Comments on: Who knew blasphemy could be so dull? http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/05/who-knew-blasphemy-could-be-so-dull/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rain http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/05/who-knew-blasphemy-could-be-so-dull/#comment-604 Rain Sat, 27 May 2006 00:40:13 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/05/who-knew-blasphemy-could-be-so-dull/#comment-604 Or you could just find the "60 Minutes" segment that debunks the whole nonsense, and only waste about 15 more minutes of your life. Or you could just find the “60 Minutes” segment that debunks the whole nonsense, and only waste about 15 more minutes of your life.

]]> By: DRP http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/05/who-knew-blasphemy-could-be-so-dull/#comment-603 DRP Sat, 27 May 2006 00:36:59 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/05/who-knew-blasphemy-could-be-so-dull/#comment-603 I agree with all your points, even the burrito. My main complaint is that for a movie with the title The *Davinci* Code, they spent about a total of two mintues or less on Davinci, and the code. Months ago, there was a history channel show about all this which was rivetting in comparison. If you can find that, it's at least a decent watch. I agree with all your points, even the burrito.

My main complaint is that for a movie with the title The *Davinci* Code, they spent about a total of two mintues or less on Davinci, and the code.

Months ago, there was a history channel show about all this which was rivetting in comparison. If you can find that, it’s at least a decent watch.

]]> By: Mac http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/05/who-knew-blasphemy-could-be-so-dull/#comment-602 Mac Fri, 26 May 2006 16:14:01 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/05/who-knew-blasphemy-could-be-so-dull/#comment-602 I was thinking about what you said about the female lead being retarded, and it struck me what the central flaw to the whole story is: the main character is basically a Mary Sue. There's no reason for him to be in the story at all: it would have worked just fine with Sophie running around, avoiding psychotic Catholics and divining ancient secrets from her grandfather's viscera. But there's this dude, with no connection to any of the stuff that's happening, with no background to connect him to it, who's stuffed into the middle of the action for no reason and who's better at everything than the people who would, ostensibly, be the experts at it. He and Sophie never even hook up, so you can't argue that he's there for the romantic subplot. He's totally useless; everything he does should have been done by another character, and it would have gone a long way in making the whole thing less stupid. I was thinking about what you said about the female lead being retarded, and it struck me what the central flaw to the whole story is: the main character is basically a Mary Sue. There’s no reason for him to be in the story at all: it would have worked just fine with Sophie running around, avoiding psychotic Catholics and divining ancient secrets from her grandfather’s viscera. But there’s this dude, with no connection to any of the stuff that’s happening, with no background to connect him to it, who’s stuffed into the middle of the action for no reason and who’s better at everything than the people who would, ostensibly, be the experts at it. He and Sophie never even hook up, so you can’t argue that he’s there for the romantic subplot. He’s totally useless; everything he does should have been done by another character, and it would have gone a long way in making the whole thing less stupid.

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