# Passion of the Christ: why no follow-ups? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044 "2006-03-04T14:50:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/41 "2006-03-05T13:05:18Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > What, are they gonna do an epic story about Vishnu? Actually, many stories and legends from the Hindu faith _could_ be made into a terrific movie or set of movies. You have some of the most amazing iconography of any faith or belief sysem (with no bar on depucting anyone or anything), plus universal themes (birth, sustenance, death), human interest, epic fights and battles, some stories that are just cute, strong moral compass, contemporary relevance and plenty of scope (if you want to go in this direction) for modern special FX eye candy. I’m not joking. One day, someone will see the potential and do something great with this truly wonderful and highly entertaining source material. And if it’s true that Hollywood only thinks in commercial terms, well, there’s your perfect ready-to-buy audience… count the number of Hindus in the world and think of dollars per head. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/42 "2006-03-05T13:14:25Z")
In [this episode](http://www.planet-familyguy.com/pfg/episodes.php?a=capsule&episode=54) of _Family Guy_, there’s an absolutely brilliant trailer for Mel Gibson’s new movie: _Passion of the Christ 2: Crucify This_ ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/43 "2006-03-05T14:06:43Z")
I figured the studios would put out a big budget, FX filled adaptation of Noah’s Ark. I think that would actually make a decent film. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/44 "2006-03-05T17:32:50Z")
What Hollywood did learn from PotC is a new marketing strategy. It was used for Chronic (WHA?) cals of Narnia. You market directly to church groups and show them how there are Christian themes in the movie and they will tell their members to go see this movie. Studios are looking at Biblical movies again and I wouldn’t be surprised to see an new version of The Ten Commandments out sometime but the development period on these films can be on the long side. The other lesson is that **PotC** movies do well. **P** assion **o** f **t** he **C** hrist, **P** irates **o** f **t** he **C** aribbean. So they need to come up with titles that use those initials. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/45 "2006-03-05T18:01:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Studios are looking at Biblical movies again and I wouldn’t be surprised to see an new version of The Ten Commandments out sometime but the development period on these films can be on the long side. > > The other lesson is that PotC movies do well. Passion of the Christ, Pirates of the Caribbean. So they need to come up with titles that use those initials. Coming soon! To a theatre near you! Pile On The Commandments ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/46 "2006-03-05T18:46:11Z")
Protectors of the Covenants. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/47 "2006-03-05T18:55:02Z")
Joshua’s story- **The Pwning of the Canaanites**. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/48 "2006-03-05T19:06:49Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Here’s how they did it in 1976 with [The Messenger](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074896/) (the story of Mohammed and his nephew Ali) > > “The closest that the camera comes to showing Ali on screen are images of Ali’s camel and of his powerful sword before battle whereas the camera itself “becomes” Mohammed in scenes where characters address the prophet. At those times the camera may look away from an enemy or may “stand up” to address his uncle Hamza (Anthony Quinn) silently—it would be considered sacrilegious for the prophet to speak on celluloid.” As a result of that movie, a radical Muslim group took & killed several hostages in Washington D.C. We should have seen that as a sign of things to come. Now to the OP- soon after POTC was THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, one of the producers being a non-Messianic Jew who thought that the pivotal Gospel in the Jewish-C’tian divide should be given a thorough filming. I haven’t sat down to watch my DVD yet but it got some fantastic reviews & the parts I have seen look great. Main drawbacks- the whole thing is 4 hrs & it literally is the book on film, with the only dialogue & narration being straight from that Gospel & no fillers from other sources. Alex Heard, formerly of WIRED and author of APOCALYPSE PRETTY SOON (a humorous informative look at US End-Times subcultures), has a Salon article suggesting, somewhat seriously, that Gibson consider using The Christ Clone Trilogy of novels for a Book of Revelation epic. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/49 "2006-03-05T19:10:34Z")
> [@yBeayf](#): > > I tell you, what I damn well want to see are some big-budget historical epics set in the Byzantine empire. Let’s have a _Constantine_ or a _Justinian_ or a _Constantine XI Palaiologos_, dammit! Why does Old Rome get all the good movies? Soon after the TV miniseries A.D., the sequel to JESUS OF NAZARETH, the screenplay author of both, Anthony Burgess (yes, THAT Anthony Burgess, old droogies) wrote an article for TV Guide in which he claimed to be writing the screenplay for CONSTANTINE. I think Lux Vide, which did the TNT Bible movies & the CBS Jesus starring Jeremy Sisto, has done Constantine for European TV. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044/50 "2006-03-05T19:28:06Z")
[http://www.blacktable.com/sofge040303.htm](http://www.blacktable.com/sofge040303.htm) Good article about THE MESSAGE melee’ and another attempt at a Mohammed film by a veteran Disney animator. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passion-of-the-christ-why-no-follow-ups/347044.md?page=2)