New 'Ten Commandments' Makes Moses All Too Human

Zap2it ^ | April 10, 2006 | John Crook

[Barb4Bush]

Judging by the picture of Dougray Scott you're probably right.

[Miss Marple]

You beat me to it. Why would a Muslim be consulted, since this event took place before here was a Muslim religion!

I wonder if this ill be as accurate as the story of Noah that had PIRATES attacking the ark. I am not making this up.

[So Cal Rocket]

I saw a preview of this the other night... the "Parting of the Red Sea" scene looks EXACTLY like the one from DeMille's movie. With all the CG technology available today I wonder why they didn't render it using computers?

[Mr170IQ]

Personally, although C.B. DeMille's version was truly epic, I thought that the TNT story of Moses,

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0117086/

was a less overblown and more accurate telling.

[Future Snake Eater]

I had three different religious advisers, a Muslim, a Christian and a rabbi...

And all hell broke loose when they walked into a bar...

[BibChr]

Reportedly, they portray Moses as a lunatic.

Dan
Biblical Christianity BLOG
Pyromaniacs

[bondjamesbond]

"My characters are real. The location is real. There is as much reality costumewise, researchwise [as we could manage]. I had three different religious advisers, a Muslim, a Christian and a rabbi, going through every word of the script. I wanted to be more true to the story and its characters."

I hate to be nit-picky, but what is the Muslim (and the Christian, for that matter) doing there?

And why the generic descriptions (Muslim, Christians) for those two faiths, but a position title (Rabbi) for the other?

[Richard Kimball]

I think the Noah epic with Ted Danson, where Noah ends up in a sea battle with Lott as a pirate is probably the ultimate in screwing up a Biblical account.

[orionblamblam]

> Why would a Muslim be consulted, since this event took place before here was a Muslim religion!

Note: this alleged event also took place well before there was a *Christian* religion.

Muslims were consulted, I presume, because the Moses story shows up in the Koran.

> the story of Noah that had PIRATES attacking the ark.

Arrrr. Pirates of the paleozoic.

[Miss Marple]

Well, I won't be watching. Thanks for that link. It is obvious this is going to be another anti-religion piece from Hollywood.

[massgopguy]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the five Commandements that he dropped didn't say anything about Beer and Football.

[Miss Marple]

I am so glad someone else remembered the Pentateuch pirates besides me! Plus Ricihard Kimball is right...they made the pirates led by Lott!

Unintentional hilarity from CBS, that's for sure!

[wiltale]

"I think the Noah epic with Ted Danson, where Noah ends up in a sea battle with Lott as a pirate is probably the ultimate in screwing up a Biblical account."

I have never quite recovered from that fiasco. If I remember correctly it was shown over two nights. I went to bed the first night absolutely stunned. Never bothered to tune in the second night.

[CFC__VRWC]

...I thought Moses WAS human.

"Making him human" is usually Hollywood-speak for claiming he's a vegetarian, pot-smoking, openly homosexual, far-left "social activist."

[epluribus_2]

inner torment of his Moses

I suspect this movie was needed because of the inner torment the CBW/Hesten version gives to a lot of liberals...

[Bean Counter]

I read a review of this TV-Mini-Doc this morning, and by all accounts, this is another snorer.

Not to mantion the futility of trying to out-do Charlton Heston's Moses...

[durasell]

Well, he was a "social activist."

[Old Professer]

"Halmi's own interest in revisiting the story of the Exodus arose from his conviction that great stories need to be retold for new generations every 35 years or so."

I told you to paint the PORCH!!!

[epluribus_2]

lack of compromise

- I'm sure a bit of compromise with Pharoah instead of listening to THE LORD would have benefitted Israel, then and now greatly

[epluribus_2]

not to mention an anti-second ammendment activist.