The Synopsis

If you have seen the  movie "The Book of Mormon Movie" and you enjoyed it, I'm sorry but it could've been done a lot better! This blog will be talking about ways to make "The Book of Mormon" into a much more interesting story adapted for the big screen. Before I get there I would like to point out the flaws that were found in the movie. I'm only doing this because I love "The Book of Mormon" so much, that it needs to be redone and "restored" to its proper "frame"! Pun intended!

First off, the name title. "The Book of Mormon Movie", putting the words "book" and "movie" in the same title isn't a smart idea. It's like adapting every book written into a movie and adding "The Movie" at the end of the given book title. And having the subtitle "Volume 1: The Journey" is really corny! The title is simply like having two opposites existing in one plain, an oxymoron if you will, but for the sake of puns I'll call this one an "oxyMormon".

The second problem was making the trailer better than the movie. You never show all the good memorable parts in the trailer. You wanna keep your audience guessing. Let it be a mystery. The viewers will be curious and stumble onto it unknowingly.

Thirdly, this is what really made me cringe. In "The Book of Mormon" we have a scripture mastery in 1 Nephi 3:7 which has Nephi tell his father Lehi that he "...will go and do..." In the book, Nephi's intention was to "go" and get the plates of Laban. In the movie, that famous phrase was used the same way but then was reused out of context and placed in Lehi's conversation with his son's to go and get wives. Granted that Nephi and his brothers definitely wouldn't "murmur" about this suggestion, but changing this simple and important declaration in a loosely humorous manner is "unacceptable!"

There are numerous flaws in this movie, but these were the main ones and I want to get to the point of this blog. Making "The Book of Mormon" into a TV show!

Starting off, I would change the title. Don't get me wrong, calling the show "The Book of Mormon"
would be more plausible, but from what recently happened with "The Book of Mormon Musical"; people are going to associate that title to the creators of "South Park", and think that it will be a TV adaption from that musical. Now what should we call it then? I'd call it "The Reign of the Judges"! The reason I'd call it that is because the majority of "The Book of Mormon" talks about "the reign of the judges", and each time it did, something interesting is bound to happen! Plus If you want to attract a broader audience you'll need to pick a title that people of all faiths or beliefs will be drawn to.



Now I know what you're thinking, "the reign of the judges" doesn't start in 1 Nephi. Well, we're not going to start the show in 1 Nephi, We're going to start it in Mosiah 27:8 and the series will end in Helaman 16:9. I know... I know... "Alma goes on forever!"

So do all TV shows, but yet we each sit and binge-watch each episode "till whatever end!"

The series will start with Alma the younger being rebellious and it will end with Samuel the Lamanite prophesying of the Lord's coming. This will be perfect because it will put the viewer in the middle of the story where the first reign of the judges will begin. Since everybody is into the end of the world these days with dystopian and apocolyptic futures, it would be fitting to end the season with Samuel the Lamanite predicting "the end of the world" for the wicked, but a new beginning for the righteous!

  

More ideas will come, I can assure you!
What do you think? What would make an awesome TV show for "The Reign of the Judges"? I'm opened for ideas!