Left Behind Movie?

moviePig wrote:
> Invid Fan wrote:
> > In article <tsKdnW4ICejGvubZRVn-gg.TakeThisOut@comcast.com>, Derek Janssen
> > <ejanss.TakeThisOut@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > tsbrueni.TakeThisOut@dcn.davis.ca.us wrote:
> > > > Have any movies been made based on the Left Behind series? If not, I
> > > > suggest that Christians do so as a counter to The Da Vinci Code.
> > >
> > > Yep, corporation made one, groups tried stuffing the ticket box, it
> > > came, went, and sequel went straight to video....Next?
> > >
> > The first one hit video before theaters, iirc. That is, it's a straight
> > to video series that went to theaters to promote it a bit.
>
> You mean... LEFT BEHIND was pushed ahead?
>
Pushed ahead but left behind all the things it takes to make a good
movie.
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Ms. Velveeta wrote:
> "Derek Janssen" <ejanss DeleteThis @nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:tsKdnW4ICejGvubZRVn-gg@comcast.com...
> > tsbrueni DeleteThis @dcn.davis.ca.us wrote:
> >> Have any movies been made based on the Left Behind series? If not, I
> >> suggest that Christians do so as a counter to The Da Vinci Code.
>
> This is a serious question. Please don't take it as trolling.
>
> Wouldn't it be Catholics who would most want to counter The Da Vinci Code
> (TDVC) with their own movie? I mean.. You can easily be a Christian and not
> be bothered at all about TDVC, since a "Christian" is just one who believes
> that Jesus was divine, right? You can be a Christian and believe that he
> was married and had kids etc. etc.,

Yes. Catholics can believe that too, actually.

>so isn't it just those who believe in
> certain parts of certain translations of certain editions of the bible who
> should be offended by TDVC? And the Catholics should be the most offended
> of all, since they are the ones with Opus Dei, right?
>
> Ms. V
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moviePig wrote:
> trotsky wrote:
> > moviePig wrote:
<snip>
> You know... for an entertaining screenplay, I'm thinking there's a
> workable ambience to what the world actually might be like if all the
> self-proclaimed godly were suddenly whipped off to Raptureland.
> Seriously...

I once heard a fake newscast on a Midwestern radio show, which
announced that the rapture has occurred, and all of those Taken were
LUTHERANS. It got a HUGE laugh from the studio audience.

I didn't get it. I wouln't figure Lutherans would believe in the
Rapture. Or was that the joke? Anyone know?
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Ms. Velveeta wrote:
> "Karnak 17" <karnak17.TakeThisOut@cs.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > Ms. Velveeta wrote:
> >> "Derek Janssen" <ejanss.TakeThisOut@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
> >> news:tsKdnW4ICejGvubZRVn-gg@comcast.com...
> >> > tsbrueni.TakeThisOut@dcn.davis.ca.us wrote:
> >> >> Have any movies been made based on the Left Behind series? If not, I
> >> >> suggest that Christians do so as a counter to The Da Vinci Code.
> >>
> >> This is a serious question. Please don't take it as trolling.
> >>
> >> Wouldn't it be Catholics who would most want to counter The Da Vinci Code
> >> (TDVC) with their own movie? I mean.. You can easily be a Christian and
> >> not
> >> be bothered at all about TDVC, since a "Christian" is just one who
> >> believes
> >> that Jesus was divine, right? You can be a Christian and believe that he
> >> was married and had kids etc. etc.,
> >
> > Yes. Catholics can believe that too, actually.
>
> Well, no.. they can't. If they do, they're not Catholics. It's a simple
> issue of the definition of the word "Catholic". To be a Catholic, you have
> to follow the Catholic rules as laid down by the Catholic church. It's
> their club.

It's not a club.

>They write the rules. They get to change the rules too, but
> until they do, you ain't a Catholic if you don't believe that Jesus was
> celibate and Mary Magdalene was a hooker (among other beliefs, of course).
> It's as simple as that.

Why IS it that people who obviously have zero knowledge of Catholicism
go around making pronouncements about it? I don't go around making
pronouncements about Buddhism.

Neither "Christ was single" nor "Mary Magdalene was a prostitute" are
or ever have been articles of faith of the Roman Catholic Church.
"Mary Magdalene was a prostitute" is, far from being an article of
faith, no longer even he OPINION of the Church. Hasn't been their
opinion for more than half a century, I believe. But you can still be
of the opinion that she WAS - or even make a movie saying that she
was -- and be a Catholic, because "Mary Magdalene was NOT a prostitute"
isn't an article of faith EITHER.

There are TWO ways that a Catholic becomes a Non-Catholic. One is that
you renounce your faith and say "I am no longer a Catholic".
Another is that they formally kick you out. Until one of those things
happens, you can be a good or bad Catholic, an ignorant or
knowledgeable Catholic, a compliant or defiant Catholic, a Catholic who
is "living in sin" or one who isn't. But according to the RULES
of the Catholic Church -- which YOU clearly wouldn't know from the
rules of Quiddich - you are still a Catholic just the same.
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Derek Janssen wrote:
> Karnak 17 wrote:
> >
> > I once heard a fake newscast on a Midwestern radio show, which
> > announced that the rapture has occurred, and all of those Taken were
> > LUTHERANS. It got a HUGE laugh from the studio audience.
> >
> > I didn't get it. I wouln't figure Lutherans would believe in the
> > Rapture. Or was that the joke? Anyone know?
>
> Lutherans are funnier in the Midwest--We OWN Minnesota, Wisonsin and Iowa.
>
> Derek Janssen (and you don't have to listen to Garson Keillor to get it,
> but it helps)

That's who I was listening to. He would make jokes about Lutherans all
the time. They always got a huge laugh. All he had to do was mention
Lutherans and it got a laugh. I didn't get it. They seemed to find
Unitarians amusing also.
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"Derek Janssen" <ejanss.DeleteThis@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> tsbrueni.DeleteThis@dcn.davis.ca.us wrote:
>> Have any movies been made based on the Left Behind series? If not, I
>> suggest that Christians do so as a counter to The Da Vinci Code.

This is a serious question. Please don't take it as trolling.

Wouldn't it be Catholics who would most want to counter The Da Vinci Code
(TDVC) with their own movie? I mean.. You can easily be a Christian and not
be bothered at all about TDVC, since a "Christian" is just one who believes
that Jesus was divine, right? You can be a Christian and believe that he
was married and had kids etc. etc., so isn't it just those who believe in
certain parts of certain translations of certain editions of the bible who
should be offended by TDVC? And the Catholics should be the most offended
of all, since they are the ones with Opus Dei, right?

Ms. V
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Karnak 17 wrote:
>
> I once heard a fake newscast on a Midwestern radio show, which
> announced that the rapture has occurred, and all of those Taken were
> LUTHERANS. It got a HUGE laugh from the studio audience.
>
> I didn't get it. I wouln't figure Lutherans would believe in the
> Rapture. Or was that the joke? Anyone know?

Lutherans are funnier in the Midwest--We OWN Minnesota, Wisonsin and Iowa.

Derek Janssen (and you don't have to listen to Garson Keillor to get it,
but it helps)
ejanss.TakeThisOut@comcast.net
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moviePig wrote:

> Invid Fan wrote:
>
>>In article <tsKdnW4ICejGvubZRVn-gg DeleteThis @comcast.com>, Derek Janssen
>><ejanss DeleteThis @nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us wrote:
>>>
>>>>Have any movies been made based on the Left Behind series? If not, I
>>>>suggest that Christians do so as a counter to The Da Vinci Code.
>>>
>>>Yep, corporation made one, groups tried stuffing the ticket box, it
>>>came, went, and sequel went straight to video....Next?
>>>
>>
>>The first one hit video before theaters, iirc. That is, it's a straight
>>to video series that went to theaters to promote it a bit.
>
>
> You mean... LEFT BEHIND was pushed ahead?


More accurately, it was pushed right ahead.
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"Karnak 17" <karnak17 RemoveThis @cs.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ms. Velveeta wrote:
>> "Derek Janssen" <ejanss RemoveThis @nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:tsKdnW4ICejGvubZRVn-gg@comcast.com...
>> > tsbrueni RemoveThis @dcn.davis.ca.us wrote:
>> >> Have any movies been made based on the Left Behind series? If not, I
>> >> suggest that Christians do so as a counter to The Da Vinci Code.
>>
>> This is a serious question. Please don't take it as trolling.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be Catholics who would most want to counter The Da Vinci Code
>> (TDVC) with their own movie? I mean.. You can easily be a Christian and
>> not
>> be bothered at all about TDVC, since a "Christian" is just one who
>> believes
>> that Jesus was divine, right? You can be a Christian and believe that he
>> was married and had kids etc. etc.,
>
> Yes. Catholics can believe that too, actually.

Well, no.. they can't. If they do, they're not Catholics. It's a simple
issue of the definition of the word "Catholic". To be a Catholic, you have
to follow the Catholic rules as laid down by the Catholic church. It's
their club. They write the rules. They get to change the rules too, but
until they do, you ain't a Catholic if you don't believe that Jesus was
celibate and Mary Magdalene was a hooker (among other beliefs, of course).
It's as simple as that.

>>so isn't it just those who believe in
>> certain parts of certain translations of certain editions of the bible
>> who
>> should be offended by TDVC? And the Catholics should be the most
>> offended
>> of all, since they are the ones with Opus Dei, right?
>>
>> Ms. V
>
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Karnak 17 wrote:
>>
>>>I once heard a fake newscast on a Midwestern radio show, which
>>>announced that the rapture has occurred, and all of those Taken were
>>>LUTHERANS. It got a HUGE laugh from the studio audience.
>>>
>>>I didn't get it. I wouln't figure Lutherans would believe in the
>>>Rapture. Or was that the joke? Anyone know?
>>
>>Lutherans are funnier in the Midwest--We OWN Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.
>>
>>(and you don't have to listen to Garson Keillor to get it,
>>but it helps)
>
> That's who I was listening to. He would make jokes about Lutherans all
> the time. They always got a huge laugh. All he had to do was mention
> Lutherans and it got a laugh. I didn't get it.

(And never tasted a green-beans-and-mushroom-soup casserole either, I'll
wager?...)

> They seemed to find Unitarians amusing also.

Lutherans ALWAYS find Unitarians amusing. :)

Derek Janssen (and if you know why, then you probably already get the
rapture joke, too)
ejanss RemoveThis @comcast.net
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On 29 May 2006 19:09:29 -0700, "Karnak 17" <karnak17 DeleteThis @cs.com> wrote:


>Why IS it that people who obviously have zero knowledge of Catholicism
>go around making pronouncements about it? I don't go around making
>pronouncements about Buddhism.
>
>Neither "Christ was single" nor "Mary Magdalene was a prostitute" are
>or ever have been articles of faith of the Roman Catholic Church.

So why were so many Catholics including "highly placed spokesman at
the Vatican" upset about a story which suggested for narrative
purposes that Christ wasn't single?
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They've been on cable now and then.
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The first two books were made into TV movies.
I'm guessing you could probably make a trilogy out of it.
The first volume stands on its own. Then there is a
noticeable slowdown and repition in the remaining volumes.
I'd make 2-8 a middle movie and 9-10 the finale.

I am seeing more of what I call "Christian science fiction",
that is intermixing Christian stories with modern or post-modern
events.
Movies like Da Vinci, Left Behind, Oh God, Shoes of a Fisherman, might
fit into
this. Perhaps the Narnia series too. I wouldn't put Star Wars or
Lord of the Rings in this group. Though they had strong religious
undertones, Star Wars was more eastern mysticism (Daoism) and
LOTR was germanic polytheism.
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