The VelociPastor - w/ Ant Coughlin (a normal Pastor)

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Ant Coughlin, a pastor, joins Melvin in summarizing The VelociPastor. Because, of course! The two goof and gaff about this off-beat love-letter to 80's schlock grindhouse horror, and appreciate it's comedically dense yet economically handled runtime!

Topics:

• (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 1-hour discussing Dan Foster's "The Seven Pointless Things that Christian's Fight About" blog post, and how some of the things he proposes are actually deeply important theological ideas that Christian's would do well to discuss and affirm. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
• The VelociPastor starts immediately with some very clever humor, the kind that benefits the learnt in terms of film and film culture.
• Part of what makes the movie so enjoyable is it's borrowing of the superhero origin-story format to explore it's narrative. It's silly, but it works really well.
• If you've ever been curious what The VelociPastor is, it's basically a Daredevil clone but with a strong comedic angle.
• During the film a character waits outside of a church and we can plainly see very real church signage of a real-life location. Melvin curiously Google searches this church and reads aloud some funny reviews. (And, for the sake of the church, does NOT read-aloud their name)
• By the end of the movie it's very clear that The VelociPastor works not just on name alone but because it's a well made comedy film.

Recommendations:

• Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri (2020) (Book)
• The Grudge 3 (2009) (Movie)