Ok, finished season one of #ThePromisedLand...

The show has some endearing points, especially when touching on the issue of failure and forgiveness, but I hate the format. :/

Also, I kinda want to punch Caleb in the face. What an absolute brat, and what absolute character assassination of a well-known figure to make him out to be such an incompetent, feckless dingbat. He has his moments later on, but I still despise the character.

I guess I'm a little older than the target audience.

cc: @joel @amin

#UnpopularOpinion: I strongly dislike the faux-documentary/faux-reality-tv style of TV shows like The Office.

Something dumb/unexpected/embarrassing happens, then a character looks directly into the camera with a stupid/mocking expression, and I'm like, "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME FOR, IDIOT?!"

This reaction got strongly triggered recently when watching the new bible-ish-based-ish series, #ThePromisedLand, although it did have some genuinely funny moments (well, a couple in the three episodes I've watched so far. XD )

'The Promised Land' Trailer Previews the New 'The Office' Style Biblical Comedy Series!! Check It Out!! #WasimNomani, #ShereenKhan, #MajedSayess, #TryphenaWade, #ArtounNazareth, #AidanBristow, #PantaMosleh, #ChristineMirzayan, #YouTube, #ThePromisedLand

https://movizark.com/2025/09/04/the-promised-land-trailer-previews-the-new-the-office-style-biblical-comedy-series-check-it-out/

New publication (in Dutch) about the history of antisemitism in Europe. The book takes 43 instances, ranging from Classic Antiquity to the decade before the Second World War, in which the authors trace latent or blatant antisemitism.

One of the instances is publisher Joan Blaeu’s description of The Promised Land in his renowned Atlas Maior (1664).

Published by Uitgeverij Prometheus.

#antisemitisme #newpublication #joanblaeu #thepromisedland #jewishhistory #cartography #bookhistory #atlasmaior

Barack Obama Lists His Top 10 Movies Of 2024
#News #Politics #ACompleteUnknown #AllWeImagineAsLight #Anora #BarackObama #Conclave #Didi #DunePartTwo #Lists #Sugarcane #ThePianoLesson #ThePromisedLand #TheSeedoftheSacredFig #YearEnd

https://deadline.com/2024/12/barack-obama-list-top-10-movies-2024-1236239944/