Date: 2009-04-28 09:25 pm (UTC)
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The best example of how damaging religious zealots can be is Frank Darabont's kick arse version of "The Mist". As things get to the sharp end of the deal, the biggest threat isn't the monsters from another universe, it's a Xian nutter played brilliantly by Marcia Gay Harden.

The 1953 War of the Worlds sends a mixed message, though. A priest holding up a bible gets vapourised by the Martians but the sanctimonious voice-over at the end by Cedric Hardwicke basically states that ghod saves the Earth. (Yeah, but the bastard also sent the Martians!)

For all its' sins, The Core (2003) - one of my guilty skiffy pleasures - goes back to the scientist as righteous problem solving hero trope. No ghod anywhere, just a bunch of people diving into the centre of the Earth to kick start the non-rotating core with a string of nukes.


Maybe we need t-shirts that say "Name A Disease That Religion Cured".
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