Update! New "News"! I'm still alive!!

I've been thinking about taking some time this week and posting a few new articles. The thing i've noticed is that many blogs that I follow don't get updated very often. Now i'm sure there are many successful blogs but I figure the ratio is very high to blogs that maybe start out on the right foot end up falling into the darkness of the internet. After logging into Blogger it shows me the blogs that I currently follow. A few have disappeared altogether as others haven't been updated in literally years.

Well, I am here to say here is a new update in the world from Seth at Mechamania!  It's been a few years since I have made any kind of videos or short films of my own.  I've actually owned a fairly nice HD camera for a couple of years but never used it like it was intended.  I'm happy to say that I am in the writing process of my next film.  It will be another horror/slasher/comedy with most of the parts played by my good friends.  I thought it was pretty neat that I posted a teaser video of my script and the film director Paul Haggis actually liked it.  Look him up on IMDB to see what films he's made.  He's known for a couple of James Bond films among others.  Check back on the site for more info and updates and check out my Instagram post below.

This is happening. The script to my latest film is being written. Late night session. Hopefully I'll have some video up this week of the opening scene. #movie #film #indie #horror #slasher #comedy #sneakpreview #writing #latenight #inspiration #firstdeath

A video posted by Seth (@sethvan) on Sep 4, 2016 at 1:15am PDT

Mad Max Fury Road Trailer!!

WOW WOW WOW!  Ok, like all of you I was kinda bummed about Mel Gibson not being in this movie.  It was one of those things where you were kinda expecting it but hoping at the same time that he would go one last round with the a new horde of apocalyptic bad asses.  Instead, we get Tom Hardy (Bane from The Dark Knight Rises) in the titular role of Max and also returning is Hugh Keays-Byrne.  You won't recognize Hugh in this movie but you may recognize him from the first Mad Max film as the big baddie Toecutter.  I'm honestly pretty stoked about this film.  I was hyped to begin with and after watching the first teaser for this film last summer I was in.  Now Warner Bros. has released a full trailer and i'm ready to give them my movie.  A must see film for 2015!

This Is The End Unrated Trailer!

Some of the funniest films I have seen in the past few years have been the likes of: Knocked Up, Superbad and Pineapple Express starring the famous crew to the poster on your left.  Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny Mcbride and Jonah Hill, among many other talented actors, have skyrocketed themselves into instant comedic hilarity!  Now they have done it again! Coming this summer is a new film from the famous group titled "This Is The End".  This time around our favorite actors play themselves in the "real world" when a un-wordly catastrophe takes over the city of Los Angeles.  Perhaps an alien invasion??  This looks like it's going to be another very funny flick!  I have embedded the amazingly funny trailer below but be aware it is the red-band trailer and includes violence and foul language.

World War Z Poster and First Footage!

Here is your first sneak peak at Brad Pitt's new film "World War Z".  From what I understand this about a zombie epidemic happening all around the world.  I don't know much but my wife has read the book and is a big fan of Max Brooks, the author.  I have been reading on other sites and from my wife's first look at this footage that it looks like it really has nothing to do with the book.  Kind of a bummer if that is true.  The zombies almost kinda remind me of the creatures from I Am Legend.  I don't think that their is a release date for this film yet other than sometime in 2013. The full trailer will be released tomorrow sometime.

Quick Review: Total Recall 2012 Version

So I finally got the chance to check out the remake of the legit old school Arnold Shwarzenegger film, Total Recall. This film stars a couple of good actors in Colin Farrel and Kate Beckinsale.  It was directed by Beckinsale's hubby, Len Wiseman.  This movie is pretty much a complete remake of the original.  It swaps in some elements from the original such as the planet Mars.  The story involves 2 different colonies like the original but stays on Earth.  Yes, you get the 3 breasted woman.  Why though?  Wasn't she a mutant in the original?  Honestly, I fell asleep through this movie.  That's not to say that it wasn't good.  Does it live up to the original?  Do they ever?  No, this does not.  It's probably worth a rental or catch it later on HBO or something.  Check out the trailer below.

Quick Review: Spiderman 2012

I had the opportunity to recently see this film and just had to write a "quick review".  What I mean by that is that I am basically going to give you my two cents on the film and a recommendation for or against the thing.  In the past I have spent a lot of time covering many different aspects of films that perhaps readers just weren't interested in reading?

Ok, so here we go, The Amazing Spiderman.  If MTV or Nickelodeon had won the rights to the beloved Spiderman library and made a film about it in their own take then you would have this film.  This film is geared towards the younger generation and plays out like a beefed up after school special.  We have all grown up and personally loved Tobey Maguire in the previous films so why Sony felt like they had to go and change everything out is a mystery to me.

The best actor in this film to me is Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy.  She is easy on the eyes and a joy to watch in this film.  Andrew Garfield is a no named actor that really doesn't fill the tights to play the role of Peter Park/Spiderman.  I hate to sound mean but in my opinion he was a bad choice. Our evil baddy, The Lizard, is a CGI mess and makes me wonder where all the money went into making this film.  The story overall was ok.  It is once again another "re-imagining" of the story we saw years earlier in the original Spiderman.  We have been there and done that and frankly I don't think people are that interested in visiting this story once again so soon.

If you have nothing else to watch then check this out on PPV or on demand where ever you may be.  Trust me you will get tired of it quick and wonder why you wasted your money.  That is unless you have young teenage girls in your house then I am sure they will love it.

Ebay Store: Enter The Toy Box

So everyone knows that I am a huge toy and pop culture fan. I have decided to jump into seeing if I could sell some of toys online through Ebay.  Lately I have been purchasing large amounts of toys, especially TMNT toys.  It's getting harder and harder to find the items that I don't have and when I do I have to buy the whole lot so I thought I would start listing some of my doubles and odds and ends that I have laying around.  You can click on the photos above to visit my store.  My store is called "The Toy Box".  A fitting name indeed I think!

Hollywood Treasure

I just wanted to briefly talk about a very cool show on television.  I thought this show would be fitting for this site because of how big of a movie fan I am along with the toys and other pop culture items I delve in.  This show is called Hollywood Treasure and is on the Syfy Channel on Tuesday evenings.  The show follows Joe Maddalena and his crew as they scour the globe looking for rare movie items to in turn sell in their famous "Profiles in History" auctions.  They deal in everything from movie props to cameras and wardrobes.  It is a very interesting show and especially for those that are big movie buffs like myself or history fans.  Joe comes off as a real sincere guy and someone who is about wanting to get these items (some of which are found buried in garages among other places) to good homes to be taken care of and enjoyed for many years to come.