So... Mel Gibson Is Planning a Passion of the Christ Sequel

[Ten Foot Bunny]

There's some potential here. Something similar has been done already, so this may be awesome!

DAMN YOU, YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!omg!!SOPISSEDOFF

Totally just joking. But that clip from UHF was literally the first thing I thought of when I saw this headline.

OT - As boring as I find zombie movies, I think I'd go see a Zombie Jesus film. Still, I'd rather see a movie adaptation of Christopher Moore's brilliant novel, "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." The scene in which Jesus writes "blessed are the dumbfucks" in his first draft of the beatitudes would be a Lebowski level of epic.

 

[KaraFang]

The first one was awful... it was a snuff movie! Worse, it was endorsed by Christians. We really don't need another one, unless he's going to focus on what Christ actually was preaching about (love and peace).

I'm atheist for many reasons, but I did see passion of the christ due to curiosity... haven't seen that much violence, blood and pain since Hostel. (shudders)

I also presume he'll be self funding, can't think of any film company that'd want to give him the money considering his... interesting past and views.

 

[Chanticoblues]

First movie was dumb. This one will be dumb too, probably.

 

[Laser Priest]

Why these kind of reactions people? There a lot of things to be covered in the second movie that would be very interesting.
Specifically I really want to see a scene with the meeting of Jesus and his students. Very memorable when I read it when I was a child.

Well, I mean, the original movie seemed to mostly be Jesus being tortured in slow motion, so I don't know how much other torture Gibson can really find to make a movie out of.

 

[Chaos Isaac]

Oh, will it cover any of the other characters who pretty much had Jesus' story before/after him?

The Passion of Horus and/or Osiris?
The Passion of Buddha?

 

[Callate]

I know the AV Club usually plays things straight (especially in contrast to the rest of The Onion), but I'm having more than a little bit of a hard time believing this.

If nothing else, it's hard to imagine Caviezel signing up to be struck by lightning again...

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

Technically if you talk about the resurrection, the three days in which Jesus walked the Earth and no one recognized him, his final sermon, and ascent to heaven... That's all canon in the bible and could cover an entire movie about Jesus after his crucifixion. Not to mention all the turmoil and grief that followed the crucifixion.

 

[lacktheknack]

Uhm... why?

And of what?

The following days, while theologically crucial, aren't really blockbuster material.

Maybe they'll be doing the early Roman martyrdoms? Tons of people got crucified (many upside down), used as human torches, thrown to lions, sliced up by gladiators, etc.

 

[xaszatm]

2 Passion 2 Christ

Passion 2: Electric Boogaloo

Passion Harder

am I missing any?

 

[Breakdown]

2 Passion 2 Christ

Passion 2: Electric Boogaloo

Passion Harder

am I missing any?

Passion of the Christ 2: Road Warrior

 

[DefunctTheory]

2 Passion 2 Christ

Passion 2: Electric Boogaloo

Passion Harder

am I missing any?

Christ: The Passion Part II

Uh... damn, I thought I had more...

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

2 Passion 2 Christ

Passion 2: Electric Boogaloo

Passion Harder

am I missing any?

Passion 2: Revelations/Resurrection/Reloaded/Reexamined/Reborn/Repudiated

Anyway, it amazes me that ANYONE is interested in working with this guy after he torpedoed his career. Doing a sequel to it is one thing, but why bring back the guy whose name is poisoned?

 

[Ambient_Malice]

Anyway, it amazes me that ANYONE is interested in working with this guy after he torpedoed his career. Doing a sequel to it is one thing, but why bring back the guy whose name is poisoned?

You mean like Robert Downey Jr?

Anyway, the mockery is idiotic. Are people really that ignorant? Apparently. Passion of the Christ was not a very good movie. It was essentially torture porn based more on mystical writings from a crackpot than the Bible. But there is a significant amount of material to make a sequel. Jesus is like Mad Max. He doesn't have to appear all that much in the sequel. You just have to look at how his death and resurrection affects his disciples.

 

[KissingSunlight]

2 Passion 2 Christ

Passion 2: Electric Boogaloo

Passion Harder

am I missing any?

Ooh! I got one! The Passion of the Christ: First Blood: Part 2

Was there a post credit scene at the end of Passion of the Christ that I miss which sets up a sequel?

Is... will Jesus join up with a team of other Bible characters to form the Aven... nah, that'll never happen.

I live-tweeted watching The Passion of the Christ for the first time, and might I add, the very last time. "Jesus is missing from the tomb. Obviously, they are setting things up for a sequel."

The Passion of the Christ was torture porn before torture porn was cool. Hopefully, they leave the sequel idea on the shelf along with the long-rumored Top Gun sequel. The only idea worst than this is to remake Ghostbusters with an all-female cast and accuse people of sexism if they criticize the movie in anyway. Good thing, people are not that greedy or stupid like that.

This is clearly being made just for money because appearently Deadpool beats Passion of the Christ for Highest Grossing Box Office for an R Rated movie ever.

What I would do is make a movie about the appearent apocolypse of the Book of Revelation.

.....I need to say it on purpose...
Jesus Christ Almighty! Just Google "Jesus after Resurrection" to see the possible material which maybe appear in the movie.

I actually looked at the link detailing what Jesus did after the resurrection. It bored me to tears. Also, The Passion Play or Easter pageant is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death. It is a traditional part of Lent in several Christian denominations, particularly in Catholic tradition. It doesn't lend itself to any sequels after the resurrection.

 

[SweetShark]

2 Passion 2 Christ

Passion 2: Electric Boogaloo

Passion Harder

am I missing any?

Ooh! I got one! The Passion of the Christ: First Blood: Part 2

Was there a post credit scene at the end of Passion of the Christ that I miss which sets up a sequel?

Is... will Jesus join up with a team of other Bible characters to form the Aven... nah, that'll never happen.

I live-tweeted watching The Passion of the Christ for the first time, and might I add, the very last time. "Jesus is missing from the tomb. Obviously, they are setting things up for a sequel."

The Passion of the Christ was torture porn before torture porn was cool. Hopefully, they leave the sequel idea on the shelf along with the long-rumored Top Gun sequel. The only idea worst than this is to remake Ghostbusters with an all-female cast and accuse people of sexism if they criticize the movie in anyway. Good thing, people are not that greedy or stupid like that.

This is clearly being made just for money because appearently Deadpool beats Passion of the Christ for Highest Grossing Box Office for an R Rated movie ever.

What I would do is make a movie about the appearent apocolypse of the Book of Revelation.

.....I need to say it on purpose...
Jesus Christ Almighty! Just Google "Jesus after Resurrection" to see the possible material which maybe appear in the movie.

I actually looked at the link detailing what Jesus did after the resurrection. It bored me to tears. Also, The Passion Play or Easter pageant is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death. It is a traditional part of Lent in several Christian denominations, particularly in Catholic tradition. It doesn't lend itself to any sequels after the resurrection.

So even most people complain about the torture porn the previous film had, you still need something similar to br more interesting? I don't get it. Do you really want to see Jesus to suffer more to be more interesting?
Btw I never saw the whole film, just the beggining, so i don't know nothing about the "porn" the ovie have...

 

[Darth Rosenberg]

Seems--- odd, but okay.

I'm agnostic but I rather admired the first film. It desperately needed editing, and about 90% less torture, but it had a fine cast (Caviezel's pretty much always great), and a thick, heady atmosphere. Loved the Aramaic, too.

I'd say Aronofsky's Noah's still my favourite inspired-by-Bible-myths film, as that doesn't need a heavy dose of the fast-forward button to rewatch and still enjoy.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

This was a crap family guy joke many years ago, it's nice to see reality follow satire into the depths of eternal laughter. Spoiler alert: Everyone loses in the end. The best you can hope for is feeling slightly relevant and loved by an imaginary friend. Who will betray you with enough time.