17 and Counting....

  17 days. 17 days of waiting. 17 days and still no sign of compensation in any of our mailboxes. We "The Crew" busted our asses, toiled under extreme circumstances, worked thru insane hours to get "the shot", and what do we "the crew" get..... well some got IMDB credit, but try explaining IMDB credit as a means of compensation to the Mortgage company....
   If this movie's Director had been Columbus, Native Americans would still inhabit this country as they did for centuries before white man. If he had been Salk, we would all be walking with braces on our legs. A cure for cancer? HA! We would all be doomed. But fortunately for the world of cinema and the world at large, it was only Brad Leo Lyon, a so-called Director from Flint, Michigan, as if Flint doesn't have enough problems at least this one is contained to a very small and self absored world..... but his ineptitude does happen to project itself onto the people one needs to trust the most when making a movie; we "the crew".
   It's like Tyler Durden said "We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us."  Yes we "the crew" do all the things that culminate with a Director being able to look good. If we all do not do our jobs to the best of our god given abilities then a project turns to shit. One of the most amazing things about making movies is the herculean effort and collaboration by so many to bring a concept written on paper to life. Sometimes even poorly written ideas can become movie magic because of the contributions made by all rising up against odds. 
   This crew did just that, most if not all signed on because we love our craft, we love production, we love the people around us that we work with. We didn't sign on because the pay was great, in fact for most the pay was an insult, but this is Michigan, Rick Snyder has already bent us all over, we take the work we can find; we just expect to get paid and that hasn't happened yet... 
   So this page has been created to expose a creep, a liar, and a theif for what he is, and Brad Leo Lyon, you stand charged on all counts and the prosecution plans to expose within these digital walls all of the ways in which you made promises you never planned on keeping....