Omega Code The Books

Michael York's Dispatches From Armageddon shares insights on the basics of creating a film. The first person diary entries share moment-by-moment experiences in the making of the movie Megiddo: aspiring actors will relish the insights into how a movie is produced.

We see from start to finish the makings of a great epic apocalyptic film: the care,the mishaps, details details,redos & outtakes.The pleasant suprising bonus is a look-see into the kinder/gentler private side/life of Michael. I would never fly so much or keep all those engagements. Some doubt remains if cutting down the film time to 90 mins. will come out even &/or do justice to a film of such magnitude. Knowing that Michael was @ the helm with advice and agreement of end results must make it all worthwhile. I must see the film to be certain sure.

Dispatches from Armageddon is a wonderfully entertaining and thought-provoking read. Michael York's writing is as engaging as his acting, while he generously shares his trials and triumphs, not only about the day-to-day process of creating a movie, but in the unique and fascinating daily experience of being Michael York. Although a fascinating look into making a film, it is much more than that. For it teems with acting advice, travel adventure, private moments, memorable quotations, humor and humility. And best of all, we are offered not only insight into how an actor works, but, more importantly, how a true gentleman lives. It is sincere and it is human, and each chapter unfolds like letters from a friend. This book is insightful, funny, and often profound.

Paul Crouch's novelization of the sleeper hit film "The Omega Code" has many of the movie's strengths and weaknesses. The inherent grandeur and urgency of the plot--the rise of Antichrist in the Earth's last days--coupled with the author's evident empathy for his subject imbues this book with enough power to both entertain and inspire the Evangelical Christians from whose viewpoint the book emerges. The characters are interesting and highly believable, and the storyline, for all its exhuberance, does bear the ring of truth. Unfortunately, Mr. Crouch has not mastered the high art of fiction, and his prose frequently rings badly off key. A careful editing would have helped. Even so, the somewhat spartan style is admittedly much more satisfying than the often overblown writing of more "accomplished" authors. Another drawback is that the philosophy behind the story is not fully explained within the book itself, so readers from non-Evangelical backgrounds, and especially non-Christians, may have trouble understanding what's going on. But all-in-all, thanks to the author's intense conviction and the raw power of Revelation itself, "The Omega Code" works not only as novel, but as morality tale as well.

This is a real attention getter. I could not put this book down. Paul Crouch did a great job. A lot of action drama and confusion. People you expected to be good were bad and the bad were good. Or for the most part some of them were. Action after Action after action. I would give it a five but the ending was a little [bad]. Other than that the story was awesome. I've read it twice already.

This would be a great story in the hands of an accomplished writer. I'm sure Mr. Crouch is a wonderful person but his literary skills are lacking. I much preferred the Left Behind series.

I loved this book. It is a tale that soon we will be living. Perhaps not exactly as it is portrayed by the writing, but the basic idea will be in full bloom.

The book is good against evil, the rise of the
Anti-Christ, coming to rule the world in all his
ungodly fame and glory. The code has been found in the Bible, a code that can be used for good or for evil, the race is on.

I believe that Christians will enjoy this read and it might just get a few non-believers to dig a little bit in the Word of God to see what is about to take place in this old world of ours.
Recommended!

I saw the story in the theater, and was tempted to kill the projectionist. I had to remind myself it wasn't his fault. He was only acting under orders. Actually, the film was so dumb it was funny. I found myself almost laughing at the scary parts, and that's why it's destined to join the ranks of other rank films like Ed Woods' PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE. If it were an animal, however, I'd have to give it a mercy killing. And the book, as I understand, runs pretty close to the film.

Besides providing proof that Christian filmmaking has arrived nowhere after more than twenty years, it also revealed the silliness of Hal Lindsey's ideas for the end of the world. Once you see them "fleshed out" on the big screen, the one thing that becomes clear is what a trite end for the world is envisioned by this whole concept. I suggest reading End-Time Prophecies of the Bible, if you want a dramatic look at biblical prophecies for the end of time.