Posted by flicman at 206.215.245.33 on August 24, 2000 at 17:33:23:
In Reply to: Yo D. Stratford -- about "Dogma" & "Blair Witch" posted by Isis on August 24, 2000 at 14:55:37:
: First of all, karma is generally spelled...
Isis, c'mon, you're above spelling issues, right? Maybe that's just annoyance coming through.
:-- a witch -- who has either committed murders itself or possessed humans to do it, is being hunted by these amateur journalists.
Hunted is a strong word. they go looking for her like one would go looking for a hermit who's reputed to live in a shack by the river. They're curious, and I'm sure you don't want to take that away from them.
:that's all shot to shit. The Book of Shadows is a concept only used
The Book of Shadows sounds like a video game. I have a hard time believing that there is a serious religion that calls its book one of shadows. but t'ain't ny bidness. And just cause paans can't complain as loud as christians doesn't make them the more injured. there are plenty of movies that have islamic murderers and they have people against them, too. The press coverage for the anti-True Lies demonstrations was smaller than the press coverage for the anti-Dogma demonstration, but that didn't mean that the protesting Muslims were more wronged on a fundamental level just because fewer people heard their cries. I'm taking issue with that as an argument.
:But don't throw real Craft concepts into it.
Why not? Maybe in this case all press is good press. I mean, if there are bits of reality in the film, some people might see the movie and say 'wow, that seemed interesting to me in some way i can't describe, i think i should look into that further.' Putting the bits of reality into the film will make it easier for those people to find something worthwhile to follow up on.
: And after all this shit, you know I'm going to have to watch the flick.
I think that's a good idea.
did you read Kevin's last post where he said that Jay and Bob are in the process of trying to score dope from the local NJ branch of the Coven when the gang from the club scene in Dogma comes out of the bushes and kills all the witches cause they think they're a menace? Just wondering.
...flicman
who is fucking amazed that he just sorta defended the BWP, as much as he thought it was kinda lame and uninteresting. hmm.