Linda Lin in Drunken Master (1978)

Linda Lin (Ying Lin)

The classic martial arts film Drunken Master starring Jackie Chan features a great fight scene, among many others, involving Chinese actress Linda Lin showing off her moves on a young Jackie Chan. 

In the movie a fictionalized Fei Hung attempts to use his moves on a local girl but her mother surprises him and beats up the mischievous protagonist. Later on, Fei finds the two women chatting with his father and is informed that the old lady is his aunt and the girl his cousin. This is a key scene because it’s one of the motivations for his father to send him away, it also shows that Fei, while talented, isn't an all powerful martial artist and needs more training. 

I think Lin might have some of the best moves in the entire movie and it’s certainly one of the most interesting sequences in wuxia cinema because you don't often see a much older lady beating a young guy. A truly memorable scene.

Lin appeared kicking ass in a few more movies like Drunken Master’s semi-sequel Dance of the Drunken Mantis (1979), Lackey and the Lady Tiger (1980) and The Ring of Death (1980) but her career was short and relegated to incidental or secondary roles.  

Lin as a master in The Ring of Death (1980)

However, we will always remember her from this highlight in one of the most popular martial arts movies of all time.

Villainess Spotlight: The Sirens from the Godzilla Cartoon

Episode nine from the first season of Godzilla titled “Island of Lost Ships" features a trio of powerful Sirens who use their magic in order to give the protagonists a bad time. Morphea is the leader and the other two are Minaton and Kaidora. 

The main group arrive at a mysterious island and encounter three beautiful women, all dressed in ancient Greek attires, and with superpowers. They hide a horrendous minotaur and a chimera in their small home. The Sirens are a cool enemy because they are some of the few humanoids Godzilla has to face in the series. Their eyes glow when they use their magic, they can induce a hypnotic trance with their voices and turn people into stone with their magic rays. 

By the end, the three villainesses come together and turn into a bigger Siren with increased size and power. The kid wakes up Godzilla so he fights against the villains, the giant Siren grows even more and turns into a chimera, Godzilla then defeats it by throwing the beast into the waters, the heroes then quickly flee.

The Sirens were a cool concept, it worked even if the story is limited and too fantastical to make sense but it's an enjoyable episode. I couldn't find any credits for the voice actors, but I assume they were all played by Marlene Aragon, who did a lot of additional voices for the show and is one of the few female cast members. 

Giant Siren.

The Sirens transforming into the chimera.

Now this is a character that should appear again in the Godzilla franchise.