Aha. The real translation of the hieroglyphics.
Snerk.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Lost 2: Tied to a Tree in a Jungle of Mystery
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The Partyman - Feb 18, 2006 7:23:15 pm PST #1212 of 5968
[insert something funny here]
Kathy A - Feb 19, 2006 9:00:01 am PST #1213 of 5968
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was channel surfing yesterday, and finally realized where I knew Clancy Brown from--he's "the hardest screw that ever walked a turn at Shawshank."
As for Jorge's weight loss, at the weight he's at, if he was female 30 pounds might be as much as half of a dress size. Not too apparent onscreen, but the belt should go in almost a notch.
Polter-Cow - Feb 19, 2006 3:10:33 pm PST #1214 of 5968
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Brokeback Island, for you Jack/Sawyer lovers.
The Partyman - Feb 20, 2006 8:33:23 am PST #1215 of 5968
[insert something funny here]
Brokeback Island, for you Jack/Sawyer lovers.
Oh my, that's pretty clever.
Or at least, better than any "fan video" I could make!
Fay - Feb 21, 2006 3:51:34 am PST #1216 of 5968
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
averting eyes with some difficulty
So my flatmate and I have now watched Season 2 up to episode 9, with the whole Computer-conversation thingy. And I've read a chunk of the Old Thread and the first 500+ posts of this thread and then skipped ahead to say (1) I'm still loving the show, (2) I want fanfic and (3) does Naveen Andrews genuinely look like an Arab to Americans?
Because it's a bit of a nobrainer to flatmate and me - not just the fact that he's playing an Iraqi (which I can try to retcon), but the fact that people who don't know him describe him as 'An Arab guy'.
Laura - Feb 21, 2006 4:07:57 am PST #1217 of 5968
Our wings are not tired.
Can't steer you to the fanfic although I am certain there is plenty.
I accept that Sayid is Iraqi. My guess is that Naveen is of Indian descent, but I'm too lazy to google. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere he was British. Other than the unfortunate pairing with Shannon I like his character so I just accept the Iraqi thing. There are very few Arabs in my community so it doesn't jump out at me.
Ignorance is bliss?
§ ita § - Feb 21, 2006 4:11:54 am PST #1218 of 5968
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I figure the minute I'd get stroppy about it, someone would link to a citation of the Indian-looking subpopulation of the Arab world, and that would be that.
I've done the parallel about Jamaica myself. I still think it makes sloppy casting either way.
le nubian - Feb 21, 2006 4:37:19 am PST #1219 of 5968
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
my friend's husband is Iraqi. I don't think Naveen looks Iraqi to me, but he is pretty and I want him on my tv.
Rick - Feb 21, 2006 5:12:49 am PST #1220 of 5968
Perhaps we will find out that Sayid is the illegitimate son of an influential Iraqi and a Pakistani guestworker. It might help to explain certain complexities of his character.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 21, 2006 6:07:21 am PST #1221 of 5968
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't know about a specific Iraqi look, but I have an Israeli friend of Arab descent that resembles Naveen Andrews in a number of facial features. They're at least getting closer to actual physiognomy than giving Mickey Rooney buck teeth and having him squint to play someone Chinese.