Not one but two Monkey inspired films!

A big part of my ‘research’ for Monkey the 2nd Incarnation is catching up on all the TV and Film versions directly inspired by the book. In many ways they are useful for finding ideas, especially from a visual context,  on how to bring Monkey to the gaming...

Getting ready for the Fire Monkey

Well I’m ready for my announcement about the Monkey 2nd Incarnation tomorrow on the Chinese New Year, which is the start of the Chinese Year of the Fire Monkey. In my travels round the t’internet I’ve found a couple of relevant vids for your...

Kung Fu Christmas Introduction

For some its Wizard of Oz. For others it’s Die Hard which brings them Christmas cheer.  Me I’m not one of them, I like my Christmas tales filled with Kung Fu action of the Hong Kong variety. It was the UK’s Channel 4 that introduced me to Hong Kong...

Fansubbing

A quick guest post about fansubed Chinese films and TV shows from my friend Lynn Yin. Note that that she talks about the Chinese version(s) of Monkey which most folk won’t be familiar with. Lynn originally brought the Chinese version to my attention when I was...