 Welcome everybody. Welcome coming into the web show. Two episode one of our web show presented by Life After Films Hope you're all well in these crazy crazy times What is the web show? I hear you are. It's a good question Can you tell us a little bit more about what we should expect? It's a great question Well, the web show for us is building a community of like-minded people who love 80s films and want to celebrate them as much as we do. It's a place where we can all Chat to each other. There's interviews. There's competitions and we celebrate the love of these great movies. Yes Why are we doing this? I hear you ask. Well, we made a documentary called life after flash Which we hope you heard of it. Ash here produced it You will recognize his name from the credit if you've seen it And as a result of that we had done that film through crowd and you directed it Don't forget to big yourself up. We directed it and edited it But life after flash was done through crowdfunding and that process for us was really Exciting and rewarding because it for us it was a film that felt like it was made by the fans as well as being for the fans You know we on this journey was a long journey four or five years But we really got to know the people who helped in whatever way whether it was the the financial backing whether it was helping with couches to sleep on or hard drives Hard drives getting involved or even just giving you know giving loads of Enthusiastic help you're also going to meet the third part of our team We are based in the UK and our sort of brother from another mother in the life after world You're going to meet Bob soon. So more on that in a little while Yes So life after films is the two of us and Bob and because of our experience on life after flash and because we all know that Documentaries takes a long to make and we'll get to our second one in a minute We wanted to create this show So we had more regular content and regular interaction with this community that we're building life after community Where we can all just hang out and celebrate together And it also gives people a way to be involved with the future life after films Yeah, we've we found that making this film has been such a communal experience That we actually want everybody involved here on in and because it takes two or three years to make a film We thought we put out a regular weekly show. We've got really great connections because of what we're filming We've got loads of sort of great behind-the-scenes connections connections with the stars of the films We wanted to share that and invite you to be part of the journey fans are Hugely important part of this world without the kind of fans of flash We could never have made it and without the fans of the other films we're making we couldn't make them either So we want to get you all involved and really this is our world So we want to hear from you guys about what you'd like to see And we will be putting the show out every week to build a really fun exciting place where we can all hang out together Yes, and it also gives us a place to all chat about All things film while we're making the second of our life after Now what is the second life after series tell us more So the life after series is really what flash was. It's a celebration of an 80s film Maybe 90s later, but currently 80s films With a biographical look at the main star So the second in the series if you don't already know is life after the navigator Which looks at the 1986 classic flight of the navigator with joey kramer. That is currently In post-production still a few more things to do on it But that will hopefully be finished end of this year. It will definitely be finished end of this year We're getting very close But again, it takes so long to make these documentaries that we wanted to put this content out in the meantime But it also then gives us a chance to show you Maybe snippets of the production process and what goes into making these It's quite a lot of hard work to be honest, but it's very very rewarding. I mean being exhausted So we have a really great show episode one. Thank you all for joining us on this premiere I'm sure hopefully everyone's chatting to us because we'll be liking and subscribing for future fun episodes Yes, so we do make sure you watch the show because at the end of the show We'll have a competition with a question relating to the show So we'll kick things off. We chatted to the fabulous Flash gordon earlier in the week sam j jones himself people Welcome sam flash gordon to to being our very very very first guest ever Come into our basement on the web show. We couldn't have asked for anyone else to be our first guest How are you? How is lockdown? Great? Thank you for having me And the honor of being your very first guest. How have you been keeping yourself entertained in these crazy times? Well, a lot of pinball as you can see I've got The flash gordon pinball machine and it's in my gym, which is my garage If we were going to talk workout tips because when we saw you shooting life after flash We had a few you were very good on the tire the tractor tire that that was it looked so easy But it's so hard to do right? Sam has this huge tractor tire in his backyard that he kind of hits with this How big's the hammer like a six pound mallet? Sled shammer 10 years ago. I started with the eight pounder And now believe it or not. I'm using a 30 pounder Which is I know it doesn't 30 pounds doesn't sound like a lot but for sled shammers When you're doing a multiple Um Hits Continuous of like a thousand hits. It's a monster. If you were going to give people your top Lockdown workout tip. What would it be? Well, I would just say what I do is it's got to be fun It's got to be fun Me for me one of the most boring things to do is the stationary bicycle So, you know, I used to ride the mountain bike a lot, but um, a lot of way too many accidents Way too many accidents And so now so what I do is I'll roll my stationary bike Out outside on the driveway I do the cardio weights And I do the sledgehammer on the tractor tire. I like to climb the rope. Yeah, it's fun I knew you can still climb the rope We've seen it with our own eyes. We've seen you do it I actually have a rope in my garage. Believe it or not the the garage is only Nine feet high or something like that. So the only way I could practice is I I go up one two And then I go down one two I keep doing that or I do I do rope pull-ups, you know Talk to us about this is the 40th anniversary Flash Gordon You all look like he's still 21 40 years So you had plans to do this reunion tour So tell us about that and tell us how your plans have been altered and what are you going to do moving forward? Yeah, well, no, it started out really really well I think Brian, you know, we have Melody Anderson Brian blessed and Ornella mootie on board for the world reunion tour Obviously the virus put a kink in everything we started out. We did a couple Brian and I did Liverpool, right? I think we did Liverpool um, and we and Brian and I and we did Richmond, Virginia I think he had yeah, he couldn't make that because Something I think he's scheduling but Melody and I did Richmond Galaxy con and we have a whole many many but as you know The comic cons are being postponed to a different date. So we're still waiting for those Those revised dates to be announced, but definitely coming to the uk. We're booked for Scotland in October Wales is coming up They were talking late August So it may it may continue for late August. If not, I'm sure be moved on but many many other Cities around the world are going to revise and update It's difficult when you've got thousands of people kind of all from over the world all coming to one place and All mingling and it's it's not an easy thing when you're trying to control something like this It's some of the obviously it's a time to be really creative And think outside the box think outside the convention center, you know, and some promoters are looking at parks outdoors Um, which I think is brilliant. Yeah, and also flash was released December So technically it can still be a anniversary into 2021 Yeah, uh flashboard was released Christmas 1980 and carried over into uh early 1981 So that's what we're going to even before the virus came. This is what we plan to do You start in uh 2020 And carry it over into early 2021. So it's working out perfect I know that you had been speaking to max two hadn't you about Him being involved. Yeah, I mean, I was primarily talking to his son cedric. What a name look max font cedal and cedric von cedal But no, uh, cedric was great. And you know max 90 we started talking I don't know six seven eight months ago maybe more and you know max really it's and it's not it does really do personal appearances However, we were working on doing a private little deal Maybe at a rep because you know, he was living in france at a at a place A restaurant in paris and we were in the early stages of talking about that and it was looking really good and then of course cedric was doing Uh, the documentary uh as a filmmaker on his father So I the good thing is they finished that but obviously max passed away and uh You know, we didn't get to do that I take I take with That a lot of memories he was wonderful to me and everybody on the set and as you know Brian blessed told you all the max fine cdl stories For many hours for many hours Well, we'll finish up. What what is then one of the most cherished memories you have of knowing and working with max Well, he was just a real gentleman and he really how do you You know a lot of actors want the big Flats we were in london And I didn't ask for but they gave me this incredible flat on number 44 hill street matter of fact anybody listening in the uk just go to number 44 hill street and look at that I had a tree in my living room. Okay, and I think they were paying a thousand pounds a week So when I went by there two years ago Three years ago. I asked the one guy I said and what does it cost now to rent that particular flat? He goes, oh, that's about 25 to 30 thousand pounds a month a month anyway Didn't want to get off on a rabbit show. So that's what I had that they gave me max wanted to be Away from the city and out in the country so he could do what so he could focus on His task at hand his character of main the merciless And uh, so he taught me that too if you're really going to be a professional Just, you know, whatever it takes to do to eliminate all the hindrances and the obstacles to focus on your character And you know, he gave me some good advice about saving money and and just being a professional on the set He's wonderful. You know, I'll always remember that also with the 40th anniversary studio canal have their Amazing re-release of flash gordon Definitely the uk. I know there's 4k Blu-ray I know that there's other territories to be announced but definitely the uk and it's this amazing five disc set Life after flash is included on it. It comes out early august But it really is an amazing thing. Mike Hodges had a lot to do with the restoration of it as well Which is very exciting. So keep an eye out for that. It's a jam-packed flash gordon Fest Um, so that's going to be really exciting and there's also big chief I think you said figurines that are available at the moment Big chief studios out of the uk is doing a high high in action figure Of being the merciless and flash gordon and then in the states you've got Boss fight studios is also doing The uh, and they're both referred to as the 40th anniversary Action figure we should see if we can get some of those as a competition Let's see if we can get action figures of us. Oh, yeah, I'm not sure we're ready for action figures yet on show one What else is coming up for you sam? You know there are a couple of things, but you know this great documentary. I did cost life after flash I haven't heard. I've heard it's great Oh, it's amazing. We're still getting I mean, you know, as you know, I don't I'm preaching to the choir here You know, but the feedback is just It's just amazing. It's just amazing I'm getting I'm getting emails and letters from the fans and even people have known me For years that I've worked with you said that it was literally life changing for them and um We're especially doing and it was perfect timing Lisa and asked that's out now for people to see Because uh, this is a time, you know being confined or isolated A lot of people are doing the self re-evaluation And a lot of people said they really relate to you know life after flash a lot of issues maybe not exactly the same but Similar You know to to what I went through and all of that and you guys captured that and you're not see here's the cool thing I don't know if you've heard this particular descriptive line, but or what I'm about to say But you you captured something even though it was you know, sam jones and the entertainment side and everybody else Affiliated with me or who's touched my life or vice versa? but you really Have presented something And it just so happened, you know during this virus international global virus you presented something to people that Extremely relevant that they can relate to in their own. So they took my our personal stories, excuse me And they just replaced either the name sam jones with theirs And I don't know if you've heard that kind of angle before but uh, it's it's remarkable. It is absolutely Remarkable you get emails almost daily, don't you we literally daily emails from people saying how it touched them How it was remarkable how honest and open you were and it's really nice to see that kind of feedback I mean lisa comes running in always excited when she receives them and reads them out and there's so many of them She sends out personalized little letters with every every blu-ray or dvd. She sends out And a little sticker and a little so she's yeah putting the miles in Yeah, and I think you know people take the time like you say about comic-cons people take the time to pay them I need to go to comic-cons to queue up to talk to you People take the time Especially at the moment, maybe not working to buy a copy of the disc I think it's nice to do a little thank-you note a little handwritten note for it I'm really pleased that it's been touching people and and uh, yeah, it's out. It's been out for a year now Can you believe? Yeah, but it's it's it's available at all good From life after flash doc i'm gonna do a prop segue if that's all right just quickly because Because um our dear friend and collaborator bob linda mayo is is kind of part of our whole life after team A part of this show and we're going to be doing kind of sections with him talking about props and he's going to be our Guy with all of that. Is there any with flash gordon? Are there any kind of Key props or things from it that you kind of wish and just think oh man. I wish I'd have held on to that So that was part one of sam's interview. There's even more coming next week. That means you'll have to tune in again next week What a shame So we did talk about life after flash in that segment if you haven't seen it quick plug It's out now So a few ways you can get it life after flash.com free shipping to the uk and island You can get both of these discs. They're region free each disc has different bonus features on them So if you want to see everything you have to get both but that wasn't why I did it I did it because there was so much content. I couldn't fit it on one disc But the blu-ray also comes with this very cool collectors booklet great to sign if you ever see sam at a comic con Life after flash.com. It's also available on amazon if you want to stream it What about if we want to win one of those? I'm glad that you asked how you win one because that is the prize of our competition It's a signed dvd life after flash dvd signed by sam and myself Spit don't don't play yourself down. That's some that's some big big news right there Signed so that is the competition, but you'll have to find out How at the end of the show and you'll need to watch this next segment because there is a question about it And this is a segment introducing our partner in this are as I said before I've rather from another mother in this world He is in seattle. So he's not sat here with us. We wish he was there We wish he was we wish he lived closer because we'd hang out a whole lot more But bob was so involved when we met him in the whole life after flash process And he's been such an absolute stalwart in terms of his support and his ability to kind of bring enthusiasm and so much skill in Prop stuff graphic design. Just he's an absolute legend and a great example Why it's so good doing these films with fans because if we didn't do the crowdfunding or didn't have that fan interaction We would never have met bob. Yeah, which would have been disastrous So why don't we meet bob bring him in and ask him a few questions You may have also seen him in life after flash. He is as ash put it earlier A life after brother from another mother Bob lindenmeyer Welcome to your segment in our little web show. I'm super excited about this. It's kind of uh life after flash part two So bob is our third part of our life after family. He's over in seattle We're here in the uk and we met bob when we were making life after flash. We did well bob reached out to me Uh to say hey, I heard you're doing this documentary. How can I help and little did I know What an impact bob would have in the documentary not only was he in it with his amazing prop collection If you've watched the documentary you will know him and if you haven't you should do Uh, he also did the opening titles. He also supplied that amazing behind-the-scenes footage, which how he got it I don't know So bob first of all give a little introduction about why prop collecting. I always think of it as the Grown-up version of the action figure collecting Um, you know growing up with star wars generation. I've always been an avid toy collector of stuff from my youth and Uh around the dot-com era. I uh, I got a really great job And I was making lots of disposable income and every week we would essentially go to the toy store And buy just like a handful of x whatever it was at the time Uh, and there was and there was a moment where I realized that if I like Didn't go to the toy store every week and buy something I could save enough funds to actually buy something From the movie like I remember the exact day where the light bulb went off. I was at work at nintendo searching online because they had awesome internet there and uh, and I was just like, I'll just search boba fat and uh And a screen used allegedly screen used boba fat rocket pack was up for auction Like the price point was too Too big, uh because I hadn't got completely addicted yet. It was a steal honestly at the time I was like, oh well, I need something from flash gordon for sure. So, you know search flash gordon and uh And the short version is this guy in scotland. I have no idea who he was was selling Uh flash gordon sword, which at the time I thought like that was going to be The gold standard, right? Like back then I figured it was probably the only one in existence and it was sam's and it was amazing Uh, it's that one So that was my first prop I know you've taught you've talked before about being like a custodian of these these props and being responsible for You know for for the care of them and I always thought that sounded like such a sort of magical thing Just kind of holding on to these things and making sure people can enjoy them Like I I really think it's important to share this stuff, especially since it's so So unique, uh You know, I know there's a lot of other prop collectors where like they'll buy something and it kind of goes in the black You know the black box like at the at the end of razor law stark and like never to be seen again So it would be great if you could tell your story about how you met sam in the first place There was a guy I don't even remember his name. He was essentially like a friend of sam put on ebay a bunch of uh flash gordon like press kits and blah blah blah Uh, and at the for like an astronomical price, uh But in the description said if you buy Sam jones flash gordon will personally deliver and I was like wait a minute This guy knows sam Uh, so then much like when I got a hold of you. I just full court press uh You know tried to be really nice and and and get in and uh for some strange reason I did and I got uh sam's phone number from this guy You know, I asked sam was like sam. I really want to do like a full Uh film commentary with you, right? Like my cajus is done one and brian blessed is done one But like I mean you're the guy right and and this was still pretty young and in in our relationship and Like and I know you had a similar experience where it was just like, okay. Do I Do I ask him like really what happened? Yeah, and sam and I like had a discussion about it and of course if you've seen the movie or whatever like That's that's sam. Like that's that guy, you know, he's totally open book and uh And he was like, oh, yeah. Yeah, we should totally do that And so I started making this big plan to do this uh dvd commentary. He's like, you know, I could get melody hold on a Hold on puts me on hold and calls melody right away because again If you hang out with sam, uh, he just he's he's mission critical all the time. He doesn't wait Right And uh, he called melody and melody was like, oh, yeah, I'd love to do it But actually like I met this guy at a comic con and he wants to do one and of course she didn't know who bob was So she's like, I want to use my guy and sam's like, well, I don't know who that is I want to use my guy so then uh Me and the other guy, uh kevin Joined forces essentially to figure out how we could get them both together, uh Which ended up me Flying myself and sam and a bunch of my movie props to new york to meet melody and uh and kevin And we ended up filming it in kevin's house And that was the first time I believe I actually met sam in person and he was kind of again This is before ted like before flash was like backing the zeitgeist Like he flew out and like he didn't really have anywhere to stay It's like sam let's just crash on kevin's couches two old manky couches next to each other, uh and sam and I You know, there's a tv show format for you. It's like you living with sam in some sort of uh new york apartment Yeah, I know it was super odd and of course all night. I was just like But of course we are here on the webshow. I love the idea that this segment which is called Not only explores your collection, but you know so many people To explore their collections, but then it's like How do people find them are like the props out there that are these like mythical props that people are looking for them And you know, and how do you tell that a prop is real? And so I love that your segment's gonna be And we're lucky enough to have stayed at bobs as well and we basically have stayed in now I remember getting up to go for a pee in the middle of the night and creature from the black lagoon was looming out with me I think it's such an interesting slice of Of culture and especially now sharing some of the cool stuff. I have it's really important Which you'll see once we start putting these together Like I really geek out on like the details if there's anybody out there just thinks wow I wonder what happened to xprop or whatever and you know again We can get some interaction going on with the community. This is a this is a community here Everyone can now be friends with each other. We can all geek out together. This is a safe geek space We're in the trust through the geek trust tree with the with the owl Yeah, so anyone out there who has any thoughts or any props themselves comment. Well, I should ask actually next week Oh, yeah, can you give us a can you give us a hint on what we might be giving it away? What prop are you going to be talking about in next week's show when you guys came out and we filmed my collection And stuff I really had to regret because literally I had been working on a deal For a prop while you guys were out there out here and uh And the deal didn't close until after you were gone and I thought it would have been a really important piece in the life after flash Film and I really regretted You know the timing of Of that so next week. I want to share the The part and almost do a recreation uh Of the scene that you could easily just plug right into life after flash so it feels more complete What a proper cliffhanger for the episode. Yeah, so make sure you join us next week Where we're going to be back with bob doing more in the b-cave the b-cave. Love it Oh And that brings us to the end of episode one of the web show the inaugural episodes Hopefully the origins episodes. I like the term that it's an origins episode Most important though before we go Competition now. How'd you win it? I'm so glad he asked Not only do you have to subscribe to win this so please subscribe Subscribing allows you to be part of this community It ensures that we know that you're around that you're supporting and then we can interact with you And then you were notified when new shows come up And you can tell us what you want to see Tell us what you want to see who do you want us to interview? What do you think of the show? What do you think of flash gordon would have a voice get involved Be one of us. You already are by watching but stay one of us So you have to subscribe to be in the running but also comment below What was the prop the very first prop that bob ever acquired? It's a good one And if you watched the last segment as i'm sure you did you will know what that first prop that he ever bought was Until we see you next week for the second episode of the web show As an old schwarzenegger said We'll be back. He didn't really say that he said i'll be back, but we'll be back