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Oh, boo-hoo!
Ya know, let’s band together and make a movie they’ll really shit their britches over. How does Bible Camp Massacre sound? With a killer dressed as Jesus? And starring Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears as camp counselors?
Yep, I’m goin’ to Hell.
My GOD, I can’t believe it…
That movie is a lousy remake?! Has Hollywood abandoned all pretense of originality?!
And the protest isn’t original, either, following precisely in the footsteps of the doops who protested Silent Night, Deadly Night back in 1984.
Given the prospective cast, might I suggest something “edgy”, like combining elements of the slasher pic and reality TV? You know, authenticity?
Most sacred holiday?
Isn’t Easter supposed to be the most sacred Christian holiday?
What the moviemakers should have done if they wanted to set a movie in American over the period 24-26 December was not have any references to “Christmas”, not use any green and red napkins (etc), not use any carols and not use any overt religious imagery.
Oh wait, I just thought of a catch…
Or in America…
Yes, indeed–Christmas is the day on which all people in every land, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and atheists; from Japan to India; from Saudi Arabia to Communist China; all come together to celebrate the birth of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I hear Pyongyang has an especially lovely illuminated Nativity scene this year.
Man, that Bob Clark’s got a hell of a filmography there. He spends the 70’s making slasher movies (including the original “Black Christmas”), then in the 80’s goes on to do Porky’s, Rhinestone, and A Christmas Story.
That’s what I was thinking. Easter is definitely a bigger deal in my church.
I guess I can forget about making The Passion of Kris Kringle. The reindeer slaughter scene alone (that’s about 30 minutes of screen time) might get me in trouble.
Actually, the single focal point of historic Christianity, across all major traditions from Coptic to Baptist, is the triduum (and please, no Latin scholars tell me why that’s wrong – it’s the standard usage, whether or not derived correctly). This is the commemoration of Maundy Thursday (institution of the Last Supper, footwashing, Jesus’s farewell discourses), Good Friday (Crucifixion), and Easter Day (Resurrection), taken as an extended whole.
And yes, as a religious holiday it is far more significant than Christmas.
Did they also complain about the 1st two Die Hard movies taking place during Christmas? Lots of murder and mayhem there too.
It looked a lot better before Ashcroft made them drape a towel over the pyongyang.
I’m thinking a mostly gay porn remake of Jesus Christ, Superstar might be more effective.
Bah, so some little Christian group got their panties in a bunch over some movie most people won’t bother seeing. Who cares? The vast majority of Christians couldn’t give a tiny rat’s ass about this kind of crap. Unfortunately interviews of people shrugging their shoulders and saying “meh?” don’t make for good television or newsprint.
Well, in the deeply respected and beautifully annotated and footnoted “I read it somewhere” (in the last week, on some news/political site or another," I read that 95% of Americans are NOT offended by “Merry Christmas,” but somewhere in the 20%s ARE offended by “Happy Holidays.”
Yeah, but CHRISTMAS is under attack. Okay.
My parents are one of those 20%. Makes me want to roll my eyes sometimes, because unless it is actually Christmas day, saying Happy Holidays isn’t trying to water down Christmas, it is acknowledging that there are people out there with different beliefs, and a religious holiday during this time of year.
Of course, my parents are the type that think Bibles should be a schoolbook and “evil”-lution not taught in school, so take that as you would.
To say nothing of Gremlins, the Christmas-themed horror movie to rule them all!