This was great as far as it went, but where was the great flood? I appreciate they didn't have the budget for all the animals so we got a skyline silhouette, but surely they could have taken a few pictures at sea of Noah sending out doves to look for land?
shareApparently the writer wanted to concentrate more on Noah and the his family and less about the flood.
Its that man again!!
I know what you mean!
According to the BBC website The Ark fuses elements of the Bible and the Qur'an. I had a quick look at the Qur'an online and it doesn't seem to mention doves or any bird being sent to look for land. I found it really interesting to see that other people were allowed on the Ark, which I don't think was the case in the bible version.
Well even that was more than the writer/producer Tony Jordan had originally planned:
Veteran writer Tony Jordan admits that his first version of ‘The Ark’, debuting on BBC One this evening, didn’t include the flood that followed, before he realised he’d be letting down his audience as well as himself.
He tells HuffPostUK his original pitch to make the drama ended with a single rain drop in the palm of Noah’s hand.
“When I finished, I felt cheated. I’d been conditioned about the flood and the animals,” he reveals now. “The one thing that I pride myself on is my regard for the audience, surprising them, making them laugh, not disappointing them.
“And however brilliant the rest of the story was, without the flood, they’d have been disappointed.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/30/the-ark-tony-jordan-noah-bible_n_6968938.html?
Thanks, that was really interesting.
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