My Primary Source of Video Entertainment: YOUTUBE

A Different Update...
Hey guys, I'm kind of not feeling the whole "reviewing movies" thing right now, so obviously I should just not do that, it was never my intention. That doesn't mean I can just abandon my blog though! Instead I'm gonna just scrape the surface of an entertainment and information medium that absorbs a lot of my time.

Youtube.

So...over the next week or two, expect me not to post movie reviews, instead I'll probably be posting some info on my favorite youtubers and youtube videos. I won't promise that these youtubers are all PG-rated either, because they're not. Some of them are, and some of them actually try to be out of sheer respect for their subject matter and fandom, but not all of them. With that said I'll go ahead and break it down.

TITLE: Youtube


Simple enough? There's no need for like a summary section or even a personal critique section, because it's not a movie...so yeah. There.

The reason I've suddenly changed subjects like this is really because I spend far more time on youtube than I do watching television or streaming movies. Watching videos made by less than movie star people just entertains me more. Particularly the fact that most of the information I watch on youtube pertains to video games and the culture around them, not so much big budget films.

Here's a really brief list of some youtubers I watch regularly:
The Game Theorists
 Team Four Star
 TheJWittz
 PewDiePie
ScrewAttack

So yeah, these guys all do different sorts of videos that I really enjoy, and it should be noted that with the exception of TheJWittz and The Game Theorists, their videos can occasionally be pretty offensive. Also, I didn't list the individual contributors to each channel, but for the most part if the channel is a collaboration effort, like the Game Theorists and TeamFourStar, I also enjoy the material the contributors put out on the side (like Culture Shock by Gaijin Goomba!).

So...that's it for now, I've got a post that explains my sort of theme for the next indeterminate time period, and I've got a general idea of how these will go. So let's jump right into it...later.

Definition Through Broken Repetition

SERIOUSLY?!

Am I that bad at this? That I set one simple, five article goal, and I fail 2/5ths of the way through?! In all fairness, the movies I started with were rather…spur of the moment, as was the blog in and of itself. No matter, there were multiple issues that all must be addressed! For starters:

FORMAT:

Which simply must be of some defined shape, regardless of what others do, I feel this is what I must do. So, I shall. Starting with the article I intend to post shortly after this, I will use a layout similar to this:

TITLE: [Include Box Cover Here]

DETAILS:

            Director:

            Lead Actor: [Character Photo]

            Antagonist Lead: [Character Photo]

            Notable Secondary Actors: [Character Photo]

Of course, that won’t cover all of the cast, but why should it? Really? Am I IMDB?

SUMMARY:

Typically, if it suits, the blurb from the back of the movie case, otherwise, I’ll give my own tiny summary!

PERSONAL CRITIQUE:

This would of course be the most unique portion of my blog, where I delve into what I found most interesting or notable about the film in question!

But why? Why CWSherman?! Why do you turn your back on what you have already done?

Why? Because it’s trash, it’s there, and it will stay there as a reminder, but it is less than adequate, it serves a purpose of pointing out my own flaws, not the film’s.

Then why did you stop before finishing Asian Kung Fu Cinema?

Oh believe you me I will return to the Asian Kung Fu Theatre (foolish other me, using the wrong name!) when the time is right, but until then I want to work on refining with some other films, some I can actually attach myself to.

So…regarding Asian Kung Fu Theatre?

I grew bored! The movies were all foreign in language and ultimately repetitions of each other both in plot and purpose (seriously, every Asian guy is either a street peddler, an evil dictator, an evil foot soldier, or a rebel, and everyone knows martial arts. I don’t think that is how the Orient works.).

So when do you start your next real article?!

Right now, with M. Night Shyamalan’s The Visit!

Welcome to My Cinema

   Hello citizens of the internet, and welcome to My Cinema, the blog where I take you through my adventures in movie watching, whether those movies be horrible or terrific, animated or live-action, new or old, worth-watching or not. Is this an attempt to share my opinions on movies? Not in the slightest. Well maybe in the slightest, I do have this idea that everyone should think like me (not really, what a boring world that would be.) Instead it’s an out for my incessant need to write, when I don’t feel like writing a short story or working on a novel, hopefully I can get something posted here!

   What better way to start a blog about movies that may or may not be any good, than with an Asian Kung Fu action flick marathon? Well, I’m sure there are a few (you could always start with a Slasher marathon, or even just turn on Chillr!) But for now we’ll start with Asian Kung Fu Cinema as my first topic, seeing as I picked up FIVE Kung Fu flicks for 15.00! Here’s a few pictures:

 

   Now to be perfectly fair, these are not movies I have watched (with the exception of the first two) and I probably will have some posts about movies I’ve watched in the past, so don’t be surprised if I’m sometimes a little off about something (though I will try to avoid that at all costs!) Also, don’t be too surprised when my anime obsession starts cropping up, yes I will have posts about Japanese Animation movies and series, because this has always been my favorite style of motion picture (is that what I’m looking for? They are moving pictures after all.)

I’m going to post this and get ready for work, hopefully I can have a post ready for tonight, if not then tomorrow morning? Or the next day? Haha just now starting and already setting expectations I can never fulfill.

   Oh well,

TTFN

C. W. Sherman