tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post116282960362012679..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Nikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-1162844063279709262006-11-06T15:14:00.000-05:002006-11-06T15:14:00.000-05:00i still think they killed off ana lucia (and possi...i still think they killed off ana lucia (and possibly libby, for that matter) because of those actors' legal problems. i remember reading countless articles about them - especially michelle rodriguez - having a poor attitude and a big ego on set.<BR/><BR/>i wonder how many other deaths/exits have less to do with the actual story arc, and more to do with the relationships of certain actors with others, or with the producers...<BR/><BR/>all said, i kinda like seeing some characters die. not because i don't like them, but it makes the show feel more real, in that anyone is fair game, not just fringe characters.leorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498938749074364613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-1162843783047155372006-11-06T15:09:00.000-05:002006-11-06T15:09:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.leorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498938749074364613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-1162839684744741912006-11-06T14:01:00.000-05:002006-11-06T14:01:00.000-05:00I don't think there's a selective killing off for ...I don't think there's a selective killing off for no reason -- there IS a reason that hopefully will feature in the big picture. But Shannon dies after hooking up with Saiyid. Libby dies after hooking up with Hurley. Boone, I can't explain, other than he was a wishy-washy character, and his time had come. Ana Lucia too. I think it's coincidental that the dead/gone cast happen to be multiracial, and as you explained in your article, reflective of the diversity of the cast of the show. But still, Eko was one of the most fascinating characters on the show. Just because we weren't invested in him from Episode 1 does not make him dispensable. Michael -- they may have written him out for his own personal career reasons, which is often the case, I imagine. I don't think this is the last we see of Eko, though. I just have this feeling. Yet, it concerns me that their portrayal of him was rather stereotypical of the barbaric "other." When we first see him, he's nappy-haired and wielding a large club and terrifying the crap out of Jin and Sawyer and Michael with his big, wild eyes. To be fair, though, Rousseau was also kind of scary, but nowhere close to the "monstrous" image they created of Eko in that first episode. Then, as we get to know him, he is portrayed as some sort of "gentle giant" with a wild, temperamental streak in moments of passion. Again, according to all the ethnographic studies I've done, this is an incredibly steretypical portrayal of the African male. Michael, on the other hand, had an balanced portrayal, and was far more human than Eko, who just became one large symbol, rather than an actual person. I'm not saying that the writers were being racist, but I definitely think there was an ingrained tendency to stereotype when it came to Eko's character here. Perhaps he had to be "sacrificed" to drive home the point that on one (side of the) island, there's a battle with faith, and on the other, a battle with science. But, why haven't one of the secondary white characters been killed? (Perhaps because there are no secondary white characters?) What about Charlie or Claire? They're pretty secondary to the plot right now. <BR/><BR/>I don't know, I'd like to believe Eko will be resurrected, or that he's not REALLY dead. I wonder what their choice was in killing him. And did anyone see AAA's INCREDIBLE performance in "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" (which is actually a really good movie.)<BR/><BR/>Here for an article in the SF Gate about the killing off of Losties:<BR/>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=24&entry_id=10585The Chapati Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08916089544395886858noreply@blogger.com