tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post1327374592217532135..comments2024-02-16T14:01:23.523-05:00Comments on THE B-MOVIE CATECHISM: BMC MOVIE OF THE WEEK: THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIEEegahInchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-80418886438880223172010-05-31T16:00:20.922-04:002010-05-31T16:00:20.922-04:00Thank you, Father Erik, I'll take that as semi...Thank you, Father Erik, I'll take that as semi-official absolution :)<br /><br />As for the Lewis books, I'm starting to think the audiobook route may be the way to go on those. I get precious little hands-on reading time, so I usually save that for Church stuff and dime store novels.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-61797278959642381392010-05-31T14:43:18.955-04:002010-05-31T14:43:18.955-04:00I'm ashamed to admit that I picked up Lewis...<i>I'm ashamed to admit that I picked up Lewis' entire trilogy about two years ago and it's still on the (quite full) 'to read' shelf. I'll have to make them part of my Summer reading.</i><br /><br />You could start with THS and not really miss anything. I never cared for the first one and can't really gin up the interest in the second.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-83327019259337122292010-05-31T11:48:48.777-04:002010-05-31T11:48:48.777-04:00Don't be ashamed Eeg, this one scared me as a ...Don't be ashamed Eeg, this one scared me as a kid too. But "The Frozen Dead"(1967) was even better. (Adding Nazis always raises the creep factor.)Fr. Erik Richtsteighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16585104084132192522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-84695605120942705382010-05-30T09:30:41.364-04:002010-05-30T09:30:41.364-04:00I'm ashamed to admit that I picked up Lewis...I'm ashamed to admit that I picked up Lewis' entire trilogy about two years ago and it's still on the (quite full) 'to read' shelf. I'll have to make them part of my Summer reading.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-62676591628510162492010-05-28T22:10:34.415-04:002010-05-28T22:10:34.415-04:00Well, yeah, if we all lived out our faith we would...Well, yeah, if we all lived out our faith we wouldn't have that whole butthead issue, would we?<br /><br />I should say something cerebral here about decapitated heads & evil in C.S. Lewis' "That Hideous Strength"--ever read it? (I know some good men who've just never been able to get past the first 40 pages.) But a discussion of angry talking heads in a Catholic context just wouldn't be complete without it.<br /><br />Xena CatolicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-28190736532846649522010-05-28T15:08:26.336-04:002010-05-28T15:08:26.336-04:00Oh, hey, don't get me started. I attended a sc...Oh, hey, don't get me started. I attended a school run by the Free Will Baptists for two years and you wouldn't believe the number of people they KNEW were going to Hell, including me just because I was joining the Catholic Church. <br /><br />But I'm pretty sure that's not the route the Pope will take. I would guess the emphasis will first and foremost be on getting the faithful to actually live out their beliefs in their daily lives (once somebody teaches them what those beliefs actually are), and after that not being afraid to discuss those beliefs when someone asks why we're so darn happy :)EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-46820633429635740532010-05-28T13:56:27.685-04:002010-05-28T13:56:27.685-04:00"Religion's like your bellybutton: nobody..."Religion's like your bellybutton: nobody's business but your own."<br /><br />That great quote's from my Catholic father, and pretty much captures the attitude.<br /><br />I'm all for the New Evangelization, and I hope the Pope gets some smart people on his commission (a few extra heads okay with me). It makes me a little nervous, 'though, because so many earnest folks seem to confuse apologetics with evangelization. Archbishop Dolan makes the point well in his "Priests for the third Millennium" that an attractive personality is absolutely essential in a person who represents the faith. If Dolan's right, successful evangelization is going to depend on a lot of Catholics who not only know the faith and present it in an inviting way, but also aren't...(searching for suitable word) buttheads. <br /><br />Xena CatolicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-28053475326620628642010-05-27T22:25:33.144-04:002010-05-27T22:25:33.144-04:00Well, it would have been a different review. But ...Well, it would have been a different review. But keep working at the "500 words or less." It'll really help if you ever do become a deacon, since the perceived quality of one's homily is, in general, inversely proportional to its length. Possibly even to the square of its length. In fact, I think, this relationship could be described with a chi-squared curve, with a peak somewhere around the 4-minute mark. But now I'm digressing... back to my dungeon to rattle some hinges! :)Smiter the Archdeaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07741750392014519967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-57038427225603838412010-05-27T21:38:18.847-04:002010-05-27T21:38:18.847-04:00Not in 500 words or less, I'm not. You know, I...Not in 500 words or less, I'm not. You know, I'm not sure this weekly exercise in brevity is working out. I'm learning my talent may lie in being long winded.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-31762200336449539452010-05-27T21:16:45.780-04:002010-05-27T21:16:45.780-04:00"The Man with Two Brains" was another re..."The Man with Two Brains" was another remake. Less of a B movie than a C one, actually, although the "cranial screw-top" surgery technique is rather fetching. Eegah, I thought you were going for an anchorite metaphor of redemption with the thing under the stairs.Smiter the Archdeaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07741750392014519967noreply@blogger.com