VASQUEZ 3.0

i.e. (and I do mean "eeeeeeeeeee!") LAUREN LOPEZ in Starship.

Starship is the fourth youtube released production of Team Starkid - the amazing drama group behind A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel (and Me and My Dick - a show that is about exactly what the title suggests). Those shows are unbelievably good - hysterical parodies that (paraphrasing what some other reviewer said) are equal parts mocking and true homage from fans who really love the series.

Starkids also understand the power of the Zefron.

And Starship is no let down, which is good - I was a little worried it wouldn't have the parody aspect I love so much about AVPM and AVPS, but then imagine my shock, surprise, and unrestrained delight to find out they were parodying ALIENS to a large extent. And that my favorite leading lady-boy (she is undoubtedly the funniest version of Draco Malfoy you have ever seen) was playing my favorite bad-ass:

The whole show is really great, and I highly recommend it to anybody who appreciates silly songs, ridiculous humor (I'm not sure I truly understand Starkid's fascination with potty jokes (and I literally mean "Potty" jokes, not 'toilet humor'), but I'm cool with them considering everything else they do usually has me in hysterics), and a lot of heart. And Darren Criss (yay for starkids making it big time!) wrote some amazing songs - notably this one, in my opinion (start at 4:10 - holy shit, dumbledore can sing SO GOOD):

Anyway, go watch it. AND MAKE SURE YOU LAUGH when Joe Moses says "GAME OVER, MAN, GAME OVER!!!" I was so happy that line got in there - and so sad that the audience didn't seem to appreciate it. I got your back starkids, keep throwin' me adult-film references in seemingly children-aimed productions. Also.... the commander ("Up"), in a fun mix of references, is the "scarred bad-ass commander" from every military film you've ever seen - but he TOTALLY looks like Michael Biehn in the Abyss, which is just a great mix of James Cameron references for me.

Vasquez will fuck you up.

I'm already enjoying this blog - because if for an instant I'm like, "what should I write about?" I just go look at that list of all the shit I like and have it confirm that "yes, what I was thinking about IS appropriate for the subject of a blog post."

And what I'm currently contemplating is what a BADASS Vasquez is. Seriously. Hurrrggggh. Yeah, by "contemplating" what I mean is, I just sit around and think about how awesome she is. I wish I were really butch sometimes, but it's just not in the cards for me as far as temperament and genetics are concerned. So I just get to admire the awesome butch ladies mainstream media actually puts forth, and Vasquez is at the very top of that list.

Vasquez 2.0* ain't bad, either, but she's not quite as crazy-awesome as the original.

(Michelle Rodriguez as Trudy Chancon in Avatar)

Also of interest to note: The original Vasquez, Jenette Goldstien, is a James Cameron (JC**) repeat offender, and he likes to put her in all kinds of roles.

(as John Connor's foster mom / T-1000 in Terminator 2)

(as the third-class Irish mom in Titanic)

*Speaking of Vasquez 2.0 - Michelle Rodriguez, she is a badass in lots of films. But I still think her first movie is her best, and I recommend it to everyone: GIRLFIGHT.

** I like to think of James Cameron as "JC" because then I can compare him to Jesus Christ, or imagine that when I hear uber-religious types talking about the JC, that they're talking about Mr. Cameron instead, which really resonates more with me.