So in the wake of her rising stardom after appearing as Mook in the hit HBO TV series The White Lotus, it occurred to me that Lalisa Manoban—best known as Lisa on the Korean pop group Blackpink—would be awesome as Lin Minmei in a live-action Robotech film!
For those of you not familiar with Robotech, this classic 1980's cartoon is an American adaptation of three Japanese anime series: Super Dimension Fortress (SDF) Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA. Minmei is a character from SDF Macross.
The reason why I think Lisa would be awesome as Minmei is because this Macross character is an idol singer and film star, just like Lisa in real life, who uses her songs to confuse enemy Zentradi forces as this alien species wages war against the humans living on the SDF-1 Macross spaceship (shown above).
Minmei would be an interesting role for Lisa, as the blue-haired singer is caught up in a love triangle with Rick Hunter (Macross' hotshot fighter pilot and chief protagonist) and Lisa Hayes, the ranking first officer aboard SDF-1.
Minmei would be a scene-chewing role for Lisa—especially when Minmei, or at least a hologram of her, flies off into battle to sing her enchanting songs as Macross Veritech fighters take on the Zentradi in deep space or on Earth.
There have been talks about a Robotech feature film for over 15 years now...with Spider-Man's Tobey Maguire initially taking the helm on bringing this cool animated series to the big screen. When Robotech does get greenlit for production (by Sony Pictures), hopefully Lisa will be considered for a role in this movie.
One can only dream!
So am I the only one who thinks that Lalisa would be awesome as Minmei in a live-action ROBOTECH film?#Macross #BLACKPINK #WhiteLotus pic.twitter.com/VAXz6RAqHM
— Richard Par (@RichTPar) April 14, 2025
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