The Left Behind Series
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- 8 de Oct, 2019
It's very, very bad. That being said, I found it extremely amusing that the author, being a hardcore fundie schizo, can't bring himself to give Jesus dialogue that isn't direct quotes of Himself from the Gospels, so all of the dialogue of people speaking to Jesus has to be in this super weird format where Jesus never has to say anything that He hasn't already reportedly said in the Bible.
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- 30 de Sep, 2018
I read them back in late elementary school like 17 or so years ago. They were really fucking weird and this is coming from someone who grew up protestant.
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- 27 de Jul, 2022
One thing that surprised me, until I read the military and political spin-offs, is how there was barely any exorcist level stuff like actual hauntings despite the literal end of the fucking world happening for seven years. Your telling me that actual demons wouldn't take the opportunity to physically and mentally trick and torment the absolute Hell out of people during that time?
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- 4 de Jun, 2015
This was the Nic cage movie where they had to land the plane safely without a trained pilot that WASN'T con air. That's how I remember this series aside from the countless parodies of it.
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- 30 de Jul, 2024
Well I like the concept, but the books were written terribly
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- 27 de Jul, 2022
Agreed, strange under usage of angels and demons among other paranormal phenomena during the literal biblical end of times was weird.
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- 30 de Jul, 2024
well, the bible doesnt really outline such things, but i just meant the dialogue and shit was ass
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- 1 de Jul, 2017
They're pretty much just Christian airport novels which you don't go into expecting high quality from. That said, they're an absolute cultural landmark you'll never hear the secular media referring to. Fucking EVERYONE in the Evangelical community had read at least the first book back in the 90s and 00s, and anyone who hadn't read the version aimed at kids. My family read these books, all their friends involved with a church did, they'd talk about it and say how it brings the Book of Revelation to life and how creepy it gets, that sort of stuff.
I'd almost compare it to the Harry Potter phenomenon of that era, except obviously a lot people into Left Behind thought Harry Potter was demonic. The Rapture doctrine as portrayed in Left Behind is 150 years old, but a lot of people who believe in it ended up thinking it would happen like in the books. They'd get raptured and get front row seats from Heaven to watch some Eastern European weirdo (or the Pope/US president/Bill Gates) who is secretly the Antichrist using the UN to take over the world via WW3 while all the shit from Revelation happens. Lots of obligatory Israel worship and Zionism of course. You also had stories of people who'd warn people about flying on a plane since they got afraid the pilots would both get raptured (or the myth they don't let two Christian pilots fly together so that doesn't happen). Or what happened when I was a kid where a kid down the road who went to the same church and school as me knocked on the door one day and was afraid the rapture had happened because his parents weren't home and forgot to leave a note. It's a hugely influential book on that culture, and anyone interested should definitely read it.
I only read the first two books when I was like 10-11. They're really silly at times, like the Antichrist guy isn't ever portrayed as eloquent or Hitler-esque, he just had magical ability to make mundane speeches and dialogue warp your mind unless you pray to God first. I didn't get much past the nuclear war in book 3, it just wasn't very entertaining at that point. I think it was so big for the same reason all the big Christian rock bands in the 90s were--it was an adequate copy of secular media with slick style that affirmed the beliefs of its audience, and was done better than other Christian knockoffs of secular media.
I only ever saw the first movie. I think it had Kirk Cameron in it since he's in every Christian movie. It was kinda dumb, but it's absolute god-tier compared to some of other rapture movies out there I remember seeing when I was a lot younger since it actually had a budget. Never saw the Nicholas Cage version, I heard that one was controversial because it doesn't follow the book, doesn't have enough Bible stuff in it, and has Nicholas Cage in it instead of a good Christian star like Kirk Cameron.
I'd almost compare it to the Harry Potter phenomenon of that era, except obviously a lot people into Left Behind thought Harry Potter was demonic. The Rapture doctrine as portrayed in Left Behind is 150 years old, but a lot of people who believe in it ended up thinking it would happen like in the books. They'd get raptured and get front row seats from Heaven to watch some Eastern European weirdo (or the Pope/US president/Bill Gates) who is secretly the Antichrist using the UN to take over the world via WW3 while all the shit from Revelation happens. Lots of obligatory Israel worship and Zionism of course. You also had stories of people who'd warn people about flying on a plane since they got afraid the pilots would both get raptured (or the myth they don't let two Christian pilots fly together so that doesn't happen). Or what happened when I was a kid where a kid down the road who went to the same church and school as me knocked on the door one day and was afraid the rapture had happened because his parents weren't home and forgot to leave a note. It's a hugely influential book on that culture, and anyone interested should definitely read it.
I only read the first two books when I was like 10-11. They're really silly at times, like the Antichrist guy isn't ever portrayed as eloquent or Hitler-esque, he just had magical ability to make mundane speeches and dialogue warp your mind unless you pray to God first. I didn't get much past the nuclear war in book 3, it just wasn't very entertaining at that point. I think it was so big for the same reason all the big Christian rock bands in the 90s were--it was an adequate copy of secular media with slick style that affirmed the beliefs of its audience, and was done better than other Christian knockoffs of secular media.
I only ever saw the first movie. I think it had Kirk Cameron in it since he's in every Christian movie. It was kinda dumb, but it's absolute god-tier compared to some of other rapture movies out there I remember seeing when I was a lot younger since it actually had a budget. Never saw the Nicholas Cage version, I heard that one was controversial because it doesn't follow the book, doesn't have enough Bible stuff in it, and has Nicholas Cage in it instead of a good Christian star like Kirk Cameron.
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- 12 de Ene, 2017
This really should be a whole discussion on its own, honestly, I think it's a fascinating little niche.
Haven't read any of the Left Behind books, but back in high school I did read an LDS take on the end times (I believe there's a famous series just like Left Behind, I just never read it). The name legit escapes me, however, especially since it's apparently a trilogy in that you follow the lineage of like a family or two (one of the women descends from an Irish woman who lived a tragic life in being married to a jackass to the point she's apparently promised to one day get a second chance) from the 1800s to the literal Second Coming, the latter which is split into two books and it contains a second American Civil War, unless it's WWIII with the Chinese on American soil. I've been going through my storage lately, so I'm sure to find the books soon. It's probably not as exciting as it sounds should I do a re-read, sadly, though I know it did somewhat influence how I write romance.
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- 30 de Jul, 2024
Prince of Egypt is amazing but veggietales is absolute trash
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- 15 de Jul, 2019
Great idea, badly written.
Not surprising, it was written by a Protestant and hating good art is in their DNA. I'd like to read a Catholic or Orthodox take on it, with angels and crusader knights and shit.
Arslan did a better job of portraying the disorientation of a world conquered by evil, and it wasn't even about the rapture.
Not surprising, it was written by a Protestant and hating good art is in their DNA. I'd like to read a Catholic or Orthodox take on it, with angels and crusader knights and shit.
Arslan did a better job of portraying the disorientation of a world conquered by evil, and it wasn't even about the rapture.
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- 24 de Jun, 2019
What's "Arslan"? Not the lion from the Narnia series spelled wrong?
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- 15 de Jul, 2019
Arslan by mj engh. Pretty short, pretty fucked up. Kind of 80s shock sci-fi I guess but it was good enough to be included in the sci FI masterworks imprint by gollancz. I collected a bunch of them.
Not sure why it was on that imprint, there weren't any real sci-fi elements but I guess it pointed the way to a lot of dystopian near future grim dark that would emerge in the 00s. It broke with the usual mold at the time of setting things far enough in the future that there was tech, societal, physiology changes and instead placing it in contemporary society
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- 12 de Ene, 2017
Alright, I found the books I mentioned, and I was wrong about it being China attacking the U.S. It was of course the Soviet Union after nuking us because the book was published in the '80s, and they had succeeded in capturing cities in their conquest to spread communism. And even the Dome of the Rock got bombed (I don't remember who bombed it, just that the Soviets denied doing it) because Armageddon has to happen during the apocalypse.
Weird shit, but I still remember enjoying reading them.
Weird shit, but I still remember enjoying reading them.
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- 8 de Mar, 2023
I had the kids version of these books growing up. It was basically the same story as the main series but more watered down. Kind of fun to read but they weren't super memorable.
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- 25 de Sep, 2021
The books are garbage HOWEVER Jerry B. Jenkins is a legitimate writer and his YouTube series is surprisingly educational. I expected to be critical but found his advice solid. I'd actually recommend it for anyone interested in writing novels.
Obviously the assignment was to write for a brainlet christ-cuck audience who gave up reading the Bible after the second chapter of Genesis and now rely on other people to summarise - badly - the contents (including making up shit not in the Bible like... the Rapture and the Tribulation). He delivered on this, of course.
Obviously the assignment was to write for a brainlet christ-cuck audience who gave up reading the Bible after the second chapter of Genesis and now rely on other people to summarise - badly - the contents (including making up shit not in the Bible like... the Rapture and the Tribulation). He delivered on this, of course.