Friday, May 16, 2008

Friday Night Fights: Cannon Spike!

In this week's contribution to Bahlactus's never-ending battle, Cammy White, the Shadaloo assassin turned MI6 operative, demonstrates to a couple of thugs that wanting something and getting something are entirely different things.

(from the Super Street Fighter II: Cammy graphic novel by Masahiko Nakahira)

Of the diverse roster of characters in the Street Fighter franchise, Cammy is one of my favorites (tied for first place with Final Fight alum Cody Travers from Street Fighter Alpha 3). Maura attributes my fondness for the character as another example of this supposed "thing" she's convinced I have for petite blondes, but I would like to go on record as stating that Cammy's speed and Cannon Spike move make her ideally suited for carrying out the cheap corner traps and hit-and-run attacks that are the lynchpins of my winning SF strategies.

Then there's the whole Kylie-as-Cammy thing from Street Fighter: The Movie, which is the only reason I could ever bring myself to sit through that steaming cinematic turd...


Okay, so maybe there is some truth to the wife's "petite blonde" theory...

Kylie Minogue - On a Night Like This (from Light Years, 2000) - I make no excuses nor offer any apologies.

Kylie is, and that's that.

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