You don't see that too often anymore without muslim activists groups complaining about discrimination. Its no longer PC
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Lokisgodhi — 10 years ago(July 30, 2015 12:40 AM)
How fkng stupid are you? This film was made in late 1993 or early 1994 after Islamics bombed the World Trade Center on February 26th 1993 and killed six people and wounded over a thousand others.
DeAd_MiKe_187 wrote:
It's funny how it was fine to portray Muslims as terrorists attacking Americans (in America) BEFORE it actually happened. Now that it's happened, it's "wrong" to do it in movies. Sounds a little backwards, no? -
falcon2484 — 13 years ago(June 06, 2012 01:03 PM)
I'm just curious if this pre-9/11 film got accused of the negative portrayal of muslims as terrorists?
Oh, you bet it did. This movie has about three or four small-type, single-spaced pages in Jack Shaheen's pre-9/11 book
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
, which details offensive Muslim and Arab stereotypes in many, many Hollywood films.
True Lies
,
The Delta Force
,
Executive Decision
,
The Siege
and Walt Disney's
Aladdin
all earn a place on Shaheen's "Worst List."
Check out this video on YouTube:
, but pay no attention to the "Zionist conspiracy" description.
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lexicron — 13 years ago(June 30, 2012 04:46 PM)
Look at movies like The Last Kiss Goodknight (which was pre 9/11) which had some government organization framing some poor muslim guy. YOu see it real life too. The Fort Hood shooting wasn't a 'workplace' indicident.
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howtragic — 13 years ago(September 28, 2012 10:54 AM)
Hello.this movie was tongue-in-cheek.
Everything about it was a spoof. The high speed "horse chase" scenethe ripped "Ahnold" with a flame-throwerthe spies infiltrating a Swiss chaletthe over-the-top terroriststhe "hot" wife just waiting to come out. It was all A JOKE. The whole movie was a goof. It was silly people! Anyone who is offended by this does not get the joke! It was satire making fun of Hollywood action movies; it was just done in a low-key way.
I mean, come on, Tom Arnold is a top CIA agent (omega sector, excuse me)???
People who are offended by the way Muslims are portrayed by Hollywood should absolutely LOVE this movie. I do not get the hate at all.
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manram24 — 13 years ago(December 25, 2012 10:04 PM)
It's one of the reasons movies aren't as good anymore. They are too afraid to offend certain people.
Totally agree. They are certainly not afraid of offending christians and jews, people from the south etc, but they won't make movies in this day and age that depicts an islamic terrorist like this movie. Too much political correctness these days.
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kairingler — 12 years ago(July 31, 2013 02:41 PM)
I dont' think it would get the greenlight from the Major Motion Picture Industry today if someone had the balls to write this up and put Islamic/Muslim terrorists as the forefront of the terrorist activity.
are you going to bark all day little doggie,, or are you going to bite -
tigerbos — 12 years ago(December 30, 2013 11:55 AM)
Islamic extremists would have threatened to murder the director and writers and anyone else associated with the film. It's a shame that the film industry backs down to these bullies.
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MurphAndTheMagicTones — 12 years ago(December 31, 2013 10:12 AM)
Even this movie was a bit PC, saying the Crimson Jihad was a splinter group that was extreme even for a Muslim terrorist group.
And the movie is played for more comical effect. Hell, just look at how Aziz meets his end. He gets nailed in the balls by the tail of the Harrier, falls onto the missile, and gets fired into his comrades in the helicopter? This is a MOVIE, not a documentary. And made back in the day when movies didn't have to be dark and brooding to be successful.
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jasonbagwell77 — 11 years ago(September 10, 2014 09:06 AM)
Hollywood will not portray a minority in a negative light anymore. Even Star TRek changed Kahn's ethnicity to portray him as a white guy to suit this new politically correct model. White gentiles are in the cross hairs due to it not being politically correct to have an anti defamation league to defend against negative portrayals .
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someoneyoumightknow — 10 years ago(May 29, 2015 02:18 PM)
Muslims usually are terrorists though. If not through their actual actions then through their inaction to speak out against atrocities committed by the same people who share their faith. It all equates to the same thing. Mind you, same thing could said about Christians. A strange world we live in.
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jamaal — 10 years ago(June 01, 2015 07:06 PM)
Your statement that "Muslims usually are terrorists though" is false. Of the 1.7 billion Muslims, a very, very small percentage are involved in what could be described as terrorist activity. As for not speaking out about the atrocities committed in the name of Islam, this too is false. It just doesn't get reported. Do a Google Search on the subject, and you'll have the proof.
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jamaal — 10 years ago(June 05, 2015 07:24 PM)