Wry Catcher’s question whether the notion of spirit world addiction reminded me of Jean Paul Sartre’s Les Jeux Sont Faits, which is particularly interesting to Mormons because Sartre’s description of the afterlife happens to coincide with commonly held notions of the spirit world. Les Jeux Sont Faits is a wonderful…
Thanks for giving me a permanent smile for the rest of the day. Makes sense. If Sherlock Holmes can be an action figure, why not Joseph Smith, or Darwin — not “Dar-lose.”
The Darwin flick looks awesome. I’d pay good money to see that, especially if it was in IMAX!
As for the Mormon President film… Ugh!
@2, Yeah, I think the Darwin one is mostly making fun of “Sherlock Holmes.” But I think it also highlights how funny the standard movie-trailer format is, packing as much excitement as possible into thirty seconds.