Baddest in the world
The TougeKing points out the interesting choice of a Malay chap as a terrist in a recent Royal Marines recruiting film, with some choice realistic dialogue:
If you listen carefully, he was yelling about “aku…paling jahat di dunia ini,” roughly translated as “I am the the baddest terrorist in the world etc.”
May 30th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Not sure why this is at all controversial? Terrorism is a thematic, not a nation. It can come form anywhere and be represented by anyone, wouldn’t matter if they had an African, a European, an Arab or this chap. It’s just a theme…
May 30th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Personally I was more amused by the evident letting of actors write their own lines, but I would imagine that the problem is that this isn’t a generic commentary on terrorism, it’s a bloody cinema advert in which the Royal Marines have made a choice of this person from that nation to portray as a terrorist just because It Made A Good Film. Seems like a good use of the defense budget, hearts and minds and all that.
June 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Actually it is a pretty good use of the Defence budget, we’ve got a recruitment crisis happening at the moment and more leavers than returness or new entrants. Advertising, especially to wider (Big screen) audiences is just such a way to get more people in.
I’m liking the actor writing his own lines too though, “So…um..George..Just say, you know, what you feel.”
“Really?”
“Sure.”
“Ok.”
-Action!-
“I am slightly constipated with a mild pain in my right arm, I don’t think my mother is doing very well on hewr own and my girlfriend is ticking me off!”
-Fire’s AK-
“Perfect thats a wrap.”