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Michael Yama
Michael Yama (November 14, 1943July 30, 2020) was an American actor who regularly voiced for GI Joe. His credits included ''The X-Files'', ''Just Shoot Me'' and ''Lois & Clark'', and he starred on ''Betty White's Off Their Rockers''. Prior to his death on July 30, 2020, he had worked in theater for over 38 years. Partial filmography * ''The Bad News Bears Go to Japan'' (1978) as Usher * ''Hansel and Gretel (1983 TV special), Hansel and Gretel'' (1983) as Step Mother / Wicked Witch * ''My Tutor'' (1983) as Mr. Russell * ''Deal of the Century'' (1983) as Masaggi's Aide #2 * ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984) as Chinese Co-Pilot * ''Bachelor Party (1984 film), Bachelor Party'' (1984) as Japanese Businessman * ''The Jeffersons'' (1985) 11x09 as Mr Lee * ''G.I. Joe'' (1985) as Torpedo (Voice) * ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' (1986) as Nagamichi * ''Winners Take All (film), Winners Take All'' (1987) as Japanese Representative * ''Number One with a Bullet (film), Number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GI Joe
''G.I. Joe'' is an American media franchise and a line of action figures owned and produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the United States Armed Forces, U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier (United States Army, U.S. Army), Action Sailor (United States Navy, U.S. Navy), Action Pilot (United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force), Action Marine (United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps), Action lifeline (United States Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard) and later on, the Action Nurse. The name is derived from the usage of "G.I. Joe" for the generic U.S. soldier, itself derived from the more general term "G.I.". The development of G.I. Joe led to the coining of the term "action figure". G.I. Joe's appeal to children has made it an American icon among toys. The ''G.I. Joe'' trademark has been used by Hasbro for several different toy lines, although only two have been successful. The original line introduced on February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catchfire
''Catchfire'' is a 1990 American romantic action thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, and Fred Ward, with cameo appearances by several notable actors, including Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Catherine Keener, and Bob Dylan. The film was disowned by Hopper before its release and he is therefore credited under the pseudonym Alan Smithee. The film underperformed at the box office and received overwhelmingly negative reviews by film critics. In 1992, a director's cut of the film was released under the new title ''Backtrack''. It runs 18 minutes longer than the theatrical version and restores Hopper's directorial credit. In additional to cable TV airings it has been released on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray. Plot Conceptual artist Anne Benton creates electronic pieces that flash evocative statements, and her work has begun to attract major media attention. One night, while driving home, Anne suffers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient One
The Ancient One is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G .... He was the mentor of Doctor Strange and was his predecessor as Sorcerer Supreme. The character was voiced by Michael Ansara in the 1978 television film ''Dr. Strange (1978 film), Dr. Strange''. Tilda Swinton portrayed a female Celts (modern), Celtic Ancient One (Marvel Cinematic Universe), version of the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films ''Doctor Strange (2016 film), Doctor Strange'' (2016), ''Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), and the Disney+ series ''What If...? (TV series), What If...?'' (2021). Publication history The Ancient One was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sorcerer Supreme
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Dreams Little Tokyo
''Big Dreams Little Tokyo'' is a 2006 feature-length motion picture written and directed by Dave Boyle. The film premiered November 2, 2006 at the AFI Festival in Hollywood, California and is released on DVD through Echo Bridge on July 22, 2008. Plot Boyd is an American with an uncanny ability to speak Japanese. He aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his roommate Jerome is a Japanese American who has always felt too American to be Japanese but too Japanese to be American. He aspires to be a sumo wrestler but finds his weight and blood pressure are thwarting his dreams. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems. Cast Production The film was the feature debut of Boyle who conceived the idea while living in the Japantown area of Sydney, Australia. Many of the characters in the film were based on people he met and interacted with while t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Click (2006 Film)
''Click'' is a 2006 American comedy drama film directed by Frank Coraci, written by Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe, both of whom produced with Jack Giarraputo, Neal H. Moritz, and Adam Sandler, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Henry Winkler, David Hasselhoff, Julie Kavner, and Sean Astin. Sandler plays Michael Newman, a workaholic family man who acquires a magical universal remote that enables him to control reality. The film is inspired by "The Magic Thread", a folk tale included in '' The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories''. Filming began in late 2005 and was finished by early 2006. Sony Pictures Releasing, under Columbia Pictures, released ''Click'' in the United States on June 23, 2006 and received mixed reviews. It was made on a budget of $82.5million and grossed $240.7million. It was nominated for Best Makeup at the 79th Academy Awards (it lost the award to '' Pan's Labyrinth''). This makes ''Cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Rising (video Game)
is a 2006 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the first entry in the '' Dead Rising'' series. The story follows photojournalist Frank West after he becomes trapped in a zombie infested shopping mall in the town of Willamette, Colorado. Frank must uncover the mystery behind the outbreak before a rescue helicopter arrives in three days to evacuate him. The game features multiple endings depending on the conditions met by the player. The game is played from a third-person perspective and features an open world for the player to explore in the form of the Willamette Parkview Mall. The player must survive by scavenging for items around the shopping mall to fight zombies and hostile human non-player characters known as psychopaths, while rescuing friendly human non-player characters known as survivors. In addition, the game features a set time limit of 72 hours, which the player will have to complete the story within before the time expires. ''Dead R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Activision
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016. The company was founded as Activision, Inc. on October 1, 1979, in Sunnyvale, California, by former Atari, Inc., Atari game developers upset at their treatment by Atari in order to develop their own games for the popular Atari 2600 home video game console. Activision was the first independent, third-party, console video game developer. The video game crash of 1983, in part created by too many new companies trying to follow in Activision's footsteps without the experience of Activision's founders, hurt Activision's position in console games and forced the company to diversify into games for home computers, including the acquisition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxoflux
Luxoflux Corp. was an American video game developer founded by Peter Morawiec and Adrian Stephens in January 1997, and based in Santa Monica, California. History Luxoflux was founded in January 1997 by former Sega Technical Institute developers Adrian Stephens and Peter Morawiec, both of whom had left Sega after STI was closed the previous month. Originally, the studio's name was planned to be Alpha Channel, until that name was discovered to already have been in use. The name "Luxoflux" was conceived from a mixture of syllables, and was selected as it meant "movement of light". Luxoflux had a relatively small-sized development team for its first few titles. The two founders were joined by Jeremy Engelman, David Goodrich and Edvard Toth, and released their first title ''Vigilante 8'' to great success. The game was ported to the Nintendo 64, and was followed by the sequel ''Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense'' in 1999. In October 2002, Activision announced it had purchased Luxoflux for an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises boroughs of New York City, five boroughs, each coextensive with List of counties in New York, a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global city, global center of financial center, finance and Economy of New York City, commerce, Culture of New York City, culture, high technology, technology, The Entertainment Capital of the World, entertainment and Media in New York City, media, Academy, academics, and List of cities by scientific output, scientific output, the The arts, arts and fashion capital, fashion, and, as hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
