tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post116811178782633054..comments2023-09-25T21:22:28.439-04:00Comments on Cup Of Joe Powell: Making Movies for the FaithfulJoe Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1168221208665167072007-01-07T20:53:00.000-05:002007-01-07T20:53:00.000-05:00I would think that Fundamentalists could make grea...I would think that Fundamentalists could make great horror films. That have their roots in such great traditions such as the Inquisition and the Crusades. I imagine you could categorize "The Passion" as a horror film it you looked at it in a different context.<BR/><BR/>"Kingdom of Heaven" remade by the guy who directed Braveheart anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1168174657736261262007-01-07T07:57:00.000-05:002007-01-07T07:57:00.000-05:00Christian based Horror Films?This should be intere...Christian based Horror Films?<BR/>This should be interesting.<BR/>Or not.Newscomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314104886871823355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1168126422088977002007-01-06T18:33:00.000-05:002007-01-06T18:33:00.000-05:00Is it really cynical to say this type of marketing...Is it really cynical to say this type of marketing is cynical? Or in other words is it cynical to say something is in itself cynical?<BR/><BR/>I think not.<BR/><BR/>However, I may just be cynical.Joe Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1168118797455883052007-01-06T16:26:00.000-05:002007-01-06T16:26:00.000-05:00"FoxFaith, a new division of 20 th Century Fox tha..."FoxFaith, a new division of 20 th Century Fox that caters to the faithbased market, will release at least six religion-themed films this year, said Steve Feldstein, senior vice president of corporate and marketing communications for Fox Home Entertainment."<BR/><BR/>I'm begining to get an idea what the roots of Faux New's "War on Christmas" taps into.<BR/>I know, I know I'm sooooo cynical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1168115061998384532007-01-06T15:24:00.000-05:002007-01-06T15:24:00.000-05:00This is going to be a long post. Sorry. I have a t...This is going to be a long post. Sorry. I have a theory. The neoconservative movement has created in the media the impression that Christians are a powerful base and can be exploited easily. In some (by no means all) cases, this has been true for a number of years. <BR/><BR/>Christian entertainment is a niche market, though. I think the media has overblown it a little bit, which is why Hollywood and Christian organizations are now getting in bed together. They think they can make crazy money off a niche market. And maybe they can. For a little while.<BR/><BR/>In recent years a couple Christian movies- "The Omega Code," "The Chronicles of Narnia," and of course "The Passion of the Christ"- did very well. Many non-Christians went to these movies. The reasons are varied. <BR/><BR/>"The Passion" just became this huge meme, and everybody had to see it to know what the jokes were about. "The Omega Code" and "Narnia" are science fiction and fantasy, two niches that have managed to make gazillions.<BR/><BR/>Instead of hiring creative religious people to write interesting screenplays and to direct them within the various divisions that already exist, Fox and Weinstein are creating subsidiaries in cooperation with religious "representatives". The deal is, the studios make the movies, and the "reps" pimp them from the pulpit. <BR/><BR/>It's very cynical, and I do hope that it will fail. The only product that should be sold in a church is God.evilisgoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633534389590885234noreply@blogger.com