Holy Crab Cakes! Jackie Chan Checks Out Mars on Earth!?

From Hong Kong to... Utah?!

Wah! Did you hear about this? They’re playing around on Mars… in Utah! Not the kind with little green men more like the kind with red rocks and dust. The Mars Society invited some fancy news people to check out their Mars Desert Research Station. Me? I’m thinking desert? Reminds me of filming 'Armour of God'! Except instead of crazy monks you get scientists pretending to be Martians. Hahaha! Life is full of funny things!

Elon Musk's Martian Dream: Faster Than My Stunts?

This Elon Musk very ambitious! He says he'll get people to Mars by 2029. Faster than I can climb a building these days! But hey if he needs someone to fight off space pirates I'm available! Remember 'Project A'? Pirates on the high seas? Now imagine pirates in space! That’s a movie I’d watch! Maybe even star in. You never know.

Breakfast at Martian Time 7 AM?!

These 'astronauts' have a schedule stricter than my filming schedule! Breakfast at 7 AM? Wah! I need my beauty sleep! But they have meetings and plan out their day just like me when I'm choreographing a fight scene. Except instead of fists and feet it's all science and experiments. Still gotta admire the dedication. "Don't do things by half. If you love something love it with all your soul." I always say!

EVA: Extra Vehicular Action… or 'Every Villain's After'!?

EVA! Sounds like ‘every villain’s after’! Haha! But no it's 'extravehicular activity'. Fancy talk for spacewalks. They put on their special suits and pretend they’re on Mars. Me? I put on special suits for my movies all the time! Police uniforms tuxedos even a giant panda! But those suits don't protect me from zero gravity only gravity of the audience. "I'm not afraid to die in a film. I'm afraid of not trying."

The Rhythm of the Red Planet: Finding Your Inner Martian

This engineer guy Michael says the hardest part is finding a rhythm. I get it! Finding the rhythm is important in everything. In fighting in acting in life! You gotta find your center your balance. Otherwise you end up like me hanging off a clock tower! (laughs) But hey at least it's entertaining! They say performing tasks keeps them alive on Mars. Well performing stunts keeps ME alive… or at least gives me good stories to tell.

So Jackie to Mars?!

So will I go to Mars? Maybe! If they promise no snakes! (shudders) But seriously it's amazing what humans can do when they put their minds to it. Exploring space building robots making movies with crazy stunts… It’s all about pushing boundaries and never giving up. "I only want my work to make people happy." Maybe Mars will make people happy too! Okay time for some tea. Hooray for progress and keep punching! *winks*