Only one small mistake?

Mar 29, 2023
3:24:45am

zsmooth Suss

The book’s whole thesis is that religion (and mormonism specifically) make men violent. If you agree with that……. Okay.

Here’s a fun tidbit:

Mormonr

Primary source about "Jon Krakauer stated that he wrote Under the Banner of Heaven because his Latter-day Saint friends "ghosted" him..

https://mormonr.org/records/0iKbZN-4ZPzac/jon_krakauer_stated_that_he_wrote_under_the_banner_of_heaven_because_his_latter_day_saint_friends_ghosted_him

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Author

Time

I tried finishing Under the Banner of Heaven

PortlandCoug

3/28/23 10:19pm

The dialogue was soooo bad. Even the most odd religious people don’t talk like they do in that show.

spugeddy24

3/28/23 10:21pm

Was it lack of research and consultation or purposeful to

cre1ghton

3/28/23 10:33pm

I just thought it was bad tv.

PortlandCoug

3/28/23 10:51pm

I tend to think it was purposeful

spugeddy24

3/28/23 11:19pm

Purposeful if you look at the director, a former member turned anti Mormon

BYU '80

3/29/23 1:16am

Yes, they needed to hire a Mormon consultant…odd

SwanSong

3/28/23 11:12pm

Lol. They said they did. But it was an ex member.

VenomFarmer

3/29/23 1:11am

The creators implied it was anti-mormon propaganda on purpose

novacoug1

3/29/23 6:05am

Book wasn’t any better. Also very ‘contribed’. 😉

m0resn0w

3/28/23 10:24pm

Aren't there a lot of issues with Into Thin Air as well? I've never read it,

UNLVcougar

3/28/23 11:21pm

Yeah, Krakauer is a story teller, whose not afraid to change history to make his story better.

Hank Rearden

3/28/23 11:39pm

I only noticed one small mistake in Under the Banner of Heaven.

Cougar Junkie

3/28/23 11:55pm

Aside from all the stuff that hasn't been proven but was presented as fact?

VenomFarmer

3/29/23 1:14am

I was talking about the book, not the show.

Cougar Junkie

3/29/23 1:28am

Only one small mistake?

zsmooth

3/29/23 3:24am

Is the movie ever as good as the book?

Cougar Junkie

3/28/23 10:26pm

The best part of the whole story (spoiler) is that

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