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#751726
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Religion
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The new BBC adaptation of 'Wolf Hall' is fantastic. Everybody needs to check it out if they like subtle and serious drama. Plus the natural candlelight photography reminds me of Kubrick's Barry Lyndon which is a good sign. But anyway why I'm posting this here...

The dramatisation of how the publication of William Tyndale's English translation of the Bible effects life is fascinating. One day The Bible is this mysterious thing that Priests read to you in an ancient dead language, only delivering the parts they want you to hear. And the next day you have a copy you can read, keep at home (Albeit in secret on pain of death) and interpret yourself. It's really electric drama.

A couple of points stood out for me, when a man says it's like being "Drunk on the word of God" and another where a man courageously stands up, visibly shaking and reads allowed from Genesis (I think it was) in English before his congregation (He is burned alive soon after).

Like I said, it's fascinating stuff.

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#751717
Topic
The Best Line in the Star Wars Films
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Probably when Lando says...

"We're on our way, Red group, Gold group, all fighters follow me. Ha ha ha, I told you they'd do it!"

...followed by an EPIC music sting and heroic FX shot :-)

It's all I can do to not jump up and down with excitement when he says that line, no matter how many viewings and years have since I first heard it.

Not the most original line (You could slot it into a WWII movie without trace, as you could with many SW lines) but it's the way Billy Dee Williams delivers it.

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#751659
Topic
The Philosophy Thread - Where Serious Questions "May" Be Discussed
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Others have uttered similar sentiments (I'm sure I've heard the eye-eating-insects argument before) but what made it special for me was the way Fry delivered it as if he was actually speaking directly to God at the pearly gates, and giving him a right telling off!

I was imagining God being ashamed and feeling duty bound to apologise to Stephen ;-)

I watched the whole interview streamed on RTE's website. Very interesting stuff, most of it not about God and quite a bit about Fry's bipolar disorder.

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#751093
Topic
The Philosophy Thread - Where Serious Questions "May" Be Discussed
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On Sunday, 2.5 of the greatest minutes ever were broadcast on Irish Televison...

Stephen Fry on God / The Meaning Of Life / RTÉ One

The slightly horrified looks on the interviewer's (Gay Byrne) face make it all the better.

To borrow the title from Oolon Colluphid's 4th book "Well, That About Wraps It Up For God" ;-)