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<blockquote data-quote="Harry Larry" data-source="post: 77562622" data-attributes="member: 454385"><p>So I watched both Polycarp and Ben-Hur last night, and while they are perfectly fine movies (budgets varying wildly, of course), they still do what I feel something like Noah did not, and it made it more interesting to watch: They (and I apologize the unintended pun) preach to the choir. They, especially Polycarp, are Christian comfort food, something that we know how is going to unfold and do not worry will challenge either our faith or our minds. Noah, for all its obvious flaws, drew uncomfortable parallels between a well known Biblical disaster and something that in many ways looked like the remains of our own world. And its twists and inaccuracies were not just some poor research, but pushed us to think about a story we thought we knew. I think this is what draws me more to an "inspired by" than a "based on" kind of storytelling. Stories that take essential foundations of Christian thinking and put them in a new perspective. I actually ended up also watching Constantine again, a guilty pleasure of mine, and while the ties to actual Christian lore are timid at the best of times, and while the neutral depiction of what I would call pseudo-Christian witchcraft is worrying, it pushes me to rethink things, even if it never changes my view on them. And I forget the verse, but there is one about how Christians must challenge their beliefs to the brink to know that (if??) they are true beliefs, or just lip service to the Book. I think this is what I would look for in a modern fictional universe based on Christianity. Something that shows a side that would be unexpected, but respects the faith and its roots. Something that pushes us, perhaps to the point that we question ourselves. A key part of faith is to be lost and find your way back. Again, in my humble opinion.</p><p></p><p>Also, Peter Stormare as Lou is just amazing. If his feet ever touched mortal soil, I would expect nothing different...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harry Larry, post: 77562622, member: 454385"] So I watched both Polycarp and Ben-Hur last night, and while they are perfectly fine movies (budgets varying wildly, of course), they still do what I feel something like Noah did not, and it made it more interesting to watch: They (and I apologize the unintended pun) preach to the choir. They, especially Polycarp, are Christian comfort food, something that we know how is going to unfold and do not worry will challenge either our faith or our minds. Noah, for all its obvious flaws, drew uncomfortable parallels between a well known Biblical disaster and something that in many ways looked like the remains of our own world. And its twists and inaccuracies were not just some poor research, but pushed us to think about a story we thought we knew. I think this is what draws me more to an "inspired by" than a "based on" kind of storytelling. Stories that take essential foundations of Christian thinking and put them in a new perspective. I actually ended up also watching Constantine again, a guilty pleasure of mine, and while the ties to actual Christian lore are timid at the best of times, and while the neutral depiction of what I would call pseudo-Christian witchcraft is worrying, it pushes me to rethink things, even if it never changes my view on them. And I forget the verse, but there is one about how Christians must challenge their beliefs to the brink to know that (if??) they are true beliefs, or just lip service to the Book. I think this is what I would look for in a modern fictional universe based on Christianity. Something that shows a side that would be unexpected, but respects the faith and its roots. Something that pushes us, perhaps to the point that we question ourselves. A key part of faith is to be lost and find your way back. Again, in my humble opinion. Also, Peter Stormare as Lou is just amazing. If his feet ever touched mortal soil, I would expect nothing different... [/QUOTE]
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