Comments on: Expelled on DVD

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:18:21 +0000

Religulous was a great film. I have to give Bill some credit…he was a lot more respectful than I thought he would be. The fundies, in general behaved a lot better than I thought they would as well. Except for Ken Ham…truly an all around dick (not that that hasn’t been known for some time).

This movie isn’t out to convert anyone, but the end definitely had a strong message to those who were agnostic, atheist or just plain non-religious.

By: S.

S. — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:26:59 +0000

that’s a common tactic on amazon,I’ve noticed.and you can tell from some of the reviews on many of the items,many of these types of reviewers haven’t even SEEN or read what they are reviewing!
I truly wish amazon would LIMIT reviews to those who have actually PURCHASED the item.

By: LadyRavana

LadyRavana — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:47:38 +0000

Sarah:

Wow, just wow. I CANNOT believe that level of ego.

XD! Oh, I gotta see Religulous now. Bill Maher calling the crazies on their bullshit.

And well…I think Bill’s pretty ballsy for doing this film. And well, flak is to be expected, but he can handle it. It’s kind of his thing to shake things up, so to speak. It seems like he’s either hated or loved. My mom and I are fans of his. XD! He’s pretty much the only political commentator I actually listen to. Him and Keith Obermann.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:57:24 +0000

I just looked at the cover for the first time and on the front is says, “**** I LOVE THIS FILM”-Ben Stein.

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ARE YOU F—ING KIDDING ME!?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:53:13 +0000

Parrotlover: It was funny as all hell. It combined Maher’s hilarity and cynicism with hard deduction and an abundance of explanation through example. The movie was mostly him interviewing (from a truck-stop church, a guy claiming to be the second coming, nutsy priests at the Vatican, Christian amusement parks, no I’m not kidding, and to the supposed ‘experts’ of each of the big three) and him constantly bashing them with their own statements, asking them critical questions, and forcing them to stick to the issue.

There were so many awkward silences too whenever he started asking them questions…and then the blantant lying was just hysterical. He did interview a lot of ignorant followers, but most of them were just lying in order to justify their beliefs. It was pretty pathetic on their part, but it just goes to show you that they are all the same.

Completely worth the 9 bucks I paid to get in. Beyond worth it. I haven’t laughed that hard since the South Park movie XD

It does suck though because he definitely will a lot of shit for what he did and most of the theist community probably thinks that he was attacking them unfairly or that he wasn’t asking the RIGHT questions (because apparently, questions can be wrong…o.0)

But the reports above are encouraging. Either that means that all the fundies are just masochistic or that there is a lot more support against religion than we originally thought.

By: Andrew N.P.

Andrew N.P. — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:46:31 +0000

Look at the critical acclaim on the DVD cover. It's from Ben Stein himself. It's like these people know that this movie is a friggin' joke.

Oh, darn! Expelled is no longer the top documentary of 2008! It was beaten by Religulous. And Religulous managed to do that in only its third week of release. And it did that without subsidized ticket sales. Once again, rationality trumps religion.

And it only opened in half as many theaters. And it had a smaller budget than Expelled. By any measure, the fundies got pwned.

It would be more accurate to say “The movie that the critics don’t want you to see!”

Alternately, "The movie that you don't want to see!"

By: Enshoku

Enshoku — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:05:17 +0000

Quite a brilliant article, but if I see another picture of Ben Stein in shorts someone is gonna die…probably me.

By: Parrotlover77

Parrotlover77 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:24:08 +0000

Sarah – Do tell us how it is! My wife wants to see it badly.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:22:23 +0000

I’m seeing Religulous on Sunday XD The irony!

By: LadyRavana

LadyRavana — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:09:28 +0000

I wouldn’t call Expelled a documentary. Mockumentary is more accurate. :p

However, as a side note, I’d LOVE to see Religulous. Bill Maher is made of WIN where Ben Stein is made of FAIL.

By: Spamamander

Spamamander — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:01:28 +0000

Hey now, I live in a manufactured home. It’s not in a trailer park though.

We aren’t ALL beer-swillin’, NASCAR-watchin’, ign’ernt fundie fucktards.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:03:59 +0000

you know, those trailer park folks could probably get all their shopping done in one place. Expelled seems like just the kind of high quality product one could expect to find at the Archie McPhee website