Thai and other non-English superheroine tv shows

[shevek]

First episode: short 'flash-forward' fight sequence at the start, then the origin story of how she got her powers. Looks like episode 2 is when she gets into costume proper.




R5

We can't see this one in the U.S. Probably some other countries too. "Uploader hasn't made it available."

[five_red]

Captain Kitten ep3: clip featuring a transformation, quick fight sequence, then an unmasking.



I also found some pics of Jillian Ward, who plays the series' heroine.

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R5

[sneakly]

Captain Kitten ep3: clip featuring a transformation, quick fight sequence, then an unmasking.



I also found some pics of Jillian Ward, who plays the series' heroine.
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R5

They should have shirts labeled Goon 1 and Goon 2. It seems like a lot of inconvient luggage for a girl to drag around to fight crime. I think the Japanese with their Magical Girl transformations seems a lot more convenient than a backpack>

[GWalb]

Gotta like a superheroine with mose ears.

[GWalb]

That should be 'Mouse Ears" of course.

[shevek]

Captain Kitten ep3: clip featuring a transformation, quick fight sequence, then an unmasking.



I also found some pics of Jillian Ward, who plays the series' heroine.

R5

They should have shirts labeled Goon 1 and Goon 2. It seems like a lot of inconvient luggage for a girl to drag around to fight crime. I think the Japanese with their Magical Girl transformations seems a lot more convenient than a backpack>

OK, Jillian Ward is super beautiful. Her combat skills are decent too - I like the backflip that she did.
But she deserves a better costume - it's terrible. I understand that the show may not want to display Jillian's quite ample chest because of the audience demographic, but it would be nice if at least the costume was somewhat figure-flattering.

And also, beyond just being very inconvenient to bring a backpack everywhere to fight crime (I mean, Spider-Man kind of does that, but he can stick it to the corner of a tall building where nobody can find it), the transformation doesn't seem consistent.

It looked to me like when Kat is initially transforming to Captain Kitten, that Jillian had some trouble tying the mask on, so they just cut to her in the full costume after a little burst of purple magic. Unfortunately, that sequence also makes it look like the costume comes from nowhere and appears magically.

However, when she takes off the mask, the costume doesn't disappear: she is still wearing it. And it's inconvenient because it takes her quite a while to remove the entire costume (which is why Marty discovers her in it).

The transformation logic doesn't make sense. And as for the mask itself, is it just for identity concealment or does it give her any special power? Because when it glows as she takes it on and off, it looks like it has power. But I thought that she simply got her cat powers from being scratched
by the experimental kitten? After all, she displays the purple cat claws even when she isn't wearing the mask or costume.

Young folks who watch it probably won't have these issues, but these inconsistencies give me a headache. Oh well.

[Maskripper]

Captain Kitten ep3: clip featuring a transformation, quick fight sequence, then an unmasking.
....

Always the same... first rule for a masked hero(ine) should always be:
- NEVER unmask yourself in a public space! Not in a dark alley, not on the rooftop of some skyscraper... nowhere in public!
You never know who might be watching....

But that seems to be a rather common trope in the comics and on TV.

[five_red]

Blog post: More Super Klenk details come to light.


R5

[shevek]

Blog post: More Super Klenk details come to light.
R5

In the absence of the thumbs-up button, I'll just have to say: fantastic sleuthing, R5!

And it's really nice to see the word "sexy" used multiple times in mainstream newspaper articles when referring to the attractiveness of a woman, as opposed to the Millennials/Zoomer usage to just lazily describe anything that looks aesthetically appealing.

BTW, it looks like Ara Mina is still playing sexy roles to this day (she did an 'erotic comedy' two years ago).

And also, she has a history of roles in superhero TV shows and films. I don't know if you mentioned any of that in your Klenk coverage. From
what I can see, this includes:

- the main villainess Diabolika in the film 'Super Ranger Kids' (1997) when she was barely 18.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Ranger_Kids

- the villainess Diabolica in the 2003 film 'Fantastic Man'.

- Dyesebel in the 2005 Darna series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darna_(2005_TV_series)

Coincidentally, she also played a role on 'Ang Probinsyano', the long-running show which was replaced in its time slot by Darna 2022.

Which brings me to a good point which fits in perfectly with the spirit of this thread:

The 2007 series 'Fantastic Man' which was based on the earlier film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Man

Of course there's a male lead, but he had a sidekick called 'Fantastic Girl' and quite a number of female supervillain enemies.

Do you have any information on that series, and might you consider doing an article on the actress Ryza Cenon, who played Fantastic Girl
and previously in 2005, the Darna villainess Impaktika?

I think this hot collage demonstrates that she deserves her own spotlight, no? She had the power to control plants. What a gorgeous costume!

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An easy place to start: a channel called 'Andi's Pride' made a playlist of all the Ryza Cenon appearances in 'Fantastic Man' compiled from another channel called 'Ryza Believers'.



Here are some highlights. I'll save you some time - it takes a few episodes before Ryza's character becomes Fantastic Girl. But here is some interesting stuff.

At the end of this clip at 3:40, a beautiful female victim (I think her character is an actress) gets chloroformed.
In this clip, you can also see the two alien villains (the female has a nice tight costume) inspecting the scene and looking for the fragment.
Later on in this clip, you can also see Wena in her bedroom discovering the power of the meteorite gem as it glows bright green in her hand.



In the first few minutes of this clip, the aforementioned actress character is tied up and in peril, and is eventually hypnotized with cigarette smoke powers by a transvestite villain (always seem to have one of those in Pinoy productions). It's a nice long peril scene and very campy.



Anyway...back to Fantastic Girl.
Here's the first view of Ryza in the costume of Fantastic Girl. (go to the end of the clip in the "coming up" preview)



Here's her first full appearance in the costume. It appears that she is confused and fights Fantastic Man (the classic superhero misunderstanding).
She stands on a flying leaf, which is cool. Costume looks gorgeous. Fantastic Man subudes her by running around her at super speed and wrapping her in her own vines. Nice peril restraint.



First official Wena-to-Fantastic Girl transformation in full - starting at :47. Hot stuff. R5 should post this!

[helstar]

I was hoping they would publish all Fantastic Man episodes on youtube like they did with a lot of other tv-series, during the pandemic... but sadly, nothing to do :/

Didn't know about Super Ranger Kids, the whole movie is on youtube

[shevek]

I was hoping they would publish all Fantastic Man episodes on youtube like they did with a lot of other tv-series, during the pandemic... but sadly, nothing to do :/

Didn't know about Super Ranger Kids, the whole movie is on youtube

Yeah, it looks like Ara Mina (Diabolika) is the only costumed adult female character in SRK - she's the partner of the male villain, Satano.

Her costume is a bit cheesy, and she looks a lot more chunky at the age of 18 than she did later on at the height of her career. Probably did some fitness exercising to help boost her stardom.

What's funny about this movie is that the whole Power Rangers aesthetic looks a bit more, shall we say, 'down to earth' when filmed in the Philippines than when filmed in the US or Japan, where they have movie sets, tall buildings and lots of money.

In fact, a lot of what I've seen of Filipino superhero content looks like everything takes place in smaller villages. So it kind of feels like the stakes are lowered a bit. I wonder why they don't film amongst the crowded urban environment of Manila? Warehouses and back alleys and corporate offices and stuff like that (like Marvel and DC). The Valentine and Sri Asih movies had no problem doing that in Indonesia.

Maybe it's not safe enough for the actors and crew? Just wondering.

Diabolika and Satano.

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[five_red]

In fact, a lot of what I've seen of Filipino superhero content looks like everything takes place in smaller villages. So it kind of feels like the stakes are lowered a bit. I wonder why they don't film amongst the crowded urban environment of Manila? Warehouses and back alleys and corporate offices and stuff like that (like Marvel and DC). The Valentine and Sri Asih movies had no problem doing that in Indonesia.

Maybe it's not safe enough for the actors and crew? Just wondering.

It's a cultural thing, I expect. In America the heroes have high status jobs like newspaper reporter, military officer, millionaire playboy, photographer, and they live in the city. In The Philippines the heroes have low status jobs like cleaner, carer, rescue worker, and they live in the poorer parts of town. You'll note in the pinoy shows the sophisticates who live in the cities tend to be the villains, and the simple folk in the villages are invariably the heroes. The big bad city people, with their money and technology, threatening the honest simple village folk, with their religion and folklore.

The media companies tend not to be based in the capital Manila (the city), they are in Quezon City. Of course both City of Manila and Quezon City are urban zones within the Metro Manilla part of the country. You do see a lot of shows filming around Quezon City, such as Super Ma'am and I think Darna 2005 and 2009 too. But the studios have now invested in large custom-built production complexes on the outskirts of Metro Manilla. Darna 2012 was shot entirely at ABS-CBN's brand new soundstage facilities in Horizon IT Park, San Jose del Monte, miles north of Quezon City. And of course the surrounding areas are forest and rural.


R5

[sneakly]

Blog post: More Super Klenk details come to light.
R5

In the absence of the thumbs-up button, I'll just have to say: fantastic sleuthing, R5!

And it's really nice to see the word "sexy" used multiple times in mainstream newspaper articles when referring to the attractiveness of a woman, as opposed to the Millennials/Zoomer usage to just lazily describe anything that looks aesthetically appealing.

BTW, it looks like Ara Mina is still playing sexy roles to this day (she did an 'erotic comedy' two years ago).

And also, she has a history of roles in superhero TV shows and films. I don't know if you mentioned any of that in your Klenk coverage. From
what I can see, this includes:

- the main villainess Diabolika in the film 'Super Ranger Kids' (1997) when she was barely 18.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Ranger_Kids

- the villainess Diabolica in the 2003 film 'Fantastic Man'.

- Dyesebel in the 2005 Darna series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darna_(2005_TV_series)

Coincidentally, she also played a role on 'Ang Probinsyano', the long-running show which was replaced in its time slot by Darna 2022.

Which brings me to a good point which fits in perfectly with the spirit of this thread:

The 2007 series 'Fantastic Man' which was based on the earlier film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Man

Of course there's a male lead, but he had a sidekick called 'Fantastic Girl' and quite a number of female supervillain enemies.

Do you have any information on that series, and might you consider doing an article on the actress Ryza Cenon, who played Fantastic Girl
and previously in 2005, the Darna villainess Impaktika?

I think this hot collage demonstrates that she deserves her own spotlight, no? She had the power to control plants. What a gorgeous costume!

1798257176_e7b25922c1_w.jpg

An easy place to start: a channel called 'Andi's Pride' made a playlist of all the Ryza Cenon appearances in 'Fantastic Man' compiled from another channel called 'Ryza Believers'.



Here are some highlights. I'll save you some time - it takes a few episodes before Ryza's character becomes Fantastic Girl. But here is some interesting stuff.

At the end of this clip at 3:40, a beautiful female victim (I think her character is an actress) gets chloroformed.
In this clip, you can also see the two alien villains (the female has a nice tight costume) inspecting the scene and looking for the fragment.
Later on in this clip, you can also see Wena in her bedroom discovering the power of the meteorite gem as it glows bright green in her hand.



In the first few minutes of this clip, the aforementioned actress character is tied up and in peril, and is eventually hypnotized with cigarette smoke powers by a transvestite villain (always seem to have one of those in Pinoy productions). It's a nice long peril scene and very campy.



Anyway...back to Fantastic Girl.
Here's the first view of Ryza in the costume of Fantastic Girl. (go to the end of the clip in the "coming up" preview)



Here's her first full appearance in the costume. It appears that she is confused and fights Fantastic Man (the classic superhero misunderstanding).
She stands on a flying leaf, which is cool. Costume looks gorgeous. Fantastic Man subudes her by running around her at super speed and wrapping her in her own vines. Nice peril restraint.



First official Wena-to-Fantastic Girl transformation in full - starting at :47. Hot stuff. R5 should post this!

She does look fetching in her Fantastic Girl costume. I do think Giga does a better job with the "jerking off attacking vines" scenes.

[nouserid]

Blog post: More Super Klenk details come to light.


R5

Nice job, red! (couldn't find a thumbs-up button )

[Ricky89]

Do you know if there are any new releases between films and TV series for 2024?

[helstar]

Do you know if there are any new releases between films and TV series for 2024?

Ok your question made me remember that I was waiting for a show that was on planning since some years now... turns out it's a movie and it has been already released, it's called "Virgo and the Sparklings", it's mostly aimed for teenagers though (it looks similar to Jem and the Holograms too).
But, while looking for ''infos'' about this movie, I discovered another tv-series of our interest: it's called "Tira", I think it's still ongoing (7 episodes out now, should be 8 overall).

[shevek]

A full fairly good definition fight scene from Saras 008 just popped up on Youtube.
She gets completely destroyed. Best mainstream SHIP I've seen in a while! (attn Maskripper)
I understand that there were four actresses who played this role over the course of the series.
(At least that's what the Bahasa version of Wikipedia says.) Not sure which actress this is.
None of them were super hot but all of them at least filled out their tight costumes well.

[five_red]

FYI: ABS-CBN has started to upload the full episodes of Jane De Leon's Darna series (2022), for those outside of the Philippines who didn't manage to find a way to watch it a couple of years back.

Darna episode playlist -- the episodes are listed in a screwy order, so you may have to skip around a bit to watch them in sequence.


R5

[five_red]

https://streamable.com/7sarhc

Darna 1x11 with English dub.

R5

[shevek]

https://streamable.com/7sarhc

Darna 1x11 with English dub.

R5

Great dub, but that's only 6 minutes from the episode. Let's face it - the Philippines broadcasters simply don't want the world enjoying this show. Otherwise they would have subtitled it in English (at least) for all audience, if not outright dubbed it, to make it easier for a wider crowd.
It's a shame the world doesn't know who Darna is after 60+ years, ah well.

But I had an important question:

A few posts back you alerted us of the trailer for the Tira movie.
By now, that movie should be out.
Have you found any way for us to watch (or download) the latest Bumilangit epic? Would love to see Tira in action.
It took several months to get a copy of Sri Asih.
Thanks for any help you can offer!

[helstar]

It's not a movie, but a tv-series, first season is 8 episodes.

[brdiy]

https://streamable.com/7sarhc

Darna 1x11 with English dub.

R5

Great dub, but that's only 6 minutes from the episode. Let's face it - the Philippines broadcasters simply don't want the world enjoying this show. Otherwise they would have subtitled it in English (at least) for all audience, if not outright dubbed it, to make it easier for a wider crowd.
It's a shame the world doesn't know who Darna is after 60+ years, ah well.

If I'm not mistaken, this show is available through local networks in Indonesia, dubbed in the local language (and blurred in-costume ) and parts of Africa, so I guess it's a question of making it available to a wider (i.e. English speaking) audience. I'm surprised this hasn't made it's way to Netflix (or other streaming service outside of IWantTFC), considering some of the local Philippine teleseryes are already being streamed with English subs there.

[shevek]

(and blurred in-costume )

Ugh. Really? Add an "e" at the end of the name of their religion, and you have my official assessment of that.
I'm glad I haven't seen it broadcast that way.

It's not a movie, but a tv-series, first season is 8 episodes.

The Tira story? Very nice. Anywhere you know we can watch it?

[five_red]

Darna dubbed into English -- the whole series -- is currently being broadcast on Novela E Plus (part of the Star Times network in Africa.)


R5

[brdiy]

(and blurred in-costume )

Ugh. Really? Add an "e" at the end of the name of their religion, and you have my official assessment of that.
I'm glad I haven't seen it broadcast that way.

lol, can't find a clip yet, but there's a poster here:

https://www.lionheartv.net/2023/01/fun- ... nesian-tv/

[five_red]

Not really a foreign tv show, but as this thread has lots of links to superheroine shows available for free online...

Black Scorpion, full episodes, are being uploaded to watch for free at Shout! Studio's YT channel.


R5

[shevek]

I found another Indian superheroine TV show, this one's from 2016-2017.
It's called "Trideviyaan" (which I assume means Three Goddesses).

It's actually more of a 'secret agent' action sequence show embedded inside a soap opera, but the three women definitely have superpowers even if they don't really wear 'costumes' as much as just generic black leather outfits. The three actresses also look astoundingly similar to one another,
which doesn't help much to distinguish them.

One woman has super-speed; the second has super-strength; and the third has an ear-shattering voice (like Black Canary).
There does seem to be a little bit of peril where some characters are tied up, but I don't know if that's a common theme throughout the
series, which (much like Darna) lasted only one year but ran a different episode daily so there were 190 episodes in all.

The series ran on Sony SAB, which is a Sony-owned production company in India producing programs in Hindi. A lot of them seem to be dramas or comedies with very stylized Indian costuming. I don't know if Sony SAB produced any other superhero programs, maybe someone here from India can help us with that.

Anyway, if you want to check out the "Trideviyaan" series, pretty much the entire 190-episode playlist is available to watch here on Youtube:

[leimulei]

HA HA.Finally,succeeded in registering.
Time to share:
pbah nang sua/ป่านางเสือ season1 and season2.



ป่านางเสือ/The lady of the forest season3

[leimulei]

Silver Hawk/飞鹰女侠

[five_red]

Darna Mania: behind the scenes 'making of' documentary for the Darna 2009 (Marian Rivera) series.

(pt1)
(pt2)
(pt3)


R5

[brdiy]

It's funny how they had to make some kind of musical number to promote (Anjanette Abayari's Darna). Too bad there's no sound, it seems. :(

[helstar]

Lastikman episodes are being re-published in parts, on the ABS-CBN channel.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... JICYYBE14y

[five_red]

It's funny how they had to make some kind of musical number to promote (Anjanette Abayari's Darna). Too bad there's no sound, it seems. :(

Full version: Anjanette Abayari versus the BMW Dancers.


R5

[shevek]

It's funny how they had to make some kind of musical number to promote (Anjanette Abayari's Darna). Too bad there's no sound, it seems. :(

Full version: Anjanette Abayari versus the BMW Dancers.


R5

Five_red, is "Superheroines International" your Facebook page? It goes really deep!

[five_red]

Five_red, is "Superheroines International" your Facebook page? It goes really deep!

Yep, it's mine.

R5

[fannytomy]

I found some interesting information on Thai superheroine TV shows. There’s a show called Four Guardian Gods that features a female character with Human Torch-style flame powers. Additionally, there are other notable Thai shows like Wonder G (2010) and The Typhoon (2011) that you might want to look into. These shows seem to have a good mix of action and unique storytelling.

[shevek]

Someone recent uploaded the entire 1994 movie "Darna Ang Pagbabalik" [Darna the Return] starring Anjanette Abayari.
Might as well watch it if you haven't seen it yet!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcK5Rb_r2DY

[five_red]

Rare Super Klenk footage found from episode broadcast 1st April 2000, exactly 25 years ago today.

R5

[five_red]

Divya Prem - Pyaar aur Rahasya Ki Kahaani : Indian daily soap about a wife/mother with supernatural powers. She adopts the masked identity of Super Aunty around episode 110. Mix of action, comedy, and romance. Low budget special effects (they're doing multiple episodes a week, on one of the smaller media networks.)

Clip.

R5

[shevek]

Thanks for the link. Enjoyed a few episodes. Megha Ray is super hot as Divya/Super Aunty. Only drawback is that I guess they don't believe in spandex in India. Very much a telefantasya in the same general style as Darna and other shows - lots of turning and looking. I'll be watching more episodes in the coming weeks!

[five_red]

https://www.sunnxt.com/suntv-hindi-seri ... 437/227445

Sun NXT is the broadcaster's streaming platform, and it seems to have the latest episodes up for anyone in the world to stream for free (at least, I was able to access them without any problem).

R5

[five_red]

I wrote an overview of the show, for those interested: Divya Prem: Indian television’s newest superheroine show.


R5

[Ricky89]

There are some perils for the heroine in the series? Do you suggest any episode?

[dingerdude]

Full Darna movie uploaded by VIVA Films.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPwEjTbuLiU

[five_red]

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Anyone know what show this is from? I've never ever heard of it?! Total mystery to me. I wonder if it is lost media?!?!


R5

[sneakly]

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Anyone know what show this is from? I've never ever heard of it?! Total mystery to me. I wonder if it is lost media?!?!


R5

Not a bad looking woman, but it seems to be taking place mostly in her bedroom.... Her cape is also an interesting contraption. Her costume lacks shoulder strap, but the cape seems to be held up by a scaffolding in the back. Even by the standards of on of Superheroine impracticality, this is even worse than running in heels and fighting crime in your underware....

[helstar]

Anyone know what show this is from? I've never ever heard of it?! Total mystery to me. I wonder if it is lost media?!?!

Instead of posting couple screenshots and a small video sample, wouldn't it be better to post the direct link to the full episodes on Youtube ?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 6vfi_Bp6n2

[five_red]

Instead of posting couple screenshots and a small video sample, wouldn't it be better to post the direct link to the full episodes on Youtube ?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 6vfi_Bp6n2

Ah, well, you'll have to excuse my little joke, re. about being clueless about the show.

(I knew that anyone who was genuinely interested in the whole series from a collectors point of view would be able to find it in ten seconds flat. So I figured I'd just post some eye candy and have a bit of a laugh. It has been a 25 year wait, after all! )

Here's some more eye candy, for those whose boat is floated by women in spandex wrestling (in a very family friendly way) ...
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k68vou4If4q2cbFfmLK


R5

[brdiy]

I can't believe they finally posted the episodes on YouTube. Looks like you got your wish, five_red.

Now if only GMA would also post the complete Darna 2005 episodes. But I guess that would be a tall order as ABS-CBN owns the rights to Darna nowadays.

[five_red]

I can't believe they finally posted the episodes on YouTube. Looks like you got your wish, five_red.

What was a shock was how many people in the YT comments section refer to the show as lost media. I think that may be my fault. A few years back someone sent me a scan of a cutting promoting the show from the Manila Bulletin, and that prompted me to use newspaper archives to research its broadcast history. I knew the show was bad -- even back in 2000 when I first started seeing references to it on Yahoo! Groups (remember those?) people universally panned it. But I still wanted to see it. It always bugged me that a show that was broadcast in the 21st Century (just!) was so badly documented online. So, yeah, I think me asking questions about it on media forums obviously got the word out well beyond the superhero/heroine fandom circles. I did notice Super Klenk started to show up in YouTube and TikTok videos about long lost pinoy tv shows. Whether or not GMA saw any of that, and it prompted them to dig the tapes out of their vaults, I don't know.

I always knew we were unlikely to get shows like Darna 1977 back (although I unearthed an interview with Lorna Tolentino recently that suggested 13 episodes were made, which is far more than I'd originally heard!), but I always hoped there was a 50/50 chance Super Klenk may have been kept in the archives somewhere. GMA seems to look after its old programmes better than ABS-CBN.

Now if only GMA would also post the complete Darna 2005 episodes. But I guess that would be a tall order as ABS-CBN owns the rights to Darna nowadays.

I'm already on it -- in a small way... There's a professor of Media Studies at a leading pinoy university who did her PhD thesis on Darna, and one of the papers she published was about the copyright and licensing of the character (specifically regarding how the Ravelo family licensed and merchanded Darna after Mars Ravelo's death.) She sometimes does live stuff on social media and takes questions from the chat room, and if she does something about Darna again at some point I'm going to see if I can submit a question regarding the licensing of Darna and whether ABS-CBN's deal blocks GMA from exploiting its old shows. She may know... or she may know who does know. (She's apparently friendly with the Ravelo family.)


R5