E! Reviews: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Well, today's the day when this load of horse evidence comes out like a weary and haggard debutant on the arm of her Gomezian father. I expect the coming-out will be the usual affair; lots of swooning amongst the faithful (Ken Ham has already swooned mightly), disgust & disdain from the scientific community, and everyone else just getting on with their lives.

If what I have read, here & elsewhere, is anything like correct, this turkey will convince only the already convinced, and not have a much of a run. I wonder; will it eventually show up on the Discovery Channel?

doov

I don't think you have this one posted yet - (from the Salt Lake Tribune)

http://www.sltrib.com/themix/ci_8963668

Review: Stein shuns intelligent debate in dishonest 'Expelled' ...

... "Oddly enough, the tactics employed in "Expelled" undercut the movie's argument, most notably in the interviews with Dawkins and Myers and in Stein's trip to Darwin's British home (now a museum). Either the filmmakers suckered these participants under false pretenses, or the evolutionists are more open to debate than Stein suggests. Perhaps the intelligent-design proponents know that in a truly open debate, their argument isn't fit enough to survive. "

... or this one from the Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2004356647_expelled18.html

According to "Expelled," Darwinism responsible for everything from atheism to abortion

" ...A hard-core, fundamentalist bit of right-wing propaganda, "Expelled" slyly appropriates its style from liberal and left-wing sources, sending Ben Stein out to do deadpan interviews with a grab-bag of people, while intercutting old movies, new animation and newsreel footage.

This is all fine — a number of comedy shows and documentaries have been hard-core, left-wing propaganda, serving up more red-meat entertainment than useful information. But Jon Stewart is a lot funnier than Stein"

This is a good quote from the Baltimore Sun

" The most rational, genuinely effective way to deal with Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is to not be drawn into its web, to simply ignore it."

LoL :-)

My my, here we are on the "Day of the Great Awakening". I wonder if Keith will make an appearance?

Stacy S.: I don't think you have this one posted yet - (from the Salt Lake Tribune) http://www.sltrib.com/themix/ci_8963668 Review: Stein shuns intelligent debate in dishonest 'Expelled' ... ... "Oddly enough, the tactics employed in "Expelled" undercut the movie's argument, most notably in the interviews with Dawkins and Myers and in Stein's trip to Darwin's British home (now a museum). Either the filmmakers suckered these participants under false pretenses, or the evolutionists are more open to debate than Stein suggests. Perhaps the intelligent-design proponents know that in a truly open debate, their argument isn't fit enough to survive. "

Rick R: My my, here we are on the "Day of the Great Awakening". I wonder if Keith will make an appearance?

The New York Times weighs in (registration is required but free):

Resentment Over Darwin Evolves Into a Documentary



The opening sentence says it best:



One of the sleaziest documentaries to arrive in a very long time, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" is a conspiracy-theory rant masquerading as investigative inquiry.

I imagine BS will eventually shake his fist in our collective faces and drawl the Scooby-Doo villain's parting words, in the mean-and-angry form of his typical drawl: "...and I'd have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling biologists!"

“Expelled” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). It has smoking guns and drunken logic.

Either the filmmakers suckered these participants under false pretenses, or the evolutionists are more open to debate than Stein suggests. Perhaps the intelligent-design proponents know that in a truly open debate, their argument isn’t fit enough to survive.“

— Sean P. Means of the Salt Lake Tribune

You guys sound like you're running scared. OF A FILM! Ha! Dare you to see it. By the way, it is not as much an argument in favor of ID, but rather than argument against orthodoxy and intolerance in science. What are you so afraid of. If you everyone had been as orthodox as you in Darwin's time, his work would have never seen the light of day.

but rather than argument against orthodoxy and intolerance in science.

Maceo Collins: You guys sound like you're running scared. OF A FILM! Ha! Dare you to see it. By the way, it is not as much an argument in favor of ID, but rather than argument against orthodoxy and intolerance in science. What are you so afraid of. If you everyone had been as orthodox as you in Darwin's time, his work would have never seen the light of day.

Listen smartypants, you guys all remind me of all the evangelicals who protested The Last Temptation of Christ, never having seen it. You shoot down the things that offend your beliefs just like the least scientific of the faithful. You have so much more in common with people you despise and just like them you're too insecure to even see a movie but instead will bash it in all your blind rage. So perhaps you don't want your dough to go to Stein? Fine, buy tickets for Horton Hoo whatever and then wander into Expelled instead. Stanton I'm not an advocate of ID to be honest (neither do I have your apparent faith that Evolution is a bullet-proof theory that should never be called into question by anyone ever, in any way, period, end of story, class dismissed! Last I checked hypotheses were to be tested); but I think you guys and many in the science community act like a bunch of Brown Shirts. Enemies of discourse can never be champions of freedom and even less champions of science. Give me a shout when you do your annual fund raiser book-burning extravaganza! Good night you smarmy know-it-alls!

well said maceo.

(neither do I have your apparent faith that Evolution is a bullet-proof theory that should never be called into question by anyone ever, in any way, period, end of story, class dismissed! Last I checked hypotheses were to be tested);