David Milton McGowan

  Half Way There from guest blogger, D.J. McGowan I was going to continue my theme about movies/stories/ entertainment this week but I saw a post from my son that I liked very much and asked if I could post it here. He agreed. Despite all the lock-downs, deaths and over-loaded hospitals the world has been experiencing over the last few months we still hear/see statements made that this is all a conspiracy of the “one world government”. Give your head a shake; at government meetings even allies can’t even agree on what coffee will be served. If they do agree it’s because they made some concession on another subject. As a result I found the following post by Douglas J. McGowan to be interesting, entertaining and timely. Doug worked in retail for a couple of years before joining the Canadian Army. He was with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, the R.C.A.F. as a meteorologist, and retired from the Royal Engineers as a Master Corporal. He presently traverses Western Canada ...

I just love the “view”. Not so much the screen showing clothes, or pretty women or so-called “glamour” but the look into a different world than the one I inhabited. The look into the world of war (seldom depicted as ugly as it is) or a story about the experience of escaping from war. (“Oh, it’s all about great songs and harmony singing?” Sure it is.) Perhaps it's a chance to use deduction to solve the crime before the writers reveal the solution. It was entertainment from a different place and it can show the viewers how to make entertainment in their own world.     As said in a line from a Jim Stafford song, "take a trip and never leave the farm".       Then I began to study the writing, acting and directing. Is it a good story? Could it be a better story? Do you believe the way he delivered that line? The character he created? Why did they jump from New York to Arizona?           Then there was a period where several movies were rele...