and it's right back to being shallow for me! AKA hot Asian guys
Thanks to handyhunter, I found this post: Whatever Happened to Rufio?: The Non-Asian Ideal of Masculinity
My immediate reaction upon seeing the link was OMGRUFIOOMGOMG<3! and I was twelve again. :-)
After reading the article, I think my immediate reaction is one I should build on. Hence, here are a picspam of ten gorgeous Asian dudes, in honour of Asian dudes everywhere and of poor dead Rufio who was ten times the awesome that Robin Williams was any day of the week.
First, there may be those who don't remember Rufio. Rufio was a kid in Hook, and he was the main reason my pubescent self loved that movie.
He was played by a hot Asian guy called
Dante Basco
*gigglesnort* say you, blinded by the feathers. To which I say HOT. ASIAN. GUY.
”Yeah, baby, I'm hot. I know it, you know it, how about we go home and celebrate it?”
Not that he was the only hot Asian guy of my childhood. Remember 21 Jump Street? Specifically
Dustin Nguyen
This show was porn for tweens. Quite often emoporn. And while Johnny Depp puppy-dog-eyed himself through the eps, Dustin Nguyen beat him fair and square in the beautiful manpain department. Let me say that again. Tween girl. Johnny Depp. Manpain. And he LOST to this fine specimen of man. That Nguyen later showed up (along with half the cast) in SeaQuest is just a bonus.
If that doesn't convince you, here, have him double and shirtless.
Of course, as I grew up, I discovered more places to find hot Asian guys. Such as martial arts movies. After all, I can't resist a
Jet Li
”Hi. I'm Jet Li. I have the most adorable fricking smile on the planet. You want to take me home and feed me, and then you want to engage in carnal pleasures with me. I'm that fricking cute.”
”Oh, and I'm also lethal.”
Of course, when it comes to lethal, no one beats the grand old (hot) man
Chow Yun-Fat
”Forgive me, I just have to blow this guy's brains out, then I'll attend to you.”
Despite this massive kick-ass-ness, some people have compared CYF to Cary Grant. Some people are right.
And since we now have people who can kill you with their hands and big guns, let's round the violent side of this post up with some sharp-blade hotness in the shape of
John Cho
Brought up in the original post, and I couldn't agree more. No offense to the old Sulu (George Takei is awesome!) but, well, this is a post on hotness... Don't kill me, Star Trek fans. But no one ever looked better in such an ugly shirt.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any pictures of him kicking ass. I'm sure commenters will assist with links. Meanwhile, let's have some more shirtlessness.
And of course a man doesn't have to be dangerous to be hot. Just look at
Takumi Saito
Upon hearing a synopsis of the film Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, one might wonder why two superpowered kick-ass ladies would fight over a man who can't seem to stand up for himself, or indeed tell them he's not interested. However, this is not a question that causes much consternation for anyone who's seen the film. This boy is pretty like a flower.
Now, I would not be so cruel as to deny you shirtlessness.
But let's not get entirely lost in the movies. There is also television to consider. And while Asian men might be stereotyped as nerds, I happen to be a nerd girl, and thus I will celebrate the sexy nerdiness of
Masi Oka
Okay, forget all the ways Heroes fucked up Hiro. Just remember the pretty, and the fun, and the having someone on screen who was as excited about superpowers as we were. Not to mention the off-camera shenanigans that all the cast got into. In season 1, Masi stole my heart away.
And if nerd isn't your thing, there's always future Hiro to consider. Yum.
Of course, this guy does not roll alone, and as an ever true lover of sidekicks, of course I have to mention
James Kyson Lee
I may have my issues with Ando, but my issues were never about how smoking he was, because he was. Is. And as a sidekick, he was damn near perfect: loyal, snarky, kickass, and down-to-earth. If they could have shaved the sexism away, I would have wanted to take him home, and since I'm sure JKL himself is much better behaved - call me, James!
If you're not convinced... well, you know by now what's coming. :-)
But when it comes to hot Asian guys on TV, the highest quality I've found so far comes from Lost, starting with
Ken Leung
There are a lot of reasons Lost started picking up pace in season 4. I am by no means claiming that the most important one was that they brought in a sexy, snarky ghost-whisperer. But it sure as hell didn't hurt. Having a guy with an attitude of ”You lot are fucking CRAZY, and I mean that compared to the RANTING CORPSES IN MY BRAIN” makes everything better. Particularly if he's really hot.
And just look at how cute and innocent he can be when he tries!
Which brings me to the final, number one, super-gorgeous Asian guy.
Daniel Dae Kim
I'll confess, I didn't like him on Angel. I didn't even like him on Lost at first, but he grew on me, a lot, to the point where he is now one of my absolute favourites and I'm so very glad that Jin isn't dead. I often find myself lamenting that he's not married to the equally beautiful Yunjin Kim in real life, because just imagine how pretty their children would be! I mean, just look at that perfect torso. There was never a torso more perfect.
But shame on me, you can hardly see his face in that picture! Here, have his face, with a killer smile upon it.
And this concludes my picspam. Feel free to add more in the comments! (And morthel, sorry about postponing the female criminals picspam once again. I'm working on it, I swear.)
My immediate reaction upon seeing the link was OMGRUFIOOMGOMG<3! and I was twelve again. :-)
After reading the article, I think my immediate reaction is one I should build on. Hence, here are a picspam of ten gorgeous Asian dudes, in honour of Asian dudes everywhere and of poor dead Rufio who was ten times the awesome that Robin Williams was any day of the week.
First, there may be those who don't remember Rufio. Rufio was a kid in Hook, and he was the main reason my pubescent self loved that movie.
He was played by a hot Asian guy called
Dante Basco
*gigglesnort* say you, blinded by the feathers. To which I say HOT. ASIAN. GUY.
”Yeah, baby, I'm hot. I know it, you know it, how about we go home and celebrate it?”
Not that he was the only hot Asian guy of my childhood. Remember 21 Jump Street? Specifically
Dustin Nguyen
This show was porn for tweens. Quite often emoporn. And while Johnny Depp puppy-dog-eyed himself through the eps, Dustin Nguyen beat him fair and square in the beautiful manpain department. Let me say that again. Tween girl. Johnny Depp. Manpain. And he LOST to this fine specimen of man. That Nguyen later showed up (along with half the cast) in SeaQuest is just a bonus.
If that doesn't convince you, here, have him double and shirtless.
Of course, as I grew up, I discovered more places to find hot Asian guys. Such as martial arts movies. After all, I can't resist a
Jet Li
”Hi. I'm Jet Li. I have the most adorable fricking smile on the planet. You want to take me home and feed me, and then you want to engage in carnal pleasures with me. I'm that fricking cute.”
”Oh, and I'm also lethal.”
Of course, when it comes to lethal, no one beats the grand old (hot) man
Chow Yun-Fat
”Forgive me, I just have to blow this guy's brains out, then I'll attend to you.”
Despite this massive kick-ass-ness, some people have compared CYF to Cary Grant. Some people are right.
And since we now have people who can kill you with their hands and big guns, let's round the violent side of this post up with some sharp-blade hotness in the shape of
John Cho
Brought up in the original post, and I couldn't agree more. No offense to the old Sulu (George Takei is awesome!) but, well, this is a post on hotness... Don't kill me, Star Trek fans. But no one ever looked better in such an ugly shirt.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any pictures of him kicking ass. I'm sure commenters will assist with links. Meanwhile, let's have some more shirtlessness.
And of course a man doesn't have to be dangerous to be hot. Just look at
Takumi Saito
Upon hearing a synopsis of the film Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, one might wonder why two superpowered kick-ass ladies would fight over a man who can't seem to stand up for himself, or indeed tell them he's not interested. However, this is not a question that causes much consternation for anyone who's seen the film. This boy is pretty like a flower.
Now, I would not be so cruel as to deny you shirtlessness.
But let's not get entirely lost in the movies. There is also television to consider. And while Asian men might be stereotyped as nerds, I happen to be a nerd girl, and thus I will celebrate the sexy nerdiness of
Masi Oka
Okay, forget all the ways Heroes fucked up Hiro. Just remember the pretty, and the fun, and the having someone on screen who was as excited about superpowers as we were. Not to mention the off-camera shenanigans that all the cast got into. In season 1, Masi stole my heart away.
And if nerd isn't your thing, there's always future Hiro to consider. Yum.
Of course, this guy does not roll alone, and as an ever true lover of sidekicks, of course I have to mention
James Kyson Lee
I may have my issues with Ando, but my issues were never about how smoking he was, because he was. Is. And as a sidekick, he was damn near perfect: loyal, snarky, kickass, and down-to-earth. If they could have shaved the sexism away, I would have wanted to take him home, and since I'm sure JKL himself is much better behaved - call me, James!
If you're not convinced... well, you know by now what's coming. :-)
But when it comes to hot Asian guys on TV, the highest quality I've found so far comes from Lost, starting with
Ken Leung
There are a lot of reasons Lost started picking up pace in season 4. I am by no means claiming that the most important one was that they brought in a sexy, snarky ghost-whisperer. But it sure as hell didn't hurt. Having a guy with an attitude of ”You lot are fucking CRAZY, and I mean that compared to the RANTING CORPSES IN MY BRAIN” makes everything better. Particularly if he's really hot.
And just look at how cute and innocent he can be when he tries!
Which brings me to the final, number one, super-gorgeous Asian guy.
Daniel Dae Kim
I'll confess, I didn't like him on Angel. I didn't even like him on Lost at first, but he grew on me, a lot, to the point where he is now one of my absolute favourites and I'm so very glad that Jin isn't dead. I often find myself lamenting that he's not married to the equally beautiful Yunjin Kim in real life, because just imagine how pretty their children would be! I mean, just look at that perfect torso. There was never a torso more perfect.
But shame on me, you can hardly see his face in that picture! Here, have his face, with a killer smile upon it.
And this concludes my picspam. Feel free to add more in the comments! (And morthel, sorry about postponing the female criminals picspam once again. I'm working on it, I swear.)