably would be still if it wasn't for his agent who called him up and told him that the US company who had picked up the distribution rights to BGCV and a producer wanted the guy who had voiced "Chem Finder" in that CGI movie Citadel. They figured it was the perfect vocal tone for "Simon".
The line inched ahead at the registration desk and Max didn't mind. It gave him a chance to hear what manga/anime fans were chatting about and it also gave him fuel for his discussions. He didn't like writing a prepared speech and spouting it out like an automaton.
"Name," the girl at the desk asked.
"Cube," he leaned forward in doing his best Sean Connery. "Max Cube."
The girls eyes widened when she heard the name. "Omigawd!"
Her partner at the desk stopped what he was doing and said, "Mr. Cube! Holy crap it's you!"
"In the flesh," he said. "I'm supposed to be speaking in an hour. What room will I be in?"
Channel Plex: Lunchtime in the Cafeteria Part One
"I can't believe he took marks
off for that," Mayganne said.
Goner nodded. "So, yeah. Which means my average won't be high enough for the scholarship-thingy. Which means, well shit. It means next year will be shit." He sighed. "Hey, can I have a fry?"
"Finish them," Mayganne said with sympathy. "I'm sorry..."
Goner pouted. He felt like crap. Angie strolled down the aisle towards them, with a bag from the local comic shop.
Goner nodded. "So, yeah. Which means my average won't be high enough for the scholarship-thingy. Which means, well shit. It means next year will be shit." He sighed. "Hey, can I have a fry?"
"Finish them," Mayganne said with sympathy. "I'm sorry..."
Goner pouted. He felt like crap. Angie strolled down the aisle towards them, with a bag from the local comic shop.
Channel Plex: On the Cube Tube
".... and tonight Max's guest are: noted Hollywood
gossip columnist Aretha Dhenti, action star Matt Damon, and musical
guest Muu Junkiez... And without future delay here's the man of the
day: MAAAAX CUUUUUUUBE!...
click
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"Really I don't."
"You have to tell me something more than that."
"How can I tell you when even I don't know?"
click
"... and for a limited time offer we will include this set of tarot cards..."
click
"... repeating the news on the top of the hour. A comet streaking through the night was mistaken for a ...."
click
click
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"Really I don't."
"You have to tell me something more than that."
"How can I tell you when even I don't know?"
click
"... and for a limited time offer we will include this set of tarot cards..."
click
"... repeating the news on the top of the hour. A comet streaking through the night was mistaken for a ...."
click
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