Talk:Children of the Corn
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Who Can Kill a Child?
I was informed by a friend that this short story bore resemblance to a Spanish movie released the previous year called Who Can Kill a Child?, and am wondering if the similarities are coincidence.--Jmg124 (talk) 21:58, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
This article describes the cult as "pseudo-Christian". I haven't seen the movies or read the book, so could someone please explain how the cult is "pseudo-Christian"? I mean, it's obviously not Christianity, thus the "pseudo" part, but I don't get how this cult is related to Christianity in any way. I mean, there's nothing in the New Testament about sacrificing adults to people who live in cornfields. I'm not trying to be a smart-aleck. I'm honestly confused about this. Evernut 17:31, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
- There are various biblical quotes which are reinterpreted by the children. Once they've adopted their new adult-free religon, they choose new biblical names for themselves and their offspring. Also, they "crucify" their victims, a punishment widly associated with this religon. ---Jackel 19:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Oh, okay. Thanks! Evernut 15:15, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- Actually I think crucifying victims would make one "pseudo-Roman". 75.22.175.105 (talk) 04:06, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
- Actually the Christian themes are built on specific emphasis on scriptures where Jesus says that say a child will lead them and that to enter the kingdom of God you must have the innocence and purity of a child.
- The Horror element that King builds is on a big "what if" -- specifically a "cult" that believes that only child lack the worldly attachments to see that traditional Christian leadership was wrong when it decided that the new testament invalidated all aspects of the old testament. Even more fundamentally the cult believes that Abraham was wrong when he failed to sacrifice his son on the altar and that traditional Judaism and Christianity then started down a path of consolation prizes getting ever farther from what God really wanted. The cult's fundamental idea is that the more adult you become the more expose to the world corrupts and the more attached you become to worldly things and self-determinism over the wishes of God. Thus the cult sacrifices adults as they become too old to follow God's wishes.
- Of course the final horror implication from the adult prespective is that this idea seems like a big deception by Satan/Lucificer...or is it?65.26.139.183 (talk) 19:31, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Overhaul
This page is seriously in need of an overhaul. The summary is very badly written and outlines the film version, not the short story - and it is inaccurate in many of the things said, even if we're sticking to the film plot for this page (for example in the film Burt and Vicki are not married, nor are they traveling to California - their destination is Seattle. They are not trying to repair their relationship, but relocating for Burt's medical practice) The list goes on, and even these things are not consistent with the short storyline, so I have no idea what the page is even about, other than misrepresenting the story. The mention of "Isaac returning with bleached hair" is absurd. This whole thing seems like a disorganized kid wrote it.
~s —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.33.200.208 (talk) 00:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
- The article obviously has not received a lot of attention. Be bold and make some changes yourself! —Erik (talk • contrib) 01:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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