Stargate (8/12) Movie CLIP - Only One Ra (1994) HD
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Ra (Jaye Davidson) tells Jackson (James Spader) that he will destroy Earth.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
This lucrative, elephantine-budgeted sci-fi opus paved the way for director Roland Emmerich's mega-hit Independence Day (1996). The story commences in Giza, Egypt, circa 1928, where an archaeological expedition unearths an ancient ring with cryptic hieroglyphs. The film then moves to the present day, where Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader) is busily trying to convince a group of skeptics that the pyramids were not built by man, but by an extraterrestrial force. After the lecture, a military man approaches him and offers him a job translating the said ring; its inscriptions actually constitute a map to a massive stargate (or interstellar portal). The army sends over resident crackpot colonel Jack O'Neill (Kurt Russell) to travel through the stargate and see what's on the other side; Jackson accompanies him, and the two men turn up in a desert planet on the other side of the universe, with three moons in its sky. The world in question is ruled by Ra (Jaye Davidson), a hermaphroditic Egyptian sun god, who oppresses hordes of slave workers. Jackson and O'Neill then join forces to help the said workers revolt against their oppressor.
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TM & © MGM (1994)
Cast: Jaye Davidson, James Spader
Director: Roland Emmerich
Producers: Dean Devlin, Ute Emmerich, Oliver Eberle, Mario Kassar, Joel B. Michaels, Ramsey Thomas
Screenwriters: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich
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It’s so fascinating, creepy and brilliant at the same time. Ra is a powerful arrogant alien basically possessing a androgynous looking person, and showing disdain and power with expressions. It’s brilliant, and the actor is incredibly talented
In reality Ra is positive being of Light, arrogants are the REPTILIANS that are very maleficient.
Jaye Davidson was at the time, one of the gentlest souls in film, and yet this character sent chills through me as a 10 year old. I believe he went into dancing, and then body building. He was magnificent in “The Crying Gamel
@@nathanwilliams2152 Jaye made me love Ra even more after this film
you're describing Hillary
@@Ken-gc5us This Alien in the movie is a fallen Angel, possessing a human hoist in order to function wothin to function in the physical world.
Ra's eyebrow raise when Daniel says, "If I refuse" is the pinnacle of nuance in acting. The slightest movement of the brow said so much right there before he began to speak. That is incredible attention to detail in a performance.
Now I had to watch it again
The amusement he has at the very notion of Daniel defying him is amazing. I mean, Ra's arrogance is really his downfall here, but it makes for a very good villain.
Yes i noticed this alot with his movements in his performance very powerful acting.
He is like one of those great actors from silent movies who can convey everything in an expression.
Film kids are weird. He raised his eyebrows, truly amazing, give this man an oscar. 😮🤯
I like how Ra just gives little smirks throughout, a sign he thinks he cant be stopped and this is all a game for him
This is a game he's been playing for thousands of years, with others of his kind too, so it's to be expected.
He'll be destroyed this time once and for good.
1051 K, you actually listen to that? 😂
1051 K, oh stop. Blush.
That is precisely right on the money…
I love the way Ra moves, everything is so graceful and smooth, what an amazing character!
And yet so cruel and evil sadly which I believe he was not always like that it was his arrogance for power in life that made ra of what he is now a godlike being who has delusions and grandeur for view.
@@Elitesolider1023 At this point, Ra is over 30 000 years old. He knows what he is doing, he knows what he has become and he enjoys it. He has always been cruel, fierce, intelligent and tyrannical, it's the whole reason why all the other Goa'uld feared him and obeyed his grim rule. Ra was one of the first Goa'uld and the most machiavellian out of all of them.
@@christianriddler5063 pretty much I wasn't saying he was a saint I was just probably implicating that he may have been less worse until he became more bloodthirsty and tyrannical even against other system Lords like apophis.
@@Elitesolider1023if im being fair they wanted to blow him up at first LoL
Ra it’s the GOAT in stargate
To me personally, Ra and the score are the two things I remember most about this film. Ra's theme in particular is absolutely gorgeous. The slinky strings and the grand, royal accompaniment to his visual spectacle. Genius and timeless.
As for Ra, I've always found it interesting that they cast him to be so androgynous.
Me too! Ra and especially his eyes were most memorable and my favorite part of the film and I love all of the film!
The ancient Egyptian would have seemed androgynous. They had no facial or body hair.
@@blksheep176 They would "purify" themselves before entering the temple by removing *all* hair from their bodies including their head hair. Then they would don wigs.
(learned that at Pompey's column in Alexandria)
Absolutely. Early 90s movie soundtracks were just incredible in general.
This is probably more fitting the standard. Being androgynous, he does'nt have the look of someone working in the fields. He looks like hes rafined and out of the comon. By the way, his status comes from his powers and not brute strenght. Pretty make sense overall, even if i don't think androgyneity was much comon in egyptian subconsciousness.
I know Jaye Davidson despised acting and criticized his own skills but not only do i find him outstanding in this film i also couldnt picture anyone else playing Ra better!
He really gives off a godly aura like he's above everything and his arrogance in his walk, body motions and facial expressions
He carries himself with extreme arrogance, but in a good way. It helps flesh out the character of Ra.
So true!
It’s true. He was perfect. His beauty, androgyny and stoic expressions made him perfect to play the role of an inhuman being that believes he’s a god.
Dwayne Johnson could
My god the acting...at 1:48 when he says "if i refuse" that little eyebrow raise...WHY THE HELL ISNT THIS GUY one of the worlds most famous actors?
I swear
According to one source, he wasn't even planning on acting on this movie. He had to he given a substantial amount of money to do it. Frankly speaking he was 20 years too early for the general public.
In Wikipedia said he choose to not continue his acting career after this role which bring him a fame that he hated.
From what I remember he has a deep love for fashion and was persuaded in part because of the wardrobe used for this movie. Can't say I blame him. Everything looked gorgeous.
Cause he hate the acting
1:48 Ra seems so pleased at the thought of the consequences. Like he preferred the latter. His face said "I thought you'd never ask!"
🙌🏾 Yas! Be like “I saw you squinting trying to figure who he was. Dead.”
Ra took that necklace like a boss.
Well...it was his property.
Lmao
Ra is THE boss.
Sure did. Imagine if dude with glasses snatches Ra's wig
Lol...it’s annoying because he’s so rude and disrespectful...but it IS his necklace, so he’s not wrong to take it.
Stargate is easily Roland Emmerich's best film. This scene is extremely well done.
Stargate is quite agreeably Roland Emmerich’s movie magic at its best.
Don't leave D Devlin out Maine
His voice as Ra is hypnotizing.
Brian Manley
They really had to use a lot of sound trickery to make Ra sound like a deep voiced alien robot.
Sounds like any lesbian to me
@@tedgruver7618 It's fantastic!
It sounds like they put a lot more effort into it than the TV series did-which sounded more like a "one-size fits all" effects/filter.
It's supposed to be. That's the true voice of a demon, devil monster without the fleshly disguise...
@@DJJonPattrsn22 Yeah, the TV show took a lot of the fun out of it. Their alien costumes were soooo obviously plastic and all that stuff. I love the show (though the original movie more), but it's sooo trashy.
For someone that had very little acting training, Jaye Davidson was convincing enough in the only two movies that he appeared in.
If there was more love to this film and Jaye continue on his career, he might have gotten more than one Oscar nomination for sure.
@@TalkSickMass Oscar nominated for his first film and the fan favorite for his second film which became a cult hit. Had he continued acting he would've an A lister for sure. Too bad he didn't enjoy acting.
1:48 Love that expression, as if he was thinking, "Good question." He is androgynously gorgeous.
More like Ra is amused that Daniel would even ask.
I think that's as close as Ra gets to laughing.
Samurai Momo Exactly! 😅
@@darthroden Absolutely. He found Jackson interesting, if for no other reason than he knew the language, was clearly unlike the special forces contingent (intellectual), and perhaps, because he sensed that as opposed to O'Neil, Jackson could be forced to do his bidding.
I've thought sometimes that it would have been interesting to see Jackson try to further disarm Ra, by asking him to speak in his native language, as he was fascinated to learn one from a truly alien race. Just a thought.
Mitchell Melkin I wonder if he was already speaking his native language. What I always got from the movie was that what we now know as Ancient Egyptian culture and language evolved from Ra’s native culture and language. I might be missing some important detail somewhere, though. 🤔
when i was a child during the entire movie i was literally hypnotized, the great audio in the theater helped too
He's so glamorous.
Indeed. A splendid villain to start the Stargate saga with.
Kid's a good actor (I know, he's grown up now). Perfectly portrays deadly grace and arrogance.
I watched this as a kid and enjoyed it, but watching it again as an adult, I have so much more appreciation for Jaye as Ra. He perfectly captured androgyny in a way that somehow adds to the sinister, otherworldly nature of the character.
It’s interesting that the casting for the rest of this movie is so generic, but the casting for Ra is so out of the box-and perfect. He’s *so young,* and not traditionally masculine at all.
He’s beautiful and dangerous and sensual and powerful. And again, it’s so surprising that he played the combination of ALL of those traits so perfectly, at such a young age!
Truly great movies are the ones you can love on a surface level as a child, and then appreciate on multiple new levels as an adult.
Perfectly put. I always wondered what became of him. I would have loved to see him in more movies.
@@nillyk5671 Me too! But on the other hand, I'm also happy for the actors who you never see again -- because usually, it means they tried acting, did well, but decided it wasn't for them, and went and pursed something more out-of-the-spotlight, that made them happier. :) I honor that equally, and am happy for them.
@@milo_thatch_incarnate Yes, you are exactly right. He retired from acting and took up modelling because he's very private and the movies brought him a lot more attention than he was comfortable with. He actually only ended up in Stargate because the movie creators surprised him when they agreed to pay him a million dollars for the role.
It was already a "fad" in the 1970s and 1980s Disco and New Wave culture.
@@retrosonique7129 Oh that's true! I wasn't born at the time, so I can forget things like that haha. Thanks for pointing that out! :)
2:03 most graceful dismissals ever!
Love this movie so much. And missed Ra even more in the show. As I've gotten older, my appreciation for Ra has grown immensely. 10,000 years he kept the Goa'uld System Lords on a balanced level, warring with one another, but none ever really advancing over their peers and actually posing a threat to him.
Then Earth dials out, blows him up by accident and the entire galactic empire that he had ruled came tumbling down in less than a decade. I really REALLY want an AU where he survives. Earth would be so dead, but man he was such a captivating presence and his deeds in the mythology make him truly incredible in ways none of the other Goa'uld ever came close to. Even Anubis.
I find I still prefer the movie tie-in books where the Goa'uld aren't a thing. I mean, SG-1 is great and all but turning a fearsome alien with technology that grants metaphysical abilities into a space worm? Yeah, nah.
the orchestra, the timing of the strings, everything is a masterpiece. The androgynous Alien hypnotizing
After looking at Ra, his hair, his contenance, and his scheming eyes, I turned from a straight line to a right angle.
Omg Lol 😂😂
Heaven Bright
???
He is pretty lol
he sure was embracing his inner feminine in this movie lmao, like the devil from the passion of christ movie.
your comment is epic, XD
0:39 - 1:06 was beautiful! It gave me shivers. Jaye Davidson did an incredible job as RA and no one else could of done a better job. Its crazy how he didn't go on to make more movies because he was a natural.
I remember as a child I was so intimidated by his performance because I hadn't yet learned the concept of depicting an androgynous character. They definitely nailed it casting him. It's a shame he retired.
Daycrist I don't they were meant to. There was a reason Ra was top dog. Even the worst of the Gou'ald were terrified of him.
"Have". Could "have" done ...
When you cast a man who makes the very pretty pretty-boy James Spader look rather plain, you know you’ve hit the jackpot.
💯💯💯💯💯 Ahahaha
I still love james spader I once had a lawyer that looked like him ... Ironically enough lol ...
There's got to be a Stargate blooper reel of James just trying to keep it together...
@@morganophelia5963 Wait a sec..
Daniel Jackson is the attorney from ‘Secretary‘?
My mind is blown…
It’s amazing that society makes the looks of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise the standard for hot and handsome (not taking anything away from them because they are) but the comment section on Spader videos is unreal. Women say things about Spader beyond what is said about the other famous “handsome” actors.
Actor playing Ra is amazingly gorgeous!
ScarlettM
That was none other than Jay Davidson.
Jaye Davidson from "The Crying Game" and yeah, absolutely beautiful..
Jay Davidson real Legend
The truth about this actor he didn't want to play the roll of this character
he doesn't want to be in it.
It Doesn't matter what character it is he doesn't want to be in that movie at all.
What happened is he came up with a crazy amount of money so that way they would not accept his offer
that is his way to get out of the project
They asked him make an offer
he said a million dollars and they agree
he was not expecting that.
so in the movie while they're filming he was really pissed mostly in the scene
not only that they asked him to remove his nipple Pierce on his chest
the actor refused so they had to come up with something making some kind of armor plate to cover his chest
@@bejbimama6689 what is ra real name???
What an absolutely mesmerizing performance. The whole movie is quite good, but it’s Davidson’s Ra that lifts it up to an all-time classic, the way he moves and speaks is hypnotic, beautiful, and frightening. How he is simultaneously playful and menacing while speaking what is basically nonsense (though with subtitles our brains believe it to be a language) is impressive indeed. Oh what might have been…if he decided to act in other films.
.... like the Crying Game? He was really good in that movie, but that combined with this role, it's no shocker he looks the way he does now based off those two roles
It's not nonsense..its Coptic Egyptian, from Pharonic times.
@@caronstout354 I understood it to be a conlang based on Coptic, but I don't speak any language from that region so I don't know for sure.
Happy 25th Anniversary to Stargate (1994-2019). 🌌
best movie perfect cast!
27th anniversary now :0
Not gonna lie the one who played Ra played the part so darn well, the body movement, the eyes looking right at the others or at the viewer, told his character truly well and even set that feeling of fear if you were to provoke him.
Hard to believe this was 1994 and I was 13 or 14 when I saw this, and yet today I look at this movie and think "god they were a head of their time with this", I do love the Stargate series and the movie will always be one of my many joys to watch.
2020 and Ra still throwing shade.
Sun god throws shade?
@@Ragitsu 😂
@@Copperkaiju Thank you!
To be perfectly honest: I could fall in love with RA. Such grace, such beauty.
He plays a transgender character in a movie called "The Crying Game". I recommend it.
Note that when Ra says his own name... he uses the Egyptian, not Greek pronunciation that we're familiar with. The language expert really did their homework on this movie.
anyone else hear the evil wind that blows after he snatches the necklace from Daniel...and the look he cuts him was chilling.YIKES!!!
Jeffrey Campbell, It looked like Jackson took a very discomfitted large gulp, as Ra passed him by.
None of the System Lords ever picked a host as pretty as Jaye Davidson
Klorel did but he could not control him that good
He was the head of the system lords
Ra only took the first one he came across ... he was in a rush.
They are scared by his superiority, he is the secret overlord, noone dares to question, but everyone is bound to love by his sheer existence and glory.
Hahah for sure
Great scene, creepy as hell. Especially when "Ra" recognizes the bomb for what it is, and, compliments Jackson on humans' technological advancement. Good acting by Spader and Davison. Jackson really is fearless, here, talking to an alien who could easily kill him, if he wanted to.
Speaking of Jackson...what sort of face was that at 1:16?
@@Ragitsu I have no idea, i always see it as a mix of a straight face yet, has a sense of dreadful force ominous of fear or something it's more that he just goes... "why?"
@@WindiChilliwack To me, it's curiosity tempered with determination (defiance?) just beneath the surface.
@@Ragitsu Something like ''why?''
@@Ragitsu It's shock and horror about discovering the raw unfiltered truth about someone you once held in wonder and awe. The man behind the curtain has been revealed. His brain doesn't know how to process it and so he doesn't react beyond asking why.
The smirk from Ra at 1:48 is actually humorous.
I love this part very much. My favourite part. Ra is an amazing villian, very terrifying. Jaye Davidson was wonderfull, pure talent.
Jaye Davidson is freakin' BEAUTIFUL here...captivating....
+kingskid1985 Star wars Kilo Ren stole his voice!
He's retired now
+kingskid1985 Absolutely mind-blowing performance, what a talent!
I always thought his portrayal of the goa'uld felt more sinister, than the goa'ulds of the series! The way he talked, the way he glanced. So evil!
I didn't even know about Stargate the film, when I used to watch the series. So I thought all of the Stargate universe was boring... but THIS... this is something different! One of the very few times when Hollywood plays with truly androgynous imagery - and they make him evil, what a surprise! Not to mention that the "mixed race" aspect is made to look as an embodiment of evil.... It's actually super-attractive, mystical and spiritual (you know that "sinister" only means "the left side" as in female, right? All part of the anti-Pagan campaign, to twist words into evil connotations...). But if you can accept that what you see is not what you get, then maybe Ra felt inferior inside, hence the overblown scheming. The problem is that these Hollywood "heroes" never address the problem (underlying system), they only address the symptom and call it a victorious day.
Jaye Davidson was the hottest thing in the movie of course but, not gonna lie, young and longhaired James Spader was something.
Is ra real name jaye Davidson???
@@niyatiexplainer4094 yes he also played in "the crying game"
Jaye Davidson is an incredible actor.. wish he would act in more films
Yeah he was a good actor but those come a dime a dozen. He just looks like a regular dude now with tattoos. It was his feminine appearance that set him apart back then. He can't play off of that anymore.
I felt ugly before, but now I have the feeling I should live under a rock.
Jaye Davidson moves like a panther made human.
For some reason, a lot of people didn't understand this scene even though Ra literally tells Daniel why he needs him at the time. Daniel is the only person who could cause an uprising again and the only one who can stop this one. With some knowledge of the technology and language, Daniel understands that Ra can kill everyone very quickly and that's what Ra needed him to know. It's not about adding tropes or whatever. The uprising is what caused Ra to flee the first time and he has a way to actually prevent it this time by using Daniel.
Jaye is an amazing actor. Gorgeous! 👌🏻
Ra is definitely my favourite character.
Stargate had it's... issues, but Ra was a positively excellent villain.
Great movie.
What issues?
That's ironic, considering I came here from an interview where Dean Devlin said they changed Ra from a human to an alien in post-production becase they (including the actor) thought he did such a bad job.
Bless the internet. We can revisit these problematic films and refocus on what they got right. Agree this character is fun to watch
Right.. Couldve been that dude whole Family an People ..
Jaye Davidson stole the show from right under the noses of the high-profile seasoned actors employed for this movie. Truly the most outstanding film performance of the decade! If anyone was ever born to play a role on screen, it was this man. It is no wonder at all that his unique presence captivated so many people at the time. Unfortunately in the aftermath, the whole concept of a young earthling being fully 'possessed' by an alien for a particular purpose became lost in the resulting television series that followed the film. It seems the producers lost their nerve when it came to writing for the small screen.
They actually explained it in the show. The boy taken over by the snake Ra was eventually replaced by an Asgard that Ra had made to look like the boy. Thats why at the end of the movie, Ra turns from a human into an Alien.
@@FoolOverride When did they explain this? I've never noticed that
@@AAltair619 I think it might have been one of the movies? It was a very throw-away line
@@FoolOverrideLmao that sounds so unnecessarily convoluted and contrived. I prefer the movie's open-ended canon of Ra being a shadowy enigmatic traveller from the stars.
I just choose to believe that the theatrical movie and the TV series' are set in 2 different parallel universes.
@@blackham7 It IS unnecessarily convoluted and contrived, but its also canon
Honestly one of the best scenes in the sci-fi genre: it perfectly depicts the "human looking alien" that has no empathy and not truly relate-able. I sincerely hope the remake that is in the talks try and preserve this (and cast someone like Jaye!).
Oh god I forgot about the remake... :(((
Just the fact when you realize this is an alien in a humans' body it is legitimate terrifying and creepy.
Mckenzie .Latham- I know right? The deep voice coming from the human body really makes it clear that there something much more ancient and powerful behind the human facade
There is what in the talks?!?!? Now I regret he never sent that naquadah enriched bomb back to us...
@@Akislav1990 A reboot, and it's been stalled apparently. It's a shame, because I would love to see what Emmerich and Devlin had envisioned for the story.
True beauty, true ancient love....
+Crystal Padgett Star wars Kilo Ren stole his voice!
Yay!!
I like the smooth transition of the glowing eyes was in the movie. I know the show has a different budget, but when Gou'ald eyes glowed in the show, it almost seemed like they were also popping out as well.
I also like the searing sound associated with the movie version.
They can really do that.
@magic713m Same. It looked and sounded horrid in the show. And budget is no excuse, I'm sure. I'm no filmmaker but even back then something as simple as making an actor's eyes glow like they did in the movie shouldn't have been a problem at all. I think the shows producers let their creative juices get the better of them in this case.
He’s so poised, and gracefully elegant.
I was always fascinated by Ra in this movie. The actor did a great job and the way he looks is amazing.
The acting for Ra was amazing. Funny, considering this was the actors last film.
Jaye Davidson played the role like a boss.
Ra is such a great villain, I wish we had seen him in the show more but that would take away how great he was in the movie.
Jaye reminds me a lot of Slavitza Jovan (who played Gozer the Gozerian). They both carry themselves in such a powerful way and they can own a room in seconds.
Ra's overall appearance, mannerisms, power and, especially, position in the plot were actually far more befitting a god than a mere alien he was. I remember being half-disappointed to find out his real physical form was that of a creepy, parasitic snake-like creature.
They actually expand on this in show, showing that while also very vain (decorating themselves in jewels and fine garments and living in excess) and arrogant, the goual'd actually on some level believe their own myth about them being gods...
In the movie, his real form is an aging ET looking creature. The beautiful human form you see is a host body.
@@krtomb87
Everyone more or less speaking english was an unfortunate necessity for 40 minute episodes. If Daniel had to spend 15 minutes of nearly every episode figuring out the local language it would have gotten real boring real quick. I do think they could have used the "Goa'uld/ancient egyptian" language a lot more though since so many worlds were influenced by the goauld and Daniel was basically fluent in it
The highly advanced aliens speaking english like the asgard does in a way make sense though. Humans are a lot more primitive technologically than Thor and he said the asgard have studied humans extensively its not outside the realm of possibility they could have a "babelfish" ish type of technology that they can use to learn languages by scanning someones brain
@@krtomb87
He was always a parasite - the movie flat out shows him possessing the body of a young ancient Egyptian boy. The show fleshed out what kind of parasite that was.
The TV show expanded on the framework that the movie laid out, even if it did have to do so on a lower budget.
I might also add that the visuals of the original movie have NOT aged well apart from the activation sequence of the stargate. It definitely feels dated.
how did u find the he was snake like ?
Ra has no self doubt. That is one of the many forms of power!
For Ra being a pretty faced and small slim build male he’s still rather terrifying in the way he carries himself. That’s a damn stellar performance! I wonder if he acted to the voice of Ra or if they voiced him from the acting of Davidson. Either way is still an incredible performance by him which outshined everyone else in this film! I wish we could have had more scenes with him in this movie.
this movie was soooo much better than the TV shows.
Loved the utter mystery of what the creature behind Ra was. The threat, the sinister nature of it. It was almost Lovecraftian in many ways.
The TV shows did what should never have been done... explained things.
The imagination is more impactful than having it explained. Wish they'd release a 4K disc.
That voice and language are so well made, truly uncanny
It certainly gave me an idea of what a real extraterrestrial villain could be like as opposed to most other sci-fi examples.
This has to be my favorite conversation between a hero and a villain in any movie.
One of mine too.
Spine-chilling. Great acting and beautifully androgynous. Deserved to have a better career.
Last month, Jaye was at The Crying Game reunion at the BFI (which you can find on youtube) and he says that because he was a black gay man, he felt that he wouldn't get much work which is why he quit Hollywood.
He was actually broke or in debt when they offered him Stargate and he said "I'll do it if you give me a million", not thinking they would take him seriously - and they did!!!!
So a slightly different version now than what he said back then, but still quite unexplainably passive. I think it's more interesting when he says that he didn't want to be given any "bad parts", though he would be tempted by money. I would definitely try to explore more what was meant by "bad parts", because Hollywood certainly makes things appear like what they are not, and twists things and people take them as a kind of spiritual authority which is ridiculous, because it's all aimed at making money - while affecting vulnerable parts of society in the process. Such as "black gay men" - so the idea that he "wouldn't get work" is too innocent, when the real problem is how the roles are used by Hollywood to create a false ideology. Some people (like the Maori) can actually reverse this false ideology from within, by improvising their own meanings in a subversive way of acting - why couldn't Jaye have done the same?
Messylin Ironically Gays run the industry now
BlackAlienTV
Dude liberals are running Hollywood since the early 80s. I'm talking about hardcore white people hating types.
Jaye Davidson did a good job when it came to exuding Ra's haughtiness and disdain
Ra is perfect in this scene. Facial expressions an all. Great acting🙌🏽💯
Dil and Ra are two of the most timeless roles for any actor to be remembered for. Even if Jaye retired from acting early on out of dislike for the fame he received, I’m glad that he could contribute so amazingly to The Crying Game and Stargate.
Jaye Davidson and James Spader has so much chemistry together.❤
I can see the Lovecraft influence with Ra being similar to Nyarlethotep.
J'adore ce film! Quand il était sorti en 1994, on en parlait! Les effets spéciaux, l'histoire, les costumes me fascinaient! Encore aujourd'hui ce film reste un classique des années 90.
I love SG-1 and Atlantis. But the movie will always have a special place for me.
Im a guy and im not gay but this dude is freakin beautiful. He really tricked me in the crying game. I thought it was a woman until the reveal and felt terribly embarrassed because i had thoughts....:(
Christrulesall2
Don’t feel bad bruh, we didn’t know😅. I thought he was woman till recently (2016).
Bruh got me hypnotised when I was young, I didn’t know the name of movie till 2016. That’s when I found out too😂😅😔
Bro you gay.
He developed a more masculine look
@@slytub lol
Majacks Lelo dude a chick at my last job looked so much like him. I tripped out lol.
This is what I felt was missing from Prometheus: the evil alien at least giving a bit of an explanation of why he wanted to wipe out humanity. In this case, he says he created humanity, and now they have grown powerful, he wants to destroy them. In other words, Ra is evil, and is not afraid to show it.
But the Engineer: nothing. He just kills mister Weyland, and rips off his android's head! In the deleted scene, he basically says that Weyland is an old fart, and needs to die, and that is about all he says.
Joel S It's even worse when you see Ridley cut a bit out but even then it's not enough. Then he makes it worse by not correcting this in the next film.
Lol - humans! They all want to feel important.... so of course they'd like an explanation. But I guess that's what we feel as the most bone-chillingly evil, the lack of an explanation for anything. Whereas when the villain starts explaining the entirety of the plan, you see them as human...
Adina Ispas. Finally, someone who knows that sometimes explaining is not needed.
If Ra chooses to destroy humanity, how will he find more human bodies for him? That is not explained. Why not destroy the stargate? And in case Prometheus did the same, would it be better if the engineers destroy the stones which show the star system? Would you destroy something you created with your own hands?
In other words: typical cliché evil actions
Why do the gods in HP Lovecraft's stories do the same thing's without any real explanation or anyone bitching about it? And besides, if you ever found something "new" to tell in story telling, it would only last for five minutes until you thought it became cliche. Besides, there's nothing new anymore. EVERY trope and story telling device is known today. I suggest you get used to it.
I knew I wasn't the only woman who find those type of men handsome, like the one playing RA
So you're probably bisexual
I was never really that hot on this movie or the TV franchise for that matter. But Ra was awesome. Every time he showed up he dominated the scene with this stark contrast between the androgynous beauty and the completely inhuman voice dripping with malice and superiority.
I swear RA traumatised my childhood, kept fantasizing about him till now. He was just magic man, there was something about him .
“In the version of Stargate that we shot, Ra wasn't an alien - he was an ancient Egyptian who worked for the aliens, but because he had been so inebriated, his performance was weird. In test screenings, audiences were like, ‘Can't Kurt Russell just beat the crap out of that person?’”
As a desperate fix, they added the eerie effect to Davidson’s voice and the glow to his eyes - both now indelible to the Goa’uld.
“It worked spectacularly, and our test scores went way up!” ...Devlin
I read an interview with the director that confirms this. He said he showed Jaye the voice and eyes effects in post and Jaye "was in a different place", loved the changes, and was grateful not to be edited out altogether.
You have to admit, that's a beautiful dude.
Yep
The arrogance Ra shows with his eyes and smile, I can't think of any other actor living or dead who could pull that off.
This backround music , the character Ra , and the ancient language reconstructions are fantastic. It is unfortunate , that I only discovered this motion picture one and a half year ago. But ever since I am collecting ancient Egyptian course books , such audio samples , and am learning ancient Egyptian.
+István Csiszár It's not ancient Egyptian, it's Goa'uld.
+Anarchist86ed I am learning Egyptian from academical course books. Of course the pronunciation (especially that of the wovels ) is not known for academical science for sure. But based on my yet very small knowledge of Egyptian , the ancient language reconstructions in this Stargate motion picture ( and in the Mummy and the Mummy Returns ) , made by Dr. Stuart Smith , are a plausible reconstrucion of so-called Middle Egyptian. Anyway , for me, the art and the fantasy in language reconstruction are more important , than 100 % academical correctness.
István Csiszár It's Goa'uld not Egyptian.
+Anarchist86ed Hallowed are the Ori .
István Csiszár hallowed are the Ori!
Just marvelous in the way he moves
That is one beautiful man lol. I'll admit it.
This acting is something. You can feel the danger, in slow motion...
This portrait of ra was just freaking awesome 👏
This was one of the first movies I ever hired out from Blockbuster.
@Bad Cattitude In Sweden we also say "hire out" but people don't really hire movies anymore, people just pirate or stream stuff nowadays.
when i was a child i was literally hypnotized during the entire movie, the great audio in the theater helped too
Love this movie. My all time favorite. The Ra alien character hypnotized me when I saw this movie as a kid.
How a Sith Lord should be in a old republic movie
This my lord is so accurate.
One thing I always found to be an interesting detail is, we reopened the gate and we brought the bomb. Completely unprovoked. RA has a little bit of ground to stand on here and his first response was "you shouldn't have reopened the gate"
And here I am..in 2019..who else is with me?
Me
Etoatim JB 2020
Justin Ra Sun God stfu pagan
This scene is like a R-rated version of Atlantis from Disney
Jaye Davidson is my Ra today, tomorrow, and forever.
Ra is so beautiful😍
"That's the *prettiest* man I ever saw hehe" - Powers Boothe
He is just gorgeous , out of this world 😍
@@dielakimpatvvita2224 what is raa real name????
@@niyatiexplainer4094 Jaye Davidson
@@dielakimpatvvita2224 thnx a lot I was soo fedup searching his real name but I didnt get it thnx for the help!!!!
@@niyatiexplainer4094 you're welcome
I like to think that in this calm, slow paced scene there's a lot of tension, expressed just by movement and body language: Jackson no longer sees Ra as a god, speaks to him standing still, at his level , while Ra seems like he's trying to seduce, fascinate Jackson, tells him his masterplan, and explains how wants his dominance re asserted. He's almost afraid. How a feeble human.
Je ne me lasse pas de regarder cette partie. Il est beau et les expressions de son visage sont tout à fait comme il faut surtout ce petit sourire et cette façon de tenir sa tête et de se déplacer!. Jaye Davidson (Ra) est 👌
I love the sparkly music at the end of the clip. It builds sentimentality to remember this clip. Go movie clips!
David Arnold created the perfect ost/score for this film.
Am I the only person who wishes there had been a movie sequel to stargate instead of any of the TV shows???
Have to admit they did Ra voice good.
Ra really doesn't look like he could handle a punch to the face all that well. He honestly looks like he'd be floored just like Ba'al was by Samantha Carter.
Ya know, you gotta hand it to Jaye Davidson. He pretty much said he was done with acting before he was approached to play the part of Ra, and threw out a bullshit number for his payment, thinking it would scare them off.
But once they agreed, I'd say he put in a million dollar performance. ^_^
Million dollar performance indeed. His expressions were stellar
That is one beautiful looking man that RA...and I am a straight normal man.
Lol! I agree. I am heterosexual as well, but I think that it's his androgynous look that appeals to both men and women.
I know right?
Angels are supposed to have this quality right?
+ Caped Crusader
Are you mexican ?, or only envious ?
I would like to taste his burrito
You can bet Jaye had fun wearing these outfits.
Naw, always knew he was a man and I didn’t care. Most beautiful person to ever grace this earth.
Yep
i would learn his language if i could and then make the best prank calls ever