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To begin with I haven't seen this film yet, but apparently a
whole lot of other people haven't seen this film yet, either.
I've been reading the favorable reviews on the blogs, though
there's no need to read Atheists' reviews of the film, since
everybody already knows what Atheists think, that 'EXPELLED'
is "nothing but garbage for brain-dead morons". Some reviews
are mixed, even among ID-proponents (most of whom are Chrino-
Atheists, closet-Atheists, Christians-in-name-onlyests, etc.)
No matter what they think, it appears that 'EXPELLED' bombed.
Earning barely 3 million in its premiere box office receipts
(for the weekend of April 18-20; ref. http://boxoffice.com/),
it pales by comparison to Mel Gibson's 2004 hit 'The Passion
of the Christ', which made $150 million in its first week of
release, and grossed $370 million nationwide, with over $600
million worldwide, or to Disney's 'The Chronicles of Narnia'
series which thus far has grossed almost three-quarters of a
billion dollars, with its second film at theatres next month,
and the third due out in 2010, or 'The Polar Express', which
grossed over 300 million worldwide--all films marketed by LA-
based "Motive Entertainment". These guys are very big league.
So what gives with 'EXPELLED'? Not for want of promotion, or
want of controversy, or want of discussion on the blogs, but
perhaps for want of something else: paying audiences who are
interested in the well-promoted controversial subject matter.
Granted, the collapsing economy, falling dollar, and rapidly
skyrocketing oil prices could be partially to blame, but not
quite enough to account for such an abysmal Expelled opening.
And some could add the Pope's in town, plus the Pennsylvania
primary, and BU$H's imminent expansion of the "war on terror"
into Iran, and probably the entire Middle East, and Far East.
Pandemic third-world famine, skyrocketing costs for luxuries
like food, with myriads of other inconveniences plaguing the
sinful world. Even if the imminent end of the Empire were to
account for half of the audiences staying away from Expelled,
the other half steered clear because they're apathetic. They
simply do not care, or if they do, they're holding out for a
DVD release, or they'll just wait for HBO etc. to pick it up.
The other possibility is that the parallels between Jews and
ID-proponents in Nazi Germany hit a little too close to home.
After all, how many parents tell their children that this is
Hell? Not too many, because most parents are oblivious, like
the 1999 blockbuster science-fiction action film 'The Matrix'
so apocalyptically elucidated. Few want to take the red pill
and wake up in Hell. They'd rather take the blue pill and go
on believing whatever they want to believe. So let's pretend.
Imagine donning your yarmulke, torah in hand, Berlin c. 1933.
You've got a great idea. You want to teach brownshirts, from
the Genesis creation account, alongside a copy of Mein Kamph,
all the virtues of Hebrew scholarship with Hitler's portrait
and the glorious Nazi flag adorning the classroom wall--okay?
It's only fair after all. The Chamber of Culture, Department
of Film, Goebbels himself suggests producing a film about it.
We'll call it 'EXPELLED: No Jews Allowed'. It's a box office
blockbuster, and all proceeds help to fund the war on terror.
That's the nice-guy approach. Atheists are "nice little men"
who can be reasoned with, bargained with and negotiated with.
Compromise worked wonders for Jews in Nazi Germany, so it'll
have the same outcome for Theists in Atheist America c. 2008.
Remember, the Nazis never mocked the Jews then, and Atheists
never mock the Theists now. They won't mock our movie either.
But here in the real world, which is Hell for the living and
Hell for the dead, any mention of God, or Gods, "Intelligent
Designer", in the Atheists' classrooms is strictly forbidden.
Until the SCOTUS overturns the draconian 1947 decision which
**ESTABLISHED** Atheism as America's official State religion
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everson_v._Board_of_Education],
they'll never tolerate non-Atheist views in their classrooms
or courtrooms. The only way it will happen is through global
Armageddon completely shutting down their Matrix of illusion,
requiring intercontinental nuclear and biological warfare to
the four corners of the earth. That's how this change occurs.
If the producers of 'EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed' want
to negotiate with those "nice little men" in Washington, D.C,
all I can say is good luck. I believe war is the only proven
method for bargaining with Atheists. At least Theist parents
warn their children to never salute, or pledge allegiance to
America's Atheist flag, and never stand for or sing with the
Atheist national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner". That is
the least you can do. And who knows, 'EXPELLED' could become
something of a cult classic? I never saw 'The Matrix' at the
theatre, but on DVD, and a couple of times on HBO, and later
on AMC, and other cable television networks. Maybe 'EXPELLED'
could turn into a Ben Stein hosted gameshow on GSN? Could do
better in the long-run, but time is running out, seeing that
Friday, December 21st 2012, is *1704* days away and counting...
Armageddon Cometh,
Daniel Joseph Min
http://www.angelfire.com/moon2/danieljosephmin/
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