His Dark Materials
they've finally made the Philip Pullman books into films, well started to anyway. Thought some of you may be interested
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FredAstaireAteMyTapShoes but he left me this fetching ballgown, Thu 24 May 2007, 16:29,
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I knew
they were making the film - excellent find on the trailer.
Looks less medieval than I imagined it.
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Blackdogmanguitar is out with Fat Larry's Jazz Band on, Thu 24 May 2007, 16:33,
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Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Thanks for posting this!
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Monty Propps, Thu 24 May 2007, 16:38,
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You're welcome
It actually looks pretty decent from the trailer, that's my xmas sorted. The make your own daemon thing passes a few mins too
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FredAstaireAteMyTapShoes but he left me this fetching ballgown, Thu 24 May 2007, 16:49,
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Iorek's armor could have been a little rustier...
But other than that I am doing sex wees in anticipation!
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Monty Propps, Thu 24 May 2007, 16:52,
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rustier :o
but he takes so much care of his armour. i am not watching the trailer, they runied narnia and harry potter by adapting them, i already know how the worlds look, and i dont want to spoil it.
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Captain Pilchard The king of B-movies!, Thu 24 May 2007, 17:55,
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No he doesn't ;)
He was an outcast, and that was the point.
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Monty Propps, Thu 24 May 2007, 17:57,
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The armor was rusty because it had been taken from him
he cleaned it up later.
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 24 May 2007, 19:47,
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Oh please let it be fantastic
I saw them filming in Oxford - the crew said good things about the quality of the acting, but wouldn't tell us anything more than that
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Dave the Mighty, Thu 24 May 2007, 17:06,
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Sadly the Merkin studio execs have removed most of the religious stuff
for fear of offending stupid intolerent people.
I daresay they'll remove the underage sex from book three too.
IT'S POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GORN MAAAAD!
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NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Thu 24 May 2007, 17:12,
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Oh piss have they?
Most of the point of the books is Pullman's absolutely fantastically eloquent contempt for religion.
I'll still go watch it. They deserve to be realy popular then, so people will go and buy the books
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Dave the Mighty, Thu 24 May 2007, 17:21,
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well
the church did try to ban the books. and failed as they have no authority on these things. another reason why im not watching it, wonder whne the next trilogy is out...
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Captain Pilchard The king of B-movies!, Thu 24 May 2007, 17:58,
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How the hell can they remove the religious stuff?
The baddy is God for fuck's sake. Are they going to replace him with Captain Evil or something? Also why the fuck is it the Golden Compass? Can Hollywood executives not understand the concept of Northern Lights, like they can't understand the concept of a Philosopher's Stone?
On a side note, I was in this film. Had to be a student for a big hallway scene. Was talking to the bloke next to me and unwittingly muttered 'I'd do er, mwuh hurr hurrr' at the same time as Nicole Kidman passed behind me, apparently she turned round and gave me an unnerved look.
Also I'm a gibbon.
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Fuck yeah!
Well the first book was great at least (bit like LotR in that respect), and they seem to be trying to do it justice.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 24 May 2007, 17:08,
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If it's as good as the adaptations of LoTR
Then I may implode with bliss.
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The effects are great
the acting is a little worrying
/insider blog
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 24 May 2007, 19:45,
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Top stuff!
This is great - from the trailer it looks promising, hope Lyra isn't too precocious. Also the daemon creator said I was a fucking crow - bah!
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