because the first time I went through the temple ('92) and saw the temple movie, I in all seriousness thought that they might show Eve naked! Did any others of you think this? Am I crazy?
The reason I thought this was a possibility is because I had been prepped for weeks that the temple experience was really heavy and it could be shocking the first time through. I had no idea what was meant by that. So as we're sitting there watching the Garden of Eden scene, and you know that Adam and Eve are naked behind the hedges, I really did wonder if they would come out and we would see them. And it made me very uncomfortable, because my parents were there and I was thinking I could very well have to watch a naked couple on screen while my mom is sitting next to me. Sounds crazy perhaps, but I had those thoughts.
The funny thing is, I WANTED Eve to show herself. It was the film with the brunette Eve and she was so hot. I cannot believe that during what was supposed to be one of the most spiritual experiences of my life, I was sitting there worrying about seeing people naked, but also wanting to see Eve naked.
On a subsequent temple trip a learned from sad experience that there was a second temple film with a less hot blonde Eve. I always felt let down when I landed that movie.
Oh the memories! And for the record, it's not just guys who think like this. The sisters in the MTC used to talk about which Adam was hotter.
I guess the different Eves are there to appeal to a broader cross section of the geriatric Mormon men that hang out in temples.
Personally, I was partial to the blonde one although I wouldn't have kicked either one of them out of my bed.
I would have really liked to have seen Eve played by some hot Latina - I'm thinking of a Sofia Vergara or Salma Hayek look-alike here. Holy shit! I might have had some really impure thoughts then. Especially as a repressed 19 year old stuck in the MTC.
Of course now there are 3 new Eves to look at. I'll never get in to see the latest batch though.
Just wondering here, are all the Adams and Eves LDS? Or did they have to bring in outside help to achieve the degree of hotness they found most desirable?
He looked like a Villain from a Melodrama of the 1890s!
He had black hair, a long heart shaped face, black eyes with a mustache and goatee. I swear the ends of the mustache were slightly waxed. All he would have had to do was twirl one end and smirk and he'd been a type cast actor for a bad B movie.
I nearly laughed. It was distracting. It was one of those things I put on my shelf. Couldn't the TSCC get a less clownish villain to play Satan?
They did, I always liked the other guy; NOT Baldwin, the red head; He reminded me of a smart dressed fox and he came across as sly as one too. Very classy Satan.
As for portraying Satan as cartoonishly evil, what is so stupid about that is that Satan, if he really exists, is not going to come at you so obviously "haha i am evil satan and i'm here to tempt you." As kaiser soze said "the greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he doesn't exist." True words. Satan will come to you seeming nice, and reasonable.
I could handle the 1976 Satan guy. I did have a hard time taking Gordon Jump from the TV show WKRP seriously though. Also when walking around BYU I would see the guy (Spencer Palmer?) who played the Preacher in the temple movie. He was a Prof. at BYU and I always wanted to walk up to him, ask him a question, and then respond with, "Your advice is good." LOL!! I was too chicken to try it.
As far as seeing a naked Eve...probably a good thing that didn't happen. I would have hated to approach the veil having to deal with a "sixth point of fellowship".
Yes, I thought the same thing for the exact same reason. They prepped me so much, I was thinking that Adam and Eve would flash is on the screen... Or another thought was that some of all participants in the room would get naked.
My first time through was in the 70's also. Was really amazed at how cheesy the whole film was, especially all that plastic fern and flowers. That satan from the early films was the much loved actor from the live performances. Before I went through for the first time, several people told me to watch for satan as he really rocked.
I was shocked the first time I saw the temple film. Prior to that time I had only seen a live session and I thought the guy who played Satan was perfect for the part, but you know now that I no longer believe that this is truly necessary for my salvation its all moot. Crazy what we can fall for and call it religion.
I also had Spencer Palmer for world religions at BYU. Two memories: 1. To told use that when he pursued developing a class for non-Mormon religion at BYU, certain faculty members (Joseph Fielding McKonkie) and certain board of trustee members (Packer and McKonkie) were very much opposed to spending tithing money on teaching anything but "the restored gospel". 2. One afternoon we were discussing animism, and he made the comment that some people worship animals, such as animals that have "claws like a bear". I just about peed my garments laughing so hard.
I was expecting to see her naked, and wondered if the guys closed their eyes and that's when she would be exposed. I was almost expecting to have a group sex thing on the alter. Things just got off to a strange start, and I had no idea where it would end. It ended differently than I ever would have expected too.
While going through the bizarre experience of my first endowment session, all manner of questions kept popping into my mind:
- Why is this old man with PolyGrip breath touching my privates under my togo? - Why am I learning secret combinations and handshakes while dressed up as the Pillsbury Doughboy? Was not secret combinations forbidden by the Lord? - There is a true order of prayer? You mean, we have been using a false order of prayer? - I am promising to slit my throat or disembowel myself to keep secrets? - Oh God, that old man in front of me just passed gas and my eyes are watering. - Satan is the best character in this incredibly boring movie. - Where are some spiritual experiences to testify to me that the Church is true? - Where are the angels? - Where are some whisperings from my ancestors for encouragement? - Where is the burning in my bosom? - Where is the Holy Ghost descending like a dove to confirm my faith? - Where’s the exit?
When I went through in 87, I went through one of the last temples that still performed the whole show live. Eve was about 80 years old, and in all honesty, the thought of seeing her naked never crossed my mind.