by Michael Mandaville | Oct 13, 2021 | Fiction I've Worked On, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
My novel series, “Stealing Thunder” deals with the rise of Communist China. Since writing the book, Communist China has initiated the Belt and Road Initiative to conquer what Mackinder called the “Heartland” across Europe and Asia. The CIA has...
by Michael Mandaville | Oct 13, 2021 | Curious Topics, Filmmaking
“Lupin” – the literary character created in 1905 (sorry to tell you Netflix viewers!) has had numerous iterations of the last 115 years. I thought that this article did a superb job on spelling out the various films and shows with the famed...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 30, 2021 | Ideas, Self-Improvement
In many cases, the word “Creator” has an overwhelming meaning. After all, we reference “The Creator” when one is thinking about religion, god, in the beginning of the universe. Those are pretty big shoes to fill! What is a Creator? cre·a·tor |...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 17, 2021 | Filmmaking, Trends, Trends-Media
Spain was always a natural jumping off point for filmmaking, particularly streaming as the mother country of Spanish into the Latin American market. Many territories have strong linguistic ties. For example, France with Senegal and West Africa. China with certain...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 16, 2021 | Filmmaking, Trends, Trends-Media
The changing of the Guard at the great Paramount studio signals another sea change. As Theatrical is dead right now, perhaps it’s a near permanent shift. Why? Audience Behavior to some degree, weary of the high cost of theatrical films, their script...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 15, 2021 | Filmmaking
Virtual Reality is an avenue of filmmaking which has been a bit elusive for me. The technology is there and flourishing in many ways – though talking with an associate who is deep into this world – the chaos of emerging new tech has made it an...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 14, 2021 | Fiction I've Worked On, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
My Three part Novel series called “Stealing Thunder” (shameless plug) deals with the increasing tensions from Communist China in the South China Sea, claiming islands with claims from many other countries i.e. Vietnam, Phillipines, etc., From the article: ...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 12, 2021 | Trends, Trends-Economic
“Demographics is Destiny” but perhaps quite true in today’s world. It is widely attributed to the father of sociology, August Comte. Ask yourself these questions (before looking at the table!) What are the world’s most populous nations? ...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 11, 2021 | Aristotle Witzer Series, Fiction I've Worked On, Writing
A young woman surfed through the Paris Catacombs with their watery underground passages. Alison Teal has surfed around an erupting volcano and paddled amidst garbage in the Maldives’ Trash Island, but the 30-year-old Hawaii native recently proved she was indeed...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 2, 2021 | Fiction I've Worked On, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
China has pushed over the last fifteen plus years to claim the South China Sea through a series of maneuvers in this strategic area. The South China Sea covers a vast area. My “Stealing Thunder” novel series (shameless plug – link here) details a...
