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Are you ready? (Original Post) AngryDem001 May 2014 OP
No. No, I am not ready. arcane1 May 2014 #1
"How, in the name of Zeus' butthole, did this happen?" onager May 2014 #3
How do you blow through 150 million? theHandpuppet May 2014 #7
He had to sell his castle to pay his bills. Iggo May 2014 #8
Good God (pardon the phrase) progressoid May 2014 #10
I thought Nicholas Cage had gone as low PumpkinAle May 2014 #2
Yes, those clothes left so neat and tidy. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #12
And think of all the goodies they'll "leave behind" theHandpuppet May 2014 #14
Remember a few years back Curmudgeoness May 2014 #15
To be left behind? I was fuckin' born ready! (n/t) Iggo May 2014 #4
The rapture scam defacto7 May 2014 #5
File this movie under Scamway. kairos12 Jun 2014 #18
Yes. And I surely wish God would hurry it up. theHandpuppet May 2014 #6
Cage on an airplane again. It's like ConAir with heathens this time! progressoid May 2014 #9
More liked Conned Air. What a rube laugh fest. kairos12 Jun 2014 #17
His vegas burn rate is enormous, or so I hear. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #21
Hahaha Nick Cage. YEAH BABY AtheistCrusader May 2014 #11
... zzz ... Auggie May 2014 #13
I have a question. AngryDem001 May 2014 #16
Maybe this will get "raptured" straight to late night cable and all kairos12 Jun 2014 #19
I desperately want to be left behind. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #20
That might not be so bad... onager Jun 2014 #22

onager

(9,356 posts)
3. "How, in the name of Zeus' butthole, did this happen?"
Fri May 30, 2014, 03:17 PM
May 2014


Couldn't resist using that line from the article below.

Mr. Cage REALLY needs the work. ANY work. He's burned thru a personal fortune of about $150 million and currently owes the IRS $13 million.

I just recently re-watched him in "Gone In 60 Seconds." Which also sucked, but was many orders of suckitude better than anything with the "Left Behind" brand on it.


http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/celebrity/how-did-nicolas-cage-blow-through-an-150-million-dollar-fortune/

progressoid

(49,999 posts)
10. Good God (pardon the phrase)
Fri May 30, 2014, 05:35 PM
May 2014


15 Personal Homes: Cage's property portfolio included an $8 million castle in England that he plunged millions more into remodeling. He never spent a single night in the castle. He also bought a second castle in Bavaria, two multi-million dollar mansions in New Orleans, a $17.5 million palace in Bel Air, a $10 million Malibu beach house, a 24,000 square foot home in Rhode Island, a mansion in Las Vegas and a getaway property on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
Nick Cage Bel Air Mansion

A Private Island: Apparently having a house on Paradise Island didn't fill Nick's penchant for the Bahamas because in 2006 he spent $7 million on a 40 acre private island 85 miles south of Nassau.

Four Luxury Yachts: Cage at one time owned four luxury yachts including one called Sarita that had 12 master bedrooms that was valued at $20 million.

A Fleet of Exotic Cars: At its peak, Nick Cage's garage contained dozens of high end luxury vehicles including nine Rolls Royces. He owned an extremely rare $500 thousand Lamborghini and a $1 million Ferrari Enzo, one of only 349 produced. Cage also owned 30 motorcycles.

A $30 Million Gulfstream Private Jet

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PumpkinAle

(1,210 posts)
2. I thought Nicholas Cage had gone as low
Fri May 30, 2014, 03:14 PM
May 2014

as he could go and now this

And one thing about those that are raptured, they were very neat and tidy with the clothing left behind.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
12. Yes, those clothes left so neat and tidy.
Fri May 30, 2014, 06:41 PM
May 2014

I wonder if that means they took the time on the way to the Rapture to fold their clothes, or if God did it for them. And that means that these people who raptured are now nekkid. OMG.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
15. Remember a few years back
Fri May 30, 2014, 08:35 PM
May 2014

when there were people convinced that the Rapture was coming on a certain day, and atheists were getting paid for the promise of taking care of the Rapturees' pets when they disappeared? How disappointing that they are still here. I bet they feel silly.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
5. The rapture scam
Fri May 30, 2014, 04:13 PM
May 2014

One of the most twisted biblical concepts for control and consumption of the vulnerable ever devised by humans. Because if it's play on fear and mankind's need for answers to the big nothing after death, it has been a perfect scheme for profiteering media evangelists. All it took was TV, radio and now Internet to reap a great harvest of stupid... stupid with cash.

It's hard to believe that in this age there is still so much gullibility.

I am ready, ready to watch the gullible walk into a nonsensical hell of their own making, but I've been doing that for years.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
6. Yes. And I surely wish God would hurry it up.
Fri May 30, 2014, 04:17 PM
May 2014

The rest of us can sleep in. We need the rest for the ensuing celebration.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
11. Hahaha Nick Cage. YEAH BABY
Fri May 30, 2014, 06:34 PM
May 2014

I can smell this movie from here.

That said, I was rather amused with the books, and plowed through them in no time.

AngryDem001

(684 posts)
16. I have a question.
Sat May 31, 2014, 02:56 AM
May 2014

Why does Yahweh take their physical bodies? What does he need them for? Why not just take the souls and leave the fucking bodies?

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
20. I desperately want to be left behind.
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 02:23 PM
Jun 2014

Please Magic Jeebus, Please take all the good people to heben.

It would be my luck to be misidentified by the same dumb fuck angels sent to slaughter the Egyptian children and forced to spend eternity with Nicholas Cage.

onager

(9,356 posts)
22. That might not be so bad...
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 06:24 PM
Jun 2014

In his cinematic magnum dopus "Drive Angry," Mr. Cage is serving an eternity in hell. Which doesn't look all that bad. Sort of like Brooklyn with more exterior illumination. Complete with a big bridge back to our world.

As the movie opens, Cage is escaping Hell by driving over that bridge in a cherry 1963 Buick Riviera.

The movie also features, in a leading role, a 1969 Dodge Charger. And lots of mindless gratuitous violence, profanity and sex. Also gratuitous nudity and hooters. I give it 5 stars.

I don't think the average "Left Behind" moviegoer would rate it too highly, though.

The plot is something about Cage rescuing his baby granddaughter from a debbil-worshipping biker gang who want to sacrifice her. I think. I was mostly watching the cars. And the other stuff.

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