transformers

So I have been eagerly awaiting the release of the Transformers movie next week for well over a year now. I am still very excited about it, but I have basically resigned myself to the fact that it will suck. Odds are I will go, be somewhat entertained by it.. but ultimately disappointed with no real interest in ever watching it again. Pretty much the reaction that everyone had to Spiderman 3.

I guess that's ok... but not really what I wanted. This had the possibility of being the next huge franchise.. multiple movies, all summer blockbusters... but they picked michael bay as director, and that immediately turned it into something else.. huge blockbuster yes.. but not for the right reasons. It will be all based on hype, but it will have no staying power. That's sad to me. We are talking about a franchise that I LOVED as a kid. So much so that I still watch the old movie from time to time. Now I will have this, with the weird designs for the transformers, and the human oriented plot, and probably REALLY lame lines delivered by Tyrese and Josh Duhamel.... can't wait.

I'll still be there the day it comes out, but I'm expecting the worst with this one. If they work it out, great.. but it may just be that this director can't actually make a good movie.. it is very possible.. I might be overwhelmingly satisfied, it does happen.. but usually movies that fly under the radar a bit and make it big based on merit.. Think the 300 here... that movie was advertised a bit, it looked pretty awesome with the visuals.. then the movie was EPIC.. just awesome... Too many summer movies go on all hype like the transformers movie is.. I tend to find that the more hype a movie gets, the worst it will be. They are hyping it to try and cover other shortcomings. The big shortcomings for this one appear to be the overuse of CG robots that become muddled and confused, especially when you blend that with the impression I get of this is that you will only really get glancing views of these things.. almost as if they are a teaser for a majority of the movie.. I could definitely be wrong on that, but still... unidentifiable CG is always bad.. never a good thing that's for sure.... then there is the complete lack of attention to the fact that robots are the stars and not the humans.. the really awesome part about the cartoons is that it was the robot characters that lead the way.. they were given real human emotions, but in the form of this huge hulking cold metal machine.. it was interesting and fun.. but too much of this looks like it will make the robots too much like in the terminator, where they have a complete lack of emotion and act well... robotic.. that's what made the transformers different, and it looks like the director and producers really missed the boat here... ah well.. I'm still going on the first day.

found a name

I think we may have found a name... Now for the even harder part.. Forming our LLC, getting registered, getting trademarked and getting started....

Blocked

So the last several days there has been some hardcore brainstorming to think of a name for our new business. This is hard stuff, whatever it is we choose is something we have to live with for a long time. It has to be catchy, but informative, and all at the same time not sound stupid, or too funny, or anything that could in any way be a turnoff to anyone that may want to shop there. This is not an easy task, and one that we definately are taking seriously. It feels like we will never figure it out though, and in that case nothing will ever happen. We'll see though.. We are creative enough people, it shouldn't be THAT hard. I think what it will come down to is just finally settling on something and rolling the dice. Hopefully it will grow on us with time. If not we're fucked.

Finally some encouragement

Something very cool just happened. As you may know I am getting pretty serious into this whole business venture idea, well I had sent out an e-mail or two to some people around the country who had started similar businesses, looking for advice, encouragement... whatever. Well, one of them sent me an e-mail back just now... basically, just saying to stick with it. It is worth it, and they are happy to have more and more people to get the word out so to speak about this stuff. Well, they even included some vendors/manufacturers for me to check out that would be great for inventory once I get started. REALLY AWESOME stuff here.. I mean, I knew pretty much all the names already, but this is a for real recommendation from someone that is already actively selling the stuff. Needless to say I am now VERY charged up. This is seeming more and more feasible every day. I can't wait to do more.

Anyway, if anyone is interested, this is one of the companies that I plan to almost definitely carry. Looks pretty easy to become a dealer, and their products look amazing.

I've been looking into becoming a dealer for biodiesel production equipment as well. If anyone out there knows of any good ones you know where to go. I've found some, but most of them just look a little too amateur... People are only going to buy them if they look sleek and professional.

Hitting the wall

Things here recently have started getting pretty serious around the household over this possible business venture. For those that do not know I have been tossing around the idea of starting my own business for a while now. I finally came up with what I felt was a feasible idea, and I decided to do some more looking into it. I am really early on in this... but I have started attending a class to help me through a draft of my business plan, and to help me secure funding to get this off the ground. It is just going to be an extremely hard and long process. Pretty scary as well.. just no way to know how things will pan out. I could very easily end up in a real financial mess over it, but the general feeling is that I just can't keep doing what I am doing now. The pay and responsibility are progressively getting better, but I just don't think I can stay in this industry. I'm not happy with it and that will never really change.

Right now though, after the initial excitement of trying this new thing has worn off, I am sitting here contemplating what the hell I am doing.. The feelings of, how the hell is this going to work out? and why am I even wasting my time on this? keep cropping up. It is at this point that most people walk away from an idea and the main reason why most ideas are never brought through to anything useful. I realize that, but it is tough.. It's just a lot easier to just walk away from it and keep pulling in OK paychecks every couple weeks. Mentally I just can't do that though. I think I'll probably totally lose it if I don't walk away from it sometime in the pretty near future. still though... that wall is a tough barrier to keep moving through/over.. I have another class thursday, perhaps that will re-energize me. The fear of course is that it just digs me farther into this hole I'm in now, but I've decided that I have to give it a shot. If it doesn't work out at all, oh well..