I feel that the questions were a bit unfair. She's a model not an archaeologist. Do voice actors and motion-capture actors and just plain actors know everything about their subject area? I bet they don't quite a bit of the time. Poor her. | |
Not gonna lie, those were pretty tough to just ask someone on the fly. Particularly the second one, who the Hell knows what Angkor Wat is without a quick wiki? | |
These are pritty harsh questions it has to be said. But I did laugh when they didn't get one was a joke. | |
'Harsh questions'?! What are you folks on!? Basic ancient history, gents! Basic!
Not really, but at least they know the basics. Then again, those professions often feature more educated individuals. This is a girl who makes a living out of pretending to be a videogame character, for Christ's sake. Its not as if they asked the former Activison PR girl-turned-Playmate such questions. Then again, she'd probably know the answers. That interview is a cringe-fest, but just goes to show. And yeah, I also laughed at the Grail thing. :P | |
hahah the holy grail. I love how one of the people just walk behind her and start combing her hair. :P | |
Ekstra Bladet - for those who've never understood why news & porn shouldn't necessarily be the same. I friggin' hate that newspaper, I'm actually flattering it by even calling it's a newspaper. God, it sucks. Also, I'm not surprised that an actor wouldn't know anything about archaeology. | |
It's the Capital of Laos or something, isn't it? | |
Uhh, the Temple at Cambodia?(It's in Civilization : Call to Power) But yeah, that's like asking Hugh Laurie what a subdermal haematoma is. | |
I do | |
Same as smallharmlesskitten, I do. I admit that the questions may not feel very challenging to some of us, I don't think it fair to expect somebody who plays a role should be that role. | |
You know...I really should've seen this coming before I posted that comment. Okay, so how many of you knew the date that King Tut was unearthed without a wiki? | |
I used to know answers to all of those (I had 4s and 5s (5 point scale) in history classes back in High School). But after I went to college I've decided that I dont need that knowledge anymore, and replaced it with Math. | |
Not in any game I know about so I'll guess at 1810. | |
Wiki says 1922. I didn't have a clue either except that it was no earlier than 1910 because I've seen the film footage of them opening it up. And then subsequently being killed by the enraged Crypt Demons. | |
Is anyone actually expecting a model to know the ins and outs of archeology? She is simply there to smile and be taken pictures of, that's her deal. | |
Goddamnit, I knew that! I was over in The Gaming Forum... | |
Damn, I was off by five years. My guess was 1927. Oh, and I knew what Angkor Wat was...learned about it in Illusion of Gaia. | |
And they say games don't teach you anything...pah. | |
I only knew Angor Wat due to it being in Civilization. I'm now learning American Governing by playing Fallout 3. ;) | |
She says she hasn't done here course yet, indicating she should be able to get some basic stuff right in the future at least. I don't consider the questions asked basic anyway. The article title made me smile, after having played the new TR demo recently. | |
This is news? Hurting so much for pageviews that you'll run any story with Lara Croft in the title? | |
Bah, news in the world of gaming isn't news one way or another. Yeah... since when was there any archeology in a Tomb Raider game? The game's demographic would be put in a bad spot if they had to answer similar questions in the games, I'd say. And to those who don't think this is funny, remember that there are people who think kicking puppies to death is funny. Finding a demographic for something like this isn't hard : P | |
I guess the questions would be about as fair as asking her to step into an arena with a couple of tigers, and asking her to dodge around for a while. "So, lady, how many rounds can your average African Tiger take before dying?" | |
I wonder what Harrison Ford knows about archaelogy. Angkor Wat was in the news recently. Cambodia and Thailand had a small fight there. | |
Wow, that chick was hot.... What? Oh, yeah, the topic. Yeah that really sucked. That guy shouldn't have pressed her like that. They said no. No means no, damnit! Anyway, I actually appreciate her not wanting to make Lara Croft look stupid. | |
On a completely other subject...how good a Lara Croft do you guys think she makes? I still consider Rhona Mitra to be the gold standard for "real life" Laras and this one...well, she's quite pretty, obviously, but just seems a bit too fragile to really be Lara. Also, I agree with Emperor Inferno -- it's nice that they wanted to show respect for the character. | |
Who is Rhona Mitra? Google search time! Found her. Jesus, she's beautiful. I've seen her before. Oh yeah! she was in Hollow Man, he snuck into her apartment while she was showering and raped and killed her. (is it just me or does Kevin Bacon do a really good job acting a role as an evil piece of shit?) I don't know about all these women being called the official real-life Lara Croft. Anjelina Jolie was in every way perfect as her. Looks just like her and is all athletic and bad-ass. As far as I'm concerned Anjelina Jolie = the real Lara Croft. EDIT: I know I've seen Mitra somewhere else. Time to go to IMDB to ward off having this bug the shit out of me. | |
If I saw her walking down the street I definitely wouldn't have thought to myself "she'd make a good Lara Croft", it seems to me that they just hired a pretty model and just dressed her up as Lara. | |
Well to be honest how great an archeologist is the Lara Croft in the first games? If I'm terribly wrong please correct me, my memory doesn't serve me that well since this was some time ago when I was time since I last played the games (yes, boobies) and the games were in German, which isn't really my best secondary language. In fact I think it's tertiary. | |
Did an Archaeology A level, we all used to laugh at media portrayals of archaeologists, it's nothing like the real thing. We spend most of our times in offices, museums and libraries writing up reports, followed by a few days in a muddy field every month or so. So although the interview was laughable, perhaps it's a good thing to show archaeology isn't exactly what lara croft is known for.. | |
That game was all kinds of awesome, another hidden SNES gem. Anyway, Archaeology expert or not, I won't consider super models smart so long as their agents/publicists/advisers are known as "handlers" | |
So was I. Oh well, back to the history books for me. But anyway, I still don't think that the whole "lay off, she's a model" excuse works, because I'm a scientist, and yet I maintain an interest in history, politics, philosophy, geography and those scientific areas which aren't my specialty. I will, on the other hand, accept the excuse that the questions were too difficult. | |
No no no...I'm with Susan on this one. AJ has the appearance but she's really not got the right attitude. She's just such a cold fish. Lara really needs that flirtatious touch. | |
Lara from Tomb Raider:Legend is the only real Laura, and every other Laura has just been a lie wrapped in failure. What the series always should've been... What? We're talking about real people?... Well thats silly. | |
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Real-Life Lara Croft: Guns Yes, Archeology No
In what can only be described as a horribly uncomfortable clash between fantasy and reality, it turns out that the "real" Lara Croft don't know much 'bout that archeology stuff.
Alison Carroll was anointed as the "official, real-life Lara Croft" back in August, and while she shares some obvious assets with the famed videogame heroine, interest in and knowledge of archeology obviously isn't one of them. An interviewer with Danish television show Ekstra Bladet decided to ask the model a few easy questions about archeology, "just for fun," but the results obviously weren't any fun for anyone present.
Caroll, the Lara Croft model, seemed simultaneously perplexed by the questions and worried that her obvious ignorance would reflect poorly on Lara Croft. Her handler stepped in almost immediately to halt the questions, but the interviewer persisted, appearing surprised that his questions wouldn't be allowed. "Carnage," as 1Up described it, ensued.
I'm well aware that expecting an actress dressed up like Lara Croft to have a functional knowledge of archeology is completely unreasonable, but that doesn't make the discussion between the interviewer and her handler over whether or not she should wear the "U R DUM" sign around her neck any less painful to watch. See for yourself here.
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