"The Bible" Miniseries on the History Channel Episode 2, the Reaction

"The Bible" series, episode 2 aired tonight on The History Channel.  In its premiere episode last week the ratings were huge and no one really had much idea what to expect outside of if they happened to catch a 2 minute trailer online.  So watching the first episode was taking in all of the elements of who was playing which character, how the movie was going to be directed overall, and what the cinematography and special effects would be like.  With nervousness of many in the Christian world that the movie would appear poorly acted or look low budget, the reaction was overall a pleasant surprise as the stories came to live in the premiere episode. 

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After a week of heavy debate inside and outside Christian circles on the topic of the new series, people were ready to dive into episode 2 week a little more of an idea what to expect overall to they could focus on the actual stories being presented.  

Most early reviews from tonights episode "Homeland / The Kingdom" were except for small inaccuracies that could have been to keep the story moving or were maybe just over looking in making the film.  The story of Samson was shown fairly biblically accurate, it just had to skip over things for time sake. They mainly missed why exactly his wife was burned and the fact that Delilah had to work a lot longer and harder to get Samson to give up his secret about his hair.  The scene of him killing Philistines with the jawbone seemed to be a favorite of that section tonight. 

Moving to their depiction of David, his anointing did not show Samuel meeting with Jesse and his songs, but just him meeting David in a field.  Also, King Saul had tried to kill David once before offering to hand over his daughter, Michal to him.  The depiction of the people praising David in front of King Saul gave a good picture of why there would have been growing jealousy for Saul.  

This will keep everyone talking until episode 3 of "The Bible" airs next Sunday night at 7pm CST on The History Channel.