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Movie Name : Relic Hunter Transformation
Actress Name : Roberta Angelica
Character Name : Turley
Year : 1999

In tv show Relic Hunter season 1 episode titled Transformation aired 1999. actress Roberta Angelica plays as villainess Turley.

Here's the funny thing, I never watched Indiana Jones, actually, I never watched anything related to George Lucas, I don't know why, and I watched tons of movies, but never anything to George Lucas, it's just me, but there's something about his movies that make me don't want to even give them a chance, and seeing how Disney basically deconstructed both Indiana Jones and Star Wars, and how George Lucas saying "Rejecting AI is like riding horses" I don't plan to watch them, even tho I know there's a female villain in one of Indiana Jones' movies, I think I will never watch them till the end of my life, which is kind of a dumb phrase, like, when you talk about art, you are talking about something like sport, the existence of cars didn't make riding horses as a sport disappear, people still ride horses for sport either officially like in horse races or personally, what applies to riding horses as sport applies to movies as art, not everyone have to make a movie like how everyone have to ride a car, which actually tells me more about him than it tells me about AI, and I don't like it, I mean think about it, like you having a horse should mean you have emotional connection with such creature, which would probably you wouldn't just replace with a piece of metal, the way George Lucas is describing the situation with cold analogy make me wonder how people working with him in his movies were like!

Anyway, Relic Hunter was Indiana Jones for me, watching this show as a kid was awesome, like waiting it to air, then hearing the intro music, then watching another adventure was awesome, I was excised to see what new adventure I will watch, what mystery she will need to solve, it could be the nostalgia, but this show was awesome, just the intro music bring back this great nostalgia feeling..

Here's an interesting scene around 28 minutes, the heroes basically solved a puzzle that opened a secret door, you may notice, the sound start, the door is pushed outward, the camera shows the heroes reaction, as the sound keep playing, then the door open to the side, that's the magic, the sound with the heroes reaction, give the illusion that it's one process, while it can be easily as two separate process, the first one is pushing the door outward, then two the side, with good craftsman, you don't need CGI, you can do it with simple tricks..

Finally we see our villainess around 29 minutes..

I have no idea why I liked Nigel as a kid, it's probably his hair,

This episode is very weird it feels as if it just started towards the end, like so many plot holes that it feels that the episode was altered a lot, for example, they found out that Agent Derek Lioyd isn't what he claim to be, and that he stole the identity of an actual agent, and the episode just forget it happened, like was he a criminal going after the scroll the same way Turley did, was he supposed to betray them, were there more to the story? There are also many scenes that take too much of the episode time and aren't very essential to the story, like, they take their time being in a restaurant, it just feel that the episode needed more that's all..

Lindy Booth is playing Claudia Mardell in the upcoming Halloween Store movie, and she was playing Claudia in this show too which is kind of interesting..

Anyway, here's the final famous mud fight scene, which the best scene in the entire episode, I wish Turley was more active, she basically got two scenes, when we first see her and the fight scene..

Roberta Angelica as evil babe Turley in Transformation Relic Hunter

Tag : 1999, Adventure, arrested, knocked out, Roberta Angelica,

Movie Name : Charmed She's a Man, Baby, a Man!

Actress Name : Heidi Mark

Character Name : Darla

Year : 1999

In tv show Charmed season 2 episode titled She's a Man, Baby, a Man! aired 1999. Actress Heidi Mark plays as villainess Darla.

God, I miss shows like this one, I remember how good female-led shows were, like Buffy, Relic Hunter, Xena, and of course this one, it's unbelievable that this show was made in the same place that make today some of the worst shows and movies in the world, like I don't there's a country that make shows and movies as bad as shows and movies are made in the west, I'm usually can watch drama and slow-burn shows till the end, and sometimes its rewarding and worth the time, like Westworld season one, and it was very rewarding by the end of the season, and it was made like a decade ago!!

But now just for the show to be made or associated with the west, it seems like it's not made for people willingly watching it, as if they have to be forced to watch it, as a method of interrogation or torture, they are just awful..

Anyway, let's start watching..

That's how great TV shows used to be, you know the idea of "show don't tell", the episode actually tell you first, in order to get your attention, like Phoebe was talking to Piper that she's having a weird dreams of being with men and she kill them in bed..

The show works on giving you partially of what the dreams are like, in ordered to get you to use your imagination and get you in anticipation, the show want you to keep watching, to be curious of what could happen or how such dreams could be like..

Just after that, we see Phoebe in her bed, you can see she's dreaming, and you still anticipating what's going on, still curious on how these dreams are like, then we see how these dreams are like, and then we are being introduced to our villainess.

That's how great villains are, it's extremely hard to build such anticipation to heroic character, like it can happen, but in order to do it, you need something like horror movie, and in such case the villain is the main character, the other characters are their targets, and the anticipation is built on what is going to happened to them, will they survive or not, the other example is in Game Of Thrones, in such case, the show got rid of the hero, or what was introduced to be the hero, then by doing so, the show built anticipation for the rest of the characters, it's hard to build such powerful anticipation in a heroic character, unless you basically don't mention the star of the movie, keep people anticipating who is who, another successful example for doing that with heroic character was in The Walking Dead, you also don't know what was going to happen, you are anticipating what would happen to the characters, so you are invested in the story, in this case, villainous character easily do what heroic characters are trying to do and failing.

The intro of the show is awesome, maybe it's just the nostalgia, seeing Shannen Doherty is also hurtful knowing that she's no longer in our world, it's like you lost someone from your childhood, someone you knew, spent good time with, and such someone is no longer here 😢.

This show was made 27 years ago, and the way they freeze time still looks awesome today..

Damn, around 27 minutes mark, after Prue Halliwell turned into a man to attract the succubus, she was saying that the video she gave to the dating agency made broke the records and got 20 hits LOL..

One of the most interesting things about this episode that Youtube originally was supposed to be a dating site, like how the company Darla was working in, you basically upload your video and find a date, like, this episode is just awesome, if someone want to make a movie or something taking place in the late 90s, this episode can give you idea on how the internet was in its early years.

The three witches knew that the succubus is attracted to Prue, so the three of them went to a night club waiting for her to show up, at first she mistaken her for someone else, then around 30 minutes mark, it turns out to be Darla, she trapped Prue in an alley, then her sisters intervened and the cops staking the place went to the scene and Darla was shot..

Yet, Darla not dead yet, and she went to the witches' house and kidnapped Prue, she really wants Prue, isn't she?

The actual final confrontation starts around 37 minutes..

If you are sick of censorship and western thought police shows, you really should watch this one, it's really fun to watch, and being available today with high quality, you will probably get a better time and a better experience watching it than you would get from watching the boring and bland modern TV shows, it's really worth it.

You can watch Darla's compilation clip here.

Heidi Mark as evil babe Darla in She's a Man, Baby, a Man! Charmed

Tag : 1999, Fantasy, Heidi Mark, shot,

Movie Name : Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Once Upon a Future King

Actress Name : Sara Wiseman

Character Name : Mab

Year : 1999

In tv show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys season 5 episode titled Once Upon a Future King aired 1999. Actress Sara Wiseman plays as villainess Mab.

Let's re-watch one of my childhood villainesses, let's see if Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as bad as modern western entertainment, better or worst, although, I think making TV show as bad as they are today requires more effort than it's required to make a good TV show LOL.

I'm so excited to watch this episode, yeah, it's my childhood villainess, but I really don't remember anything about the episode, I only recognized her when I watched the clip on Youtube, so, it's so nostalgic to watch the episode once more time.

Oh god, the intro of the episode is so bloody, they used practical effects tho, which I appreciate now.

Just after the battle scene we see our stunningly gorgeous sorceress, not having an HD version of this show is a sin.

The episode basically starts with Merlin sending both King Arthur and our villainess Mab in time to Hercules' era, saying "I can't stop you, so I'm sending you to someone who will".

It didn't take long for our evil sorceress and King Arthur to get their own army despite being in a different time and place, showing that their evil strength comes from within, not because their kingdom, that even being completely alone in the past, they manged to have an army under their command.

God, the intro, I love this intro, especially with the two-headed monster and the music, like, so nostalgic, I love it so much.

Around 9 minutes our sagacious sorceress gave King Arthur motivational speech on who he's way more than being a king of this small army, and his goal should be bigger than that, and that they have to find a way to go back to their own timeline.

King Arthur is clueless on how he can go back to his timeline, so our villainess had to show him how, now with them back in time, Merlin is also in the same timeline as young, and all they have to do is to go after him.

Our evil queen being well-informed with legends, she knew that the Excalibur isn't in the stone yet, so she then guided King Arthur to get the legendary sword from the guardian of the Excalibur.

Around 15 minutes, our villainess Mab and King Arthur finally manged to find Merlin..

God, I love how Mab uses her magic powers, like the way she act, and how powerful she looks, you would never get that in any modern show, because thought police commission would censor such scene as they consider enjoying watching villains doing evil act is a sin, so, creators can't make such scene, villains like Mab can't act powerful and dangerous, and either they turn them good, make them as bland as possible.

Anyway, the gorgeous evil sorceress finally manged to capture Merlin raising him above her head, with her black painted fingers around his neck 💗💗💗.

Yet, capturing Merlin wasn't as promising as our sorceress thought, as he has no idea on how to get them back to the future, as he's still young and had no idea how he sent them back to the past in the first place, so, she decided to use plan B, killing Merlin, and if he's dead in the past, he can't exist in the future, thus, he can't send our sorceress back in time, yet, it seems that there was some kind of protective shield protecting Merlin, that not only surprised our villainess, but Merlin himself was surprised.

Ok, Arthur is probably gonna join the good side and turn into a good king, well, he's not my king anymore, and not worthy of Mab's evil powers.

Around 31 minutes, our evil queen face Hercules while he was freeing Merlin, so, she ended trying to kill Hercules with her powers, for Hercules to block the fireball with the Excalibur back at her, to make her freeze, yet our beloved sorceress isn't done yet, as she still have one last trick in her sleeves, a giant monster who is willing to face the good guys. You can watch the final confrontation here.

I swear, I just finished watching the first season of some Hungarian show, thinking, maybe it's not censored, yet, as expected with all TV shows today, it was made under censorship committee, while this episode is absolutely amazing, I would even say, this single episode is way better than every show made by Hollywood in the last year, every single one, truly awesome.

Favorite Quotes

"Mab: We are sorcerers, the world belongs to us, or more precisely, to me."

Sara Wiseman as evil babe Mab in Once Upon a Future King Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Tag : 1999, Sara Wiseman,

Movie Name : Velocity Trap

Actress Name : Jorja Fox and Kathleen Randazzo

Character Name : Alice Pallas and The Assassin

Year : 1999

In 1999 movie Velocity Trap. Actresses Jorja Fox and Kathleen Randazzo plays as female villains Alice Pallas and The Assassin.

Let's check this iconic movie, I love 90s scifi movies, it's really unique, it's like having a time machine, an having a movie with good quality is just the perfect antidote for the lack of entertainment today.

The 90s probes looks so cool, like the buttons, the costumes and such looks way better than modern CGI, honestly I think stopping watching modern movies is the best decision I made this year, watching 90s movies I really cool and way more fun.

The hero went to buy an apple and cost him 12 dollars and "bad guys" attacked him to steal it, I mean, that's probably what would happen if capitalism evolved without real reforms, at least movies back then had enough artistic freedom to portray how scary capitalism can be and how can it evolve into being a dystopian nightmare.

Around 19 minute mark we have a gorgeous hitwoman played by Kathleen Randazzo went to assassinate a target the hero was guarding, after she eliminated her target she shot one of the guards in her way out, and the hero was framed of shooting his friend by mistake, and in order to avoid punishment he had to accept a risky mission.

The relationship between the hero and the woman he loves Dana, is so cheesy and absurd, I love it LOL.

The character in this movie aren't complicated or deep or anything, but unique, and I really like that, it's not like characters today that feel that are all the same as if they are being mass produced for consumption exactly like Coca-Cola or Pepsi products.

Although the effects is so outdated and the movie is low budget, the space travel in this movie is probably more believable than the absolute majority of big budget movies/shows today, it provide the escapism and using practical effects really help, while today entertainment is hostile towards both escapism and well.. entertainment.

The movie have a problem of telling not showing, like when they were talking about another ship was hit by asteroid, but that's was probably due to the limitation of the movie's budget more than anything, unlike modern movies and shows where they deliberately tell you instead of showing you.

The hero is the least interesting character in this movie, yet I'm having fun watching it, I think he's only there because how fit and eye candy he is LOL, anyway, can't wait for the villains start the action and the real fun begins.

Yes, yes, the bad guys entered the area around 44 minute mark awesome..

Damn, the bad guys ship impacted the good guys ship with explosion and the hero is being sucked by air, this is so cool, it's very rare to see scenes like this nowadays.

Ok, the hero and the heroine fight Fallout played by actor Victor Love and the heroine try to help hit Fallout but hit the hero instead LOL. Anyway, the fight ends with Fallout being sucked into space and dying, so basically Fallout just fallen out, people being sucked into space seems to be overused TBH.

Now, it's up to our villainess and the evil leader to face the hero and save the day.

Basically everyone except the hero and the heroine turned out to be evil except Fenner, well he didn't get the chance, as he's dead, the movie also has killer flamethrower robots, this is so cool, a low budget movie made more than 25 years ago is way better than anything I would watch today.

Our villainess went after the heroes to bring them back to injustice with her ship, and fire at them, she was shot by accident by the mother ship which became under the control of the bad guys, and crashed into Cruz played Ray Oriel who is also a bad guy, leaving only the main villain, Ok, that was very lazy, I kind of had fun till the last part, it felt rushed and incomplete, anyway If I took any random modern movie, this one would be absolutely better, villains in this movie are actually villains, they get good screen time, there are good fight and action scenes, some is better than the other, still I wish the movie was more, like the fight scenes seems incomplete or rushed, even the killer robot scene was rushed, but in any case that's some low budget movie from 25 years ago and still stand out today, which is kind of cool.

Anyway the movie also have a commentary, I wish an edited version of the commentary on the video is available on Youtube, it is really fun to watch. In the commentary it explained how the hitwoman actually shot the guard from behind, which I haven't noticed till re-watching the clip one more time and the guard was actually giving his back to her, which is kind of interesting, I think the commentary is about the lead actor Olivier Gruner and Phillip J. Roth commenting on the movie and behind the scene stuff, which is very cool, I would probably rewatch it again for the commentary.

Favorite Quotes

"Cruz: This man's like a turd, ignore the smell, and don't step on him."