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EngineerSean
Feb 9, 2004

by zen death robot

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

the Federation let Puerto Rico in?

I lol'd

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EngineerSean
Feb 9, 2004

by zen death robot

Applewhite posted:

DUNE goddammit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciasVF9joks

Pththya-lyi
Nov 8, 2009

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

Mange Mite posted:

Isnt bashir an arabic name though

Yes, but the Muslims invaded India (and a bunch of other places) centuries ago and introduced the name; there's a couple of famous people from the Kerala region named Basheer. Plus, Julian's dad was played by Brian George (AKA Seinfeld's Babu Bhatt, plus a bunch of other Southeast Asian characters) doing an Indian accent, and Julian's mom has a Tamil name (Amsha).

Lawrence Gilchrist
Mar 31, 2010

I'd like to thank everyone for not empty quoting the sand people blast points thing. I was pleasantly surprised.

SurfaceDetail
Feb 17, 2016

by Cowcaster
The tuskan raider's culture always seemed a little too advanced for a direct comparison to arabs. I mean tuskans foreign policy is positively enlightened by comparison, at least luke and others could actually live in the desert without being genocided

An Ounce of Gold
Jul 13, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Did anyone mention Sense 8? Close thread. Punch op.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

aioli is just mayo
Aug 14, 2003

He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah . But whoever is forced by necessity, neither desiring it nor transgressing its limit, there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful
In dan Simmons novel Hyperion one lf the pov characters is a badass space murdering Muslim admiral

I never finished the book I don't know if the shrike kills him

Blazing Ownager
Jun 2, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

TheIllestVillain posted:

didnt riddick have some kind of space islam as the main religion

i think keith david was supposed to be black arab in pitch black

I really hate how the 2nd movie turned the universe from Aliens like to Warhammer or something.

Then again the 3rd movie is kind of hilarious and the TV show sounds amusing.

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug
the riddick character was based on vin diesel's d&d drow character

he's a huge nerd who has elf language tattoos

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

Pththya-lyi posted:

Yes, but the Muslims invaded India (and a bunch of other places) centuries ago and introduced the name; there's a couple of famous people from the Kerala region named Basheer. Plus, Julian's dad was played by Brian George (AKA Seinfeld's Babu Bhatt, plus a bunch of other Southeast Asian characters) doing an Indian accent, and Julian's mom has a Tamil name (Amsha).

But Brian George is a Mizrahi (Jewish Arab).

flick my Mr. Bean
Nov 18, 2014

There were asian and irish mafias in the new star wars which I found very odd but nope, no arabs.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



DOMDOM posted:

while wathcing halo 4 : forward unto dawn today i came to an incredible realization

there are no arabs in any future sci fi movie. nor indians. or pakistanis. malayasians. etc

what the gently caress? is the future racist?

or have we all interbred into a singular human tan color

the answer may surprise you!

The Riddick movies have future middle eastern people.

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

has anyone suggested that it's because the idea of the arab race not killing itself out by the time space travel is a thing is too outlandish a prospect for even the most ridiculous scifi writers?

Pththya-lyi
Nov 8, 2009

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

Crowsbeak posted:

But Brian George is a Mizrahi (Jewish Arab).

cf. my original thesis (i.e. "casting directors think all brown people look alike")

GORDON
Jan 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

Vince MechMahon posted:

The Riddick movies have future middle eastern people.

The Imam is even travelling to New Mecca, which always makes me wonder what happened to old Mecca.

Volcott
Mar 30, 2010

People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

GORDON posted:

The Imam is even travelling to New Mecca, which always makes me wonder what happened to old Mecca.

Ironically, there was a suicide bombing.

GORDON
Jan 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

Volcott posted:

Ironically, there was a suicide bombing.

Is that in the literature somewhere?

Robot Pride
Aug 2, 2010

by exmarx

GORDON posted:

Is that in the literature somewhere?

No, but this frankenstein religion is:

http://riddick.wikia.com/wiki/Chrislam

lulz? Make up sex has a love child.

mom and dad fight a lot
Sep 21, 2006

If you count them all, this sentence has exactly seventy-two characters.

Robot Pride posted:

No, but this frankenstein religion is:

http://riddick.wikia.com/wiki/Chrislam

lulz? Make up sex has a love child.

Man the 90's were great.

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine


Setsuna F Seiei (born Soran Ibrahim) is the protagonist of Mobile Suit Gundam 00



Ali Al-Sachez is an antagonist in the same show/

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine
Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy featured a boring loving 50 page digressions about nomadic Muslims on Mars.

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

8 track betamax posted:

Which direction would you pray if you were in another galaxy? Or in a black hole library pocket universe like in the film inception

East?

Sorryformybadjokes
Apr 21, 2004

I identify as a simian who pronounces the 'silent' letters in words.
Fallen Rib
In space no one can see your wifes face

Eela6
May 25, 2007
Shredded Hen
Dune

Thanks

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Jeff Sichoe posted:

In space no one can see your wifes face

thats only because she's on another ship light years away

Sorryformybadjokes
Apr 21, 2004

I identify as a simian who pronounces the 'silent' letters in words.
Fallen Rib


ok ok we might be onto something here lads

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Jeff Sichoe posted:



ok ok we might be onto something here lads

who is that? Why does her neck have Cyrillic and a usa flag on her arm?

Sorryformybadjokes
Apr 21, 2004

I identify as a simian who pronounces the 'silent' letters in words.
Fallen Rib
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari

On September 18, 2006, a few days after her 40th birthday, she became the first Iranian woman in space.

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We
how come Arabic countries don't produce their own hit TV series?


maybe it's something to do with killing all their talented artists cause they're gay or drew Muhammad

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine

Jeff Sichoe posted:



ok ok we might be onto something here lads

that suit makes her look fat

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Jeff Sichoe posted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari

On September 18, 2006, a few days after her 40th birthday, she became the first Iranian woman in space.

that is cool

GORDON
Jan 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

boom boom boom posted:

Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy featured a boring loving 50 page digressions about nomadic Muslims on Mars.

I almost brought that poo poo series up but I hated it so loving bad.

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine

GORDON posted:

I almost brought that poo poo series up but I hated it so loving bad.

I liked it.

GORDON
Jan 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

It's been about 15 years and my tastes change over time so I MAY give it another shot.... but if I still hate it by the end of Red I'm not going to hate-read Green and Blue like I did last time.

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine

GORDON posted:

It's been about 15 years and my tastes change over time so I MAY give it another shot.... but if I still hate it by the end of Red I'm not going to hate-read Green and Blue like I did last time.

oh sure, I might hate it on re-read. KSR is a weird one, the stuff I like about him and the stuff I hate about him is the same stuff. I really liked Mars, hated Antarctica, and constantly wavered on the Global Warming trilogy

Fiddler on the Reef
Apr 29, 2011


the fremen, the Klingons, and the tusken raiders op

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

ORIGINAL GANGSTER posted:

the fremen, the Klingons, and the tusken raiders op

they are all sneaky and will come back with more numbers.
Checks out

Supreme Allah
Oct 6, 2004

everybody relax, i'm here
Nap Ghost

ElectricSheep posted:

the name "khan noonien singh" sounds nice and ambiguously brown now that i think about it

Singh is a Sikh title, so Indian. Most sikhs take it as a middle or last name.

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Neo Rasa
Mar 8, 2007
Everyone should play DUKE games.

:dukedog:

DOMDOM posted:

star trek gives us planets of displaced native american indians to persecute but can't manage even a single palestinian colony

Did you not see any Star Trek ever that had Bajorans in it?

Also the dude from Game of Thrones before 9/11 happened and he had to change his name to Alexander to still be able to act/not be murdered was the doctore on DS9:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Siddig

Neo Rasa fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Jun 30, 2016

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