Raël: The Alien Prophet

Very odd series. Has all the trappings of an exposé but doesn't really seem to have much to actually expose. It never explains clearly what exactly the tenets of Raelism are or who Rael is, and then spends three episodes using a lot of scary music and visuals to imply that it's all very bad, but without really giving any clear examples. The main focus seems to be that the Raelians lied about having cloned a child - but if they did, who exactly did that harm? I have no doubt that Rael is a charlatan who has used his sway over people to access attractive young women and enjoy attention and a luxurious lifestyle - and it's hinted that worse stuff went on - but the series doesn't really make it very clear where exactly he differs in this from, say, any given rock star. Presumably there are disaffected Raelians, but we don't really hear from any. Yes, the ones we see all seem deluded, but they also seem fairly content and harmless spreading their message of peace and free love or whatever. But as there presumably is a darker side to all this - otherwise what's the point of the documentary - why isn't it really shown? The main draw is the old footage of Rael and the Raelians, and to be honest just an edited-together collection of that would probably have been more illuminating and interesting.

"The highest truth of the universe has been revealed to me: it's that you should all worship me, have sex with me (but only if you're good looking) and give me all your money."

Fascinating and infuriating story about how even some very well educated people can fall prey to a self-absorbed cult leader and waste their lives covering up his lies.

In the style of Holy Hell (about the Buddhafield sect) and Wild,Wild Country (about the Bhagwan/Osho sect), Raël: The Last Prophet tells the story of a cult mainly through interviews with current and former members, mixed with old footage of the sect's often absurd activities.

Interestingly, the cult leader himself, Claude Vorilhon ("Raël"), who has managed to become venerated as a prophet by tens of thousands of followers globally, agreed to be interviewed for this production at his current home in Japan.

People are so gullible, they believe just about anything. I'm surprised that during the old footage of that guru guy getting interviewed when he was young that nobody asked well. Were you taking drugs? Were you on drugs? What drugs did you take? Seriously, I mean yeah I saw UFO and it took him to another planet or whatever other stuff he said, but nobody asked like because that in that day and age drugs were huge. All these cults were like full of drugs so I'm surprised nobody asked like were you on heroin? Did you try LSD? Were you smoking pot like all the time or something like that? Nobody asked any of those questions so I think it's all BS I know people that went on drug trips and said exact same kind of crap And they have that blonde lady that's a chemist to give validation to this because she's really intelligent and she has a degree and she's so smart so of course she believes that it must be true. I just think she's also delusional. She probably had like massive sex orgies at that place and you know that's what most of those cults are all about Due to me, I'm getting no vibes from him of being real all I'm getting vibes of some narcissistic lonely insecure dude that somehow got people to follow him with his BS.

That aliens might have visited earth, and why wouldn't they? It's a fascinating planet. What I don't believe is that they randomly stopped some French guy and made him the Messiah. I also don't believe that they created humanity, because evolution is a good explanation for that. Rael seems to be a typical cult leader doing nefarious stuff because people let him. The one thing I don't really understand is how opposed people are to human cloning. At the moment it would be a purely biological process - identical twins are clones, so why not give childless couples another option, apart from IVF? If you know nothing about this group, it's a good watch. A.

It starts with this ugly french guy, stupid, charmless, looking like the outcome of a botched scientific operation, who claims he's met aliens, in the most unimaginative and ridiculous way possible. I heard 8-year old kids lying more convincingly.

These aliens (The Elohim) are our creators, and they told him all the secrets of humanity, so he has to spread the word.

The poor guy didn't ask for any of that, he's just the chosen vessel (of all the people in the world, they've chosen the one who looks halfway between a clown and a puddle)

Somehow, some cuckoos are adamant he's telling the truth and devote their life (and money) to him.

They build a community, 70's style, with freedom at its core: Freedom for the leader to f... every woman, for the sake of humanity and the "message", of course. Let alone all the people living naked, in the midst of kids and all the disgusting stories that have been reported around that.

In a nutshell, a manipulating piece of sh... But to be fair, he didn't even try to hide it that much, shame on his followers. Another self-appointed prophet with a gullible audience.

I almost forgot that he had dinner with Mahomet and Jesus, who told him they were actually brothers. Who are we to dare to question that? If Rael says it, it is true, period!

And you'll have to listen to the testimonies of "Raelians", who feel they're unjustly persecuted, for the world fears the righteous ones.

You'll get the pseudo-scientist who sounds like she's taken too many Xanax, then the clueless nymphomaniac guinea fowl who was amazed by the prophet's personality and dreamt of having sex with the Elohims (This lady is probably the dumbest of them all, that's saying something!).

And a bunch of brain-dead morons who still haven't figured it out, 40 years later.

Well, it's almost painful to watch, and if it were a fiction, nobody would believe it.

Beyond ridiculous.