"Risen" Oh Lord, spare us this crap

[edhopper]

Risen, also known as Resurrection, is an upcoming American epic historical drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by Reynolds, Paul Aiello and Karen Janszen. The film stars Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, and Cliff Curtis. Columbia Pictures will release the film on February 19, 2016.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risen_%282016_film%29

Historical drama? Really? How historical? Was last years "Hercules" staring The Rock also a historical drama?

[hrmjustin]

1. Don't go and see it then.

[edhopper]

3. Don't think I will.

[hrmjustin]

4. I will wait for it to come to hbo.

[edhopper]

6. Don't think

I could endure it even on TV.

[hrmjustin]

25. When it gets to cable I will let you know.

[edhopper]

26. I'll set my DVR

[MADem]

2. So what? I'll line up to see this one like I lined up to see the Mel Gibson one (i.e. DIDN'T HAPPEN)

It's not like that cast is A list, or the plot is particularly exciting. Who--even non-religious people--does not know how that little tale ends?

If you don't like it, do what most people do--vote with your wallet.

Join the line for Star Wars, instead.

But don't tell people what they can, or cannot, produce. Even if it's stupid, even if it's dreck, even if it is not to your taste or aesthetic.

That's just .... ewwww. Opposite of liberal, certainly. Isn't our schtick that we put up with differing ideas, that we live and let live?

[edhopper]

5. Did I say they can't make it?

Where do you get that?

Is my criticism of calling it a "historical dram" inaccurate?

If we can criticize the Benghazi movie, why not this?

Being liberal doesn't mean not voicing opinion.

[MADem]

8. "Oh lord, spare us this crap" certainly sounds like an invocation to prevent the process to me!!!

So, I guess the answer to your question is "I got it from your subject line!"

Maybe "I won't be buying a ticket for this schlumpy effort" makes it more of a personal opinion, and less of an exhortation towards prevention!

Voice YOUR opinion all you want, but don't speak for everyone. It comes off as intolerant, even if that wasn't your meaning.

[edhopper]

9. You are reading WAY TOO MUCH

into a snarky subject line.

Do you not get the irony in invoking God in the thread title?

You seem more upset about my bashing this movie than I am in the movie itself.

Why does it bother you so much I think this is crap?

Or am I reading too much into your posts? (see how that works)

[MADem]

11. If I "seem more upset" then you ARE "reading too much into (my) posts!!"

I'm not upset at all...I am a Democrat. I think people should live and let live on issues of faith or lack thereof. You wanna believe? Good for you. You don't wanna believe? Good for you, too!

[edhopper]

14. That is just bullshit

people's beliefs result in actions. The entire GOP social agenda is based on fundy Christian beliefs. Sorry if i don't want to sit back and say "it's cool," when their beliefs stop women or gay people from having rights.

[MADem]

17. "Oh lord, spare us this crap!"

Who knew you were Iron Man, and fundy Xtian films were a magnet to you?

[edhopper]

20. What you said

went way beyond this film, and what i said had nothing to do with it.

so right back at you.

[MADem]

23. Good, if we're both laughing, that's a grand start! nt

[edhopper]

24. I started with a laugh.

The thread title was a joke!

my next thread is more serious.

[rug]

18. The entire GOP social agenda is based on protecting capitalism.

Know your real enemies, ed.

[edhopper]

22. Their financial agenda is

and you could argue their real goal is to make the rich richer. But the policies of their social agenda are straight from the Fundy Christian playbook.
I know they would rather lower to top tax rate than ban abortion, but they do want to.

[rug]

27. Their financial agenda is always their bottom line.

Nixon, the inveterate anti-communist, did not go to China for world peace.

[edhopper]

28. True

but I said their "Social Agenda" and that is based on the beliefs of the people who vote for them. They get far more votes for being anti-abortion and anti-gay than for the marginal tax rates.

Beliefs matter. Bottom line.

[rug]

29. Yes they do. And the more cynical the ruler, the more manipulated are those beliefs.

[Act_of_Reparation]

43. Don't mind him, Ed.

This isn't about you, your subject line, or another stupid "historical" Hollywood drama. This is about someone's unfulfilled need to affiliate. It became painfully obvious the moment they started waiving their Democrat peen around the room like a flag at a fucking Memorial Day parade.

[cleanhippie]

15. Delicate snowflakes are delicate, ed.

They have delicate sensibilities and must be handled delicately.

[MADem]

19. "Oh lord, spare us this crap!" nt

[rug]

21. That's rather ironic given your penchant for puking smileys.

[LeftishBrit]

42. He was asking God , not the Government, to spare us this crap

And since he doesn't believe in God, that surely reduces itself to just expressing an opinion - not demanding censorship.

I certainly don't think 'Risen' should be censored or banned, but I don't personally plan to watch it.

[Goblinmonger]

7. So telling someone that can't say that something is stupid is fine

but saying that something is stupid is the "opposite of liberal."

If you get to have an opinion, so does the OP. The movie looks stupid as shit and will, undoubtedly, suck. Additionally, the fact that anybody is referring to his as a "historical drama" is laughable at best. Saying that does not make me the "opposite of liberal." You telling me I shouldn't say that, might be. You making up a strawman of what the OP says so that you can pretend you are one awesome liberal is kinda gross.

[MADem]

10. You can find my response to the person with whom I was speaking just upthread!

It's not about "the opinion"--yes, they ARE like body parts and everyone gets to have at least one! It's about representing the opinion as the view of "us" when there might be some of "us" who have a different view.

I'm not going to patronize the film either, but I'll refrain from presuming to speak for "everyone."

[cleanhippie]

13. How about you don't tell people what they can, or cannot, say.

No one's done that to you. Even if it's stupid, even if it's dreck, even if it's not to their taste or aesthetic.

That's just .... ewwww. Opposite of liberal, certainly. Isn't our schtick that we put up with differing ideas, that we live and let live?

[MADem]

16. "Oh lord, spare us this crap!"

[yeoman6987]

30. I didn't know the movie existed

Thanks for letting us know. I may go see it. I typically see everything Hollywood puts out. Some movies are great. Some are not.

[edhopper]

31. You must have a lot of spare time

[yeoman6987]

32. No. Just a boring life.

[rurallib]

33. every bit as historical as the books it's based on

[edhopper]

34. yes, exactly

Must be based on the KJV, with all the Brits in it.

[SwankyXomb]

35. Wow, Christianists get real sensitive

when you poke at their Bronze Age Mental Illness.

[edhopper]

36. If I made fun of

the movie version of Atlas Shrugged, or a lame Reagan bio pic, I wouldn't get any push back.

[hrmjustin]

38. You are a regular martyr Ed!

[Act_of_Reparation]

40. Do you lack the capability for critical self-reflection...

...or are you developing a sense of humor?

[hrmjustin]

41. And I know my ABC's as well.

[rug]

39. As for me, it's not the articles I mind, it's the stupid comments.

Such as bronze age mental illness.

[Iggo]

37. Historical? Ridiculous.

Grow up, people.

[Act_of_Reparation]

44. Not many Semitic or Italian people in this historical drama about Semitic and Italian people.

Though I suppose a Maori Jesus is better than a white American Jesus.