[BlueNgold]

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.

[Psion]

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.”

[sportutegrl]

Maybe they didn’t think the destruction of Mecca was a big deal. Kinda like when a tornado hits a mobile home and does $10 worth of damage.

[The Louiswu]

"The movie cannot possibly depict every single religious place of consequence on the earth being destroyed"

The trailers I have seen show the Vatican being destroyed and a large gathering of people being killed...so why can't they show mucca being done?

Hollyweird it pure crap.

[Double Tap]

If they had not gotten comments from the producer then you might have a point, but they did in fact get his comments on why he did show Christian monuments being destroyed and why he didn’t show Muslim monuments being destroyed.

He is a coward and a PC one at that.

Reason enough not to give him any of my money.