What you all seem to be forgetting is that in the original show, the white female archaeologist FINDS the buried jewelry
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dixonmonkey — 18 years ago(August 08, 2007 11:06 AM)
Thousands of years ago, Egyptian Queen Hatchupset was given an amulet by her Royal Wizard. This amulet empowered the queen with the powers of the goddess Isis; to command the elements of sky and earth. Flash forward to present time (1970's that is) young science teacher Andrea Thomas found this lost amulet while on an archaeological dig. She found she was heir to the "Secrets of Isis." By bearing the necklace that had the amulet, and calling out the phrase "OH MIGHTY ISIS," Andrea was transformed into Isis. As Isis, she could "soar as the falcon soars, run with the speed of gazelles, and command all the elements of sky and earth.
Here's a pic of Isis from an ancient Egyptian tomb. I don't know where some of you got your info, butYeah, real NUBIAN black there, jackasses!
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/gallery/mythology/africa/egyptian/isis.jpg
Her origins are uncertain but are believed to have come from the Nile Delta; however, unlike other Egyptian deities, she did not have a centralised cult at any point throughout her worship. First mentions of Isis date back to the Fifth dynasty of Egypt (2498 B.C.E. to 2345 B.C.E.)which is when the first literary inscriptions are found, but her cult became prominent late in Egyptian history, when it began to absorb the cults of many other goddesses. It eventually spread outside Egypt throughout the Middle East and Europe, with temples dedicated to her built as far away as the British Isles. Pockets of her worship remained in Christian Europe as late as the 6th century.
So let's just all hope and pray that the actress they do get has some actual talent and that it is not given to her strictly for her skin color. Joanna Cameron she's not, but I think Mona Zaki
http://www.waleg.com/photos/albums/userpics/10001/normal_mona-zaki17.jpg
would be a hell of a choice.
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new_akkount — 18 years ago(September 17, 2007 05:28 PM)
Here's a pic of Isis from an ancient Egyptian tomb. I don't know where some of you got your info, butYeah, real NUBIAN black there, jackasses!
Pretty funny. Just to make sure no one misses your sarcasm, here's the page with that image:
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/gallery/mythology/africa/egyptian/isis.html
Not even remotely black.
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activista — 18 years ago(October 28, 2007 02:19 PM)
So what if she's not real dark-skinnedblack folks, FYI,come in ALL colors, from Caucasian to charcoal-black, and I grew up around black folks that EXACT light brown color (there's a number of them within my own family, plus my significant other is that exact shade). Obviously some of you posters haven't been around black folks enough to know (living and growing up in mostly all-black communities until my mid-teens, I should know) how skin color shades vary widely amongst us as well as other people of color in general. So, yeah, Isis could have been black and STILL be that color. End of story. She obviously wasn't white,her myth wasn't even created by white folksGET over it,y'all! We're arguing semantics here!
It also kills me how white people have always treated Egypt like it couldn't possibly be part of Africa, because of its great contributions to what we call modern civilization. If you look on the damn map, it's IN Africa, and no amount of claiming that its people weren't black or anything near is going to change that. To me it's like saying that New York isn't part of New York the state, despite the fact that it very much isit's always sounded ridiculous amd more than racist to me,as if Egypt's great civilization could not have POSSIBLY been created by anybody resembling a black person. It's just so beep stupid to meskin color dosen't have s*** to do with genius or advancing/creating a civilization. Honestly, sometimes I can't help thinking as I've delved into ancient history that people back in those times then seemed far less racist to some extent than they are nowseriously. -
mkdewaters — 18 years ago(September 18, 2007 02:14 PM)
Who ever told you that the 'Egyptian Goddess' was black??? Just because Egypt is in Africa does not mean that all the people living there are black, the Egyptians are derived from the Arabic, and they are certainly not now or ever have been black. So why should an African-American play Isis? It should be done by an actress of Egyptian heritage, let's get real about it.
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bigboijp — 18 years ago(September 23, 2007 06:51 PM)
Remember the premise to the TV show "Isis": Andrea Thomas was a science teacher who unearthed the magical amulet that gave her the powers of the goddess Isis. She found out that she was a "descendant" of Isis, and that was why she could use her powers.
Also, take this into consideration: In the movie "Queen Of The Damned", Akasha, the queen of the vampires(an Egyptian character, by the way)was played by the late Aaliyah. And, in the movie "Selena" Selena was played by Jennifer Lopez, who I don't think have the same background.I know that Jennifer Lopez is Puerto-Rican, but I believe that Selena was something else (don't get me to lying, or guessing)!!!
In any event, my point is: it's not unusual for Hollywood to use this type of casting.
Now, here's a shot-in-the-dark-thought as to who could play Isis if a movie is made: I don't exactly know her first name, but I believe her last name is Rai!
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x_starlet_x — 18 years ago(November 07, 2007 11:09 PM)
I think the common point most of us are making is that whoever is chosen to play Isis should be someone of ethnic background(be it african american,egyptian,middle eastern,native american,hispanic etc.) whose appearance matches the description of the character who is supposed to be of egyptian descent. As an african american female sure I would love to see the part go to an african american actress (maybe zoe saldana-Pirates of Carribean 2,Drumline,Guess Who or thandie newton-MI 2,Crash) "if it was someone who could pull it off". This doesnt mean that a Kristin Kreuk-Smallville,Vasundhara Das-Monsoon Wedding,Kelly Hu- X2/Scorpion King wouldnt be able to work the part.
Lets face Catwoman was a fluke a black girl playing SUPERGIRL,SUE STORM,BATGIRL=not very likely but I have always thought Isis as played by a black woman=possible. The bottom line is to see someone who looks like me up on the screen from time to time feels good but someone who looks like me as a superhero is great. -
InstaGator — 18 years ago(November 24, 2007 06:05 PM)
whoever is chosen to play Isis should be someone of ethnic background
(be it african american,egyptian,middle eastern,native american,
hispanic etc.) whose appearance matches the description of the character
who is supposed to be of egyptian descent.
Then you'd better go find some Greek or Lebanese girls, because that's what the Egyptians looked like.
Sure seems like a lot of people here have already drank the Kool Aid and bought into all the fictional afrocentric revisionist history that's been so popular since the mid-80's; the Egyptians were black, blacks built America, blacks invented all music, the Civil War was fought over slavery, whites rounded up black villagers as slaves in Africa All false, yet all are "common knowledge" amongst the contemporary ignorati.
There is plenty of racism left in the world, and most of it is coming from "people of color", like the OP who thinks that they're entitled to be as racist as they want as long as it's pro-black. -
bigtab5 — 18 years ago(February 26, 2008 07:01 PM)
I never had the honor of viewing this show. However, 75 is the year I was born. I never knew who played the role of Isis. I just heard that she was black. So tonight, I googled her. She looks like a white woman with a tan. Some pictures she looks Indian. And others, she looks like she has on tanning makeup. I think Catherine Zeta Jones would be nice. They have the same features.
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MariMcCabe — 15 years ago(October 23, 2010 04:14 PM)
whoever is chosen to play Isis should be someone of ethnic background
(be it african american,egyptian,middle eastern,native american,
hispanic etc.) whose appearance matches the description of the character
who is supposed to be of egyptian descent.
Then you'd better go find some Greek or Lebanese girls, because that's what the Egyptians looked like.
Sure seems like a lot of people here have already drank the Kool Aid and bought into all the fictional afrocentric revisionist history that's been so popular since the mid-80's; the Egyptians were black, blacks built America, blacks invented all music, the Civil War was fought over slavery, whites rounded up black villagers as slaves in Africa All false, yet all are "common knowledge" amongst the contemporary ignorati.
There is plenty of racism left in the world, and most of it is coming from "people of color", like the OP who thinks that they're entitled to be as racist as they want as long as it's pro-black.
LOL The Ancient Egyptians did not look Greek or Lebanese. Give me a break. I see its acceptable for any person of color to be an Egyptian EXCEPT BLACK.
Blacks didn't build America? Really? Then what the f-ck was the point of obtaining slaves? So all the work to go and buy slavesmust have been for nothing if they didn't build sh-t!
