• TheFriendlyArtificer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It has all of the hallmarks of a successful media franchise.

    OG Jewish Christianity: The one-off movie that unexpectedly took off.

    Pre dogmatic canon: That time you let Sony try to make a CD ROM version.

    Post dogmatic canon: Bought out by a major corporation. Maintaining continuity becomes compulsory.

    Islam: Darker! Edgier!

    Gnosticism: A writer attends a cocaine party with his Neo Platonist buddies.

    Crusades and Inquisition: DMCA for a different millennium.

    Reformation: Fan fic writers rejoice!

    Counter Reformation: Nuh uh!

    Anglican Schism: What if we made this into a light hearted cartoon?

    Mormons: Somebody tells a producer’s son, an aspiring writer, that there is no such thing as a bad idea. As it turns out, this is incorrect.

    Modern Evangelicalism: Judge Dredd and The Punisher make tender love.