Nooooo! Dammit! Michael York always ruins my favorite audio books. His sneering, weird falsetto absolutely destroyed Brave New World and turned it into a cringe-marathon. I wish I could somehow globally find-replace every instance of Michael York with Jeremy Irons. posted by Baby_Balrog at 7:21 AM on November 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
Jason Alexander as Joseph...
I guess he's known for playing characters with relationship problems. posted by Joe Beese at 7:22 AM on November 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
Odd that they felt the need to sex it up with dramatic music. posted by Burhanistan at 7:24 AM on November 16, 2009
Also I can't figure out which translation they used.
also this post kind of looks like an advertisement for the Word of Promise Audio Bible. posted by Baby_Balrog at 7:25 AM on November 16, 2009
Baby_Balrog: Also I can't figure out which translation they used.
According to Amazon reviews it looks like they used the NKJV.
also this post kind of looks like an advertisement for the Word of Promise Audio Bible.
I am offering a cash prize to the best Pepsi Blue/Bible pun. posted by shakespeherian at 7:30 AM on November 16, 2009
Based on my own imaginative understanding of the characters, I think most of the voice casting seems remarkably well-done. posted by jefficator at 7:30 AM on November 16, 2009
I am offering a cash prize to the best Pepsi Blue/Bible pun.
"I can't believe it, Jerry - Cuckolded by God! What are the chances of that?" posted by Grangousier at 7:47 AM on November 16, 2009 [10 favorites]
Somebody should tell Jim Caviezel that he's in danger of being typecast. He needs to tack hard to the left. Let him play a stripper or a hooker with a heart of gold.
Also, and perfectly seriously, this LordoftheRingsification of the Bible has got to be one of the most morally corrosive things imaginable. Turning scripture into spectacle radically redefines its genre. Moral instruction and ethical challenge become window dressing for ass-kickery, rather than the reverse. A little less Roland Emmerich and a little more Deuteronomy 6, if you know what I mean. posted by felix betachat at 8:41 AM on November 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
Dick Cheney as Satan! posted by contessa at 8:46 AM on November 16, 2009
Also, and perfectly seriously, this LordoftheRingsification of the Bible has got to be one of the most morally corrosive things imaginable. Turning scripture into spectacle radically redefines its genre. Moral instruction and ethical challenge become window dressing for ass-kickery, rather than the reverse. A little less Roland Emmerich and a little more Deuteronomy 6, if you know what I mean.
Moses has words. Pharaoh has spears! posted by Iridic at 8:56 AM on November 16, 2009
I guess he's known for playing characters with relationship problems.
Wrong Joseph--Alexander's playing the Joseph from the book of Genesis who gets sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. I'm now picturing Potiphar's wife trying to seduce George Costanza, which makes the story approximately 1000% more awesome. posted by EarBucket at 9:15 AM on November 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
Also, and perfectly seriously, this LordoftheRingsification of the Bible has got to be one of the most morally corrosive things imaginable.
Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. 21 posted by empath at 5:10 PM on November 16, 2009
Having read Sean Astin's astoundingly whiny memoir There And Back Again, I can't tell you how hilarious it is that he plays one of Job's bitchy "friends" who shows up to tell the poor guy that all the bad stuff that's happening to him is his own fault. They really couldn't have cast that part any better. posted by EarBucket at 7:34 PM on November 16, 2009
Just wait till their versions of the Koran and the Book of Mormon! We'll never wake up! posted by ronin21 at 12:17 AM on November 17, 2009
Having read Sean Astin's astoundingly whiny memoir There And Back Again
posted by Baby_Balrog at 7:21 AM on November 16, 2009 [2 favorites]