i'm not sure why, but i was vaguely thinking of Filipino action stars from my childhood, and the first name that comes to mind is Dante Varona. maybe it was because of his infamous San Juanico Bridge jump. or because one of my grade school classmates misspelled one of his movies as "Hari ng Stand" (Stunt). or because i used to refer to my pal Jego as Bathala (from one of Varona's flicks, "Kung Tawagin Sya'y Bathala").
doing a quick YouTube search, i only found this parody:
argh! ba't bitin?? it would have been a hit in the magnitude of those Mark Lapid/saging videos.
i'm not sure which movie that came out of. a quick IMDB search yields:
i'm guessing its the second one ...
i think Ramon Zamora faked his death and became Babalu.
i'm not sure if i ever watched a Varona movie. or a Zamora one. maybe on TV. we always had Fernando Poe Jr. of course. and Lito/Jess Lapid. i just wish i had a crystal ball so i can peek back into my baduy past and laugh at what the heck i was watching back then. anybody remember "Assault Squad Scorpio"? (damn i'm too old for this stuff)
who's your childhood retro action star(s)?
doing a quick YouTube search, i only found this parody:
argh! ba't bitin?? it would have been a hit in the magnitude of those Mark Lapid/saging videos.
i'm not sure which movie that came out of. a quick IMDB search yields:
i'm guessing its the second one ...
i think Ramon Zamora faked his death and became Babalu.
i'm not sure if i ever watched a Varona movie. or a Zamora one. maybe on TV. we always had Fernando Poe Jr. of course. and Lito/Jess Lapid. i just wish i had a crystal ball so i can peek back into my baduy past and laugh at what the heck i was watching back then. anybody remember "Assault Squad Scorpio"? (damn i'm too old for this stuff)
who's your childhood retro action star(s)?
2 comments:
zamora? Sprakenheit!
I dont recall ever seeing a Dante Varona movie although I recall paying to see a Ramon Zamora movie. Forgot which. It had him kicking ass in the desert. Awesome shit.
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