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What Is Cynema?

What Is Cynema? For those of you wanting to be filmmakers, screenwriters or even actors, this blog is a way to address a trend that’s been gaining cultural power in the entertainment world. It is not column about how much you “love” or “hate” a movie. This will look at certain films that fit criteria called “Cynema” while other films examined will be those deserving of a second chance and look. Cynema: The cynical practice of contempt for an audience in the making of product that is devoid of creativity, passion, production value or respect while having the financial and creative means to do better. Some films in the following list are Cynema while others deserve a second look: Jaws 3D, Jaws The Revenge (aka Jaws 4), King Kong 1976, King Kong Lives, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Popeye, 1941, Waterworld, Gojira (1954), Godzilla 1998, The 4th Dimension, Psycho III, Alien 3, They Live, are examples of “Cynema” while

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Capt McNeely
Aug 12, 2015
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When Filmmakers Strike Back

Keyboard Warriors A bane of social media is the “Inspirational Tweeter.” This is the person whose life is going so well, they feel the need to tell you how you too can find the happiness they have. They’re a digital Hallmark Card, the cyber chicken soup for the soul. It’s amazing how much annoyance can be packed into 140 characters. Another facet is the “Hipster Movie Reviewer.” These are the folks (usually male) with a blog or You Tube Channel who think they know about movies. Some are ballsy enough to take on real reviewers like Scott Weinberg and tell THEM how they’re wrong or “set them straight” especially when it comes to super hero or Adam Sandler films. These “reviewers” usually have little production value. Their videos are shot with no lighting or professional sound and while some have under 50 views they usually start their critiques with “Hey Everyone…” Everyone? You mean the 6 viewers minus the ones

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Capt McNeely
Aug 12, 2015
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NOT A REBOOT. NOT A REMAKE. IT’S A REPACKAGING

The Summer of the Dinosaur Dinosaurs clobbered the combined super hero talents of The Avengers. They also handed Schwarzenegger his T-800 ass. Interestingly all three films are bred from the same cynical experiment that might have started in JJ Abrams’s lab…repackaging. Cynema has evolved or been upgraded much like Arnie’s T800 at the end of the latest Terminator franchise. My definition of Cynema says that a movie is made deliberately bad even if the filmmakers have the means to do it better. In the case of Jurassic World, Terminator Genysis and Star Trek: Into Darkness they are beautifully produced films, but all the more deceptive. These films all lack a central thing: a well done script. All three of these films are not unfolding stories, but rather set pieces stitched together with basic dialogue and character development to push things toward the next set piece. The argument could be made, that in a few years, the need for directors and

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 12, 2015
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The Official Beer Of The Walking Dead

While watching all of the walker slaying action on ‘The Walking Dead’ fans could use a refreshment. Robert Kirkman and the people at Terrapin Beer Company of Athens, Georgia, understand that. Today they announced that they have created an official beer of ‘The Walking Dead’. The tasty beverage is labeled ‘The Walking Dead Blood Orange Red India Pale Ale’. Details will soon be released about when the beer will be on shelves and where you can get it. Raise your hand if you want a beer!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 26, 2015
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This Elvira Mistress Of The Dark Maquette Statue Will Steal Your Heart

Entertainment Earth has announced that the “Elvira Your Heart Belongs To Me” Maquette Statue from Tweeterhead is now available for pre-order. This magnificent model of The Mistress of The Dark was sculpted by Trevor Gore. Elvira has been a fan favorite ever since The Queen of Halloween came on the scene in 1981 with Elvira’s Movie Macabre, a weekly television show that showcased horror movies. Elvira was masterfully portrayed by Cassandra Peterson who brought the ghoulishly gothic vamp to life and now you can have her in your home. This Maquette Statue is 1/6 Scale and 14 inches tall and features a glittered red gown made complete with a custom blood red color and a human heart in her left hand. I am sure she will steal your heart away so hurry and pre-order yours now as it is limited to 250 hand numbered pieces that come with a certificate autographed by Elvira. You can find out the details of

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Capt McNeely
Jul 20, 2015
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“Shadow of Evil” is the newest chapter in Call of Duty Zombies series

Light your cigars and load up your Tommy guns because the newest “Call of Duty:Zombies” mode was revealed yesterday at San Diego Comic-con and will put players into the 1940s and will star Heather Graham, Robert Picardo, Neal McDonough, Ron Pearlman and Mr. Brundlefly himself Jeff Goldblum. The gameplay itself still looks like it will retain the classic “Zombies” mode that fans come to love and instead of using a transit system like in “Black Ops 2” will instead put players into a huge open world just like the last two DLCs for “Black Ops 2”. Where it gets interesting are the 3 things that appear in the trailer; Firstly we see a magically gumball machine that dispenses gumballs for your character to chew on, depending on which one you get it seems can alter game play in both small and large scales, I saw one person get a full ammo reload dropped right in front of them, I saw

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Capt McNeely
Jul 10, 2015
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New Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 “Juggernog” Edition annouced

Look at that bad boy! “Call of Duty: Black ops 3” will be releasing this November and the one thing has got most people exciting (especially me!) is the latest in Treyarch’s long line of Zombie modes, starting back in 2008’s “Call of Duty: World At War” “Zombies” as the game mode has been dubbed started out as just putting 4 players in an enclosed area and had the surviving for as long as they could against an endless onslaught of zombies, thanks to it’s fun gameplay and creativity to the mode, “Zombies” became a main-stay and with every installment to the “Call of Duty” franchise developer studio “Treyarch” would come with “Zombie” mode. “Zombies” became so popular in the “Call of Duty” franchise that players demanded that they put it into last year’s “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” and Treyarch didn’t even develop it! Seeing its popularity Activision, the publisher of the “Call of Duty” franchise decided to capitalize

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Capt McNeely
Jul 9, 2015
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Video Game Review: DeadRising 3

Dead Rising 3 came out 2 years ago as a launch game exclusive to the Xbox One, It’s the third installment in the “Dead Rising” series and aimed to not only improve the series but introduce “Next-Gen’ gaming to everyone and honestly it kind of did. The “Dead Rising” series has been about letting players loose into a zombie apocalypse and really just had you surviving for 7 days waiting for the military and during those 3 days let you do whatever whether it be fighting bosses, rescuing other survivors or discovering the truth behind the outbreak and the games always had multiple endings to attribute to how you played the game, so if you just ran through it you’d probably get a bad ending with everyone dying or if you completed everything gave you a good ending, I am personally not sure because I had always gotten bored with “Dead Rising 1 & 2” mainly due to the cluttered

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Capt McNeely
Jul 4, 2015
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AMC Launching An All Horror Streaming Service

AMC’s special Halloween program ‘Fear Fest’, along with the growing mainstream popularity of the horror and shows like ‘The Walking Dead’, have inspired the network to create a new, all horror, streaming service named ‘Shudder’. Horror fans can get ‘Shudder’ online for the low fee of $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year. At the moment the service offers access to 200 movies, both new and old. The program is still in the early stages and will grow to offer more titles. Eventually the service will offer a non-stop feed of streaming horror programming, including original content. You can sign up for ‘Shudder’ service by visiting the Shudder website .

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2015
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‘Dead Island 2’ Release Postponed

The release date for ‘Dead Island 2’ has been pushed back to 2016. Yager has made a statement that the reason for the delay is to guarantee that the game meets the expectations of fans. This statement was released by the company. “We have always set ourselves a big goal for ‘Dead Island 2’ to create the sequel that takes ‘Dead Island’ to the next level. A games that takes what our fans tell us they love about ‘Dead Island’…” It continues “…multiple different characters to play with , co-op, and turning a paradise setting into a zombie slaughter melee – and a game that adds a ton more content and combat options on top of that. We have been looking at the game long and hard, and we have decided we didn’t reach that goal we set out to achieve quite yet. This is why we have decided to delay ‘Dead Island 2’ to 2016.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2015

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What Is Cynema?

What Is Cynema? For those of you wanting to be filmmakers, screenwriters or even actors, this blog is a way to address a trend that’s been gaining cultural power in the entertainment world. It is not column about how much you “love” or “hate” a movie. This will look at certain films that fit criteria called “Cynema” while other films examined will be those deserving of a second chance and look. Cynema: The cynical practice of contempt for an audience in the making of product that is devoid of creativity, passion, production value or respect while having the financial and creative means to do better. Some films in the following list are Cynema while others deserve a second look: Jaws 3D, Jaws The Revenge (aka Jaws 4), King Kong 1976, King Kong Lives, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Popeye, 1941, Waterworld, Gojira (1954), Godzilla 1998, The 4th Dimension, Psycho III, Alien 3, They Live, are examples of “Cynema” while

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 12, 2015
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When Filmmakers Strike Back

Keyboard Warriors A bane of social media is the “Inspirational Tweeter.” This is the person whose life is going so well, they feel the need to tell you how you too can find the happiness they have. They’re a digital Hallmark Card, the cyber chicken soup for the soul. It’s amazing how much annoyance can be packed into 140 characters. Another facet is the “Hipster Movie Reviewer.” These are the folks (usually male) with a blog or You Tube Channel who think they know about movies. Some are ballsy enough to take on real reviewers like Scott Weinberg and tell THEM how they’re wrong or “set them straight” especially when it comes to super hero or Adam Sandler films. These “reviewers” usually have little production value. Their videos are shot with no lighting or professional sound and while some have under 50 views they usually start their critiques with “Hey Everyone…” Everyone? You mean the 6 viewers minus the ones

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 12, 2015
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NOT A REBOOT. NOT A REMAKE. IT’S A REPACKAGING

The Summer of the Dinosaur Dinosaurs clobbered the combined super hero talents of The Avengers. They also handed Schwarzenegger his T-800 ass. Interestingly all three films are bred from the same cynical experiment that might have started in JJ Abrams’s lab…repackaging. Cynema has evolved or been upgraded much like Arnie’s T800 at the end of the latest Terminator franchise. My definition of Cynema says that a movie is made deliberately bad even if the filmmakers have the means to do it better. In the case of Jurassic World, Terminator Genysis and Star Trek: Into Darkness they are beautifully produced films, but all the more deceptive. These films all lack a central thing: a well done script. All three of these films are not unfolding stories, but rather set pieces stitched together with basic dialogue and character development to push things toward the next set piece. The argument could be made, that in a few years, the need for directors and

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 12, 2015
Horror Fuel

The Official Beer Of The Walking Dead

While watching all of the walker slaying action on ‘The Walking Dead’ fans could use a refreshment. Robert Kirkman and the people at Terrapin Beer Company of Athens, Georgia, understand that. Today they announced that they have created an official beer of ‘The Walking Dead’. The tasty beverage is labeled ‘The Walking Dead Blood Orange Red India Pale Ale’. Details will soon be released about when the beer will be on shelves and where you can get it. Raise your hand if you want a beer!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 26, 2015
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This Elvira Mistress Of The Dark Maquette Statue Will Steal Your Heart

Entertainment Earth has announced that the “Elvira Your Heart Belongs To Me” Maquette Statue from Tweeterhead is now available for pre-order. This magnificent model of The Mistress of The Dark was sculpted by Trevor Gore. Elvira has been a fan favorite ever since The Queen of Halloween came on the scene in 1981 with Elvira’s Movie Macabre, a weekly television show that showcased horror movies. Elvira was masterfully portrayed by Cassandra Peterson who brought the ghoulishly gothic vamp to life and now you can have her in your home. This Maquette Statue is 1/6 Scale and 14 inches tall and features a glittered red gown made complete with a custom blood red color and a human heart in her left hand. I am sure she will steal your heart away so hurry and pre-order yours now as it is limited to 250 hand numbered pieces that come with a certificate autographed by Elvira. You can find out the details of

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 20, 2015
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“Shadow of Evil” is the newest chapter in Call of Duty Zombies series

Light your cigars and load up your Tommy guns because the newest “Call of Duty:Zombies” mode was revealed yesterday at San Diego Comic-con and will put players into the 1940s and will star Heather Graham, Robert Picardo, Neal McDonough, Ron Pearlman and Mr. Brundlefly himself Jeff Goldblum. The gameplay itself still looks like it will retain the classic “Zombies” mode that fans come to love and instead of using a transit system like in “Black Ops 2” will instead put players into a huge open world just like the last two DLCs for “Black Ops 2”. Where it gets interesting are the 3 things that appear in the trailer; Firstly we see a magically gumball machine that dispenses gumballs for your character to chew on, depending on which one you get it seems can alter game play in both small and large scales, I saw one person get a full ammo reload dropped right in front of them, I saw

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 10, 2015
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New Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 “Juggernog” Edition annouced

Look at that bad boy! “Call of Duty: Black ops 3” will be releasing this November and the one thing has got most people exciting (especially me!) is the latest in Treyarch’s long line of Zombie modes, starting back in 2008’s “Call of Duty: World At War” “Zombies” as the game mode has been dubbed started out as just putting 4 players in an enclosed area and had the surviving for as long as they could against an endless onslaught of zombies, thanks to it’s fun gameplay and creativity to the mode, “Zombies” became a main-stay and with every installment to the “Call of Duty” franchise developer studio “Treyarch” would come with “Zombie” mode. “Zombies” became so popular in the “Call of Duty” franchise that players demanded that they put it into last year’s “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” and Treyarch didn’t even develop it! Seeing its popularity Activision, the publisher of the “Call of Duty” franchise decided to capitalize

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 9, 2015
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Video Game Review: DeadRising 3

Dead Rising 3 came out 2 years ago as a launch game exclusive to the Xbox One, It’s the third installment in the “Dead Rising” series and aimed to not only improve the series but introduce “Next-Gen’ gaming to everyone and honestly it kind of did. The “Dead Rising” series has been about letting players loose into a zombie apocalypse and really just had you surviving for 7 days waiting for the military and during those 3 days let you do whatever whether it be fighting bosses, rescuing other survivors or discovering the truth behind the outbreak and the games always had multiple endings to attribute to how you played the game, so if you just ran through it you’d probably get a bad ending with everyone dying or if you completed everything gave you a good ending, I am personally not sure because I had always gotten bored with “Dead Rising 1 & 2” mainly due to the cluttered

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 4, 2015
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AMC Launching An All Horror Streaming Service

AMC’s special Halloween program ‘Fear Fest’, along with the growing mainstream popularity of the horror and shows like ‘The Walking Dead’, have inspired the network to create a new, all horror, streaming service named ‘Shudder’. Horror fans can get ‘Shudder’ online for the low fee of $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year. At the moment the service offers access to 200 movies, both new and old. The program is still in the early stages and will grow to offer more titles. Eventually the service will offer a non-stop feed of streaming horror programming, including original content. You can sign up for ‘Shudder’ service by visiting the Shudder website .

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2015
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‘Dead Island 2’ Release Postponed

The release date for ‘Dead Island 2’ has been pushed back to 2016. Yager has made a statement that the reason for the delay is to guarantee that the game meets the expectations of fans. This statement was released by the company. “We have always set ourselves a big goal for ‘Dead Island 2’ to create the sequel that takes ‘Dead Island’ to the next level. A games that takes what our fans tell us they love about ‘Dead Island’…” It continues “…multiple different characters to play with , co-op, and turning a paradise setting into a zombie slaughter melee – and a game that adds a ton more content and combat options on top of that. We have been looking at the game long and hard, and we have decided we didn’t reach that goal we set out to achieve quite yet. This is why we have decided to delay ‘Dead Island 2’ to 2016.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2015
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