Countess wrote:AIO is super "Christian." Why do you two not find it disgusting then too? Also if it's really not truly Christian, Why call it that? And if it genuinely is Christian, why mock it? /me rants
Bottom line: I like AIO because it is amazing. I do not like DGL because it is awful. So I mock it.
Isaiah the Ox wrote:You are blessed PF, if this is the worst you've heard.
It really is. You put forth
Jonathan Park on the SS, which I admit I've never heard. The evolution thing turns me off. But according to you I'm not missing much.
Isaiah the Ox wrote:AIO is rather general in it's morals and teachings, while DGL tried to be more specific, and a little darker/deeper as well.
It's
trying to be dark and deep. Rather desperately. It seems most episodes there's some kind of crises. Which just isn't needed in a Christain show for kids, it's overkill.
Isaiah the Ox wrote: There are many episodes where I would say DGL is soo much deeper and impactful than AIO ever is.
I'm sure there are some good episodes in there. I'll wait for that season 2 and 3 to air online. As for being impactful, look. Handling controversial, specific issues doesn't make a show good. It means it has a subject. Everything has a subject. What makes a show good or deep is how well it handles the subject. And it handles the subjects clumsily and one-sidedly. In
Stars and Gripes, the Haley's friend keeps making very good points, saying she can believe what she wants but schools don't have to teach it. And all Haley says is if religion isn't taught anymore than no wonder people act poorly. Because Christians don't act poorly! And it's not the parents job to teach their kids religion or anything. And then there's straw-Tiffany and the parents agree Christianity should be taught to atheists, Muslims and Jews in school (!?) and my gosh it's just so bad.
Moontide wrote:If Down Gilead Lane pleases its target demographic, then it has succeed to an extent, even if people out side of that demographic don't like it.
(Shows that everyone likes are better than shows only for kids, but shows only for kids aren't bad.)
Fair point. Though I'd say this show is giving kids some really bad ideas and shouldn't listen to it to begin with. In all honesty, I wouldn't let my kids near it.
Bren wrote:Using John Campbell isn't that big of an issue. Even shows like Paws and Tales has used John for music, so he's not strictly a Focus guy.
Fair point, though this before P&T. (A
far superior show to GLD in my opinion.)
Bren wrote:Namely John Fornof and Kathy Buchanan.
Really? I'll be very interested to hear them. It's hard to imagine even Fornof and Kathy using this material, such as straw-Tiffany. But I'll try to keep an open mind.
jennifertwt wrote:If you do not have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all".
Um. That just doesn't apply to reviews, which what I said was, however informally. I'm not insulting anyone personally, I just think this show is awful Awful. Awful.
jennifertwt wrote:They never had the budget that Focus had and did amazingly well with what they had.
As Kevin McCreary likes to say, you can make good stuff on a small budget. However, they didn't.
jennifertwt wrote:ou remind me why I never have the desire to check this forum anymore.
Erm, well, I'm sorry.
snubs wrote:@Pound Foolish: I don't love DGL. I also disagree with most of what you say. Plus, you are exaggerating, a lot, and being over dramatic about this.
How DARE you suggest such a thing!
Laurie wrote:Since the people who make these dramas are human there will never be a perfect one.
But there are many competent ones.
Frankly, this show is really far from what a Christian show should be. Is it Christian to portray non-Christians as nasty jerks? No. It's ungenerous and even childish. And so far, every episode I've listened to has done that. And it's not just the hopelessly unrealistic Tiffany, it's her parents. In the last episode I heard,
Deadlines and Date Books, it turns out Tiffany's parents are so cruel and ridiculously petty they'd plot against a
blind child by making her
guide dog look like, to quote the description, "a dangerous attack dog." If I were a non Christian listening to this show, I'd either be flat out offended (rather than impressed with how wonderful Christianity is) or laugh hysterically. I
am Christian and it still makes me laugh hysterically.
AIO is deeper than this show because it actually talks about Christian truths instead of ham fistedly delivering morals that just aren't true. You can be very deep with whatever material you have. The depth isn't determined by the material, however seemingly simple and humble. It's by the wisdom it has. The messages it sends. The quality of the story.
This show is mean, one sided, indulges Go'ds Not Dead style Christian victim mentality, is very poorly written with bad jokes and mostly meh characters, and it's bad. Please feel free to think otherwise and I'll try to keep an open mind. If I'm wrong, I hope you show me I am!