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gradually lost touch

Revisado: 05-30-24

The author provides a remarkably knowledgeable and poignant history of the Man of Steel, as well as the commercial and social forces that shaped him. However, the closer to the time of publication that the narrative approached, the less thoughtful and less knowledgeable the narrative became. Ultimately, the author boiled the essence of Superman down to two pillars: he helps people and he never gives up. Sadly, he somehow completely missed the third pillar: he always tries to do the right thing, even if he sometimes misses what that is. it is why the author completely understood the reasons for the fan backlash to Superman Returns but failed to grasp the reasons for Smallville's longevity and influence.

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Title is a slight misnomer

Revisado: 05-06-23

The author knows the Apostolic Fathers., but misunderstands the scholarship on the historical Jesus and dating of New Testament documents. He presents as near fact theories about textual criticism (although he didn't use the term) that were recognized as flawed and dated 30 years ago and builds his dating and theories on top of those. He routinely chooses his own terminology to drive a biased agenda, such as repeatedly claiming orthodoxy means "right opinion" (which is an interpretation of the term, not the definition) before slipping toward the end of the lecture series and calling it "right belief" which is closer but still lacking and slightly inaccurate, as orthodoxy means right worship/doctrine. That is simply one example. I've been pleased with the other two Great Courses I've listened to on theology and Christian history, a subject I teach myself, but this one came up lacking.

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good overview of Europe

Revisado: 09-30-20

good review of Europe's potential problems and conflicts. expected this book to do slightly more predicting like The Next 100 years. it doesn't but out does give a good overview of areas which may eventually create conflict.

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performance and story are great, the recording...

Revisado: 01-18-19

The performance and story are great. The recording, however, is problematic. constantly ruining behind the narrator is the narrator's own voice, low and always about two seconds behind. surely there's is an algorithm to eliminate this...

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Poor adaptation

Revisado: 02-23-16

Loved the book, but this was chopped up way too much to be coherent much less maintain the integrity and majesty of the original book.

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