Wednesday, February 14, 2024

My Valentine Post for Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng (Poon/Todt) aka Michelle Khan

An absolutely magnificent woman!
Superb Oscar-winning actress with a range from heavy drama to light comedy with equal aplomb.
Has no actual martial arts training, but her extensive dance background enables her to perform fight choreography to perfection!
Has done her own fights and stunts whenever allowed.
Over 30 films and TV series, and I've seen every one (Even Owl and Dumbo!)
Thank Tech Heaven for multi-region DVD/Blu-Ray players!
Genre credits include
Wicked Part 1 /Wicked Part 2 (Madame Morrible)
Avatar 3 /Avatar 4 (Dr Karina Mogue)
Brothers Sun (Eileen Sun)
Ark: the Animated Series (Mei-Yin Li aka Beast Queen)
School for Good and Evil (Prof Emma Anemone)
A Haunting in Venice (Joyce Reynolds)
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (Evelyn Wang [multiple incarnations/forms])
Star Trek: Discovery / Star Trek: Short Treks / Star Trek: Section 31 (Emperor Georgiou / Lieutenant/Captain Philippa Georgiou)
Marco Polo (Lotus)
Strike Back (Mei Foster / Lt Colonel Han Li-Na)
Morgan (Dr Lui Chen)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (Soothsayer)
Reign of Assassins (Xi Yu aka Drizzle)
True Legend (Sister Yu)
Wing Chun (Yim Wing Chun)
It's rumored she was offered the role of Seraph in the second and third Matrix movies, but turned it down. (The role went to a male actor)

Note: The Invisible Woman in Heroic Trio is not the Marvel Comics character.
Nor is Wonder Woman (played by Anita Mui) the DC Comics character.

Monday, January 8, 2024

Halle Berry is STILL Ororo Munroe aka Storm of the X-Men!

I feel like re-running these pix of Halle Berry from the original X-Men series!

And, for the record, I believe she can still pull off the role when the X-Men officially join the MCU!
If you're good with Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart reprising their roles (as I am), why not her?
She's in buff shape, and CGI has improved remarkably since 2000!
The main complaint I had from the Fox series was that she was wayyyy underwritten by the scripters!

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Rosario Isabel Dawson

Rosario Dawson straddles the line between being a fanboy dream goddess and being a fangirl herself with surprising ease. (And, no, I'm not going to make any obvious jokes...)
Why do we say she's a "fangirl"? Besides being a hardcore Trekker and comic book fan, Rosario is also the creator /co-writer of the comic book Occult Crimes TaskForce (the lead character Sophia Ortiz is illustrated in her image).
As for being a "fanboy dream goddess"...if you've seen the recent slate of Marvel/Netflix series (she appeared in all of them) as well as Sin City, GrindHouse, or even Adventures of Pluto Nash (She and Pam Grier are the ONLY reasons to bother with that turkey!) you wouldn't be wondering about the designation...and now she's the live-action embodiment of the animated Star Wars character Ahsoka Tano first on the TV series The Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett, now in her own, self-titled show!
Rosario is one of the more civic-minded performers in show-biz, devoting her time and her name to a wide variety of causes including voter registration, gay rights, preventing domestic violence, and conservation. Very cool!
Trivia:
Dawson is the only person (AFAIK) to appear in the DC, Marvel and Archie media universes!
Marvel: Night Nurse/Claire Temple
DC: Batgirl/Barbara Gordon, Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, Artimis
Archie: Valerie Brown
She co-starred with fellow Femme Fantastique Tracie Thoms twice, in Rent (where she and Tracie were the only lead performers not from the Broadway version) and GrindHouse presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof / GrindHouse "Death Proof".
Rosario performs her own singing in every film her on-screen persona sings in (Rent, Josie & the Pussycats, and Adventures of Pluto Nash) and she's on the soundtrack albums of all of them!

Genre appearances include...
Haunted Mansion (Gabbie)
Mandalorian / Book of Boba Fett / Ahsoka (Ahsoka Tano)
DMZ (Alma Ortega)
Zombieland: Double Tap (Nevada)
Last Kids on Earth (Rezzoch)
Lego Batman Movie / Lego Dimensions (Batgirl / Barbara Gordon)
Daredevil Defenders Iron Fist Jessica Jones Luke Cage (Claire Temple/Night Nurse)
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines / Death of Superman / Justice League vs Teen Titans / Justice League Dark / Justice League: Throne of Atlantis / Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (Wonder Woman)
Trance (Elizabeth)
Fire with Fire (Talia Durham)
ZooKeeper (Kate)
UnStoppable (Connie Hooper)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief (Persephone)
Haunted World of El SuperBeasto (Velvet Von Black)
Wonder Woman [2009] (Artemis)
KillShot (Donna)
Gemini Division [webisodes] (Anna Diaz / producer)
Eagle Eye (Zoe Perez)
Grindhouse Presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof / Grind House "Death Proof" (Abernathy)
Clerks II / Jay & Silent Bob Reboot / Clerks III (Becky / Reggie)
Devil's Rejects [edited from film, scenes on DVD version] (Nurse Marcia)
Sin City / Sin City: a Dame to Kill For (Gail)
RunDown (Mariana)
Adventures of Pluto Nash (Dina Lake / performer: "It's Alright")
Men in Black II (Laura Vasquez)
Josie & the Pussycats (Valerie Brown / performer on all "Pussycats" songs)


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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Liza Lapira

A talented actress who you've seen in numerous genre shows and films...though you may not realize it!
She's been a supporting player on several genre shows simultaneously!
One of them, NCIS, finally gave her a showcase two-parter.
Unfortunately, they also killed her off...😢
She's currently co-starring in the reboot of The Equalizer as Melody "Mel" Bayani!
Genre Credits Include...
Nancy Drew  (Victoria Fan)
NCIS: New Orleans "Crab Mentality"
Angel from Hell "Pilot"
Battle Creek (Detective Jacocks)
Repo Men aka Reposession Mambo (Alva)
Fast and Furious (Agent Sophie Trinh)
DollHouse (Ivy)
NCIS (Michelle Lee)
Cloverfield (Heather)
Dexter (Yuki Amado)
Law & Order (Jenny Lu)

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez

This is the "Rourke" who now runs Fantasy Island...

...not a "Mr", but a "Ms."!
Her genre credits include...
The Rookie (Valerie Castillo) "The Overnight"
NightStalker (Gabriella Martinez)
LA Dragnet (Det. Elana/Lisa Macias)
Kojak [2005] (ADA Carmen Warrick)
Without a Trace (Elena Delgado)
Rush Hour 2 / Rush Hour 3 (Isabella Molina)