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Christian Bale as Moses
This dude as Ramses
These crackers are ? drawling right now. HARD. SMH. Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Joel ? Edgerton. All these muthafuckas are white. In a movie about Egypt.
"Exodus," the Bible-based epic being directed by Ridley Scott and slated for a 2014 theatrical release, has added new stars to the cast, with "Alien" actress Sigourney Weaver being the latest addition.
It was reported by various sources late last week that Weaver, who worked with Scott on the 1979 cult classic "Alien," would be signing on to his latest production to portray Tuya, the mother of the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses.
Although Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, and Signourney Weaver's roles are reportedly set, "Breaking Bad" actor Aaron Paul was still said to be in negotiations for the role of Joshua. The same has been reported for Ben Kingsley, who portrayed the Hebrew hero Moses in a 1995 TV adaptation of the Old Testament tale — although he has been listed on the IMDB.com "Exodus" movie page as a cast member, latest reports indicate he may still be in negotiations.
Here is the latest breakdown of the main cast of characters, the actors portraying them (or rumored to be portraying them), and how the figures are presented in the Bible.
CHRISTIAN BALE - MOSES
According to the Biblical account, Moses, a Hebrew raised in the Egyptian household, initially encountered in perhaps one of the most well-known theophanies — the burning bush. ? persuaded him to lead the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt and into the "promised land" of Canaan. Moses, who is said to have stuttered or suffered from some sort of speech impediment, was equipped with a staff, spoke with ? "face to face, as a man speaks to his friend," and received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai.
JOEL EDGERTON - PHARAOH RAMSES
While Ramses is not identified in the Bible as the pharaoh who Moses faced, extra-biblical accounts suggest that Ramses II ruled over Egypt during the 13th century BCE, the period suggested by some experts for when Moses might have lived. The Book of Exodus portrays the pharaoh as defiant to Moses's claims that ? required the enslaved Hebrews to leave Egypt. The Book of Exodus indicates the pharaoh pursued the Hebrews as they left Egypt. Moses and the pharaoh have been portrayed in popular movie accounts as sibling rivalries.
3. SIGOURNEY WEAVER - TUYA
Tuya, not portrayed in Biblical accounts, is believed to have been the wife of Pharaoh Seti I and mother of Ramses II. She has been portrayed in movies as the Egyptian woman of royalty who pulled baby Moses from the Nile River, while the Bible presents the Hebrew deliverer's foster mother as "the daughter of Pharaoh" who named him Moses (Exodus 10:1-10).
JOHN TURTURRO - SETI
Pharaoh Seti, like his son Pharaoh Ramses II, does not make any specific appearances in the Bible. He has been portrayed in some movie accounts of the Exodus as the pharaoh who Moses and Aaron faced in their demand that the Hebrew slaves be freed. In other accounts, Seti has been presented as Moses' foster father or uncle.
5. AARON PAUL - JOSHUA
Joshua, freed with the other Hebrews from Egyptian slavery, is presented in the Exodus narrative as one of Moses' primary assistants during their 40 years in the desert. The Book of Numbers indicates that it was Moses who renamed him Joshua (Yehoshua), although he was originally named Hoshea. Scripture says that after Moses' death, ? spoke to Joshua and promised to lead him as He had led his predecessor. It was under Joshua's leadership that the Hebrews/Israelites routed the Canaanites and gained land, as recounted in the Book of Joshua.
BEN KINGSLEY - UNKNOWN
Kingsley's negotiations may remain ongoing, but he has been listed in the movie profile page for "Exodus" on IMDB.com, with his character currently unlisted. If Kingsley signs on to the Bible-based movie project, it is not unlikely that he may play Aaron, Moses' brother who is portrayed in the Book of Exodus as standing with him during his confrontations with the pharaoh. Kingsley, who has a penchant for Bible-based movies ("Mary Mother of Christ," "Noah," "Moses, "Joseph") could also, of course, be cast to portray any character noted in the Biblical account concerning Moses and the Exodus (such as Hur), or a historical figure not mentioned at all in the Old Testament story.
The screenplay for "Exodus" has been credited to Bill Collage, Adam Cooper and Steven Zaillian. Michael Schaefer is listed as the executive producer, while Scott shares producer credit with Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, and Jenno Topping.
The historical drama is said to be in pre-production with a tentative release date of Dec. 12, 2014.
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Well the bible is ? , the movie might as well be too. -
im good..........
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Depending on what them extra roles payin, I might just let this ? slide...
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...absolutely disgusting and arrogant.
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He turned down batman to do this. (well, honestly, I would want to do a batman vs superman movie either)
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new from hollywood
homeboyz from atlantis starring tom hanks and robin williamz
baps 2:around the way girls starring meryl streep and angelina jolie
ghetto stories 2 starring mac miller and john cena -
I could give them a pass on not putting dark skinned black people in there because like it or not that's still a matter up for debate, but how the hell do you put white people in there given that it's widely known fact that the Egyptians were never a white society. This ain't the 1950s. Even white people aren't lying to themselves about that ? anymore.
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »I could give them a pass on not putting dark skinned black people in there because like it or not that's still a matter up for debate, but how the hell do you put white people in there given that it's widely known fact that the Egyptians were never a white society. This ain't the 1950s. Even white people aren't lying to themselves about that ? anymore.
Nothing's up for debate. They're just not publishing the research because its damning. King Tut & Ramses III were discovered last year to share over 90% of their DNA with modern Sub-Saharan and East Africans, followed by Central and West Africans. Less than 10% of their DNA came from non-Africans.
This discovery was barely covered by the media. -
ridley scott and chris bale? im in
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fortyacres&amule wrote: »Why do American ? care about eygpt so much when ya'll from west Africa n ?
Why do White Americans care about Greece and Rome so much when yall are Anglo-Saxons
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Christian Bale as Moses
This dude as Ramses
These crackers are ? drawling right now. HARD. SMH. Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Joel ? Edgerton. All these muthafuckas are white. In a movie about Egypt.
"Exodus," the Bible-based epic being directed by Ridley Scott and slated for a 2014 theatrical release, has
Wasn't surprised when I saw Ridley Scott's name.
Aliens was filled with racial undertones:Ridley Scott decided on the man-in-suit approach for creating the creature onscreen. Initially circus performers were tried, then multiple actors together in the same costume, but neither proved scary.
Deciding that the creature would be scarier the closer it appeared to a human, Scott decided that a single, very tall, very thin man be used.
Scott was inspired by a photograph of Leni Riefenstahl standing next to a 6'4" (1.93 m) Nubian.[8] The casting director found 7'2" (2.18 m), rail-thin graphic designer Bolaji Badejo in a local pub. Badejo went to tai chi and mime classes to learn how to slow down his movements.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)
Leni Riefenstahl
was a photographer and filmmaker, who made the propaganda film "Triumph of the Will (1935)" for the ? party in Germany.
The photographs she took that "inspired" Ridley Scott:
http://www.hrgiger.com/alien.htm
http://www.leni-riefenstahl.de/eng/bio.html
Do you see "Aliens" when you look at them? -
Christian Bale as Moses
This dude as Ramses
These crackers are ? drawling right now. HARD. SMH. Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Joel ? Edgerton. All these muthafuckas are white. In a movie about Egypt.
"Exodus," the Bible-based epic being directed by Ridley Scott and slated for a 2014 theatrical release, has
Wasn't surprised when I saw Ridley Scott's name.
Aliens was filled with racial undertones:Ridley Scott decided on the man-in-suit approach for creating the creature onscreen. Initially circus performers were tried, then multiple actors together in the same costume, but neither proved scary.
Deciding that the creature would be scarier the closer it appeared to a human, Scott decided that a single, very tall, very thin man be used.
Scott was inspired by a photograph of Leni Riefenstahl standing next to a 6'4" (1.93 m) Nubian.[8] The casting director found 7'2" (2.18 m), rail-thin graphic designer Bolaji Badejo in a local pub. Badejo went to tai chi and mime classes to learn how to slow down his movements.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)
Leni Riefenstahl
was a photographer and filmmaker, who made the propaganda film "Triumph of the Will (1935)" for the ? party in Germany.
The photographs she took that "inspired" Ridley Scott:
http://www.hrgiger.com/alien.htm
http://www.leni-riefenstahl.de/eng/bio.html
Do you see "Aliens" when you look at them?
i see it, but wasnt h. r. giger the one who created the settings and aliens and not scott?
and leni riefenstahl was still a talented photographer, ? used her for propaganda ? because she was a talented artist. -
fortyacres&amule wrote: »fortyacres&amule wrote: »Why do American ? care about eygpt so much when ya'll from west Africa n ?
excuse me?
one, what's your point really? and two you know for a fact all blacks in america come from west africa?
also where do you think west africans came from?
My point is stop complaining and just don't watch it , Hollywood will never do what you gives want coz its run by money hungry clueless white folks who don't care for your history.
I thought civilization started from the Kenya/Tanzania area....and I don't recall save ? going through the Nile to get slaves...
...wasn't aware that discussing a particular issue was complaining. Thanks for clarifying, quasi-intellectual internet forum poster. -
Christian Bale as Moses
This dude as Ramses
These crackers are ? drawling right now. HARD. SMH. Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Joel ? Edgerton. All these muthafuckas are white. In a movie about Egypt.
"Exodus," the Bible-based epic being directed by Ridley Scott and slated for a 2014 theatrical release, has
Wasn't surprised when I saw Ridley Scott's name.
Aliens was filled with racial undertones:Ridley Scott decided on the man-in-suit approach for creating the creature onscreen. Initially circus performers were tried, then multiple actors together in the same costume, but neither proved scary.
Deciding that the creature would be scarier the closer it appeared to a human, Scott decided that a single, very tall, very thin man be used.
Scott was inspired by a photograph of Leni Riefenstahl standing next to a 6'4" (1.93 m) Nubian.[8] The casting director found 7'2" (2.18 m), rail-thin graphic designer Bolaji Badejo in a local pub. Badejo went to tai chi and mime classes to learn how to slow down his movements.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)
Leni Riefenstahl
was a photographer and filmmaker, who made the propaganda film "Triumph of the Will (1935)" for the ? party in Germany.
The photographs she took that "inspired" Ridley Scott:
http://www.hrgiger.com/alien.htm
http://www.leni-riefenstahl.de/eng/bio.html
Do you see "Aliens" when you look at them?
i see it, but wasnt h. r. giger the one who created the settings and aliens and not scott?
and leni riefenstahl was still a talented photographer, ? used her for propaganda ? because she was a talented artist.
The alien was based on a drawing from H.R Giger (from his book "Necronomicon")
I wasn't discounting Leni's ability as a filmmaker or photographer, but questioning how Scott tied in the original paintings of Giger (and the concept design of what became the Xenomorph), to a completely unrelated picture of members of the Nuba tribe.
Who looks at the tribe and sees "scary monsters?"
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LOL @ the characters in that film speaking English rather than Hebrew ..
Mel Gibson I think is the realest filmmaker in America currently. His three films have been historical masterpieces -
He wasn't offered Batman! Stop believing everything you read!He turned down batman to do this. (well, honestly, I would want to do a batman vs superman movie either)
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Man I swear ya'll will find something to complain about no matter what. You mean you'd rather have a movie where they speak Hebrew for the whole movie, while you get an english subtitle?LOL @ the characters in that film speaking English rather than Hebrew ..
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »I could give them a pass on not putting dark skinned black people in there because like it or not that's still a matter up for debate, but how the hell do you put white people in there given that it's widely known fact that the Egyptians were never a white society. This ain't the 1950s. Even white people aren't lying to themselves about that ? anymore.
Nothing's up for debate. They're just not publishing the research because its damning. King Tut & Ramses III were discovered last year to share over 90% of their DNA with modern Sub-Saharan and East Africans, followed by Central and West Africans. Less than 10% of their DNA came from non-Africans.
This discovery was barely covered by the media.
That's the point. Those tests showed that the DNA for many of the mummies tested was very similar to the people currently living in Egypt. Most of those people are not considered dark skinned black people. Now I'm not suggesting that this means that Egypt was never a black society. I just said it's still a matter up for debate. -
The Lonious Monk wrote: »The Lonious Monk wrote: »I could give them a pass on not putting dark skinned black people in there because like it or not that's still a matter up for debate, but how the hell do you put white people in there given that it's widely known fact that the Egyptians were never a white society. This ain't the 1950s. Even white people aren't lying to themselves about that ? anymore.
Nothing's up for debate. They're just not publishing the research because its damning. King Tut & Ramses III were discovered last year to share over 90% of their DNA with modern Sub-Saharan and East Africans, followed by Central and West Africans. Less than 10% of their DNA came from non-Africans.
This discovery was barely covered by the media.
That's the point. Those tests showed that the DNA for many of the mummies tested was very similar to the people currently living in Egypt. Most of those people are not considered dark skinned black people. Now I'm not suggesting that this means that Egypt was never a black society. I just said it's still a matter up for debate.
No, they didn't. The tests showed that Ramses & King Tut's DNA was similar to people of Sub-Saharan Africa.
King Tut
http://www.dnatribes.com/dnatribes-digest-2012-01-01.pdf
Ramses
http://www.dnatribes.com/dnatribes-digest-2013-02-01.pdf
You have to search for these findings because the media damn sure isn't covering it. -
if its by ridley scott, count me in
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »The Lonious Monk wrote: »I could give them a pass on not putting dark skinned black people in there because like it or not that's still a matter up for debate, but how the hell do you put white people in there given that it's widely known fact that the Egyptians were never a white society. This ain't the 1950s. Even white people aren't lying to themselves about that ? anymore.
Nothing's up for debate. They're just not publishing the research because its damning. King Tut & Ramses III were discovered last year to share over 90% of their DNA with modern Sub-Saharan and East Africans, followed by Central and West Africans. Less than 10% of their DNA came from non-Africans.
This discovery was barely covered by the media.
That's the point. Those tests showed that the DNA for many of the mummies tested was very similar to the people currently living in Egypt. Most of those people are not considered dark skinned black people. Now I'm not suggesting that this means that Egypt was never a black society. I just said it's still a matter up for debate.
No, they didn't. The tests showed that Ramses & King Tut's DNA was similar to people of Sub-Saharan Africa.
You're overstating ? in the same way white people do. Hell, you can go do a google search right now and find a dozen sources easy that say the DNA tests show that Tut was European. When in reality, most of the scientists most knowledgeable about this doubt that the tests can even be taken with confidence given the level of contamination that the mummies have been exposed to over the decades.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20014-royal-rumpus-over-king-tutankhamuns-ancestry.html#.Ui-AvJK1FTA
Again, I'm not arguing that the Egyptians weren't black. I'm just pointing out that there hasn't been any piece of evidence so strong that it's knocked the other side of the debate out, and therefore the debate continues.
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »The Lonious Monk wrote: »The Lonious Monk wrote: »I could give them a pass on not putting dark skinned black people in there because like it or not that's still a matter up for debate, but how the hell do you put white people in there given that it's widely known fact that the Egyptians were never a white society. This ain't the 1950s. Even white people aren't lying to themselves about that ? anymore.
Nothing's up for debate. They're just not publishing the research because its damning. King Tut & Ramses III were discovered last year to share over 90% of their DNA with modern Sub-Saharan and East Africans, followed by Central and West Africans. Less than 10% of their DNA came from non-Africans.
This discovery was barely covered by the media.
That's the point. Those tests showed that the DNA for many of the mummies tested was very similar to the people currently living in Egypt. Most of those people are not considered dark skinned black people. Now I'm not suggesting that this means that Egypt was never a black society. I just said it's still a matter up for debate.
No, they didn't. The tests showed that Ramses & King Tut's DNA was similar to people of Sub-Saharan Africa.
You're overstating ? in the same way white people do. Hell, you can go do a google search right now and find a dozen sources easy that say the DNA tests show that Tut was European. When in reality, most of the scientists most knowledgeable about this doubt that the tests can even be taken with confidence given the level of contamination that the mummies have been exposed to over the decades.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20014-royal-rumpus-over-king-tutankhamuns-ancestry.html#.Ui-AvJK1FTA
Again, I'm not arguing that the Egyptians weren't black. I'm just pointing out that there hasn't been any piece of evidence so strong that it's knocked the other side of the debate out, and therefore the debate continues.
King Tut
http://www.dnatribes.com/dnatribes-digest-2012-01-01.pdf
Ramses
http://www.dnatribes.com/dnatribes-digest-2013-02-01.pdf -
I just read your link. That study was led by Dr. Hawass, a man that has been criticized of withholding findings. He doesn't believe that Egypt was ever black. He believes Egypt was always Arab and distinct from all over African civilizations. He has always held that viewpoint. And he looked dumb as hell when he had to release the reports of Tut & Ramses after holding that view for most of his career.
The Egyptian government and the Western world have a huge incentive in proving that Egypt was a Arab/Non-Black civilization. How can you expect objectivity from people like that? If they admit that Egypt was black, they admit that the foundations of Math, Science, Medicine and Literature came from Blacks. It would shatter religion completely. If Egypt was a black civilization, and Moses (and the people who became the first Jews) and Jesus both hid there and blended in with the people....that's a giant ? bomb the entire world would have to confront.Last year around December the DNA of Ramses the 3rd was relectuntly released by Zahi Hawaaz and his Arab b*stards and guess what haplogroup Ramsses the 3rd was determined to be?
Ramses III was the greatest king of the 20th's dynasty he fought and defeated the so called Sea People . He was assassinated by his hire and son , and to prove the relationship between him and his assassin a DNA test was done and and it was determined they were father and son , and their hablogroup were typical "negroid" HG E1b1a. Even the Horner-nuts ( the somalis, ethopians who argued Ancient Egyptians were all 100% from North East Africa (Horn) and had nothing to do with west Africa were disappointed.
Revisiting the harem conspiracy and death of Ramesses III: anthropological, forensic, radiological, and genetic study . Dec 2013.
Genetic kinship analyses revealed identical haplotypes in both mummies (table 1⇓); using the Whit Atheys haplogroup predictor, we determined the Y chromosomal haplogroup E1b1a. The testing of polymorphic autosomal microsatellite loci provided similar results in at least one allele of each marker (table 2⇓). Although the mummy of Ramesses IIIs wife Tiy was not available for testing, the identical Y chromosomal DNA and autosomal half allele sharing of the two male mummies strongly suggest a father-son relationship.
Zaahi Hawaaz the hook nosed racist who always claimed AE had nothing to do with black Africa at last had to swallow his pride and release the result, also the result of Tut will be no different he is another black african.
Of course those of us who were following this whitewash of history may recall when the CNN, BBC, ABC, and various European media claimed the DNA of king Tut was gleaned from a National Geographic clip and it was a European HG and thus more then half of the modern European men had the same HG type of king Tut , and there for he was a white man.
Now that was debunked and laid to rest and now that a real test is done and released, the entire western media ignored the major news of the Haplo-type (which is black negroid type) and instead concentrated on the uneventful fact that now its proven he was killed by his son.
The Euro-nuts now argue that the DNA itself was European and it evolved in Europe before a back migration to Africa where it has became 'black" now. Try to wrap your head around that weird reverse argument. -
King Tut's father
King Tut's grandfather
King Tut's grandmother
Nefertiti
Yep....they all look white to me.
