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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stunaep on April 10, 2004, 07:18:56 am

Title: You know, I just had a thought....
Post by: Stunaep on April 10, 2004, 07:18:56 am
If Arnold Schwartzenegger had played Jesus in The Passion, would his last words have been "I'll be back"?
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Post by: Setekh on April 10, 2004, 08:12:10 am
That would have been strangely apt... apart from the whole Arnold Schwartzenegger playing Jesus bit. ;)
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Post by: mikhael on April 10, 2004, 11:01:01 am
Stu, that was bad, but it reminds me of an improv show I saw last night. The topic was 'worst things to say when you're ice skating'.  The guy walks out on the ice and looks back toward his buddies and says, "Hey! Bob! I'm Jesus!"
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Post by: Sandwich on April 10, 2004, 11:06:44 am
That's taken (the "I'll be back" bit) directly from the MTV Terminator 3 clip.
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Post by: Stunaep on April 11, 2004, 04:17:52 am
And here I was thinking "I'll be back" was referring to the three Terminator movies. Go figure
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Post by: Splinter on April 11, 2004, 05:35:35 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
That's taken (the "I'll be back" bit) directly from the MTV Terminator 3 clip.


umm....

MAD TV mike... :rolleyes: :thepimp:
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Post by: Janos on April 11, 2004, 06:04:08 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
That's taken (the "I'll be back" bit) directly from the MTV Terminator 3 clip.


YOU BLASPHEMOUS ABOMINATION!
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Post by: Sandwich on April 11, 2004, 10:03:33 am
Oy. You guys. The MAD TV, sorry. Anyway, it was a cross between Jesus and Terminator. The Arnold stand-in said at the end of the clip, when Jesus was being led away to be crucified, "He'll be back", hence my comment. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Knight Templar on April 12, 2004, 04:13:48 am
It would have made for a better movie.
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Post by: Sandwich on April 12, 2004, 05:15:05 am
Better than T3? That's not that hard. :-/
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Post by: Knight Templar on April 12, 2004, 08:59:58 pm
No. Arnie as Christ.
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Post by: Turnsky on April 12, 2004, 09:22:03 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
No. Arnie as Christ.


*imagines Arnie using the cross as a weapon against the romans... like a giant cudgel*
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Post by: Knight Templar on April 12, 2004, 09:40:26 pm
*imagines Arnie flexing his muscles, shattering the nails, having them fragment and explode, sending shrapnel into all his enemies*

*Imagines Arnie, after saving the day yet again, going down on Mary Magdeline*
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Post by: ChronoReverse on April 12, 2004, 10:00:12 pm
It's kinda funny how people don't realize that the historical Jesus was actually buff since he spent almost 30 years of his life dragging around lumber as a carpenter.
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Post by: Knight Templar on April 12, 2004, 10:03:02 pm
That doesn't necesarily make him overly muscular or anything. Fit/Trim/Lean perhaps. I think the bigger oversite is Jesus as stereotypical Western European White vs. coloured, if at least somewhat.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on April 12, 2004, 10:15:28 pm
:lol:
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Post by: Sandwich on April 13, 2004, 12:57:39 am
Actually, considering the amount of woodwork done in those days (next to nothing), he was probably a stone mason, not a carpenter. "Carpenter" is just an assumption of a bad translation.
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Post by: ChronoReverse on April 13, 2004, 01:00:40 am
Maybe, but that doesn't reduce the amount of work he'd have to do methinks.


BTW, why would there be less wood working required back then?
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Post by: WMCoolmon on April 13, 2004, 01:19:19 am
All the legislation forbidding use of the rainforests in Egypt and the middle East for lumber severely hampered the woodworking business. ;)
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Post by: Liberator on April 13, 2004, 01:23:29 am
Primarily because of the cost of nails and the other assorted joining materials.  It would've been cheaper to carve the structures and stuff from stone, almost the exact opposite of today where stonework is considered extravagant and only for the rich.
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Post by: karajorma on April 13, 2004, 05:16:20 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
That doesn't necesarily make him overly muscular or anything. Fit/Trim/Lean perhaps. I think the bigger oversite is Jesus as stereotypical Western European White vs. coloured, if at least somewhat.


I keep saying it. Jesus was obviously black (or irish). All this no room at the inn stuff is just a bit too suspicious for me :D
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Post by: Setekh on April 13, 2004, 05:46:46 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Actually, considering the amount of woodwork done in those days (next to nothing), he was probably a stone mason, not a carpenter. "Carpenter" is just an assumption of a bad translation.


Wow, I didn't know that. *makes additional note to learn ancient Greek* Cheers. :)
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Post by: Stunaep on April 13, 2004, 10:04:03 am
Hm.... a black Jesus....

I'm getting all too unappropriate Mr.T references here.
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Post by: Knight Templar on April 13, 2004, 12:23:25 pm
When it comes to Mr. T, nothing is inapproproate.
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Post by: karajorma on April 13, 2004, 02:09:23 pm
Considering one of the shops I passed to day was selling a jesus action figure (with posable arms and wind up realistic gliding action) I don't think there's that much left that is inappropriate to Jesus either :D
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Post by: vyper on April 13, 2004, 02:11:54 pm
Now imagine a wind up Ahrnie-Jesus action figure.... :nervous:
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Post by: Stunaep on April 13, 2004, 02:15:29 pm
I'd buy it.
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Post by: Flipside on April 13, 2004, 02:54:01 pm
Ahhhhh.... but did it float?
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Post by: Sandwich on April 13, 2004, 03:45:03 pm
Apparently the assumption that He was actually a stone mason and not a carpenter isn't indicated one way or the other in the Greek, it's just a supposition based on the amount of trees Israel had back then vs. the amount of stone, along with the ratio of stone houses to wooden houses. ;)

And if you look at all the trees in modern-day Israel and think I'm a loon, then read Mark Twain's account of his travels through this area ~100 years ago - completely and utterly devoid of trees (from what I've heard, that is).