Hollywood Submits to Islam

Reuters YNet News via The Last Crusade Blog ^ | November 2, 2009 | Reuters on YNet News

[Psion]

Prophet Mohammad the new Darth Vader?

An epic film about Islam's Prophet Mohammad backed by the producer of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Matrix" is being planned with the aim of "bridging cultures."

Filming of the $150-million English-language movie is set to start in 2011 with American Barrie Osborne as its producer, Qatari media company Alnoor Holdings said on Sunday.

[texson66]

I learned all I needed to know about “islam” on 11 Sept 2001. No thank you!

[Tallguy]

I wonder if the Muhammed-inspired conquests of his neighbors will come in for the kind of self-criticism usually reserved for western imperialists? Hey, I can dream can’t I?

[a fool in paradise]

If we are going to “bridge” the cultures, then those living under theocratic Islamic rule should be more OPEN to seeing other religious perspectives.

My country has a legal system that doesn’t consider followers of one theology to be better than another, tax those who are not of the “correct” faith, and do not seek harsher penalties against those who do not subscribe to “the” faith of state.

Out of the world’s 1 billion muslims, how many of them even had a choice?

[SolidWood]

Ummmh... hardly new. Guess a remake of Anthony Quinns "Message".

[VairyAngel]

Guess they’ll edit out the fact that he was a child molester. This stinks so bad..

[wiggen]

they expect people to pay 10 bucks a ticket for “educational” material? seriously,how much of the funding is coming from the stimulus package?
What sort of rating can a movie with a man marrying and bedding a child get?
Lastly,no matter how you film it,you’re going to piss off a whole bunch of muslims.

[LibLieSlayer]

No way... islam is a the worship of satan and his minions... these hollyweird pukes are now on the “list”.

LLS

[50sDad]

Prophet will not be depicted in film, in accordance with Islamic rules. "Waiting for Mohammed" by Samuel Beckett

[YankeeReb]

Let's see we won't get to see Mohammad, what will he be like the eye of Sauron? They won't go into the fact that he married a 9 year old. Will they explain that Christians and Jews were made 2nd class citizens, forced to pay a tax, were not allowed to build new houses of worship and all the other humiliations they were forced to endure. Followers of "pagan" religions like Hindus of Buddhists fared much worse if they didn't begin worshipping the moon god. Will they go into that? I'm sure they'll touch on the crusades.

I can see this will be a real balanced view of the religion-o-peace

[Hegemony Cricket]

"...epic production aimed at bridging cultures."

Now there's a bridge to absolutely nowhere...

[50sDad]

Prophet will not be depicted in film, in accordance with Islamic rules. "Waiting for Mohammed" by Samuel Beckett

[Psion]

“Waiting for Mohammed” by Samuel Beckett

OMG!

[buwaya]

Part of the problem with the “child molester” angle is that back in those days, in that place, this was probably normal behavior. It has been pretty common in many times and places. It was definitely so in India, for instance, not long ago.

We can use modern standards to complain about the morals of historical figures, but thats pretty pointless. For the most part they behaved, personally, as their contemporaries expected them to.

The real issue here isn’t what Mohammed himself did. The real problem is the Muslim doctrine of the Sunnah, which is the perfection of the customs and social mores of Arabian society of the 7th century AD. That has been pernicious, destructive to Islamic societies, and probably has been the root of most of the modern worlds problems with Islam.

[uncitizen]

good luck selling tickets to that one.

But i do have a prediction: that this movie will be up for Oscar and Golden Globe awards.

[edcoil]

“Pedophile Prophet”

Just a guess this won’t be included.

[Constitution Day]

LOL!

[Sir Gawain]

The film - in which pedophilia would not be depicted

Roman Polanski just got a refund on his ticket.

[SkyDancer]

There are Koran’s from the Middle Ages that have visual depictions of that child molester Mohammad - so what’s the change now? Will his 9yo child bride be depicted?

[Psion]

Old Mo’ got it on with dead women and men also.

I guess that won’t be in the Director’s Cut?