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John Byrne
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Posted: 01 February 2011 at 12:55pm \| IP Logged \| 1

Mel Gibson's The Passion impressed me in the following way: I realized that the abuse the Christ endured -- the scourging scene was very grraphic and culminated in ribs showing through the flesh -- placed him in a superheroic position.

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Mike Carlin made a similar comment. Gibson's Jesus would HAVE to be the Son of God, just to survive what was done to him! (Being able to lift his arms when the muscles of his torso have been stripped away down to the ribs would be nothing less than miraculous!)

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Posted: 02 February 2011 at 11:11am \| IP Logged \| 2

I don't find the Swamp Thing idea offensive personally but I can see why DC'd have deemed it a commercial risk and I think the creators involved should've been mature enough to accept the decision. DC was footing the bill for it so it was the company's choice to make.

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I don't believe immaturity enters into it. Rick Veitch's objection was not so much the Jesus story not being allowed, but that it had already been approved in the plotting and script stage as the climax of a multi- (6? 12?) issue time-travel storyline, and then suddenly deemed too controversial to publish at the last minute after the pages had already been drawn. I recall reading a quote from Veitch saying that he would have planned a different climax from the start if the Jesus element had been objected to, but felt the late-date change would compromise the entire arc.

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Posted: 02 February 2011 at 3:18pm \| IP Logged \| 3

JB, I wish you hadn't said this "Some example (and watch these get ME in trouble now!)"

seeing as how the thread on Bleeding Cool has now developed in relation to this post of yours... :(

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Posted: 02 February 2011 at 6:37pm \| IP Logged \| 4

There is also a thread on the Outhouse and in the Bendis Board .

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Posted: 03 February 2011 at 5:59am \| IP Logged \| 5

JB, I wish you hadn't said this "Some example (and watch these get ME in trouble now!)"

seeing as how the thread on Bleeding Cool has now developed in relation to this post of yours... :(

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Hey, it's been a while since the minibrains had anything to get exercised about. Glad I was able to help them out!

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Posted: 03 February 2011 at 6:33am \| IP Logged \| 6

^ Yer a regular public servant, JB!

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