Hmm, what pop rx writes about NBC’s miniseries Revelations actually looks promising. It’s probably no Millennium (for good and for worse, I suppose; btw, check out the “virtual fourth season” if you liked it) but how could I resist something like this:

More ‘X-Files’ than ‘Touched by an Angel’, ‘Revelations’ is steeped in end of days dogma, but doesn’t feel the need to preach. It has plenty of scripture, but it’s used in such a way to give viewers the heebie-jeebies instead of guilting them back to the pews.

In terms of Biblical fright, the gang’s all here. There’s a possible Christ missing on Earth, a cult of Satanists led by a child murderer/Antichrist figure, wild miracles, Catholic iconography, shady priests, bodily possessions, etc. — all backed by ominous church choir music and a bunch of spooky lighting.

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I’d definitely like to see this one (what me, a sucker for religion in all spooky forms…) even if Bill Pullman looks so fat old. It seems like yesterday when I thought he was such a pretty boy *sigh*

But talking about pretty boys (sort of), we’ve now watched the first three episodes of Firefly, first of them being the real pilot Serenity worth of two regular episodes in length and contents. I’m still swept away by the sheer entertainment value of it and my heart is crying tears of blood for the absolute wrongness of the axe falling on this brilliant western sci-fi series. So looking forward to the movie, also named Serenity.

I’ll also definitely get the essay collection Finding Serenity : Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon’s Firefly as soon as I dare to place another order in Amazon.

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