I watched the second show this week and was already left behind.

So, when The Revealer linked up to this piece on the NBC show I was grateful.

But, I won’t be watching it again. The acting is okay, but picking up the story line, having missed the first show isn’t worth it.

I think the comparison to The X Files is a good one. I didn’t get the scripture either. It would pop up on the screen going into commercial break and I was left wondering what someone was going to try to sell me. I was also left wondering what that scripture had to do with the plot line.

I doubt it would cause anyone to reach for their bibles, it was my cue to head for the fridge and microwave.

I’m really out of the ‘culture’ and ‘mainstream’ of evangelicalism if Revelations is what religious entertainment is. I think I’ll stay out of touch. This show didn’t capture my attention, spark my imagination or even embarrass me. It was what it was. Someone’s tired idea of network apocalyptic entertainment.


3 Responses to “NBC’s Revelations”

  1. 1 Mark Byron 

    This isn’t evangelical religous entertainment; this is from the guy who gave us The Omen back in the 70s.

    This is more like Steven King’s The Stand than Left Behind, a secular good-versus-evil spin given a theoligical cover of a renegade nun with a taste and gifting for escatology.

  2. 2 Richard Hall 

    I haven’t seen any sign of it being shown over here. Everything I’ve read about it, even (especially?!) the positive reviews, suggests I wouldn’t enjoy it.

  3. 3 Bene Diction 

    Well if he gave us the Omen, his sense of dramatic tension has slipped dramatically.

    At least King can write and give us character playoff and dilemma.

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