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    Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama

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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    i like how she is talking as if she was part of the creative process. like she owns her part in the show and is protecting it.

    unlike when other actors talk about the company and lawyers, and how those groups control what they can say.

    it's very respectful.

    Morena Baccarin FTW #v
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    Anna was the only character I liked in the whole pilot. How are we supposed to root for humanity when the aliens are lead by Morena Baccarin and the human characters were mostly jerks? #v
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/06/09

    @Bill-Lee: "How are we supposed to root for humanity?"

    What's with the 'we', earthman? #v
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/06/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Maybe I was using the royal we. #v
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    Image of Guang Guang
    11/06/09

    @Bill-Lee: Why would we want to root for humanity? Treat it like a sporting event in a strange town. Sit back and watch the show. #v
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/06/09

    @Guang: cue the 'Dueling Banjos" theme from Deliverance. #v
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    To overcome nervousness at public speaking, do you think Morena Baccarin pictures the audience naked? #v
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    @charliejane: Not to be a colossal pedant, but it really should be "as an emigrant from Brazil" or "as an immigrant to the US", not "as an immigrant from Brazil". :)
    But I think you redeemed yourself with the "due to some kind of sporting event". *giggle*
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama

    For everyone obsessing over Morena Baccarin's neck, yes it really is that long. #v
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    So is anyone not at Fox News now comparing Obama to a murderous, alien lizard? #v
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    I am not Spartacus!

    [en.wikipedia.org] [en.wikipedia.org] #v
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    Image of Magicant Magicant
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    I think we should sic Wall Street on the damned aliens. We'd end up foreclosing on their spaceships and pocket a fortune along the way.

    Lord Default Swap: Destroyer of Worlds #v
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    Image of cylon_conspiracy cylon_conspiracy
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    I don't think the show promotes xenophobia. There are enormous motherships hovering over every major city in the world, their leader speaks every major language fluently, they are curing diseases, telling reporters that they aren't allowed to ask questions that could put them in a negative light, and to top it off, these visitors are only pretending to be human and have been in sleeper cells for years just waiting to take over the world.

    Considering all those things, I think one would be a bit suspicious and say "what the heck is going on here?" I don't think the show was intending to promote xenophobia.

    I also don't think it has anything to do with Obama. It just happens to be coming on the air at a time when some of these same issues are getting major coverage in the news.
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    Baccarin for president! She's hot, got charisma, personality and a killer smile. Apparently that's the latest requirement for the job... #v
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/06/09


    @firstanointed: #v
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/06/09

    @Darklighter: Um, I'm so stealing that photo. Fucking awesome. #v
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/06/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Don't give me credit. Other io9ers have been using it for a while, and I'm not sure who's responsible for it. #v
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/06/09

    @Darklighter: I think that's another of the works of the great Garrison "It's A Disaster" Dean.

    Anyway, she can't be president b/c she's not a native-born citizen -- just like the Governator can't be. She could be Secretary of State, like Madeline Albright was, if she's a naturalized American. #v
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    Image of mattchew03 mattchew03
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    Tell that to Richard Heene. #v
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    I must give this article a fail, because the question of whether or not she would go out to dinner with me was left unanswered.

    I kid. My main question is, has anyone seen Anna's tourist visa?

    I think the political thing is way way WAY overblown here. And it may be getting overblown by the creators to start with, but either way, meh. #v
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    Image of ClauClauClaudia ClauClauClaudia
    12:35 AM

    @Lassus: Based on the pilot, it's certainly overblown. Based on expectations from the original miniseries, OTOH... #v
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    Looking at that first picture, I realized that she would make a great Vulcan or Jedi Master. #v
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    11/06/09

    @LittleDragon: The pointed ears would be perfect on her, plus she's got the cool, collected thing down pat. #v
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    She's just so pretty, if it were reality I would be totally captivated by Anna, even my wife commented on it and she hardly ever admits a woman is pretty. I find her more attractive here than I did on Firefly, and for some reason it's her shorter hair. #v
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    11/06/09

    @Makidian: I find that only the really attractive women pull off the really short hair look. Kinda like Alyssa Milano in Charmed. #v
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    12:28 PM

    @Xeno: Typically, I don't like really short hair on women, but I am a sucker for a woman with her hair pulled back or done up so I am impartial I guess. Her short hair in this show and on her characeter is just something else to me.

    @dkissam: She does doesn't she I tihnk it's because she has really pretty brown eyes, the only other women with brown eyes that are that pretty is my wife. #v
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/06/09

    In reply to Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama
    I'd love to see a show/movie where the aliens who come to earth offering us peace and health etc are utterly horrible looking, slimy, foul smelling with nauseating habits...but are really nice.
    Baccarin is a stunningly beautify woman and I'm glad she's getting work, but I'm getting a bit tired of the 'all that glitters isn't gold' trope #v
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    Image of Cratilo Cratilo
    11/06/09

    @goldfarb: Well, District 9 aliens were fugly and not really bad (I wouldn´t say they were good either). #v
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    Image of spocko spocko
    11/06/09

    @goldfarb: I'd like to recommend to you the book "Agent to the Stars"
    by John Scalzi. It is funny and the aliens are JUST like you describe them! Plus, it is available free online!
    [www.scalzi.com]
    Scalzi has a bunch of great books in the "Old Man's War" series but this is stand alone. Scalzi is also a consultant to Stargate Universe and I WISH he would have more input than, 'They only have a certain number of bullets so each one counts." He writes very funny dialogue and I think that he creates some interesting moral dilemma for his characters.
    Check out Agent to the Stars. #v
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    11/06/09

    @spocko: cool, thanks...Scalzi's "Old Man's War" is about 8-9 down on my current pile of books...might have to do some shuffling...and grab Agent To The Stars on the weekend! #v
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