6 Responses to “Episode 13: Call on Him Often”

1. JW Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 1:34 PM

   Well, isn’t that ironic that the password is found where the bullet’s mark ends…

   I’m surprised this wasn’t a little bit longer. They could have added at least another 30 seconds to show him praying or something. Oh well.

   So now the question is, how many more hidden cameras are there and how many other people know Jeremiah’s whereabouts?

2. aaron Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 9:53 PM

   I wouldn’t really call that a “hidden” camera. They couldn’t have at least put it inside the smoke alarm? Oh dear. This is a hard episode for me cause all it’s about is these spiritual references and how God is involved with this team of special agent… cultists? Im not sure what vibe I’m supposed to be getting from Jeremiah and his mystery friends, but whatever they are working for better end up being worth God being involved to this degree. Im not saying it’s bad to have God involved mind you. Isn’t that the ideal? But, I don’t feel having God involved in this is right because I don’t feel it’s worthy of him. Bad dialog and a weak plot? No, I don’t feel like the spiritual references are here to do justice to real subject matter. I feel like the spiritual references are here to try to make Jeremiah something that it isn’t. They are using them as a fast ticket to add deeper subject matter, when there isn’t any, and it feels contrived because of it. With that said, good job to the performers and crew. You guys are doing some good work in many ways.

3. Watcher Says:
   April 18th, 2009 at 6:05 PM

   Thank you, aaron.

4. collegeadam Says:
   April 29th, 2009 at 2:53 PM

   Okay, so I had to catch up today so I don’t know if anybody cares about this episode anymore, BUT I still like sharing my opinion It seems like we have to expect that God’s involvement is expected in this entire series. There has never been the debate within the characters whether they should have God be involved or not, actually the entire story is based on certain things being divinely called to be protected and relying on God to act right and stay safe. Actually based on that fact, then the only reason why some people have a problem accepting this “God involvement” is because the writing/producing of Jer3miah is not good enough for the person to believe it is worthy of it from the start.

   Now I understand that you, Aaron, may just be trying to point out concerns you have with the series, or that you don’t have any confidence in how the series will end (whether it was worthy or not for the spiritual references), but the fact that you say “whatever they are working for better end up being worth God being involved to this degree” shows that you are willing to accept it as being okay if it were in a different situation, say if the premise was sold to you more fully. Again, as you say, “I don’t feel having God involved in this is right b/c I don’t feel it’s worthy of Him” shows that you don’t believe the writing of how big/small the problem is warrants divine intervention and is good enough for you. It sounds to me like you are speaking as if putting divinity or spiritual references were added on at the end of pre-production to give it merit, while honestly I believe it is the entire purpose of the series and most everything else is built around the situations and responses the characters have towards the spiritual references and involvement.

   I’m sorry if I am reading you wrong. I tried my best to understand your comment and respond back with my opinion. I feel like because there is spiritual subject matter then it must be used to sell the story when in fact the purpose obvious to me is the story sells the idea of spiritual subject matter and divine intervention. As was said in a previous episode, maybe the purpose for Jer3miah is to learn about spiritual situations, to prepare us for them, and to help us decide what we would do in similar fashions (albeit maybe in less mysterious situations). If that purpose is right, then the reason for problems with accepting such a heavy focus on divine intervention may be simply because the premise wasn’t “sold” well enough to the audience.

5. collegeadam Says:
   April 29th, 2009 at 2:56 PM

   Sorry, I should edit my comment better before posting. I meant in my last paragraph:

   I’m sorry if I am reading you wrong. I tried my best to understand your comment and respond back with my opinion. I feel like YOU THINK because there is spiritual subject matter then it must be used to sell the story when in fact the purpose obvious to me is the story sells the idea of spiritual subject matter and divine intervention. As was said in a previous episode, maybe the purpose for Jer3miah is to learn about spiritual situations, to prepare us for them, and to help us decide what we would do in similar fashions (albeit maybe in less mysterious situations). If that purpose is right, then the reason for problems with accepting such a heavy focus on divine intervention may be simply because the premise wasn’t “sold” well enough to the audience.

6. aaron Says:
   May 1st, 2009 at 12:05 AM

   This is mainly to collegeadam of coarse. I agree with you that it is possible to make the spiritual ideas the main point of a project. That it could be, not an after thought, but the whole purpose, but do you really feel that is what’s happening here? I suppose that is the difference between our views. When I watch the series I see a suspense thriller with some unjustified spiritual references in a misguided attempt to add a supernatural angle. When you watch the episodes you see a spiritual message trying to be told in a creative, new, and exciting way? If I am correct that you see that, then who is to say one of us is right? I suppose both of us are right because that is the beauty of the medium isn’t it. We all see what we want. However, I feel that if the creators intentions with the piece were to be what you imagined it, as a spiritual exploration, then more could have been done to legitimize that effort. I agree that the story simply doesn’t “sell” itself to us. And that is more of an afterthought for the creators then something I want them to fix or explain. I mean, this is mainly a student produced project, done in a hurried manner and with little budget. It does achieve some great things. But the lesson that can be taken away from it is, if your going to tackle serious, respected, and delicate subject matter, then your treatment of it better be just as serious, respected, and delicate, or we the viewer may not buy it. With Jeremiah, to me the spiritual aspect of the film seems more like a cheap afterthought then the substance of the story.