Posted on 11/03/2009 8:27:14 AM PST by Psion
2012: Politically Correct Apocalypse
Statue of Christ the Redeemer Crumbles
The Kabaa Remains Intact
In Roland Emmerich’s latest film, you will see the destruction of St. Peter’s Cathedral, the Vatican, Notre Dame, and Westminster Abby.
You’ll also see the collapse of the White House, the Capitol, Big Ben, and the House of Representatives.
But 2012,the new film which purports the show the end of world, does not contain any scenes of Saudis being swallowed up by desert storms or Dubai being sucked into a sea of oil.
Yes, all the great structures of Western civiliation and Christianity will be swept away but the monuments of Islam will remain.
The filmmakers admit that they were afraid to depict the destruction of Mecca and the Kaaba for fear of Islamic retaliation.
Emmerich, who is well known for decimating famed landmarks in his The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day, said that that he had no qualms about destruction of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro because he is "against organised religion."
But remained fearful of depicting anything that must offend the religious sensibilities of Muslims.
The 53-year-old Emmerich admitted that the original screenplay called for a sequence in which the Kaaba disintegrates to dust but realized that such a scene could result in the end of his professional career, if not his demise.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelastcrusade.org ...
Cowards.
At least he is honest. Better than giving some phony pc cover. Muslims don’t respect free speech.
My grandmother was against going to movies because they were “immoral and represented poor values and she didn’t want to help send money to people that made their living from that lifestyle”...Now I find I am in COMPLETE agreement with her!
I was going to go see that too — and I never go to the movies. It looked like a good disaster movie on the commercial. Oh well.
Cowardly or not....it is a sad commentary on the power of Islam to intimidate western culture. No one wants to risk the ire or in any way offending the Muslims.
British school children are not taught about the holocaust because it will offend Muslim students since they don’t believe it happened.
They are diminishing us even without terrorist attacks.
alternate explanation:
the movie is about the end of CIVILIZATION... so the muzzies are not effected.
Another movie not to watch.
Dang maybe we really need to start throwing bombs and beheading people if we want some respect.
i ha d been looking foward to seeing it. not anymore.
Here is another fine product from our friends in Hollywood:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376775/posts
Here is another fine product from our friends in Hollywood:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376775/posts
OK, silly question, and maybe we need to wait for the movie to come out ...
Does the movie show these places and their monuments surviving - is the visual image that Mecca stands amidst the ruins?
Or do they simply choose not to actively show them being destroyed?
There is a huge difference. The movie cannot possibly depict every single religious place of consequence on the earth being destroyed. If they choose to visualize some and not others with the implication being that everything is gone then I think this is a big to-do about nothing. If they show Mecca standing when all else falls then we have some legitimate concerns.
You didn’t read the article.
“The 53-year-old Emmerich admitted that the original screenplay called for a sequence in which the Kaaba disintegrates to dust but realized that such a scene could result in the end of his professional career, if not his demise.”
What a hypocritical chickensh*t.
“What a hypocritical chickensh*t.”
Yep!
Is this bad that Hollywood might open some eyes?
In the previews I did see the dome of St Peter’s crashing to the ground. I thought I noticed a hugh group of people at the Dome of the Rock, but I could have been mistaken.
I did read he article - but I still contend there is a huge difference between not showing something being destroyed and showing something standing when all else is destroyed.
Seriously - this is what you people have to get upset about?
This is NOT in fact a Christian nation, and it is pure folly to expect society at large to respect and defend the Truth. Hollywood will never, as a whole, accept, defend, or promote the Truth. Why do people allow themselves to get upset when a secular entity acts ... secular?
Cowards.
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