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From the get-go, it is clear that “Revelations” will be a far cry from the inoffensively ecumenical brand of spirituality typically found in prime-time offerings like “Touched by an Angel,” “Highway to Heaven” or “Joan of Arcadia.” “We felt what needed to be done is a television show that expressed itself as Christian,” said Gavin Polone, an executive producer of, and the driving force behind, “Revelations.”
“We’re very clear about that here. The words ‘Jesus Christ’ or ‘Christ’ are used three times a minute.”
Nor will it share the shiny, happy tone of those generally uplifting series. Its New Testament source material, after all, features a judgmental, unambiguously sectarian God who has vowed one day to destroy mankind - or at least all non-Christians - in a wave of plague, famine, pestilence and war. And since early in development, the series’ writer and chief creative guide has been David Seltzer, whose last foray into biblical prophecy resulted in the 1976 apocalyptic horror classic “The Omen.”
Early in the first episode of “Revelations,” an ominous bit of biblical text fills the screen: “And the Sun will turn to Darkness and the Moon will turn to blood. … For in one hour is thy judgment cometh.”
But it is precisely the edginess of the program, along with its overt religiousness, that its creators and NBC hope will intrigue both believers and nonbelievers alike. “In tumultuous times like those we live in, apocalyptic buzz is always on the rise - as is spirituality,” said Kevin Reilly, the president of NBC Entertainment, who greenlighted the series.
Or as Ms. McElhone put it: “I defy anyone to say they’re not interested in the questions that are being asked here.”
.“Even more relevant to “Revelations,” the “Left Behind” series of novels, based on a Christian-fundamentalist interpretation of end-times prophecy, has sold in the neighborhood of 50 million copies since its debut in 1995”.
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“We’re very clear about that here. The words ‘Jesus Christ’ or ‘Christ’ are used three times a minute.”
Nor will it share the shiny, happy tone of those generally uplifting series. Its New Testament source material, after all, features a judgmental, unambiguously sectarian God who has vowed one day to destroy mankind - or at least all non-Christians - in a wave of plague, famine, pestilence and war. And since early in development, the series’ writer and chief creative guide has been David Seltzer, whose last foray into biblical prophecy resulted in the 1976 apocalyptic horror classic “The Omen.”
Early in the first episode of “Revelations,” an ominous bit of biblical text fills the screen: “And the Sun will turn to Darkness and the Moon will turn to blood. … For in one hour is thy judgment cometh.”
But it is precisely the edginess of the program, along with its overt religiousness, that its creators and NBC hope will intrigue both believers and nonbelievers alike. “In tumultuous times like those we live in, apocalyptic buzz is always on the rise - as is spirituality,” said Kevin Reilly, the president of NBC Entertainment, who greenlighted the series.
Or as Ms. McElhone put it: “I defy anyone to say they’re not interested in the questions that are being asked here.”
.“Even more relevant to “Revelations,” the “Left Behind” series of novels, based on a Christian-fundamentalist interpretation of end-times prophecy, has sold in the neighborhood of 50 million copies since its debut in 1995”.
nytimes.com/2005/03/20/arts/television/20cott.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1111438396-4GrSNStoKdCdbmkELiPGYQ