Comments on: More hype http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/02/25/more-hype/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sherm http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/02/25/more-hype/#comment-1982 Sherm Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:30:32 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=722#comment-1982 Maybe the movie is a type of visual faith, seeing is believing etc. The fact that it is just a movie, made by Hollywood, rated and violent doesn't seem to be slowing down the hysteria surrounding the film. Maybe the movie is a type of worship for some - we have the technology to move the masses to tears and confrontation. As an evangelical tool? I can't say, only God has the power to change lives. I have no desire to get caught up in the hype and don't even care to wait until it come out on video. My theory is that faith is the substance of things not seen.... Maybe the movie is a type of visual faith, seeing is believing etc. The fact that it is just a movie, made by Hollywood, rated and violent doesn’t seem to be slowing down the hysteria surrounding the film. Maybe the movie is a type of worship for some - we have the technology to move the masses to tears and confrontation. As an evangelical tool? I can’t say, only God has the power to change lives.

I have no desire to get caught up in the hype and don’t even care to wait until it come out on video. My theory is that faith is the substance of things not seen….

]]> By: Rachel C http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/02/25/more-hype/#comment-1981 Rachel C Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:32:31 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=722#comment-1981 Hehe, BD my thoughts exactly - statistically speaking this sort of thing happens when large numbers of people all do one thing (go to the movies, go watch their favourite sports team play, etc etc). I find it odd they made it into a story. Hehe, BD my thoughts exactly - statistically speaking this sort of thing happens when large numbers of people all do one thing (go to the movies, go watch their favourite sports team play, etc etc). I find it odd they made it into a story.

]]> By: The Dane http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/02/25/more-hype/#comment-1980 The Dane Thu, 26 Feb 2004 07:06:46 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=722#comment-1980 I think a heart attack in Kill Bill might have rated an MSNBC blurb as well. The media likes to portray a bit of the ol' ultra-violence in film as having a staggering affect on the American psyche. I think a heart attack in Kill Bill might have rated an MSNBC blurb as well. The media likes to portray a bit of the ol’ ultra-violence in film as having a staggering affect on the American psyche.

]]> By: Bene Diction http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/02/25/more-hype/#comment-1979 Bene Diction Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:43:12 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=722#comment-1979 Hi Andrew: No, I wasn't suggesting that. Sad perhaps, but not sinister. It is an honest question, albeit a cynical one. I've had to cover things that weren't news. A TV crew is at a movie screening because...? It gets international wire pickup because...? Hi Andrew:
No, I wasn’t suggesting that.
Sad perhaps, but not sinister.
It is an honest question, albeit a cynical one.
I’ve had to cover things that weren’t news.
A TV crew is at a movie screening because…?
It gets international wire pickup because…?

]]> By: Andrew http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2004/02/25/more-hype/#comment-1978 Andrew Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:29:09 +0000 http://ss75.shared.server-system.net/~benedictionblogson.com/?p=722#comment-1978 Why does this heart attack death rate a mention? Perhaps because there was a TV crew at the theater when it happened? Or perhaps because it happened during the emotional climax of a movie about death, resurrection, and salvation? Or maybe it has something to with the hype that is surrounding the movie, and the amount of graphic violence in the movie that many people have objected to? Were you suggesting it was something sinister and anti-Christian? I wouldn't read it that way. Why does this heart attack death rate a mention?

Perhaps because there was a TV crew at the theater when it happened?

Or perhaps because it happened during the emotional climax of a movie about death, resurrection, and salvation?

Or maybe it has something to with the hype that is surrounding the movie, and the amount of graphic violence in the movie that many people have objected to?

Were you suggesting it was something sinister and anti-Christian? I wouldn’t read it that way.

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