Re His taste, I probably shared this with Scott before. Probably the best joke on THE SECOND COMING (Vaughn Meader's oddball attempt at a comeback post-JFK's assassination by... doing a concept comedy album as Jesus, with Joe Silver as God) is that J.C. absolutely *hates* JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR.
Part of this was filmed in the church I was attending at the time. We had a Christmas tree in the narthex for a few weeks (at completely the wrong time of year. Ah, Hollywood).
"Meanwhile, as Arnold is protecting The Man, a frail old priest named Thomas Aquinas tries to mow him down." Poor Max von Sydow - he was never able to overcome that typecasting from Th Exorcist.
<<we all bought lots of bottled water, guns, and inflatable women>>
*looks at bottled inflatable guns*
*sigh*
I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
Did the power of Christ compel you to watch this one?
Look, he's a nice guy, and I think he's got some solid ideas, but Christ is NOT THE BOSS OF ME!
I'd also hope the guy would have better taste. :)
Re His taste, I probably shared this with Scott before. Probably the best joke on THE SECOND COMING (Vaughn Meader's oddball attempt at a comeback post-JFK's assassination by... doing a concept comedy album as Jesus, with Joe Silver as God) is that J.C. absolutely *hates* JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR.
What a wonderful concept.
Thank you! :)
Thank you for your writings on this underrated spiritual masterpiece.
This is the only film with the courage to show that the devil can make things explode with his pee!
Exactly! The truth will out! In this case, through the urethra.
Part of this was filmed in the church I was attending at the time. We had a Christmas tree in the narthex for a few weeks (at completely the wrong time of year. Ah, Hollywood).
Or even Alas, Hollywood.
Given how often there's a blistering heat wave around here during the holidays, our tree often feels weirdly unseasonal, even on Christmas Day.
<<the Devil becoming the Supreme Being and everybody on Earth going to hell>>
Also sprach Frederick Trump
"Meanwhile, as Arnold is protecting The Man, a frail old priest named Thomas Aquinas tries to mow him down." Poor Max von Sydow - he was never able to overcome that typecasting from Th Exorcist.
It all seems pretty reasonable to me. Didn’t we all celebrate Y2K like that?
December 31, 1999 was the last time I got genuinely drunk on a New Years Eve, so I can’t even say with certainty how I celebrated Y2K.
“Ahhhyuhhh…you are a choir boy compared to me!!!”
Thanks for the post on this Scott! I was in high school when this came out and actually have some nostalgia for it.
I’m holding out for an End of Days “Wicked” treatment where we get misunderstood Satan’s side with songs.
Hey, if Arnold can hit that F#5, then all sins are forgiven.
If he can’t Kevin Pollack will.