I post my first review on spcnet.tv ....

I have decided to explore the possibilities of spcnet.tv myself by registering and examining all the possibilities open to its users. One of the first things I decided to do was to try posting a review. Although many of the reviews are of new or contemporary films, I decided to post about one of my favorite old school movies, In the Line of Duty IV starring Donnie Yen. This film is pertinent to the current martial arts movie environment due to Donnie Yen’s increasing prominence with his expertly choreographed police action dramas Sha Po Lang and Flashpoint, as well as the blockbuster Ip Man. In the Line of Duty IV is a predecessor of these two more recent police films, with an old school style and more of a wushu flavor to the choreography. Regardless of its age, I believe it is one of Donnie Yen’s best works.
Upon posting my review, I was informed of the status of my post by spcnet.tv. This website has a system by which administrators review and edit reviews before they go live on the website. This seems like an excellent feature to me, as it eliminates possibilities of either functionally illiterate posters, or endless reviews gushing about the sheen of Jay Chow’s perfectly straight permed hair. How extensive the editing process is I am not yet sure of. Depending on how the articles are edited, it does have the potential to limit some of the creative expressiveness and originality of users who wish to post reviews. Also, the speed of the editing process will be important, especially if the film is a new release. Regardless, this is still a good way to ensure a standard of quality over all the reviews on the site. It is a win-win situation, in that the site is able to grow based off quality user content, while users are able to post original reviews that are highly visible on the internet, without having to create and build up their own blog or website. Reviews are all attributed to the original authors as well. When the review goes live I will post a link to it, as well as any comments regarding the editing process the reviews are submitted to.

Back to straight perms, such vital conversation still has a place, and that is the FORUM. The forum on spcnet.tv has many different areas, ranging from music, TV, movies, to an “anything goes” area where fans may have “intellectual conversations” (straight perm related?) with each other – and it doesn’t even have to be about Asian movies!! The forum seems to be quite popular, with at least one reader on each different area at any given time (with some areas much more popular). The number of people currently reading is displayed below each section of the forum to indicate the activity on each thread.

Spcnet.tv is a quality website with many more features that I am sure I will expound upon in upcoming posts. I think this is a site that is still not quite part of the mainstream, but nonetheless has a dedicated following. I think I will begin contributing to it more regularly as I think it has a lot of potential!