Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time

[Project862006]

jake looks exactly like the prince from the game

 

[omid17]

as a persian im just happy they're making a high budget fun action movie that has to do with Persia

 

[AndThePickles]

Ah ha, I see there must have been earlier complaints about that lol

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

as a persian im just happy they're making a high budget fun action movie that has to do with Persia

As a non-persian I'm happy that you are happy.

Maybe this will be a stepping stone to them making more movies about that general area and next time casting accordingly.

 

[BlackLantern]

if someone was making a picture involving a historical event in Persian history like the Greco Persian Wars and they cast a bunch of white actors, then it'd be a valid complaint

 

[omid17]

As a non-persian I'm happy that you are happy.

Maybe this will be a stepping stone to them making more movies about that general area and next time casting accordingly.

if someone was making a picture involving a historical event in Persian history like the Greco Persian Wars and they cast a bunch of white actors, then it'd be a valid complaint

agreed

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I think it's a valid complaint now.

Sure a white guy created the game and the Prince does look pretty white in the videogame but videogames and movies are too completely different things. Some people will laugh if you name a movie with humans, Prince of Persia and nobody is even remotely perisian in the flick. It's a funny and somewhat sad situation.

It's like naming something Black People Fight against Slavery and casting a whiteguy as the lead slave. You can't get mad at people for complaining about that, especially with hollywood's obessesion of whitewashing every single thing they get their hands on.

To them white people just couldn't stand to see a movie staring a non-white person. Maybe I'm a nieve black chick but I just have a hard time believing that white people cover their eyes in horror when a non-white person comes on screen.

It's freakin insulting and very typical of hollywood sadly.

 

[BestGirl]

It wouldn't look so obvious if (at least from the trailer) the rest of the cast didn't look so Persian as opposed to white lol

Plenty of Persians look white, and several Persian hypesters have agreed that Jake could pass as Persian. I would've preferred a genuine Persian actor in the role as well but Gyllenhaal does physically look the part.

 

[Venomfan]

^You know the Wolverine thing isn't the same.

why not? my iranian friends look like they could be brothers with jake. i think the biggest misconception here is that all iranians look like arabs, which is a huge insult to them

 

[omid17]

I think it's a valid complaint now.

Sure a white guy created the game and the Prince does look pretty white in the videogame but videogames and movies are too completely different things. Some people will laugh if you name a movie with humans, Prince of Persia and nobody is even remotely perisian in the flick. It's a funny and somewhat sad situation.

It's like naming something Black People Fight against Slavery and casting a whiteguy as the lead slave. You can't get mad at people for complaining about that, especially with hollywood's obessesion of whitewashing every single thing they get their hands on.

To them white people just couldn't stand to see a movie staring a non-white person. Maybe I'm a nieve black chick but I just have a hard time believing that white people cover their eyes in horror when a non-white person comes on screen.

It's freakin insulting and very typical of hollywood sadly.

agreed

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

why not? my iranian friends look like they could be brothers with jake. i think the biggest misconception here is that all iranians look like arabs, which is a huge insult to them

I didn't say all anybody looked like anything.

If Persians look just like white people, whats the harm in casting a Persian or somebody from that general area then? I love Jake and believe that he will do a good job but he isn't a big star. He doesn't exactly bring people out to the theaters. Hell, if Prince of Persia has a bad run at the boxoffice my point will be proven even more.

 

[Venomfan]

I didn't say all anybody looked like anything.

If Persians look just like white people, whats the harm in casting a Persian or somebody from that general area then? I love Jake and believe that he will do a good job but he isn't a big star. He doesn't exactly bring people out to the theaters. Hell, if Prince of Persia has a bad run at the boxoffice my point will be proven even more.

ok gotcha. i thought the complaints were about him not looking right. i agree that jake isn't a box office draw, ive never really cared for him as an actor either. getting a persian would have been good just to give someone new a turn in the limelight.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It's just a safer gample. Especially when Disney is spending lots of money on a video game adaption. You use a good actor that alot of people know and is liked.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Obviously I'm not as over this casting as I thought.

 

[omid17]

It's just a safer gample. Especially when Disney is spending lots of money on a video game adaption. You use a good actor that alot of people know and is liked.

yup

 

[carrrnuttt]

I didn't say all anybody looked like anything.

If Persians look just like white people, whats the harm in casting a Persian or somebody from that general area then? I love Jake and believe that he will do a good job but he isn't a big star. He doesn't exactly bring people out to the theaters. Hell, if Prince of Persia has a bad run at the boxoffice my point will be proven even more.

If you're over the looks thing, and are now just whining about the nationality thing, just know that I'd *think* about taking you, or anyone like you seriously in that regard, once I see you protesting Canadian, British and Australian actors playing American parts, and Americans speaking with British accents in movies.

Go ahead, convince me that what you're whining about is any different.

 

[Doctor Jones]

She's not whining dude, calm down. At least she isn't constantly *****ing about Jake's nationality like most people are here which diverts from this thread becoming a normal one.

 

[AndThePickles]

Man, I didn't mean to start a huge argument I just saw the trailer and thought, hmm, Jake looks silly. And not Persian or badass.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I think we just all need to stop mentioning it. Or we an, but then it just sparks the same old **** we've been seeing since page 1.

 

[AndThePickles]

Yeah, can't say I'm interested enough in this film to have been following it since page one. I saw the trailer at the movies on Friday, and was bored at work today *shrugs* That's the problem with huge threads like this and newcomers who want to comment on anything.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

It's not your fault Pickles, you have a right to your opinion.

Doctor Jones is right, I think that we should drop the race arguement and just talk about the flick.

And I'd also like to thank him for standing up for me. He obviously actually read my posts.

 

[Project862006]

Jake looked Persian and bad ass to me lol

 

[carrrnuttt]

Jake looks silly. And not Persian or badass.

How many times have you been pwned on this very point in this very thread? There were even pictures I posted of present-day, everyday Iranians from a hidden mall camera that were obviously Caucasoid. Not to mention actual Persians chiming in.

How many times do you have to be reminded that YOU are the one stereotyping when you spew crap like this?

I apologize to I SEE SPIDEY for the "whining" comment, but I am just extra-irritated that AndThePickles over here decided to jump in again with his lame stereotyping, when that particular discussion died down already. Not to mention he's re-hashing an old argument of his that got shot down many times already.

I SEE SPIDEY: I might have apologized to you for using the "whining" card, but I still challenge you to prove to me that what you are "voicing your opinion" over isn't any different than what's going in with foreign actors playing American parts.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It's not your fault Pickles, you have a right to your opinion.

Doctor Jones is right, I think that we should drop the race arguement and just talk about the flick.

And I'd also like to thank him for standing up for me. He obviously actually read my posts.

No problem.

This thread just keeps getting off the track. Once we start to have some conversation, somebody has to come and talk about Jake's race and we go through the same hoopla. Not aimed at you Pickles, you didn't seem to mean any harm while others do.

carrnutt, dude, lets just get over it. By continuing this, it will only get worse and more people will catch on.

 

[Sebastos]

How many times have you been pwned on this very point in this very thread? There were even pictures I posted of present-day, everyday Iranians from a hidden mall camera that were obviously Caucasoid. Not to mention actual Persians chiming in.

How many times do you have to be reminded that YOU are the one stereotyping when you spew crap like this?

I apologize to I SEE SPIDEY for the "whining" comment, but I am just extra-irritated that AndThePickles over here decided to jump in again with his lame stereotyping, when that particular discussion died down already. Not to mention he's re-hashing an old argument of his that got shot down many times already.

I SEE SPIDEY: I might have apologized to you for using the "whining" card, but I still challenge you to prove to me that what you are "voicing your opinion" over isn't any different than what's going in with foreign actors playing American parts.

ATP is a she not a he. She's entitled to her opinion, get over it already.