by Michael Mandaville | Aug 15, 2022 | Adventure, Creativity Resources, Martial Arts, Writing
I enjoyed most of the Bourne movies though not Bourne #4 with Jeremy Renner. But the apartment scene in “Bourne Identity” (2002) was pretty good. Check out this fight analysis: The Bourne Identity is a 2002 action-thriller film based on Robert...
by Michael Mandaville | Aug 13, 2022 | Creativity Resources, Productivity Resources, Self-Improvement, Writing, Writing Techniques
“How I Write” – Three Pages Technique Staring at a blank page? Sometimes writers can just get stuck with too many thoughts. I do that by living too much in my ‘brain cave’ (as compared to the man cave). So, using an external cue (cues...
by Michael Mandaville | Aug 13, 2022 | Adventure, Creativity Resources, Martial Arts, Writing
“Extraction” was a thrilling action movie that delivered big time with Chris Hemsworth. Set in Bangladesh, the action was tough, brutal and non-stop. The premise was very good. The film is about an Australian black ops mercenary whose mission to save an...
by Michael Mandaville | Aug 12, 2022 | Trends, Trends-Economic
Blockchain can be complicated with its new terms, concepts and strategies. Here’s a very good video aptly entitled “Blockchain Simply Explained.” The key in learning about blockchain for me was in learning some basic key terms and then examining...
by Michael Mandaville | Aug 10, 2022 | Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
I am keenly interested in the geopolitics which is the reason I wrote my “Stealing Thunder” series of military thriller books. China has recently pushed the envelope against Taiwan. The Chinese naval threat also extends to South Korea, Japan, the...
by Michael Mandaville | Aug 5, 2022 | Trends, Trends-Economic
Essentially – at least from what I can figure – the strategy of “Tokenization” is linking a digital token on the blockchain to other digital assets. Now what these assets are can vary wildly. Here is an article on this phenomenon with some...
by Michael Mandaville | Aug 3, 2022 | Trends, Trends-Media
The International Financing Landscape: France and UK The models used in these countries has a strong public broadcast government support with license fees. But that’s up for significant change. I remember when Amazon and Netflix first pushed into France –...
by Michael Mandaville | Jul 25, 2022 | Creativity Resources, Filmmaking, Writing
https://creativeexplorer-michaelmandaville.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/How-I-Write-Versioning-1a.mp4 Creating boldly requires you to leave behind your anxiety and hesitation. I use a Technique called “Versioning” which allows me to mentally and...
by Michael Mandaville | Jul 24, 2022 | Filmmaking, Films I Worked On, Writing
I had worked with Bob on several projects. He was quite a character and, working with him on “Blood and Wine”, I got to meet Jack Nicholson. He had a lot of stories and insights. One of them was how he wanted to just grab a few crew on “Mountains of...
by Michael Mandaville | Jul 21, 2022 | Adventure, Creativity Resources, Writing
“If the Russians or the Chinese recruit a CIA case officer or FBI agent… maybe $1 million per year, in that range,” said a former Western intelligence professional who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We would actually pay less for someone on their side.” An...
