Comments on: The Last Suppers. http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/ Religion, SF, and Other Speculative Fictions. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: John http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/comment-page-1/#comment-25228 John Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:39:01 +0000 http://mindonfire.com/dev/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/#comment-25228 xJane, great photo! I'll have to add it to my collection. :D btw, guess who wrote the original Battlestar Galactica, and infused it with funky theology? <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Movies/2005/05/Born-Again-Battlestar.aspx" rel="nofollow">That's right, a Mormon!</a> xJane, great photo! I’ll have to add it to my collection. :D

btw, guess who wrote the original Battlestar Galactica, and infused it with funky theology? That’s right, a Mormon!

]]> By: xJane http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/comment-page-1/#comment-25223 xJane Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:17:35 +0000 http://mindonfire.com/dev/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/#comment-25223 I'm a recent huge fan of Battlestar Galactica, which has <a href="""http://www.amptoons.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bsg_last_supper.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> It is "decoded" <a href="http://triciahelfer.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/ew-bsg-lastsupper-small.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The person in the center is a cylon (android) but also sort of the voice of god. She appears to who she calls god's prophet and gives him information he would not otherwise have. The majority of humans in BSG are atheist or polytheist (they say, "my gods" instead of "my god", which I find unbearably awesome) but cylons advocate the one true god who rejects false gods and promises salvation and life after death to his (it is a he) followers. I don't know how much religion will come into the series in the future and I haven't gotten to the point in the series where this image came out, but the ship is on a mission to find Earth, a mythical planet of humans and the lost thirteenth colony. Certain myths seem to have some truth in them and a prophecy made long ago seems to be in the process of being fulfilled. It is not an overtly religious show, but there is a strong undercurrent which makes its appropriation of this iconic image even more interesting. I’m a recent huge fan of Battlestar Galactica, which has this

It is “decoded” here. The person in the center is a cylon (android) but also sort of the voice of god. She appears to who she calls god’s prophet and gives him information he would not otherwise have. The majority of humans in BSG are atheist or polytheist (they say, “my gods” instead of “my god”, which I find unbearably awesome) but cylons advocate the one true god who rejects false gods and promises salvation and life after death to his (it is a he) followers. I don’t know how much religion will come into the series in the future and I haven’t gotten to the point in the series where this image came out, but the ship is on a mission to find Earth, a mythical planet of humans and the lost thirteenth colony. Certain myths seem to have some truth in them and a prophecy made long ago seems to be in the process of being fulfilled.

It is not an overtly religious show, but there is a strong undercurrent which makes its appropriation of this iconic image even more interesting.

]]> By: Calamari and the Last Supper. | Mind on Fire http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/comment-page-1/#comment-22732 Calamari and the Last Supper. | Mind on Fire Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:54:25 +0000 http://mindonfire.com/dev/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/#comment-22732 [...] I love reinterpretations of Da Vinci’s iconic Last Supper (esp. in pop culture).  I’ve written about this in the past, and I have a small collection of some of random favorites posted on the wall of my closet [...] [...] I love reinterpretations of Da Vinci’s iconic Last Supper (esp. in pop culture).  I’ve written about this in the past, and I have a small collection of some of random favorites posted on the wall of my closet [...]

]]> By: John http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/comment-page-1/#comment-375 John Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:37:23 +0000 http://mindonfire.com/dev/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/#comment-375 There's a lot to the Da <strikeout>Da Vinkee</strikeout> Vinci Code, and I think I have different opinions on different aspects of it. As far as how the book treats the symbolism embedded in the paintings, I don't have any strong opinions. I don't I do like the resurgence of interest in the divine feminine and in Mary Magdelene that's resulted, though. Share with us your insights from your studies of the painting! There’s a lot to the Da Da Vinkee Vinci Code, and I think I have different opinions on different aspects of it. As far as how the book treats the symbolism embedded in the paintings, I don’t have any strong opinions. I don’t I do like the resurgence of interest in the divine feminine and in Mary Magdelene that’s resulted, though.

Share with us your insights from your studies of the painting!

]]> By: Miko http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Miko Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:26:32 +0000 http://mindonfire.com/dev/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/#comment-374 Have you read the <i>da Vinci Code</i>? What do you think of it? My own studies lead me to similar discussions of the the da Vinci Last Supper before the book/movie because a "sensation". I'm on the fence about the worth of having these sorts of ideas popularized. It is interesting that other Last Suppers follow the same style (one giant, long table) and I wonder if he was really the first to do that: are there any Last Suppers in that style that pre-date da Vinci's? I really like the "Standing Last Supper". Not sure why: it seems to have the same emotional force as the sitting ones but have more action. As though it's not just a moment in time, but perhaps a sacrament that continues? incidentally, I was a restaurant the other day and heard someone (out of the corner of my ear, not sure what he was talking about) say "Lea-nar-doe-duh-vink-ee" which made me want to wash my ears out. Have you read the da Vinci Code? What do you think of it? My own studies lead me to similar discussions of the the da Vinci Last Supper before the book/movie because a “sensation”. I’m on the fence about the worth of having these sorts of ideas popularized. It is interesting that other Last Suppers follow the same style (one giant, long table) and I wonder if he was really the first to do that: are there any Last Suppers in that style that pre-date da Vinci’s? I really like the “Standing Last Supper”. Not sure why: it seems to have the same emotional force as the sitting ones but have more action. As though it’s not just a moment in time, but perhaps a sacrament that continues?

incidentally, I was a restaurant the other day and heard someone (out of the corner of my ear, not sure what he was talking about) say “Lea-nar-doe-duh-vink-ee” which made me want to wash my ears out.

]]> By: pilgrimgirl http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/comment-page-1/#comment-373 pilgrimgirl Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:02:19 +0000 http://mindonfire.com/dev/2006/03/29/the-last-suppers/#comment-373 I find the supermodel picture totally difficult to look away from. It's on the wall in John's office and it catches my eye constantly while I am visiting him. Not sure why--maybe because it's just such a complex image? I find the supermodel picture totally difficult to look away from. It’s on the wall in John’s office and it catches my eye constantly while I am visiting him. Not sure why–maybe because it’s just such a complex image?

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