"Yes, not everyone thanks a deity for their survival and nobody should thank their god for a vicious tornado that wiped out so much of what people owned and even took lives, especially the lives of innocent children.
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Movies and TV shows ruined by belief.
After reading Jared Lardo's discussion I thought I would begin one with the opposite premise, movies and tv shows that were ruined by story lines relating to belief in god, or the supernatural. Or predestination - I do not believe in fate, destiny, grand plan, or any of that crap.
Note, if I know going in, that it's about the supernatural I don't have a problem with it like with Lost.
** Potential Spoiler alert for Battlestar Galactica and I Am Legend ** >>
An example is the recent TV show Battlestar Galactica, which I got hooked on. Then they completely ruined the entire series with finale where everything was god's plan.
The movie I am Legend with Will Smith. Basic message I got: Science caused the problem, god will save. Yes I know Will Smith's character Neville, discovered the cure but that would have been useless if god hadn't sent Anna to meet him and escape to the colony.
I recently watched the first episode of Flash Forward. I got a bad feeling about this one. Whether it's "god is punishing us" or future is set and can't be changed BS.
Note, if I know going in, that it's about the supernatural I don't have a problem with it like with Lost.
** Potential Spoiler alert for Battlestar Galactica and I Am Legend ** >>
An example is the recent TV show Battlestar Galactica, which I got hooked on. Then they completely ruined the entire series with finale where everything was god's plan.
The movie I am Legend with Will Smith. Basic message I got: Science caused the problem, god will save. Yes I know Will Smith's character Neville, discovered the cure but that would have been useless if god hadn't sent Anna to meet him and escape to the colony.
I recently watched the first episode of Flash Forward. I got a bad feeling about this one. Whether it's "god is punishing us" or future is set and can't be changed BS.
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Permalink Reply by Mel on -
Southland Tales? I really enjoyed that! I didn't really notice it was jesus though, I was too busy going "Ok, what the HELL just happened?" as they closed the causal loop in the most thoroughly bizarre way (at least, I THINK that's what happened.)
Thats another one that I don't really mind, because the subtext of the rest of the film is all about religious stuff - especially the weird sisters. *shudder* I think jesus was more a triple-decker metaphor there, rather than a bizzare kind of stigmata.
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Permalink Reply by Darren Delgado on -
I Am Legend sucked for so many other reasons, number one being that they ruined a great novel by putting Will Smith in the movie version. I was already quite tuned out of that movie by the time the God stuff started happening.
I don't mind predestination or fate stuff in sci-fi because it's sci-fi. I don't mind stories about things that don't exist, that's what our imaginations are for. It's when people take them seriously that it gets annoying.
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Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on -
Turn Back! Here Be Spoilers.
Battlestar Galactica... I know! That ending was so anti-climactic, in sharp contrast to how good the series had been.
One teevee series I liked for a while was Stargate. It cracked me up that the big bads, who had styled themselves as supreme beings, kept being exposed as parasites with an attitude problem.
A movie that wasn't necessarily ruined, but I found to be interpreted differently by believers and non-believers was Pan's Labyrinth. I and my atheist friend felt the main character died at the end. Believers felt she had disappeared into a fairy land.
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Permalink Reply by damian on -
I saw an episode of House where a girl was praying to get better, and House said something similar to this > "Well, he's the one who gave it to you in the first place".
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Permalink Reply by Louis Davout on -
Awesome!
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Permalink Reply by Chrys Stevenson on -
I have to admit to rather liking Touched by an Angel. At least the 'God' in that actually sent people/angels out to do some good - and there was no 'hell', just a rather dishy angel of death.
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Permalink Reply by Louis Davout on
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I never watched it.
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Permalink Reply by Chrys Stevenson on
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I love Steve Martin's Leap of Faith (based on James Randi's expose of Peter Popoff - but the whole thing was completely compromised at the end by putting in what appeared to be a real miracle. Still a good movie, but a pity it had to be sold out.
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Permalink Reply by Louis Davout on
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Was the miracle attributed in any way to Popoff?
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Permalink Reply by Chrys Stevenson on
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No, Popoff's name wasn't mentioned. The screenplay was a rip-off of Randi's book on Popoff, but Randi was never paid a cent.
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