Sri Asih movie (Indonesia, 2022)
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 6:42 pm
The Indonesian superheroine movie which has been mentioned several times in Red5's Asian superheroine thread is now out!
It's based on the long-running superheroine character Sri Asih, created by the Stan Lee of Indonesian comics, R.A. Kosasih.
Here are a couple of comic book covers from the Bumilangit website (Indonesia's homegrown equivalent of Marvel).
One shows a solo adventure from Sri Asih, and the other a teamup with the heroes Godam and Aquanus.
(It should be noted that the Jagabumi cover is drawn by Ardian Syaf, the artist who was banned by Marvel for placing secret anti-Semitic
and anti-Christian messages in X-Men art panels. At this point, he can probably only get work in his own country.)
It stars Pevita Pearce, who (according to Jessica, our fantastic Indonesian actress in Heroineburgh) is one of the top actresses in her country,
well placed to make the movie a success in the way someone like Angelina Jolie or Scarlet Johansson would do here.
From what I can glean, she is the latest incarnation of the goddess Devi Asih, and thus inherits the powers.
The powers include: summoning the spirits of her ancestors to control space, multiplying herself, manipulating her size and power.
Sri Asih also has a magic scarf that she can bend its form and movements to her will.
The current incarnation of Sri Asih looks like it might be the third one, a girl named Alana. We'll have to see if that version winds up in the film.
She looks beautiful, it's a nice skintight costume, and the CGI effects are very much up to snuff with current Marvel and DC efforts, and can hang with movies like Shang-Chi. No idea if there'll be any actual peril or danger, or if she'll just be kicking ass relentessly.
For some reason, a lot of these scenes are either somewhat darkly lit, or lean heavily on a palette of browns and blacks. Maybe that's just the
Indonesian coloring preference, or maybe those scenes don't necessarily represent the lighting tone of the whole movie - we'll have to see.
It looks from the Bumilangit website that Sri Asih has quite a long list of villainous enemies, at least as many as Darna.
Indonesians who have been making reaction videos, as well the commenters who have been posting on these vids, have been pleasantly surprised
there will be not one but THREE villains going up against Sri Asih in this film. These are all part of the same "Bumlangit Universe" which contains not just Sri Asih but a previous male hero named Gandala. The villains are as follows:
Ghazul: https://bumilangit.com/en/characterspods/ghazul/ Criminal mastermind with robotic arms and a wish to control the world.
Doktor Setan: https://bumilangit.com/en/characterspods/doktor-setan/ Immortal spirit who can possess minds with evil.
and the one I'm looking forward to:
Dewi Api: The Fire Goddess. Not sure what her beef or why she's evil, but here's what she's supposed to look like in the movie, played by the lovely actress Dian Sastro.
I'm looking for a way to watch this now (it came out Nov 17), so if Red5 or anyone has any advice, please let me know in the messages.
(The method I've been using to watch the Darna episodes is no help, at least not yet. All I could find was a Sri Asih 'red carpet' clip from the premiere.)
Here's the trailer. A new dawn of Asian superheroines is on the rise!
Want more information on the heroines of Bumilangit? Here's the list of them at this link. They all look beautiful and have great comic-book appeal.
What a great way to market it - if fans have a particular interest in the female heroes, they can seek them out, all in one place.
https://bumilangit.com/en/women-of-bl/
Uh-on...I found peril! It's a martial-artist heroine named Tira, who is part of the Bumilangit universe. "Tira Dalam Pasungan" literally means "Tira in Shackles". With her tight red costume, black mask (attn Maskripper!) and thigh-high boots, let's hope a movie about her is coming soon!
It's based on the long-running superheroine character Sri Asih, created by the Stan Lee of Indonesian comics, R.A. Kosasih.
Here are a couple of comic book covers from the Bumilangit website (Indonesia's homegrown equivalent of Marvel).
One shows a solo adventure from Sri Asih, and the other a teamup with the heroes Godam and Aquanus.
(It should be noted that the Jagabumi cover is drawn by Ardian Syaf, the artist who was banned by Marvel for placing secret anti-Semitic
and anti-Christian messages in X-Men art panels. At this point, he can probably only get work in his own country.)
It stars Pevita Pearce, who (according to Jessica, our fantastic Indonesian actress in Heroineburgh) is one of the top actresses in her country,
well placed to make the movie a success in the way someone like Angelina Jolie or Scarlet Johansson would do here.
From what I can glean, she is the latest incarnation of the goddess Devi Asih, and thus inherits the powers.
The powers include: summoning the spirits of her ancestors to control space, multiplying herself, manipulating her size and power.
Sri Asih also has a magic scarf that she can bend its form and movements to her will.
The current incarnation of Sri Asih looks like it might be the third one, a girl named Alana. We'll have to see if that version winds up in the film.
She looks beautiful, it's a nice skintight costume, and the CGI effects are very much up to snuff with current Marvel and DC efforts, and can hang with movies like Shang-Chi. No idea if there'll be any actual peril or danger, or if she'll just be kicking ass relentessly.
For some reason, a lot of these scenes are either somewhat darkly lit, or lean heavily on a palette of browns and blacks. Maybe that's just the
Indonesian coloring preference, or maybe those scenes don't necessarily represent the lighting tone of the whole movie - we'll have to see.
It looks from the Bumilangit website that Sri Asih has quite a long list of villainous enemies, at least as many as Darna.
Indonesians who have been making reaction videos, as well the commenters who have been posting on these vids, have been pleasantly surprised
there will be not one but THREE villains going up against Sri Asih in this film. These are all part of the same "Bumlangit Universe" which contains not just Sri Asih but a previous male hero named Gandala. The villains are as follows:
Ghazul: https://bumilangit.com/en/characterspods/ghazul/ Criminal mastermind with robotic arms and a wish to control the world.
Doktor Setan: https://bumilangit.com/en/characterspods/doktor-setan/ Immortal spirit who can possess minds with evil.
and the one I'm looking forward to:
Dewi Api: The Fire Goddess. Not sure what her beef or why she's evil, but here's what she's supposed to look like in the movie, played by the lovely actress Dian Sastro.
I'm looking for a way to watch this now (it came out Nov 17), so if Red5 or anyone has any advice, please let me know in the messages.
(The method I've been using to watch the Darna episodes is no help, at least not yet. All I could find was a Sri Asih 'red carpet' clip from the premiere.)
Here's the trailer. A new dawn of Asian superheroines is on the rise!
Want more information on the heroines of Bumilangit? Here's the list of them at this link. They all look beautiful and have great comic-book appeal.
What a great way to market it - if fans have a particular interest in the female heroes, they can seek them out, all in one place.
https://bumilangit.com/en/women-of-bl/
Uh-on...I found peril! It's a martial-artist heroine named Tira, who is part of the Bumilangit universe. "Tira Dalam Pasungan" literally means "Tira in Shackles". With her tight red costume, black mask (attn Maskripper!) and thigh-high boots, let's hope a movie about her is coming soon!