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Imax Theaters Demur On Controversial Science Films

Posted by timothy on from the truth-will-out-regardless dept.

circletimessquare writes "The New York Times is reporting that a number of Imax theatres are passing on science-themed films that might provoke controversy among a handful of religious fundamentalists. Films that are having their distribution impacted include '"Cosmic Voyage," which depicts the universe in dimensions running from the scale of subatomic particles to clusters of galaxies; "Galápagos," about the islands where Darwin theorized about evolution; and "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea," an underwater epic about the bizarre creatures that flourish in the hot, sulfurous emanations from vents in the ocean floor.'"

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  1. Religion....what is it good for...... by Gogogoch · · Score: 5, Funny

    So we have:
    + Christians who are against science
    + Muslims who are against the West and progress
    + Scientologists who believe a SF story
    + Mormons who believe a non-SF story

    Jesus, it makes you wonder....

  2. Re:Boring by edalytical · · Score: 5, Funny
    Wake me up when there is something happening the US which doesn't upset a minority group which goes in search for media attention or takes it to court.

    That'll be one hell of a coma. Personally, I would just remove you feeding tube, but that may just perpetuate the problem.

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  3. Re:offensive? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because everyone knows the fangfish is an agent of Beelzebub.

    You can see the homosexual agenda and godless science in its eyes.