Heroes Don't Have Faith!

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You mean, like, why doesn’t Jason Bourne make the sun of the cross before he jumps out of a moving train?
 
Yeah! No!!! What? And it’s sign, not sun.

I’m a editor ya know.

Ed:)
 
That would be sweet. Haven’t seen that movie(s) yet. In our secular world, real heroes don’t need God, I suppose. But maybe more vulnerable heroes could have their day sometime in the future under bolder leadership in the industry.
 
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People aren’t going to theaters because of Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, On Demand; and tickets are expensive. I doubt people are staying away because they’re fed up with Hollywood.
 
Well, as Producers scrape the bottom of the barrel, there’s not much left. Going downhill means you eventually hit bottom.
 
It’s probably just me but I refuse to watch anything on anything smaller than a 15 inch screen.
 
I really think you’re over-thinking it. Bottom line is that unless religion is an important trait of a character (for example, all those priests in everything from On the Waterfront to Ryan’s Daughter, or the characters in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Summer of Sam, Saturday Night Fever, The Quiet Man, The Boondock Saints etc., or the Jewish characters in Exodus) the filmmaker doesn’t need to “go there” in a 2 hour movie that he wants people from many different religious backgrounds and no religious backgrounds to enjoy and not find things to get offended at.
 
How do you explain Deadpool? I don’t think anyone could parody this “thing.” No humanity, no nothing. And that’s just from watching a trailer.

A non-human being for sure.

And mentally disturbed is not entertaining for a supposed hero.
 
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Never was a Batman gruppie.

Shows I watch right now very faithfully are:

-Green Arrow
-Supergirl
-Agents of Shield.

🙂
 
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Well, in mainstream television and film, I mean. Why? Is all of Hollywood a bunch of atheists? Would it hurt viewer numbers and the bottom line, aka making a profit when all is said and done?

None of my heroes in film and TV seem to be people of faith or even make any mention of God, prayer, faith, except in a really superficial way on rare occasions.

What are your thoughts? Would it really hurt Hollywood’s profits to put a little Faith in their productions?
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I would think, as a Catholic, you’d be thrilled about Blue Bloods. The characters on that show are about as Catholic as one can be.
 
This might be offtopic but I’d like to see more Christian themed movies. Subtle. And Catholic ones too. Not ones putting the Church in a bad light. That has been overdone.
 
Hmmm… Haven’t watched it. Maybe I’ll take a look. Thanks.
 
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People aren’t going to theaters because of Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, On Demand; and tickets are expensive. I doubt people are staying away because they’re fed up with Hollywood.
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Just came back from the theater about an hour ago.
 
I tried starting a thread similar to this a few days ago. There’s not many replies, but you may like it.
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Wolverine has never been shown as Catholic, he prays in the cartoon you mention but is not identified as Catholic. Even the Cartoon studiously avoids naming the denomination explicitly although Nightcrawler in comics is Catholic, Wolverine is an atheist and a pretty hard-core one and I found that sequence in that cartoon pretty silly as Logan has respect for Nightcrawler and they are best friends in their comic book iterations but disagree strongly about religious outlooks.
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It’s probably just me but I refuse to watch anything on anything smaller than a 15 inch screen.
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I used to feel the same way. But sometimes a man’s gotta . . . watch from a small screen so his daughter and her boyfriend can watch TV, or else the man’s wife will never let him hear the end of it.
 
  • Hollywood is more propaganda than a representation of reality
  • Most in the entertainment industry aren’t religious so they don’t get religion unless they put in a lot of effort to learn. And some are simply hostile towards religion
  • Anti-religious groups are well funded so upsetting them can lead to trouble
 
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No one says “Shut up, Stan Lee!” - to the actual Stan Lee - and gets away with it. ‘Not really a hero’ should be on every movie poster and trailer. Or - Deranged.

Ed

They’re not gettin’ any of my comic book money. I’ll buy the old (1960s and older) stuff first. 🙂
 
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