Revelations - Anybody watching?

[Supremus]

I've endured the first 3 eps so far. It's uber-cheesy, and perhaps it's just because I'm waiting for Bill Pullman to break into a "We will no go quietly into the knight"-speech, but I find it oddly entertaining for something that is so obviously crap. :)

Anybody else watching it?

[RD!]

I liked what I saw in the first episode... sorry to hear that it's become cheesy. Loved the visuals though.

[Michael24]

I considered watching it when I first heard about it, until I started seeing the ads. Something about them really made me lose all interest in watching, despite that fact that I like Bill Pullman.

[oranthal]

I considered watching it when I first heard about it, until I started seeing the ads. Something about them really made me lose all interest in watching, despite that fact that I like Bill Pullman.I'm watching Revelations and I quite like it. I don't know the chessiness that Supremus is talking about though. I also like Pullman. My favorite role of his would be his character of Jack in While You Were Sleeping.

[Style]

The signs of the last days the series seems to portray, (at least from the previews) are just week. Read the actual book of Revelations. The stuff it talks about is creepy as all hell and puts the series to shame.

And to show that I'm not being biased: I don't care for the "Left Behind" franchise either. Tim Lahaye (it's author) is putting the fear of God and the end of the world into people just to make a few bucks. That's the worst kind of religion.

[I.R Joey]

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And to show that I'm not being biased: I don't care for the "Left Behind" franchise either. Tim Lahaye (it's author) is putting the fear of God and the end of the world into people just to make a few bucks. That's the worst kind of religion.
Eh being a Christian I never quite minded the Left Behind series. I've read them all (except for the new one) and I say that the best way to read them is as fiction not as a blue print or indeapth study of Revelations. THat's where it becomes dangerous, when you use it as an excuse not to read the scriptures for yourself.

As for Revelations. The whole thing seemed to smack of a corporations suddenly going "wait there are religous people in the world?" after Mel Gibbson's Passion and last years election. So no they're like "Me too". But I haven't seen the show so maybe I shouldn't judge.

[Martianinvader]

As for Revelations. The whole thing seemed to smack of a corporations suddenly going "wait there are religous people in the world?" after Mel Gibbson's Passion and last years election. So no they're like "Me too"I remember the last time that happened. "Touched by an Angel" was in the Top 10 shows (yes, there was a point in history where that was happening, and it was beating The Simpsons, and hard....this was also the era of The Simpsons' finest episodes; they also got the weakest ratings out of any of them).

Now, while that show might have been boring, I respected Martha Williamson for putting on a correct biblical interpretation of angels, instead of an ex-cop who dies and is made one or something. But the other networks looked and thought, "hey, we need religious shows." They knew nothing about religion at all, and their choices made it obvious. They put on a dumb comedy about a preacher, an equally dumb TGIF show about a geeky-looking angel kid...I just found it incredibly insulting.

And it got worse. Another response from ABC was the drama "Nothing Scared," and that really scared me. I was dead afraid it would succeed, because it was a show about a preacher and it was being written by people who hated preachers and organized religion in general, and wanted to destroy it (don't argue, I read comments by those guys). When complaints started coming in, the TV critics said "Oh, you're just complaining because they're showing a preacher that isn't some kinda flawless superhuman; join the real world." It wasn't that. Those guys would ban the Bible if given the chance and I was scared they would influence people! It was an atheistic agenda show and nothing more.

[Andy Mancini]

But the other networks looked and thought, "hey, we need religious shows." They knew nothing about religion at all, and their choices made it obvious. They put on a dumb comedy about a preacher, an equally dumb TGIF show about a geeky-looking angel kid...I just found it incredibly insulting.
Hey... that wasn't any ol' "dumb preacher." That was Dan Akroyd. Still, you're point is valid, so I'll let it slide. :)

And it got worse. Another response from ABC was the drama "Nothing Scared," and that really scared me. I was dead afraid it would succeed, because it was a show about a preacher and it was being written by people who hated preachers and organized religion in general, and wanted to destroy it (don't argue, I read comments by those guys). When complaints started coming in, the TV critics said "Oh, you're just complaining because they're showing a preacher that isn't some kinda flawless superhuman; join the real world." It wasn't that. Those guys would ban the Bible if given the chance and I was scared they would influence people! It was an atheistic agenda show and nothing more.
The media in the Western hemisphere really doesn't have a clue how to deal with religion. With a few notable exceptions (South Park, Deep Space Nine, King of the Hill, Family Guy, The Simpsons up until recently), Western programming that deal with religious topics fall into one of four lines of thinking:

1) "If we bash it, then maybe we can make it go away." - Shows like Nothing Sacred and the film "Sin City" fall into this category.

2) "Religious people go to church. Churches preach at people. So if we make shows/books/movies that preach at people, religious people will tune in by the droves!" - As dumb as it sounds, that theory actually works. Touched By an Angel and Highway to Heaven prove that.

3) "There is no way that an adult would ever watch religious programming on their own. Solution? Let's make it family fare!" - 7th Heaven, anyone?

4) "Number two has the right idea, but... I don't know... it needs... something. That's it! We'll do number two, but infuse it with either an action or thriller premise!" - It's this type of thinking that brought us Revelations and the "Left Behind" universe.

My adivce to the Western media: If I want religion in my programming, then I'll watch anime. They actually handle it properly.

[Natey]

i watch it at my youth church thing and we point out all the things that the're rong about end times.

i've liked it alot i think its the best show on NBC

[RD!]

Funny words...
Haha, really, what?

[I.R Joey]

Anyone remember NBC's "Noah's Ark" back in 1999? Where the only things they got right was "old guy, boat, and two animals?" That was an abomination of well...Biblical proportions.