Okay, in nearly every thread that’s come up on Mel’s movie, folks have gleefully been suggesting titles for sequels/prequels, so I thought it’s time we devoted an entire thread to the subject. Here’s my entries: Jesus II: Return of the Living Dead Messiah
Tag Line: Brains!
Jesus and His Disciples: The Early Years
Tag Line: The Next Time We Say We’re Going to Judea, Let’s Go to Judea!
The Rapture: God Strikes Back!
Tag Line: Vengence is His!
When Garfield makes another fondukle of a mess up and his owner sends him to a long lost relative, see which little coo’ cat will be spending the weekend in ancient Bethleham!
Over on Aint It Cool News, they had one Talkback thread wherein dozens of folks contributed taglines for the Passion … I should probably post some of those over here.
My own contribution on-topic :
Passion II : Messiah-Man.
Mild-mannered Peter Parker, bitten by a radioactive Messiah, inherits the proportionate speed and strength of the Son of God. Local newspaper magnate P. Pontius Pilate seeks to crucify the young hero, even as he does battle with the nefarious Red Goblin.
"Messiah-Man, Messiah-Man,/
does the things that a Savior can./
Saves a flock, any size… /
If he gets killed, he will arise…/
…here in London, at any rate, The Passion (with its tagged-on morning-after scene of resurrection) went on general release at about the same time as Dawn Of The Dead. I think this ironic coincidence was rather hilarious, but judging from the lack of waggish or witty comments it seems not many people noticed it.