Some descendants of the Maya tribes wanted some attention and maybe even a buck or two.
I don't see Mel sweating the "Maya"!
I think they're taking those Geico commercials too seriously.
I wonder if "cultural activist" is listed in the U.S. Department of Commerce Employment Outlook Handbook of 2006 and what the going wages are.
Human sacrifice=Savages
Mel ought to pimp slap this kid.....or pay him off!
Why am I thinking of the Geico "caveman" commercial ?
Reads like a script for a Geico's "cavemen" ad.
No, he's saying Mayans WERE savages.
I remember reading years ago about 1 mayan king that sacrificed 8000 innocents in 1 year to dedicate a single temple. They were precursors to TROP!!
"Basically, the director is saying the Mayans are savages."
Oh Mel, Mel, Mel. Next you'll be making a movie about Muslims that portrays them as savages, too. Rude.
(Or is it Incan?)
I've had Mayan tourist guides at both Tulum and Chitzen Itza describe the culture apologetically, and I don't need an apology.
The culture was brutal, and it can't be denied. At least by anyone who shouldn't be called a fool.
Dr. Richard D. Hansen is a specialist on the early Maya and is the Director of the Mirador Basin Project in northern Guatemala. He was an Assistant Research Scientist (Level IV) with the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCLA until Dec. 2003. He is the founder and president of the Foundation for Anthropological Research and Environmental Studies (FARES), a non-profit scientific research institution, now based in Washington, D.C. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Archaeology from UCLA in January 1992. He previously held a double major B.S. degree in Spanish and Archaeology from Brigham Young University in 1978, and a M.S. degree in Anthropology in 1984. While a Ph.D. student at UCLA, he was selected by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Graduate Fellow and a Jacob Javits Fellow from all college and university students throughout the nation in the arts, humanities, and social sciences for five years. He was named the UCLA Distinguished Scholar in 1988, a Fulbright Scholar in 1990, the UCLA Outstanding Graduate Student in 1991, and the UCLA Chancellor's Marshall in 1992. He has published 69 papers and book chapters in scientific and popular publications and has presented more than 145 professional papers in scientific symposia throughout the world. He has conducted and/or directed archaeological research in Israel, the U.S. Great Basin, the U.S. Southwest, and Central America.
It's impossible to not offend anyone anymore.
If I were Gibson, I'd write a Mayan apology on my butt cheeks and show it whenever the issue came up.
What does Maya Angelou have against the movie?
Sounds interesting and a "will see" for me..saw the trailer of the making of the film and that was interesting in itself.
Looks good. Bones through their noses, lots of tattoos, spear chucking, sacrifice, jaguars, jungle temples, cut throats. I'm there, Mel.