Gawd! I’m a sick dude!
Ever since I’ve watched the phenomenal original Planet of the Apes, I’ve uh… been having dreams about… Nova. You know that “kind” of dream. If only I could travel back to 1968… ^_^;;
LOL! Eewww right? I mean presently, she’s way, way older than my parents. Double eeewww!! That’s why I said Nova and not Linda Harrison. I’m thinking I’m not alone here. I guess I’m saying there are hot women at certain point in time portraying someone that we really lust for. Yeah, LUST!!! Their portrayal of such character was so perfect that it was forever immortalized by us fans into the deepest recesses of our minds. Example, I know lots of Star Wars fanboys out there still lusts after Carrie Fisher‘s bikini clad Jabba the Hut’s sex slave portrayal of Lea Organa. The Baywatch babes (especially Pamela Anderson) comes to mind as well. My friend had it for Tanya Robert‘s Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (yeah, that original movie not that tv series starring Gena Lee Nolin which is freaking HoT back then too). OTOH, I had it for her as Kiri from the 1982 film The Beastmaster. In fact, some people have put up a website with such listings. Check this out.
But since Nova is but a character, I searched up the net trying to find something about Ms. Harrison. Apparently, her other portrayals weren’t that memorable to fans. I guess that’s the problem with such cult faves. They find it harder and harder to impress fans in portraying other characters after a success. (So I guess Emma Watson can’t be some other chick post Hermione as will Daniel Radcliffe post Harry Potter.) In fact, I’ve found a ridiculous campy Wonder Woman test pilot she did before PotA. Thank gawd! That didn’t happen. If it did, I wouldn’t even bother with her.
Her success as Nova got her a cameo role in Tim Burton’s remake of the Planet of the Apes. Back then, I didn’t know her. I looked for the scene again last night. Guess what? I still didn’t know it was her. LOL!
Anyways, I still think that this is just some hangover from watching these awesome movies. See, back when I was a kid, I’ve had the hots for Shirley Eaton who portrayed of Jill Masterson in Goldfinger. I believe she only had 5 mins of screen time but her dead body lying on bed painted in gold from head to toe was so iconic that I liked James Bond from then on. Then when I was a teenager. There was also Barbara Bach who portrayed Major Anya Amasova from The Spy Who Loved Me. Oooh my gawd. Her character is a different Bond girl. Not those damsel in distress type of shit! This one kicks so much ass. LOL! Girl Power if you know what I mean. Then, of course, there are also local Pinay celebs a couple of years back.
Sometimes though it depends on that exact period of time she portrayed that character. See, I loved Miley Cyrus as Hanna Montana during season 2 best but after that, things kinda change… drastically. Another would be Stephanie Xiao Qiang (萧蔷) who reputedly is Taiwan’s No. 1 beautie (don’t know if that’s still true…). I… uh… lusted after her (and loved) when she was in a Taiwan cop drama (I forgot the title. It’s the one with the Andy Lao song 你是我的温柔) during the mid to late 90s. She played a cop who spied on the crime boss Louie as his lover but was caught, beat up, and shit done to her. Funny thing is she fell in love with him till the very end which affects her allegiances. It was only that show. Perhaps it was the cold shower scene showing her assets. Damn! I think it was before 96′ popular 真愛一世情 with perennial love team Lin Rui Yang (林瑞阳) which I didn’t like her anymore.
Anyways, after the hangovers, I often looked at the pictures or whatever materials I can find out there again today. Ugh! i can’t believe I ever liked her. LOL!
