If I made a spirit/afterlife movie, it would be this:
The first scene would say "based on a true story"... than it would show outer space explode in the Big Bang... and the universe being created by a sea of celestial spirit, namely God. It would have the awesome special effects style that the new War of the Worlds has. The movie would support both Christian and Evolution (Nature) ideas. The movie would show atheists saying God isn't real, saying spirits aren't real, and than show the atheists astral projecting while they are dreaming/lucid dreaming at night.
Furthermore, the movie would show the astral world/spirit world in great detail. It would show God, Angels, Spirits, Astral beings, The Devil, Demons, ect, in their seperate astral dimensions. It would show Heaven and Hell fighting each other in the spirit world. It would even show the astral umbilical cords up-close on the people and animals astral traveling. The movie would star Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and fine women.
That's exactly what I'd pay to see.
I can just picture the controversy on Larry King Live right now. Right when people see the new movie advertise on TV or in theatres they know it would kick ass. Just picture all the billions of dollars the movie would rake in. Awesome.
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Just one caveat, Ryan...
Atheists/agnostics (serious ones anyway) seldom lucidly dream (as most of them have not the interest needed to cultivate this skill) and almost NEVER astrally project (once again, they don't tend to be interested in cultivating that experience.)
It is the BELIEVERS who do such things. Why? Because it fits their paradigm, and they develop the needed brain states to produce these experiences.
ALSO - don't get hung up on Judeo-Christianity! Don't leave other equally valid religions (including obscure ones, like the Sioux belief in Coyote as the creator of humanity) out of your production. INCLUDE them you'll be well on your way to at least 3-and-one-half stars( in MY review, anyway.)
Break a Leg,
B-man
P.S. "The movie would star Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and fine women"...
Hmmmm... let's see - sex, violence, and Christianity all in ONE movie! You might end up out-doing Mel Gibson here... better than a quick read of the Books of Genesis thru Joshua, or even a trip to the monkey house at the zoo.
You may have an idea that will sell, Ryan - you just may...