Killing Jesus.....

Giving this a body swerve.

Would rather see what Dame Isabel Piczek has to say about the Turin shroud.

99% of Bible-themed films are complete garbage. The Mel Gibson one was kinda interesting, though possibly working to some strange Jesuit template...so that just leaves...Pasolini's Gospel According to Matthew film...

Been trying to watch Moses the Lawgiver starring Burt Lancaster but it's really poor too.

Two off-putting things about the Pasolini film are that the guy who plays Jesus is a ringer for Seve Ballesteros...and they should've done something about the monobrow...

This adaptation at least didn't have blue eyed blondes in the lead roles. Although 'Frasier' playing Herod and an arab playing Heysoos, was strange. 

A cheaply made load of tosh..

Was it a BBC programme?

If so, how many of these were in it?

blacks
asians
poofs
lesbians
disabled people
short people
ginger people
unemployed people
unemployable people
grade A students
aspiring footballers

Spotted the odd leper and dwarf. And Judas looked a bit tasty when he kicked a pebble..

Wasn't the Beeb, some Yank cable crap..

King Of Kings was a great movie with Jeffrey Hunter in the lead role. The Robe with Victor Mature was brilliant too. Lots of great biblical themed films.

The Ma was in love with Jeffrey Hunter, and told me she cried for a week when he died.. It was her fault i watched The Searchers 49455358383668 times as a child.. And thus got me hooked on westerns..

Oh and a silly piece of trivia ye may not know... He was the first Cap'n Kirk - Pike, in Star Trek..

Did enjoy  Franco Zeffirelli 's  Jesus Of Nazareth mini series on BBC in 1977

The best thing Robert Powell ever did..

Well besides back-skuttling Babs from Pans People. that is..

Jesus of Nazareth was brilliant. I watch it by tradition every Easter.

Yes, I did know JH was Capt Pike in Star Trek but I didn`t know about RP and Babs!

Robert Powell as the young jaysus, pale skin and blue eyes.

Amazing scenes.

None of them beat The Snowman.

spellingandgrammarchecker     31 Mar 15 09:50 
Robert Powell as the young jaysus, pale skin and blue eyes.

Amazing scenes.



We know. It doesn't matter. Hth.

Did John Wayne make an appearance?

True Grit

Missed it ... how did it end?  Tears I suppose.

And can anybody tell me the answer to this ...

if Jesus was born on 25 Dec (and it's always that date), how come he died on a moveable date - anytime between mid March to mid April.

Bit like the FA cup final is now, I suppose.

But doesn't make sense (Jesus date, not cup final).

One more episode to come this Sunday...


*** SPOILER ALERT*** it all ends badly...

if Jesus was born on 25 Dec (and it's always that date), how come he died on a moveable date - anytime between mid March to mid April.

I think the dates were conflated with existing Pagan festivals and the Spring one was tied to the phases of the moon which are not fixed dates in the Gregorian Calendar.
The execution of Jesus would have been well documented as the Romans kept excellent trial records, however in this case they have mysteriously disappeared. Many of the accounts were written well after the event and as can be ascertained from St Paul's letter to the Galatians, there were different Christian groups involved in power struggles at the time. The Roman historian Josephus gives a similar account to the Bible but I freely admit to not being expert in these matters and maybe a biblical scholar like Velasquez may be able to enlighten us some more.

you don't believe any of this carp do you?

Of course not, but many do.

mememe    31 Mar 15 14:29 
if Jesus was born on 25 Dec (and it's always that date), how come he died on a moveable date - anytime between mid March to mid April.

Paganism.