Those two were angels. Lol. I think the black one was Gabriel, the arch angel. If you saw a Abraham taking to god on the mountaintop; it looked like god was Jesus. I agree about the voices. I hate when they use English to play Jews. It reminds me when Hollywood used white guys to play Indians in the old westerns.
Watched the first half of the first episode last night. (I torrented it, which I don't feel guilty about because I didn't get to the "thou shalt not steal" thing yet.) I thought it was pretty good. Nice production values, good acting, adheres overall to Christian theology. If you were mad that it was grossly historically inaccurate, well, you might as well get upset over every bible ever printed. Abraham comes across as a freaky-scary kind of zealot though, doesn't he? Seriously, if that dude lived in your neighborhood wouldn't he rustle your jimmies? Lot's wife is oddly sympathetic. "Are you going to believe this batshit nut?" her eyes seem to ask in every scene. I was kind of happy for her when she turned into salt. At least she didn't have to put up with all the bullshit anymore. Kind of bummed that they glossed over Lot offering up his daughters for gang rape to protect the angel. But I can see how that life lesson might be a little confusing for the kiddies. In the end, if you were among the faithful, you found in it exactly the stuff you've always read about (in a more lurid and entertaining presentation). If you were ex-Christian and just wanting to go down memory lane (me), it was pretty good nostalgia. I'm most curious about those who have considered becoming Christian but haven't drunk the Kool Aid. Personally, I think things like the depiction of Abraham would scare a lot more people away than it'd attract. He comes across more like a member of Al Quaeda than the father of a nation. But that's just my bias.
The Old Testament up until psalms was pretty much the "scare factor" you refer to. I just can't wait for king David until after Jesus risen from the dead. Those were the best stories of compassion, love and forgiveness.
Yeah, I wouldn't say "scare factor" so much as "these guys are freakin' nuts" factor. Not hard to see why Judaism has never been much for expansion. It's just not that marketable. I'm hoping they spend a lot more time on Revelations than they did Genesis. In the end, people want to know where it all started, where it's all going and why to be good. Christianity focuses a lot on the "why to be good" part, and too little on the other two. I was kind of bummed they bundled up Noah with the first 7 days into such a bundle.
Hahahaha that was my main beef too! I was like, "damn they summed up creation, fall if man and world cleansing in the opening credits"
http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2013/03/premiere_of_historys_the_bible.html Premiere of History's 'The Bible' miniseries scores huge ratings History announced Monday (March 4) that “The Bible” premiere drew 13.1 viewers to its Sunday (March 3) premiere, and also did well in younger, advertiser-desired demographics. Combined with the premiere of the drama “Vikings,” the Sunday audience was the largest in History’s, um, history. (my note, the ratings for the show beat all cable network programming, including the Walking Dead. I think the Vikings is more appealing... to me anyhow).
Didn't care for the Vikings series yet. I thought it moved a little slow. So far, the Bible series has moved a little slow as well. I think that has a little more bias though, since I didn't care too much for most the old testament.
Wasn't aware of Vikings. Thanks for the tip. Looks good. Glad to see the History Channel produce real programming for a change. Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Walking Dead have really raised awareness that there's a real hunger for good television.
as was christopher walken [video=youtube;ragJxrFknuQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ragJxrFknuQ[/video]
I didn't think so with him. He would have been a better devil. Although that German guy playing satan was pretty good
who, peter stormare? he's swedish. yeah i always hoped there would be a Constantine sequel featuring more of him as satan vs. keanu since their one scene together was the best thing in the movie. not to be.
Sorry about that. It was a bad play on my part. Something to do with a Walken SNL skit. [video=youtube;fZOHY7Z5eaQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZOHY7Z5eaQ[/video]
