On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 09:20:32AM -0800, Nunya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Sounds a lot like a plot in very early issues of 1980s of Hellblazer, a > comic which by the way is being made into a movie with Keanu Reeves (it's > being filmed as we speak). http://www.insanerantings.com/hell/movie/ > [Heaven is oppressive, right-wingers are malevolent, world saved by the > paganists/hell. Subtheme: civil war in hell. Good stuff.]
"His Dark Materials" is a more recent take on this idea. Same basic idea, though. Another slightly "off-center" take on Christian mythology is Terry Pratchett's "Good Omens", in which BOTH heaven and hell are 'evil', albiet in slightly different ways. Daniel -- /-------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------\ | The only thing worse than infinite recursion | | is infinite recursion. | \------- Listener-supported public radio -- NPR -- http://www.npr.org --------/
