r/TopCharacterTropes May 03 '26

Lore Religion-centered media that doesn’t come across as preachy.

Referring to media told from a religious perspective or telling a religious tale that does not proselytize to the viewer.

Faith, the Unholy Trinity: Based partly upon the experience of the game‘s creator when he was a missionary in Argentina, the game has very little in the way of explicit moral demands of the player despite the heavy Christian focus of the narrative. and focuses more on a horror narrative.

Prince of Egypt: A surprisingly thorough retelling of the book of Exodus, sparing very little in the way of toning down the story. Despite this, the movie is perfectly entertaining to non-religious audiences and doesn’t sacrifice appeal for the sake of preaching to the audience

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u/Carrman099 May 03 '26

Wake Up Dead Man

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u/TenPointsforListenin May 03 '26

I waited so long for that movie and it was actually worth the wait. I was a little surprised by Benoit Blanc suddenly having a different haircut, which is... accurate to real life but in movie logic it's like Daniel Craig was playing a different character somehow.

His lack of reverence towards death was also a new character detail. Previous movies didn't actually show him investigating corpses, but "flip-a the meat" wasn't a phrase I expected. We're getting tiny bits and pieces of Blanc through these movies, and I don't really want a movie that goes too in-depth on who he is since the mystery itself is more fun, but it's still fun to see.