Friday Femme Fatale : Soolin DeMaria

💖 Soolin DeMaria is one of the stars of, Fantasy at the Luxor, and rightfully so, she's a fantasy come true for sure, a Vegas Showgirl, International Playboy Playmate and one of the most stunning women on the planet.

She started dance at an early age, a sock drawer of the dance world, ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary.  Early on she knew that Vegas was a possibility so she expanded her studies.  She was dancing professionally on a cruise ship by 18 but decided for a change, due to a mild case of motion sickness, not a great thing wearing heels on a cruise ship. 

Her unique name was from her parents being fans of the 70's British sci-fi show called, Blake's 7 and the character, Soolin, portrayed by, Glynis Barber, hard to forget for sure.

After landing in Las Vegas, which she chose to be close to home, San Francisco California, she began in a magic show, one with lions, then on to, Sin City Bad Girls, "X" Burlesque and Striptease The Show before finally finding a home with, Fantasy, where she has been part of the cast for over a decade.

Soolin had been interested in modeling for Playboy for a while but not sure how to get started, but after a photo shoot with a former Playboy photographer, she was approached and thrilled about the possibility, she became Playmate of the month for Playboy International in their February issue of 2006 and has only gotten more beautiful since.

 

Super Sunday: Roller Disco & Magic, MCU in 1970s Vegas

 

At first the Marvel Cinematic Universe acted as if super hero’s were a “new” thing, but still hinted that they’d been around for a while.

Then we got, Captain America in World War II and Captain Marvel in the 80s, so it really wasn’t new, but who else could have been out there?  So why not give the 70s some space in the MCU?

We know in the mutant part of the MCU that Wolverine has been around for a long time, we just don’t know how they will address that when they shift the mutants from 20th Century Fox to Disney.

Let’s go back to Las Vegas in the 1970s and the possibility of two other great Marvel characters could have already been influencing the world; now don’t go all Austin Powers or Xanadu on me, but Roller Disco was a HUGE thing at one point, and I’m sure the parts of Vegas that got into it, got into it big, so why not introduce part of the mutant-verse into this, The Dazzler, Vegas’s queen of Roller Disco & super hero, for the era, she would have been perfect.  No camp, no over the top comedy, a straight period piece for Super Hero’s in Las Vegas of the 1970s. 

Cool as she was, a stand alone movie might be a bit much, so why not take the opportunity to add a lesser known Marvel hero, but one that fits perfectly into the world of Las Vegas, the Jack of Hearts?  One of my all time favorites he could be billed as Vegas’ premier magician during showtimes but a full blown super hero in the off time.  

Even though their comic book pasts don't give them much in common I think that the era and location turn them into a perfect pairing.

Perhaps the introduction of a villain from the X-Men world would be a nice foe for them, like Mojo, looking for fresh entertainment for his enslaved world goes after these two, only to have him discover the plethora of incredible entertainment from this earth era, who not only have to save themselves but also all of Vegas/Hollywood from Mojo’s mad desire to take both over to keep his power.

Part of the film could touch on the back stories of the characters, in flashbacks or just the character telling the story to the other, but I think it would help build them up.  Jack Hart could recall the days when he had to construct his containment suit to control his powers.  Hart could also reveal that he is part alien.

It would also be great if Jack was using Vegas as a cover to aid and teach meta-humans (and mutants), it's the perfect city for it, easy to hide the fantastic in a city of over the top entertainment.

Many aren't aware that The Dazzler, once simply called, The Disco Queen wasn't originated by Marvel, but commissioned by, Casablanca Records (we need to work that legendary label in somewhere).  This could give the film several tie-ins with 70s On 7 with Sirius XM.

It would also be cool to put in some cameo's, but do so without the camp, of stars from the age, Elvis Presley or Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, or someone from the genre like, The Bee Gee's, as if they don't have enough film credits. 😆

This also provides two, well experience, supers for cameo’s in movies and streaming shows.