Member DrNgor Posted December 5, 2017 Member Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) Well, I've spent the past couple of months compiling reviews from this forum and other places, mainly defunct websites, in order to make my own Leonard Maltin-esque guide to old school movies. I now have gotten as much as I'd like to get, with the final product being a good 501 pages in length. This is a personal project and reflects no desire on my part to profit from the writing of others. That said, I'd like to make it available here for anyone who might be interested. Here's the file in PDF format, if you're curious. The Kung Fu Fandom Guide to Classic Kung Fu.pdf Edited June 29, 2020 by DrNgor 19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted December 5, 2017 Member Share Posted December 5, 2017 Duuuuuuuude!!!! There's a lot of stuff in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Fist of the Heavenly Sky Posted December 5, 2017 Member Share Posted December 5, 2017 I can already tell you've put quite a lot of work into compiling this. Congrats! Do you plan on updating it every now and then? Perhaps the start of something even bigger? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted December 5, 2017 Member Share Posted December 5, 2017 I'm definitely impressed Great job! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted December 5, 2017 Author Member Share Posted December 5, 2017 42 minutes ago, AlbertV said: I'm definitely impressed Great job! Thanks! I actually tried to find stuff from the old Kung Fu Cinema website, but for some reason it's not accessible via the Wayback Machine (at least when I tried). 5 hours ago, Fist of the Heavenly Sky said: Do you plan on updating it every now and then? Perhaps the start of something even bigger? I'm not sure. I've considered doing a Volume 2 later on down the line. If that volume were to deal with all the other old school movies I didn't include, I'd probably have to spend a couple of years watching them so that a review of it might exist...or post the little on a thread and we all could whittle it down in a group effort. Much easier than that would be do tackle HK action movies made after the old school era up through 1999, prior to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon becoming a game-changer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted December 5, 2017 Member Share Posted December 5, 2017 17 hours ago, DrNgor said: Well, I've spent the past couple of months compiling reviews from this forum and other places, mainly defunct websites, in order to make my own Leonard Maltin-esque guide to old school movies. I now have gotten as much as I'd like to get, with the final product being a good 501 pages in length. This is a personal project and reflects no desire on my part to profit from the writing of others. That said, I'd like to make it available here for anyone who might be interested. Does this mean we wont be doing a book signing tour? Impressive work @DrNgor, there's enough reading there, to keep someone busy until the next holiday season. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member panku Posted December 5, 2017 Member Share Posted December 5, 2017 Very nice, thanks for sharing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member CoolBlackKnight Posted December 7, 2017 Member Share Posted December 7, 2017 Great work... Impressive! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted December 8, 2017 Author Member Share Posted December 8, 2017 1 hour ago, CoolBlackKnight said: Great work... Impressive! Thanks! On 05/12/2017 at 4:57 PM, panku said: Very nice, thanks for sharing. Don't mention it! On 05/12/2017 at 4:56 PM, DragonClaws said: Impressive work @DrNgor, there's enough reading there, to keep someone busy until the next holiday season. Let's see how much your To-Watch List expands now... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member odioustrident Posted December 8, 2017 Member Share Posted December 8, 2017 Great idea and great work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted December 8, 2017 Member Share Posted December 8, 2017 15 hours ago, DrNgor said: Let's see how much your To-Watch List expands now... My wallet just burst into flames at the sight of the first page. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted December 8, 2017 Administrator Share Posted December 8, 2017 On 12/4/2017 at 8:27 PM, DrNgor said: Well, I've spent the past couple of months compiling reviews from this forum and other places, mainly defunct websites, in order to make my own Leonard Maltin-esque guide to old school movies. I now have gotten as much as I'd like to get, with the final product being a good 501 pages in length. This is a personal project and reflects no desire on my part to profit from the writing of others. That said, I'd like to make it available here for anyone who might be interested. Here's the file in PDF format, if you're curious. The Kung Fu Fandom Guide to Classic Kung Fu.pdf A very interesting project, but... and I hate to be negative- but why wouldn't you include the names of the people that wrote the reviews? I find this to be a terrible disservice to everyone whose reviews are included. I just don't get it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Fist of the Heavenly Sky Posted December 8, 2017 Member Share Posted December 8, 2017 37 minutes ago, KUNG FU BOB said: A very interesting project, but... and I hate to be negative- but why wouldn't you include the names of the people that wrote the reviews? I find this to be a terrible disservice to everyone whose reviews are included. I just don't get it. I can only speak for myself, but crediting would only make sense if the original reviewer was posting by his real name, which is hardly ever the case. Not much sense including a username, especially if it's from a defunct blog. Maybe DrNgor could've included the website links from where the review(s) originally hailed from, even if said site is defunct. I certainly don't mind that my handle wasn't included alongside the Big Boss review/essay. It's not like I conceived it for any other reason besides engaging in a hobby, but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted December 8, 2017 Administrator Share Posted December 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Fist of the Heavenly Sky said: I can only speak for myself, but crediting would only make sense if the original reviewer was posting by his real name, which is hardly ever the case. Not much sense including a username, especially if it's from a defunct blog. Maybe DrNgor could've included the website links from where the review(s) originally hailed from, even if said site is defunct. I certainly don't mind that my handle wasn't included alongside the Big Boss review/essay. It's not like I conceived it for any other reason besides engaging in a hobby, but that's just me. Well, I'm glad you aren't bothered by it, but I disagree. If a person "signed" it, whether with their real name or an alias, it should've been included. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted December 8, 2017 Author Member Share Posted December 8, 2017 48 minutes ago, KUNG FU BOB said: find this to be a terrible disservice to everyone whose reviews are included. I just don't get it. This is a project that original intended to be something that I'd print out and keep at my own reading disposal. It was when I was further along that I decided to share it. By then, I had amassed enough that I didn't feel like going back checking each and every review to determine who wrote what. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted December 8, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Fist of the Heavenly Sky said: I can only speak for myself, but crediting would only make sense if the original reviewer was posting by his real name, which is hardly ever the case. Not much sense including a username, especially if it's from a defunct blog. I guess I'm an exception to the rule (http://cityonfire.com/author/paul-bramhall/). In 2017 I'd actually argue that no one writes under monikers anymore outside of forums, the thought of having a fake name credited for something you'd put a lot of effort into doesn't really make sense to me. For me, I get that it was a personal project for @DrNgor, so the credit thing isn't such a biggie. I would like to see who wrote the reviews though purely because I tend to agree more with some reviewers opinions than others, so for me who wrote it is a big part of how much I'd be influenced to watch (or not watch) the movie in question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted December 8, 2017 Administrator Share Posted December 8, 2017 1 minute ago, DrNgor said: This is a project that original intended to be something that I'd print out and keep at my own reading disposal. It was when I was further along that I decided to share it. By then, I had amassed enough that I didn't feel like going back checking each and every review to determine who wrote what. Uh huh, but I still don't understand, even if it were just for you, why you'd exclude the reviewer's names. And now you have decided to share it... 1 minute ago, One Armed Boxer said: For me, I get that it was a personal project for @DrNgor, so the credit thing isn't such a biggie. I would like to see who wrote the reviews though purely because I tend to agree more with some reviewers opinions than others, so for me who wrote it is a big part of how much I'd be influenced to watch (or not watch) the movie in question. Yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted December 9, 2017 Member Share Posted December 9, 2017 14 hours ago, KUNG FU BOB said: and I hate to be negative- but why wouldn't you include the names of the people that wrote the reviews? I think the people who wrote each review should be credited, by name or alias, if you put something out on the internet, that includes others work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted December 9, 2017 Author Member Share Posted December 9, 2017 If you give me a few months--I need to finish another project first--I can make a Table of Contents and include the author there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted December 10, 2017 Member Share Posted December 10, 2017 On 09/12/2017 at 5:03 PM, DrNgor said: If you give me a few months--I need to finish another project first--I can make a Table of Contents and include the author there. Sounds like a good idea. I've not had the time to have a really close look at the PDF book, but if it features writing from fans here, they should be credited as the authors, of what-ever they have written. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted December 11, 2017 Member Share Posted December 11, 2017 Thank you Dr!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted January 8, 2018 Author Member Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) Okay, here's the version 1.1, which has a Table of Contents listing all the films reviewed (920 films total). Stay tuned for version 2.0, which will have the authors credited (albeit, it'll take a little while). The Kung Fu Fandom Guide to Classic Kung Fu.pdf Edited June 29, 2020 by DrNgor 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator thekfc Posted January 8, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 8, 2018 Awesome!!!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted January 9, 2018 Member Share Posted January 9, 2018 17 hours ago, DrNgor said: Okay, here's the version 1.1, which has a Table of Contents listing all the films reviewed (920 films total). Stay tuned for version 2.0, which will have the authors credited (albeit, it'll take a little while). Any write-up's from the Mutual Monthly Review Thread get used @DrNgor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted February 10, 2018 Member Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 08/01/2018 at 10:23 PM, DrNgor said: Stay tuned for version 2.0, which will have the authors credited (albeit, it'll take a little while). Hows the 2.0 version going @DrNgor?. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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