Left Behind

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2003-06-09 09:40pm

Has anyone actually read any of the 'Left Behind' novels?
I had one, looked at the beginning, end, and then sold the book.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-06-09 09:42pm

Kitsune wrote:Has anyone actually read any of the 'Left Behind' novels?
I had one, looked at the beginning, end, and then sold the book.

I saw the movie at the video rental store, but I couldn't bring myself to spend three dollars to rent it, even for research. That's three dollars which could be spent on something with greater cultural value and better acting, like porn.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-06-09 09:45pm

Kitsune wrote:Has anyone actually read any of the 'Left Behind' novels?
I had one, looked at the beginning, end, and then sold the book.

I picked the first book up at Costco a few years ago, honestly thinking it was some sci-fi book. I read that back cover and thought it was something along the line of The Stand. I got in a few chapters before I realized I was reading something about religion and the end of times. I didnt bother to finish. You can tell that Im well versed on Christianity.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-06-09 09:45pm

There's a movie???

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-06-09 09:51pm

Shinova wrote:There's a movie???

A series of them, starring the has-been Kirk Cameron.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-09 09:54pm

I did a quick search on amazon .ca and it got some good review by dweebs who bought the movies.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-06-09 10:07pm

The books are alright, if you ignore most of the Christian propaganda stuff. There is a suprising amount of killing and violence in some of the later ones.

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2003-06-09 10:07pm

TrailerParkJawa wrote: I picked the first book up at Costco a few years ago, honestly thinking it was some sci-fi book. I read that back cover and thought it was something along the line of The Stand. I got in a few chapters before I realized I was reading something about religion and the end of times. I didnt bother to finish. You can tell that Im well versed on Christianity.

I was given the copy of the book (I think it was the Third book) from a person trying to convert me.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-06-09 10:08pm

I had 7 at one point. they get increasingly badly written, with the bad guy being more stupid then, say, a local chimpanzee, and the good guys happily quoting the bible as literally millions die by their god.

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » 2003-06-10 12:12am

Darth Wong wrote:
Kitsune wrote:Has anyone actually read any of the 'Left Behind' novels?
I had one, looked at the beginning, end, and then sold the book.
I saw the movie at the video rental store, but I couldn't bring myself to spend three dollars to rent it, even for research. That's three dollars which could be spent on something with greater cultural value and better acting, like porn.

Lucky you, I actually watched it and it was horrible!

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-06-10 12:57am

I read the first book and have seen the movie. The book was ok, nothing spectacular. The movie was a piece of crap though, it didn't even do the book justice, IMO.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-06-10 01:26am

As horrible as it is, and as repugnant I find burning books..My father sent me a copy, and I have a lighter...

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-06-10 01:36am

Alyrium Denryle wrote:As horrible as it is, and as repugnant I find burning books..My father sent me a copy, and I have a lighter...

Let your conscience rest easy, Aly. There are MILLIONS of copies out there, send yours on home.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-06-10 01:40am

My mother picked up a bunch of them to dissect.

God, I've never had a bigger laugh in my life. Think of a poorly done Tom Clancy imitation. Throw in Jerry Falwell as the main character, with his view of religion being the "one true" religion. And you get Left Behind.

The movie was ~100 minutes of my life that I really wish I had back. Even a lot of 1980s B-movies were better. It made a lot of people look like complete jackasses, including the military and computer experts. (I wonder how starved Toshiba was for cash if they allowed such blatant advertising in the movie?)

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-06-10 02:00am

At least the bookstores appropriately put the stupid "Left Behind" books in the fiction sections...

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-10 02:02am

Superman wrote:At least the bookstores appropriately put the stupid "Left Behind" books in the fiction sections...

Really? My local one put them in the religion and spirituality section. I think they're right next to the horoscope books.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-06-10 02:02am

Superman wrote:At least the bookstores appropriately put the stupid "Left Behind" books in the fiction sections...

If you wrote a book about a great praiseworthy leader coming to murder all of the Jews and usher in a wondrous Jew-free golden age for humanity, it would be classified as hate literature and would never see the inside of a reputable bookstore. But when you replace "Jews" with "heathens", it's OK

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-06-10 03:28am

I originally thought the books might be entertaining but I've always kind of liked "End of the World" type mythology, especially when it's someone's pulled straight fromt the ass interpretation of Revelations.

However, I happened to catch an interview with the authors. The actual writer isn't too bad but there is no way I am giving any money to the religious nut (Lehay?) who is the one behind the ideas in the book. That nut job really believes somethink like that is going to happen. He's basically a fundamentalist preacher and I'm not financing his shooting off his mouth in any way shape or form.

Anyway, people who liked The Stand should try Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-06-10 03:34am

Tsyroc wrote:The actual writer isn't too bad...

Do you mean as a fundamentalist or as a writer?

As a writer, he could use some lessons in reality. With modern military capabilities, the resistance/whatever would be smacked down faster than they could blink. Well, maybe not that fast, but there is no way they'd be able to pull all the stunts they pulled, even with men on the inside.

And I loved the "untraceable satellite phone" bullshit. If you're putting out enough power to reach a satellite, you can be tracked via simple triangulation...

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-06-10 05:12am

neoolong wrote:
Superman wrote:At least the bookstores appropriately put the stupid "Left Behind" books in the fiction sections...
Really? My local one put them in the religion and spirituality section. I think they're right next to the horoscope books.

Right. the fiction section.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-10 06:59am

innerbrat wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Superman wrote:At least the bookstores appropriately put the stupid "Left Behind" books in the fiction sections...
Really? My local one put them in the religion and spirituality section. I think they're right next to the horoscope books.
Right. the fiction section.

Horoscope books are fiction

damn i`ll never meet the hot looking alien chick it said i would.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-06-10 07:05am

The scariest part, to me, is that the Left Behind shit gets rented quite often from my video store. People also like the Megiddo Code shit, but not as much.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-10 07:07am

Robert Treder wrote:The scariest part, to me, is that the Left Behind shit gets rented quite often from my video store. People also like the Megiddo Code shit, but not as much.

Is it a christian video store?

God Emperor · Post by **God Emperor** » 2003-06-10 07:20am

Sadly read all the way up to book 8, but that was before I found this sight.

Admiral Johnason · Post by **Admiral Johnason** » 2003-06-10 09:29am

Does anyone here miss movies like The Omen? Now that was a good look at the end of the world.

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