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Christians can be a fandom, just like Veronica Mars. Surprised it took this long for something to be this successful.

DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
Does _March of the Penguins_ count?
throwaway894345 5y ago
The surprising thing is there hasn’t talk really been anything like this. Christian content is almost universally inauthentic for a variety of reasons.
EdwardDiego 5y ago
There is a terrible tendency in Christian TV / movies from the US I've seen to hire actors like Dean Cain, Kevin Sorbo and Kirk Cameron. I suspect it's because they're politically correct (In the original Leninist sense) for their target audience - or cheap, or both. And none of them are renowned for their acting chops.
- MontagFTB 5y ago
  The problem is the amount of liberties Christians will allow in the portrayal of Jesus. This show works around the problem by making it more about his disciples and immediate followers, and how their lives are impacted by him.
- tootie 5y ago
  I think most mainstream Hollywood studios are not interested in depicting extent religious mythology because it's bound to incur protests from someone or other. So it stays on the margins of the industry with only True Believers willing to tie their career prospects to material that's bound to be so polarizing and opinionated.
  - wolverine876 5y ago
    > I think most mainstream Hollywood studios are not interested in depicting extent religious mythology because it's bound to incur protests from someone or other. Why? Maybe it just doesn't sell. The fastest growing religious belief in the US is agnostic (or was as of a year or two ago).
    - hansjorg 5y ago
      Now it's QAnon.
      - ghostDancer 5y ago
        Which is pretty close to some christian extremists.
  - deleted 5y ago
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- elgenie 5y ago
  For most any value of creative "X", "Christian X" is going to be populated by those retreating into the niche because they're emphatically not good enough at "X" to achieve mainstream success, to the point that chasing a built-in but significantly smaller audience looks attractive.
  - cwalv 5y ago
    I think there are Christian artists who could make it in the mainstream, but who focus on Christian themes out of devotion/passion, in spite of the smaller audience.
    - EdwardDiego 5y ago
      I do have to give the actor who played the kid on 2.5 Men credit for walking away from acting and renouncing that role when he got back into religion. From my reading of the NT, there's a lot of walking away from worldly things by those who chose to follow Yeshua, so I do respect it when those to talk the talk actually walk the biblical walk.
      - paulryanrogers 5y ago
        > so I do respect it when those to talk the talk actually walk the biblical walk. Self sacrifice can be noble, though in my experience it can also become destructive. Biblical teachings--sometimes explicitly--proscribe things like putting unverifiable authorities above ones closest family and friends, poverty, never closely associating with non-believers, and faith without evidence.

Does _March of the Penguins_ count?

The surprising thing is there hasn’t talk really been anything like this. Christian content is almost universally inauthentic for a variety of reasons.

EdwardDiego 5y ago

There is a terrible tendency in Christian TV / movies from the US I've seen to hire actors like Dean Cain, Kevin Sorbo and Kirk Cameron. I suspect it's because they're politically correct (In the original Leninist sense) for their target audience - or cheap, or both. And none of them are renowned for their acting chops.

MontagFTB 5y ago
The problem is the amount of liberties Christians will allow in the portrayal of Jesus. This show works around the problem by making it more about his disciples and immediate followers, and how their lives are impacted by him.
tootie 5y ago
I think most mainstream Hollywood studios are not interested in depicting extent religious mythology because it's bound to incur protests from someone or other. So it stays on the margins of the industry with only True Believers willing to tie their career prospects to material that's bound to be so polarizing and opinionated.
- wolverine876 5y ago
  > I think most mainstream Hollywood studios are not interested in depicting extent religious mythology because it's bound to incur protests from someone or other. Why? Maybe it just doesn't sell. The fastest growing religious belief in the US is agnostic (or was as of a year or two ago).
  - hansjorg 5y ago
    Now it's QAnon.
    - ghostDancer 5y ago
      Which is pretty close to some christian extremists.
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elgenie 5y ago
For most any value of creative "X", "Christian X" is going to be populated by those retreating into the niche because they're emphatically not good enough at "X" to achieve mainstream success, to the point that chasing a built-in but significantly smaller audience looks attractive.
- cwalv 5y ago
  I think there are Christian artists who could make it in the mainstream, but who focus on Christian themes out of devotion/passion, in spite of the smaller audience.
  - EdwardDiego 5y ago
    I do have to give the actor who played the kid on 2.5 Men credit for walking away from acting and renouncing that role when he got back into religion. From my reading of the NT, there's a lot of walking away from worldly things by those who chose to follow Yeshua, so I do respect it when those to talk the talk actually walk the biblical walk.
    - paulryanrogers 5y ago
      > so I do respect it when those to talk the talk actually walk the biblical walk. Self sacrifice can be noble, though in my experience it can also become destructive. Biblical teachings--sometimes explicitly--proscribe things like putting unverifiable authorities above ones closest family and friends, poverty, never closely associating with non-believers, and faith without evidence.