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#1100987
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1/23/2010 10:28:50 AM
#1100989
Horsefeather
"What would have been controversial is if -- somehow -- Cameron had made a movie in which the good guys accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts."
Not controversial. Stupid, but not controversial.
The rest of your babble is just, well, strange.
1/23/2010 10:33:49 AM
#1100991
Headache
Oh for fuck's sake!
It's a god damn movie, you moron!
It's just fiction like your favorite book is, you know the bible...
Besides, who wants to watch a sucky religious bullshit movie anyway?
1/23/2010 10:34:40 AM
#1100994
Scubabee
Christians are such attention whores! Oh noes, the movie that might be the most profitable and most expensive doesn't even mention Christianity. What's this world coming to?
1/23/2010 10:38:53 AM
#1100997
DevilsChaplain
"If the Na'Vi were Roman Catholics, there would be boycotts and protests."
..........by who? When "Last Temptation of Christ" came out, religious groups protested it. When "Dogma" came out, religious groups protested it. When "The Passion of the Christ" came out it was criticized by Jews, atheists and some Christians but only because of its focus on obscene violence and anti-Semitism, not because it was about Jesus. Get your facts straight, Mr. Goldberg.
1/23/2010 10:45:31 AM
#1101009
Lucilius
Yes, suddenly makin' it aw bedder by accepting Jebus does sound outlandish and absurd - because it's never seemed to do any good for anyone before. Sure, there's a little lip service, but when profits are at stake, real change is rare indeed. I refer you to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who frankly admitted that Christianizing Africa was just an excuse for a land grab.
A more realistic movie would have human invaders slaughtering the locals in the name of Jesus because they're "heathens," then declaring that God obviously ordained that his Christian followers would inherit the land.
1/23/2010 11:01:17 AM
#1101020
Murdin
Now that's a dilemna, really. What should the Na'vi trust and believe in ? The planet-wide superorganism which surrounds them, or some kind of fairy tale brought by the small, ugly, tailless, round-eared, pink-skinned, murderous alien invaders ?
1/23/2010 11:17:28 AM
#1101024
Skeptical Moonbat
Yeah that makes sense, All protagonist's should accept Jesus in they're hearts and they will win. John Mcclane didn't need to fight all those terrorists, He just needed to accept Jesus and all the terrorists would of lost, Or Frodo didn't need to go that whole way to Mount Doom to destroy the one ring, He just needed to accept Jesus into his heart and Jesus would of got Frodo to Mount Doom faster on his magic cloud, But I'm afraid Jonah that Morbo will tell you the truth. "Reality Doesn't work that way! Goodnight!!"
1/23/2010 11:19:59 AM
#1101031
Mr Blur
a few cranky right-wingers
You would be of them, right?
1/23/2010 11:27:07 AM
#1101033
Cameron had made a movie in which the good guys accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts.
In which case Jesus would have been eight feet tall and blue?
If the Na'Vi were Roman Catholics...
I didn't know the RCC's or the Pope's influence extended to other planets.
1/23/2010 11:29:43 AM
#1101039
GigaGuess
What would have been controversial is if -- somehow -- Cameron had made a movie in which the good guys accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts.
No, it would have made it a colossal flop.
1/23/2010 11:37:14 AM
#1101040
2-D Man
Uh, Mr. Goldberg, that sounds outlandish because it sounds <b>boring, really <i>fucking</i> boring</b>.
And it's a bit silly to spend a few hundred million dollars on something that is, and I can't stress this enough, <b>really <i>fucking</i> boring</b>.
1/23/2010 11:37:41 AM
#1101045
Elia
I'd take Eywa over your schizophrenic, backstabbing god. At least SHE existed and actually listened when people sought her help, even if her answer to a request would be "no".
1/23/2010 11:42:30 AM
#1101049
DevilsChaplain
Actually, I guess this statement makes sense coming from an asshole like Jonah Goldberg. This guy's claim to fame was that his mother advised Linda Tripp to record her conversations with Monica Lewinsky during the Clinton sex scandal. From that point he moved into a career as a "frog-bashing" pundit who authored the book "Liberal Fascism" which was derided by critics as "bizarro-history." He's a pseudointellectual ass and nothing more.
1/23/2010 11:47:34 AM
#1101059
aaa
Oh no, a film! Let me tell you my shittier version of the same story!
1/23/2010 12:02:14 PM
#1101066
I can't wait to see some reviews for "The Wolfman".
1/23/2010 12:13:27 PM
#1101068
Boy Wonder
"But what I find interesting about the film is how what is "pleasing to the most people" is so unapologetically religious."
In that it heavily featured an in-movie mythology, yes. But not religious in that it featured a religion we know on earth.
Religious movies are a niche market in most cases. Action/adventure movies are not. It's pretty simple when you consider that to answer your question.
1/23/2010 12:14:54 PM
#1101073
Ladnil
Is it even religion when any of them can interact with the planet they worship at any time? When direct and unquestionable results come from their rituals and prayers? This isn't a faith that they have, its a worship yes, but faith is not involved when there is an abundance of proof to any of the na'vi with their ponytail penis USB cables.
1/23/2010 12:23:41 PM
#1101075
Antichrist
Skeptical Moonbat
"Reality Doesn't work that way! Goodnight!!"
Hell, fantasy doesn't work that way. Could you imagine if every story ever told ended with "and then the protagonist accepted Jesus Christ as their lord and saviour and everything was magically made all right".
I'd never read another book, or see another movie again.
1/23/2010 12:25:56 PM
#1101086
Jesus Klingon
Jesus, Goldberg, get a fucking grip. It's just a fucking movie, not a profound spiritual statement. And I'm not going to watch it, so I don't care if they worship a tree or send their kids to Jesus Camp.
add: And you're Jewish. What's up with you kissing RCC ass, anyway?
1/23/2010 12:35:03 PM
#1101090
TB Tabby
"If the Na'Vi were Roman Catholics, there would be boycotts and protests."
No, there wouldn't. Only peals of laughter at the notion that aliens who've never had contact with Earth would have an Earth religion. It'd be dumber than that Star Trek episode where the savage aliens had American flags and the Pledge of Allegiance.
1/23/2010 12:35:46 PM
#1101110
LabRat
A tale of how the corporation looses everything because they pay attention to the myth and not the science?
How is that religious?
1/23/2010 12:58:24 PM
#1101122
GodotIsWaiting4U
Except Ey'wa has something your god doesn't.
Evidence. Presence. In the context of the film, the Na'vi can SEE Ey'wa. They can TALK to Ey'wa. They can RECEIVE THINGS DIRECTLY FROM Ey'wa. Granted, Ey'wa seems to have simply been a planetwide collective consciousness, but the point stands that they personified something that could be SEEN.
Traditional religion is fully deserving of derision.
1/23/2010 1:12:10 PM
#1101143
LabRat
darned repeat posts *sigh*
1/23/2010 1:40:21 PM
#1101158
Woody
What would have been controversial is if -- somehow -- Cameron had made a movie in which the good guys accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts.
Nope, not controversial, just shit.
1/23/2010 1:58:43 PM
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