Following today’s Guardian article on a film being made about Jesus’s “missing years”, I can reveal that this blog has also been wandering around on alien continents imbibing mystical wisdom in its missing fortnight*. Not unlike this story:
Hollywood is to fill in the Bible’s “missing years” with a story about Jesus as a wandering mystic who travelled across India, living in Buddhist monasteries and speaking out against the iniquities of the country’s caste system. …..
…The film, which is due for release in 2009, sets out to be a fantasy action adventure account of Jesus’s life with the three wise men as his mentors. Although the producers say the film will feature a “young and beautiful” princess, it is not clear whether Jesus is to have a love interest. (from The Guardian)
I have to admit, I am waiting for the kung-fu version with a bit more interest. That would be the one where Jesus joins a Shaolin monastery which is threatened by an evil other monastery. He has to do loads of water carrying and wood chopping before he learns the secrets of how to use his Qi to break concrete blocks. But then he kicks some serious evil-Shaolin butt. (Hollywood offers for the full screenplay welcomed.)
* OK, then if you must, this blog has in fact only been establishing that the Simpsons is in fact a documentary.
It sounds like a great idea. And there would be room for plenty of sequels and prequels — a right money spinner.
For instances Jesus could have come from a land far, far away and been a renegade Jedi.
Rob
That very scenario also crossed my mind. The possibilities are pretty endless really.
Still, I like the idea that Jesus is now accepted as a fictional character.