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	<title>Comments on: Open Letter to the Writers of the Movie &#8220;Knowing&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: jonnale</title>
		<link>http://www.jonnale.org/2009/03/open-letter-to-the-writers-of-the-movie-knowing/comment-page-1/#comment-1105</link>
		<dc:creator>jonnale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1096&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@suddenserenity&lt;/a&gt; 

I did not mean to come off like a self-proclaimed movie critic. In fact, I rarely watch movies at all (mainly due to being busy, I really do like movies). I think that my lack of being able to see movies is what inspired me to write the post in the first place. I really wanted this movie to be awesome. 

If the alien guys were in fact angels, it would take some of the weirdness/confusion away, but the spaceship thing is still too weird for me. Thank you for clarifying this though.

However, one thing that concerns me about this approach, is why was Nicholas Cage&#039;s character not a &quot;chosen one&quot;? Based on the Determinism vs. Randomness theme, it seems like he was not chosen because he was an atheist and believed the world was random. This could be totally wrong, but the movie did not explain why.

This seems just crazy to me. I studied Christianity for several years when I was younger, and I would hope to think that Christians do not endorse this thought.

I checked out your blog, and it has some cool stuff on there. I am an aspiring Software Engineer, and some of your software development stuff looks awesome.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-1096" rel="nofollow">@suddenserenity</a> </p>
<p>I did not mean to come off like a self-proclaimed movie critic. In fact, I rarely watch movies at all (mainly due to being busy, I really do like movies). I think that my lack of being able to see movies is what inspired me to write the post in the first place. I really wanted this movie to be awesome. </p>
<p>If the alien guys were in fact angels, it would take some of the weirdness/confusion away, but the spaceship thing is still too weird for me. Thank you for clarifying this though.</p>
<p>However, one thing that concerns me about this approach, is why was Nicholas Cage&#8217;s character not a &#8220;chosen one&#8221;? Based on the Determinism vs. Randomness theme, it seems like he was not chosen because he was an atheist and believed the world was random. This could be totally wrong, but the movie did not explain why.</p>
<p>This seems just crazy to me. I studied Christianity for several years when I was younger, and I would hope to think that Christians do not endorse this thought.</p>
<p>I checked out your blog, and it has some cool stuff on there. I am an aspiring Software Engineer, and some of your software development stuff looks awesome.</p>
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		<title>By: suddenserenity</title>
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		<dc:creator>suddenserenity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i watched it last right with my gf and i find the movie interesting and awakening at some point. right away, we got the messages. i am not a bible guy, but i am aware of certain verses that states the coming of god on judgement day. if you are observant and real critic as your post claim, you should have noticed the aliens have wings. the turle is symbolic.

but i agree with the size and design of the spaceship, its not appropriate :). The design is also somewhat similar to Smallville&#039;s Fortress of Solitude.

its not as surprising as The Mist, but its not bad too. Average.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i watched it last right with my gf and i find the movie interesting and awakening at some point. right away, we got the messages. i am not a bible guy, but i am aware of certain verses that states the coming of god on judgement day. if you are observant and real critic as your post claim, you should have noticed the aliens have wings. the turle is symbolic.</p>
<p>but i agree with the size and design of the spaceship, its not appropriate <img src='http://www.jonnale.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> . The design is also somewhat similar to Smallville&#8217;s Fortress of Solitude.</p>
<p>its not as surprising as The Mist, but its not bad too. Average.</p>
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		<title>By: Little Matt Seifert</title>
		<link>http://www.jonnale.org/2009/03/open-letter-to-the-writers-of-the-movie-knowing/comment-page-1/#comment-1041</link>
		<dc:creator>Little Matt Seifert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nothing is more mind bottling than nicolas cage, a page full of numbers that a disturbed little girl wrote, small black rocks, and aliens flying down to earth in icicle space ships to kidnap children and save humanity by placing them on an unknown planet with a glowing white tree and wheat fields that look like anemone.</description>
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