I have to thank y'all (and IIRC Hec in particular) for getting me to watch The Prophecy several years ago. I love that film's Miltonian view of angels, and that was a movie that, for all of its being a horror flick, does spend at least some time talking about some rather neat philosophical discussions about angels' relationships with God.
Uh, are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?
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Kathy A - Oct 12, 2011 8:24:07 am PDT #16353 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
DavidS - Oct 12, 2011 8:49:06 am PDT #16354 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have to thank y'all (and IIRC Hec in particular) for getting me to watch The Prophecy several years ago. I love that film's Miltonian view of angels, and that was a movie that, for all of its being a horror flick, does spend at least some time talking about some rather neat philosophical discussions about angels' relationships with God.
You're welcome! I know Matt's also a fan of Viggo's portrayal of Satan.
The other great Miltonian horror movie is Constantine.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 12, 2011 9:12:07 am PDT #16355 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Which is neat in that its version of Gabriel becomes an antagonist for diametrically opposed reasons to those motivating Prophecy's Gabriel.
Typo Boy - Oct 13, 2011 7:08:55 am PDT #16356 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
And that Gabriel is also different from Hellblazer's Gabriel. But then the movie kind of shits all over the graphic novel series. It is a good movie; you just have to tune out the work on which it is based. I wished they had named the main character "Justinian", or something other than Constantine.
beekaytee - Oct 13, 2011 8:41:01 am PDT #16357 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I have to thank y'all (and IIRC Hec in particular) for getting me to watch The Prophecy several years ago. I love that film's Miltonian view of angels, and that was a movie that, for all of its being a horror flick, does spend at least some time talking about some rather neat philosophical discussions about angels' relationships with God.
If I needed any more evidence that you people are my people...
I love all the Prophesy movies...even the truly dismal of them...for just this reason. That dialog about God and angels, heaven and hell. So. Very. Human.
Plus. Eric Stoltz. And Viggo. Then, Russell Wong. And Christopher Walken.
Consuela - Oct 14, 2011 8:57:07 am PDT #16358 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Y'all hear about the Reddit comment thread that's been optioned for a movie?
>[link]Poor Harry Turtledove...
le nubian - Oct 14, 2011 9:23:19 am PDT #16359 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the article says that the author would love to have a female marine show up, but I thought there were ancient Amazon tales about women warriors. Isn't it accepted that the Greeks and Romans encountered women warriors in northern Africa or Asia?
flea - Oct 14, 2011 9:23:48 am PDT #16360 of 30000
information libertarian
Okay, but 2000 marines, and only the Chaplain has had any latin? I'd bet money some of the officers had. And why the hell would HE of all people kill himself, assuming based on his Irish surname that he's supposed to be Catholic?
(No, seriously, that was awesome, go flash fiction guy.)
Consuela - Oct 14, 2011 9:32:37 am PDT #16361 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And why the hell would HE of all people kill himself, assuming based on his Irish surname that he's supposed to be Catholic?
Yikes, and good point. I didn't read any of the actual story, I'm just getting a kick out of the way Hollywood jumped on it.
SailAweigh - Oct 14, 2011 12:08:55 pm PDT #16362 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Well, and he started asking his Spanish-speaking troops for help. Probably more luck finding them than Italian-speakers, but that would be the language closest to Latin.