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docgold13 · 10 days

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Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Talon

Teresa was one of the many young people who were present for the so-called ‘Big Bang’ and was subjected to the mutagenic effects of the mysterious Quantum Vapor. The vapor changed those exposed to it, bestowing many of them with metahuman powers. These individuals came to be called 'Bang Babies.'

Like many other Bang Babies, Teresa's physical appearance was drastically altered. She took on avian features and gained the ability to fly. She could additionally emit a debilitating sonic scream.

Her powers not withstanding, Teresa was very upset about how her physique had changed, seeing herself as a freak who could never again be a part of the normal world. The villainous Ebon took advantage of Teresa’s anger and recruited her into his gang of super powered villains, The Meta-Breed. Teresa took on the alias of ‘Talon’ and dutifully attended to Ebon’s evil bidding. This resulted in multiple instances where Talon battled against the heroic Static and his allies.

When Dr. Donald Todd devised a serum that could reverse the effects of the Quantum Vapor, Talon was eager to participate in the test trials and hopefully be transformed back into a human. The serum proved successful and Teresa lost her powers and resumed her original human appearance. When Ebon stole Dr. Todd’s serum, hoping to alter it so to amplify his own powers, Teresa assisted Static in determining Ebon’s location.

Actress Tia Texada voiced Talon with the one-time villainess first appearing in the third episode of the first season of Static Shock, ‘The Breed.’

#Static Shock #DCAU #Static #Talon #Tia Texada #cut-out #paper art

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burningexeter · 4 months

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I have an entire fully fleshed out idea for a second Ben 10 reboot that is not only done in the same visual styles of the first three shows but also is a female-led TRILOGY of shows focusing on Gwen, Charmcaster, Sandra etc.

It's called the "Where The Magic Happens" Trilogy.

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icemankazansky · 3 months

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@pscentral event 23: arcs

the evolution of Scott and Jackie's relationship in Spartan (2004)

Thank you, Sergeant.

#spartan #spartan movie #spartan (2004)#david mamet #filmedit #val kilmer #tia texada #bipoc characters #latina actress #my gifs

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olivierdemangeon · 2 years

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PHONE BOOTH (2002) ★★★✮☆

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#Colin Farrell #Forest Whitaker #Joel Schumacher #John Enos III #Josh Pais #Katie Holmes #Keith Nobbs #Kiefer Sutherland #Paula Jai Parker #Radha Mitchell #Richard T. Jones #Tia Texada

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tiatexadafannetwork · 2 months

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Interviews: Val Kilmer & Tia Texada on Spartan

MARCH 9, 2004

BY PBADMIN

David Mamet has earned a reputation in Hollywood as one of the foremost screenwriters due to his sharp dialogue, interesting characters and innovative storytelling. For Spartan, his ninth film as a director, Mamet takes a fairly simple premise about the search for the missing daughter of a political figure and creates a rich tapestry of political intrigue and conspiracy.

At the center of the story is Agent Robert Scott, played by Val Kilmer, a former Marine that has become an agent of the government’s Special Forces used to deal with tough situations that they do not want traced back them. For this mission, he works with two rookies, played by Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher) and Tia Texada of the NBC drama “Third Watch”, to try to find the girl, hitting roadblocks at every turn.

ComingSoon.net sat down and spoke to Val and Tia about their tough roles in this intriguing political thriller. Of course, our first question was how they got interested in David Mamet’s latest project:

Val: “I liked the story. It’s a very simple premise about what happens when the daughter of a high ranking political figure goes missing and the secret service doesn’t know what to do about it. It’s a strange group, the secret service, because they don’t have a leader. It’s not set-up like the military because each one is supposed to be able to act as the leader when it comes up. As consequence of that, certain things can happen and they can’t coordinate with every organization to get the girl back.”

Tia: “When I read the script, I loved the role [of Jackie Black] immediately, because she was so committed and dedicated. I felt she was like a nun; her commitment was like a nun’s commitment would be to God. These people in the Special Forces, they give their lives over to the country. We had specific instructions that everything was about the mission, so it didn’t matter what else was going on.”

And what about how it is to actually work with Mamet? Is he as difficult to work with as some might think?

Val: “He has an opinion and he’s outspoken, and not at all shy. But he’s fantastic. He’s funny as hell and he cares pretty much about everything. He always has an observation that is worth hearing and he writes like mad!”

Tia: “Mamet’s an amazing playwright, so there’s always an intimidation, but he makes everybody want to do their best with his energy and what he puts out there. David’s dialogue is very crisp; it has a rhythm and a cadence. It was great seeing Val working with David, because I would never put them together, just from their styles and backgrounds, but they worked so well together. David definitely has a style and knows what he wants, so sometimes it would be different than what I’d bring. He’ll be very specific, and you wonder why he wants to see it like this, but when I see the film as a whole, I can see what he was trying to create, and where my character, Jackie Black, fits into that. When you work with David, everybody wants to come back.”

For their roles, they had to play characters that had to make quick and often difficult decisions. It was interesting to find out how they worked at developing their characters:

Val: “We had a technical advisor, Eric Haney, who was around quite a bit. He was very helpful, because he has lived this same life beyond the government, like this character, where his own actions, become technically-speaking illegal. When the government is doing something illegal, that’s the dilemma.”

Tia: “Haney was a member of the Delta Force for years, and he wrote a book called “Inside the Delta Force”. He helped me learn how to speak the dialogue, how the military would speak to each other with a certain respect, and how sometimes, you’d have to block your sexuality out. I had to pull back on things that maybe I would do naturally.”

Val: “They speak very casually, but they’re amazing characters, because they are trained like a brain surgeon or like a combat medic, where someone’s life is on the line. Your ability to handle that stress and do something that is as intricate as getting inside someone’s body and put it back together is how they live. It’s a very, very stressful job. Most of them die. There’s 0% chance of most of their missions succeeding. They’re genuine warriors, although they’re not warmongers, because they like it when there’s peace time, but they’re also action junkies that thrive in this place in life where they pretty much know they’re going to die.”

Tia: “Eric explained to me that there would be no women in this organization at all, so it’s interesting that David wrote her as a woman.”

Was there a lot of training involved?

Val: “I worked very hard on it, because you can’t really fake this sort of prowess that they have. They’re not like tough guys, and you don’t really see them in a crowd. That’s why they’re so good at their job. They’re very strong and very quick. I had a lot of weapons training and learned how to move like them.”

Tia: “I did my military training here in New York. It’s funny, because I was in such great shape, but you can’t tell. I thought I was going to be like in tank tops, but instead, I’m wearing men’s fatigues. They also trained me in knife fighting even though you don’t see it in the movie.”

Both stars had strong opinions on the movie’s political views, and how it reflects on the current government:

Val: “I think “Wag the Dog” (also written by Mamet) was a really good film representing what’s possible with the manipulation of media. I’ve very wary of news on television. I was very impressed with media analyst Neil Postman’s book “Amusing Ourselves to Death”, because his theory was that television doesn’t influence our culture, but it is our culture and that the presidency or anything that relies on television is now totally dictated by it. We saw that during Desert Storm where government officials were saying, “I won’t know what our policy is in relation to today’s battle, because I haven’t seen CNN yet.” They just started saying that, and it was shocking! That isn’t reality. That is entertainment. News is something that happens that matters to you, not something you watch on television.”

Tia: “It’s so interesting really what goes on in our world today, and I think that’s what David is so great at showing. The political aspect of it is what makes the movie intriguing, and it’s what pulled me in. There’s a lot of underlying things going on in our government, which we always wonder about. David is very interested in politics, so it was interesting to see his word on it.”

#tia texada #third watch #maritza cruz #spartan #movie #interview #val kilmer #david mamet #film

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streamondemand · 1 year

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Renée Zellweger is 'Nurse Betty' on Peacock

Renée Zellweger is a soap-struck innocent who starts to believe her TV fantasy world and Morgan Freeman is the world weary hitman who falls in love with her as he chases her trail from Kansas to L.A. in Nurse Betty (2000). Like a modern take on The Wizard of Oz, Zellweger’s Betty Sizemore is a Dorothy in a small town Kansas coffee shop. She’s perky, pretty, and sweetly sociable, but has checked…

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#2000 #Allison Janney #Blu-ray #Chris Rock #Crispin Glover #DVD #Elizabeth Mitchell #Greg Kinnear #James Flamberg #John C. Richards #Morgan Freeman #Neil LaBute #Nurse Betty #Peacock #Pruitt Tayor Vince #Renée Zellweger #Renee Zellweger #Tia Texada #VOD

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pagetgram · 3 years

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Paget Brewster & Tia Texada on the set of Criminal Minds “In Heat” 3.17

#circa #2008 #s: inaccesible #pacific coast news #Criminal Minds #cm bts #old cm bts #cm: season 3 #in heat #Paget Brewster #no link #content source #tia texada

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esperwatchesfilms · 3 years

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Phone Booth (2002)

Fun Fact: The events of the film occur in real time.

An Awesome Hitchcock-related Fact: Screenwriter Larry Cohen originally pitched the concept of a film that takes place entirely within a phone booth to Alfred Hitchcock in the 1960s. Hitchcock liked the idea, but he and Cohen were unable to figure out a plot reason for keeping the film confined to a booth. Once the idea of a sniper came to Cohen in the late 1990s, he was able to write the script in under a month.

Real World Police Incompetence Fact: During the movie, when the Caller warns Stu not to move, he says "You can get shot 41 times just for pulling out your wallet." This is a reference to the killing of Amadou Diallo. The police approached him and he pulled out his wallet (presumably to show them his ID), they mistakenly thought it was a gun and the four officers on scene fired 41 rounds at him. He was shot 19 times and died as a result of his injuries.

Interesting Casting Fact: Roger Jackson (who voiced Ghostface in the "Scream" films) was the original choice for the Caller.

ESE: 107/100

50 +10 for Colin Farrell +5 for Stu being the final user of the phone booth +2 for Ben Foster +3 for heel-click +5 for pizza delivery to a phone booth -5 for being rude to the pizza dude +5 for Katie Holmes +5 for using *69, something which future generations would NOT understand +5 for the escort, Felicia +10 for Kiefer Sutherland’s voice -10 for Stu’s dismissiveness +10 for Forest Whitaker +2 for the Shepard Fairey André stencils near the booth (OBEY!) +10 for confessing all -5 for killing the pizza guy +5 for saving his wife and, ultimately, himself

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reivenesque · 4 years

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We almost lost him several times and there’s extensive internal trauma. The most visible injury is the one to his face. The bullet entered the upper part of his neck and exited his cheek and eye area. So will he be able to see? Eventually. When would he be able to go back to work? Officer Yokas, you partner’s never going back to work. He’ll be lucky if he can walk, talk or feed himself.

Third Watch. S6E01, More Monsters (x)

#third watch #maurice boscorelli #faith yokas #maritza cruz #whump #intubation #medwhump #shot #jason wiles #molly price #reiven gifs #reiven whump gifs #reiven third watch gifs #blood #hurt #hurt bosco #Tia texada #Hospital

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anxious-black-hottie · 4 years

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Glitter (2001)

#Glitter #da brat #tia texada #2000s #my upload

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watchingalotofmovies · 4 years

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Nurse Betty

Nurse Betty [trailer]

Comedy about a widow's post-traumatic obsession with a soap star.

The merging of the soap world and the (sort of) real world is still very funny.

It's difficult to watch Renée Zellweger and not to think of Bridget Jones. I also enjoy seeing the lighter, funnier side of Morgan Freeman. Also worth mentioning, Aaron Eckhart's hair.

#Nurse Betty #Neil LaBute #Renée Zellweger #Morgan Freeman #Chris Rock #Greg Kinnear #Aaron Eckhart #Tia Texada #Crispin Glover #Allison Janney #Elizabeth Mitchell #like #recommended

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boardchairman-blog · 5 years

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