Comments on: Continental Drift http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2013/07/23/continental-drift/ Theology you can eat and drink Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Mike Bull http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2013/07/23/continental-drift/comment-page-1/#comment-27399 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 05:16:38 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=12531#comment-27399 Yes, I think you are right to some degree. If stories work against inherent meanings they fail to engage the audience. I do think part of it has to do with our culture’s familiarity with the Bible.
I’m sure some culture twisted things centuries ago and these became familiar and acceptable, so perhaps this is not always the case.
Many of these movies are now made more for foreign audiences (did you know Water World actually made money outside of the USA?) so the “biblical” format and symbols are making their way around the world in some movies.
Did you also notice there were two “mad professors” instead of just the one – rivals and yet complementary?
Also, do you have any thoughts on the significance of the two missing shoes? Biblically, foot + land = dominion.
Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Claude Graves http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2013/07/23/continental-drift/comment-page-1/#comment-27395 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:03:40 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=12531#comment-27395 Hey Mr. Bull!

This was good to read. I appreciated this and your breakdown of Skyfall as well. Question for you, when we analyze imagery and symbols according to biblical archetypes, are we doing this because this is the way God made the creation, and man will live out and imitate these unknowingly/knowingly?

I guess to rephrase, all human stories, even if written from a non-Christian perspective, have elements of the Christian story because this is inherently built into reality?

Hope all that makes sense.

-Claude Graves

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