Under The Banner of Heaven

[drumdude]

Well, DCP has weighed in: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... eaven.html

What is "well poisoning?"

Fortunately very few draw water from DCP’s obscure little well.

[Res Ipsa]

What is "well poisoning?"

Fortunately very few draw water from DCP’s obscure little well.

Amen.

[MG 2.0]

If it's well done, it would be one hell of a mini-series.

I think it will be great. We’ll find out in a few weeks. It will be released at the end of March.

What do you want to bet that millions of Mormons will watch this series. Keep in mind only around 75,000 people watched Witnesses.

I’ll probably watch it. I read the book as soon as it came out in paperback years ago. It’s interesting to see how different people respond to life experiences and religious dogma.

Not all brains think alike, that is a definite ‘for sure’.

Looks like, from the preview, we’re going to see a ‘spooky stuff’ sort of movie.

Regards,
MG

[Marcus]

Well, DCP has weighed in: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... eaven.html

The screenplay for this upcoming miniseries version of Under the Banner of Heaven was written by the ex-Latter-day Saint LGBT activist Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the 2008 movie Milk, about the gay rights activist and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, and who worked as a writer, then as an executive story editor, and finally as a co-producer on Big Love. Black also narrated the documentary film 8: The Mormon Proposition, which was co-directed by the former-Latter-day Saint gay activist Reed Cowan. Under the Banner of Heaven will star the Anglo-American actor Andrew Garfield, who also figures as its producer. Previously, he’s played Spiderman/Peter Parker and — I really, really liked him in these roles — Desmond Doss in Hacksaw Ridge and Rodrigues in Silence. Given his self-description as an agnostic pantheist and the fact that he’s starred in productions of Angels in America both in London and on Broadway — for which he won multiple awards, including a Tony, and an Olivier nomination — I’m not counting on Mr. Garfield, as its producer, to be a voice of respect and restraint with regard to the portrayal of Latter-day Saints and Latter-day Saint history in Under the Banner of Heaven.

So.. this is a movie based on a book. A pretty outrageous and inflammatory book about a pretty outrageous and inflammatory event that the author clearly considers to arise from a belief in a religion that has gone too far. What would be the reason that "Mr. Garfield, as its producer," would be expected "to be a voice of respect and restraint with regard to the portrayal of Latter-day Saints and Latter-day Saint history"?

[Tacenda]

I've been waiting a long, long time for this to come out. Originally I thought it was to be a movie directed by Ron Howard, but I think a mini series will get a lot more traction. It may not cut the mustard if it were in theaters, too controversial, or not really a movie a lot of people will pay money for, a depressing film for sure.

[Moksha]

Well, DCP has weighed in:https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... eaven.html
Given his self-description as an agnostic pantheist and the fact that he’s starred in productions of Angels in America both in London and on Broadway — for which he won multiple awards, including a Tony, and an Olivier nomination — I’m not counting on Mr. Garfield, as its producer, to be a voice of respect and restraint with regard to the portrayal of Latter-day Saints and Latter-day Saint history in Under the Banner of Heaven.

It would be hard to show respect and restraint when talking about grizzly murders, unless Dr. Peterson means having the Laffertys portrayed as other than Mormon. I suppose it is possible; the Coneheads passed themselves off as French. Using such a camouflage could disguise the true intent of both Provo and Remulac.

[Binger]

Well, DCP has weighed in:https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... eaven.html
Given his self-description as an agnostic pantheist and the fact that he’s starred in productions of Angels in America both in London and on Broadway — for which he won multiple awards, including a Tony, and an Olivier nomination — I’m not counting on Mr. Garfield, as its producer, to be a voice of respect and restraint with regard to the portrayal of Latter-day Saints and Latter-day Saint history in Under the Banner of Heaven.

It would be hard to show respect and restraint when talking about grizzly murders, unless Dr. Peterson means having the Laffertys portrayed as other than Mormon. I suppose it is possible; the Coneheads passed themselves off as French. Using such a camouflage could disguise the true intent of both Provo and Remulac.

I would understand you better if we spoke the same language.

[Dr Moore]

Looks like it will be a great movie, as was the book.

A stark reminder about one of the worst things Mormonism leaves in its wake: otherwise good humans acting on religious conviction in horrific teachings.

[Moksha]

I would understand you better if we spoke the same language.

Request that the Russian hackers in St. Petersburg insert the movie Coneheads into drive G: so you can access it into your database. The movie is in English, so turn on the captions.

[Philo Sofee]

It would be hard to show respect and restraint when talking about grizzly murders, unless Dr. Peterson means having the Laffertys portrayed as other than Mormon. I suppose it is possible; the Coneheads passed themselves off as French. Using such a camouflage could disguise the true intent of both Provo and Remulac.

I would understand you better if we spoke the same language.

The clue is his handle.