Man at Arms: Art of War

[El Dingo]

Watching this was weird. I know a bunch of artists, writers etc., but this may be the first time a friend of mine was on TV in a featured role.


I am addicted to these types of shows. "Forged in Fire", "Counting Cars" even "How it's Made". I especially like the extreme car restoration shows on the Velocity network. There is something about watching craftsmen making a beautiful piece of art out of raw materials that I find really satisfying.

DM was fantastic! He came off as a knowledgeable historian delivering his lines with the passion and emphasis of someone who really cares about the subject. Hearing him talk about Kurosawa, Mifune and Miike who we know he loves and will ramble on about even if he's not on camera was great! DM - who writes the copy for those segments? Do you provide a framework and then allow a writer to massage it to fit pacing/time or is it all you?

I just checked IMDB - DM's been on 5 of these things. I really need to keep up on threads that last more than 1 page. I have social media ADD. Every episode should be a New Topic.