six beautiful women

[bantha_fodder]

Since I wear my ethnicity on my sleeve anyway, I thought I would briefly talk about some women whom I love, and make some icons. The icons are for sharing and modifying, if it takes your fancy. The Gimp, delightful though it is as an editing program, is having difficulty dealing with Chinese characters, which is why these icons are textless. I was going to put them behind a cut, but I was having so much trouble deciding which ones to hide that I decided not to, as there are only twenty-two. Please forgive me.


Fish Leong is a delightful singer from Malaysia. My friends mock me when they find out that I like her, but I do, she's lovely. She reminds me of all the songs I used to love as a kid, even when I couldn't remember the words. A song: 暖暖.



You may recall the beautiful Li Gong: she was recently in Miami Vice, looking like she was having a hilarious time in what was a terrible movie; she was also in Memoirs of a Geisha and the fact that I still haven't seen 2046 or 满城尽带黄金甲. UGH.




Lucy Liu is American born, but she is still a beautiful ethnic Chinese woman whom I think is fantastic. And beautiful. Her freckles make me feel better about my own.




Faye Wong was born on the mainland but had to become popular in Hong Kong first, which is why there she sings so many Cantonese songs. I don't know how to describe her, not really. She is one of my favourite singers, which really says a lot for my tastes. The song I have uploaded is a cover, and I'm sorry, but it's one of my favourite songs ever, and I know that you will find it delightful: 冷戰.




I was so ridiculously excited when I first found out that Michelle Yeoh was going to be a Bond girl, and when her character neglected her duties to make out with James Bond I was a little disappointed in her (I was only fifteen, what can I say?). She too was born in Malaysia, a country I love like no other.




I didn't like Zhang Ziyi for some time, introduced to her as I was through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Two things won me over: how fucking beautiful she is, and her performance in 我的父亲母亲 which was awesome.

Comments

[girlneedsagun.livejournal.com]

Lucy Liu and I need to have naked time together. Yes.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

She's so beautiful. SO BEAUTIFUL. That third icon, she's wearing this pink blouse and she looks SO STUNNING, and everytime I see her freckles, just, OH.

This sounds weird, but she's so beautiful that she makes me feel better about myself.

[skywardprodigal.livejournal.com]

Great post. I adore Faye Wong. Michelle Yeoh is beautiful in just about every way. I think it's telling that all her costars seem to adore her. She manages to look like the bff with many.

Does Fish Leong act in films/tv?

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Michelle Yeoh is so beautiful. I hadn't heard that about all her costars loving her, though, that's great.

I don't think that Fish Leong is an actor at all. I've never heard of her in anything.

[aj.livejournal.com]

Damn. And now you totally reminded me about how I SO WANT Zhang Ziyi to play Batgirl in any and all future movies. SO MUCH. For they are both made of awesome.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

I SO WANT Zhang Ziyi to play Batgirl in any and all future movies

That would be awesome. She would kick ass.

[aj.livejournal.com]

WOULDN'T IT JUST? I've had many a conversation on said score with kiarda and smittywing. I really need to see more of her in film though. My watching of films has, sadly, gone downhill in recent years. It's not that I don't watch foreign films... it's just I don't watch anything. *sad heathen*

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

That would be SO AWESOME.

[cavalaxis]

Michelle Yeoh is also an amazing martial artist. And while Zhang Ziyi's style is more dance than martial art, she's still an amazing athlete.

But I want to be Michelle Yeoh when I grow up.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

What an excellent choice! I adore her. :o)

[carmarthen.livejournal.com]

I was so disappointed when Wai Lin slept with Bond, but at least she maintained more of her kickass awesomeness than any other non-evil Bond girl I can think of. She at least seemed to sleep with Bond 'cos she thought it would be fun, not because of his Amazing Powers of SeXX0r. (I vaguely recall watching a kind of bad movie about Wing Chun because she played Wing Chun. <3)

Gong Li is awesome too--an amazingly moving actor (and beautiful, too).

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

I had just hoped that Wai Lin would be better than that, better than falling for Bond's charms. You're right though, it didn't seem like she'd fallen in love with him, just that she was having a bit of fun. I suspect that the next day she would have shrugged it off and written her report, told him to write his.

Somehow, I always forget how beautiful Gong Li is.

[carmarthen.livejournal.com]

Definitely progress, I think. The problem is that the Bond franchise kind of relies on his irresistibility to women (new!Moneypenny, M, and the occasional lesbian minor character aside). Alas.

But oh, <3 Wai Lin anyway. I would write more fic about her if I had ideas.

[arthurfrdent.livejournal.com]

friendsurfin' themonkeycabal...

I'm glad you didn't put them behind a cut, because I wouldn't have stopped perhaps... I like your framing decisions very much... and naturally the subject matter is without equal... :devil:

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent! Thank you for validating my habit of not cutting. :o)

And thank you for the compliment on my framing - I love that style, but I understand it's not quite everyone's cup of tea.

Though the subject matter should surely be.

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

Awesome post.

I have this theory that Zhang Ziyi is like the Keira Knightley of Chinese cinema. Both are about the same age, made their name (overseas at least) doing spectacular action films, are admire/reviled for their looks, and less respected for the strength of their acting despite being nominated for awards.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Your theory describes exactly my emotions towards Zhang Ziyi, well, the ones I used to have before I was won over by her beauty and her acting. It's interesting that it took me watching her in the non-action movies, for me to really appreciate her.

[qthelights.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful icons. Glad you didn't put behind a cut, I might have missed 'em! Some gorgeous women here.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[roz-mcclure.livejournal.com]

Li Gong! LI GONG! I love her! And Michelle Yeoh! ZOMG! Two women my mother's age who could kick my ass! <3 <3 <3

You've seen To Live, haven't you?

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

NO. I haven't! SHOULD I?

[roz-mcclure.livejournal.com]

HOMG YES. We watched it in my Non-Western Theater class last spring, and it was fucking amazing. I don't want to ruin it, because it's the kind of movie where you just have to hop in the front seat and let it take you for a ride, but it's really, really worth renting if not buying. And of course she's fantastic in it. :)

It's Chinese, made in 1994 in America, I think. The director had been a Chinese citizen until the government "suggested" he take a leave from filmmaking, i.e. "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UUUUUUP YOU CAN'T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT!" I haven't seen anything else of his (yet) but it's very effective and very surprising, in all the good ways.

It's also on our department chair's top five movies list -- okay, I'm going to stop talking because I really don't want to spoil it, but PLZ RENT IT SOON SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT!

[jcalanthe]

These are all gorgeous (the women, the images, and your iconning of them), thanks so much for sharing! Am wandering away with the one of Zhang Ziyi in the red dress.