Comments on: The Omega Man

By: Feeney

Feeney — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:36:56 +0000

The current craze is zombies, vampires and sex. What does this mean — that sex is unnatural, creepy, dangerous?

By: Truth Unites... and Divides

Truth Unites... and Divides — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:45:14 +0000

“An unthinking, undead creature”–if that means the same thing as nonthinking but nondead, I know many of these.

What? You know a lot of libs too?

;-)

By: Craig Payne

Craig Payne — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:12:43 +0000

“An unthinking, undead creature”–if that means the same thing as nonthinking but nondead, I know many of these.

By: Hunter Baker

Hunter Baker — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:11:36 +0000

Dblade, that is a terrific idea. I suspect that it has appeal because it is a license for violence. An unthinking, undead creature is the perfect target for savage violence.

By: Dblade

Dblade — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:26:33 +0000

What I’d really like is more of this: the secular world is almost obsessed at times with zombies and the zombie apocalypse. I’d love to see a First Things take on what that might mean.

By: Craig Payne

Craig Payne — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:43:29 +0000

Donsands, if I remember correctly, “The Omega Man” was the first mainstream Hollywood film to have a white and black kiss. Of all people, Whoopi Goldberg once mentioned Charlton Heston as one of her heroes, because of that scene.

By: Hunter Baker

Hunter Baker — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:55:35 +0000

Don, Soylent Green IS a terrific film. And Robinson is fabulous in it.

By: donsands

donsands — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:53:22 +0000

That’s a great flick. It was one of the first that had a white man [Charlton] and a black girl [?]together, wasn’t it?

Nice post. Thanks.

I remember Soylent Green had EG Robinson as a friend of Heston, I think. Great actor.

If he was a Christian he would probably preach the Gospel by saying:

“You dirty mug, you better get Jesus, see. Yea. You better get Jesus. see.”

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:34:19 +0000

Two additions: There is also a Vincent Price movie that is more similar to the Matheson book: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/

And an alternative ending to the Will Smith version which is similar and available on youtube.

Cheers,
Drew

By: Truth Unites... and Divides

Truth Unites... and Divides — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:03:41 +0000

“Odgie has it right: Hollywood doesn’t use that premise out of fear that the audience will react negatively to the idea that they’ve been cheering for the wrong guy the whole film.”

Ya mean like how the theological liberals will react negatively to the idea that they’ve been cheering for the wrong guy, Obama, the whole time?

By: Ethan C.

Ethan C. — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:21:52 +0000

Odgie has it right: Hollywood doesn’t use that premise out of fear that the audience will react negatively to the idea that they’ve been cheering for the wrong guy the whole film.

By: Truth Unites... and Divides

Truth Unites... and Divides — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:45:41 +0000

“. . . is that the man we have identified with as a hero throughout the book is finally captured. He listens to how they talk about him and suddenly realizes that, in their view, HE is the monster. His death will be like a kind of deliverance for them.”

Here’s a Hollywood twist:

Have Sarah Palin be the hero who’s captured by secular liberal zombies [Eg., FemLib fans of The View]. And she listens to how they talk about her and suddenly realizes that, in their view, SHE is the monster. Her death will be like a kind of deliverance for them.

By: Odgie

Odgie — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:16:23 +0000

“I wonder why Hollywood hasn’t gone that way with the story?”

Because nobody in Hollywood has the backbone – especially if they are going to cast a box-office draw like Will Smith.

By: Truth Unites... and Divides

Truth Unites... and Divides — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:15:31 +0000

The Omega Man was a pretty scary movie back in those times. Heck, I still get creeped out.

Just to be irenic and put out the peace pipe, I think secular liberals and theological liberals are the scary, mindless zombies that faithful Christians have to sacrifice themselves for in Great Commission work.