A new go at His Dark Materials

Skybird · 10-27-19, 11:07 AM

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/201...-for-our-times

Have read the books, found them quite good. First attempt to turn them into a movie flopped in the cinemas, for they left out the complexity and the criticism of institutional religion and turned a complex story into a quite shallow piece of not-fish-not-meat. That the BBC is involved in the effort now and that it is not a purely US-company-led project, may help to safeguard against the production once again, like the first time, being pushed by religious fundamentalists into a harmless direction by noisy lobbying.

Whether it will stand the test of comparing it to GoT, as the article does, remains to be seen. Its last but not least a question of budget.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,618 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	A new go at His Dark Materials http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/201...-for-our-times Have read the books, found them quite good. First attempt to turn them into a movie flopped in the cinemas, for they left out the complexity and the criticism of institutional religion and turned a complex story into a quite shallow piece of not-fish-not-meat. That the BBC is involved in the effort now and that it is not a purely US-company-led project, may help to safeguard against the production once again, like the first time, being pushed by religious fundamentalists into a harmless direction by noisy lobbying. Whether it will stand the test of comparing it to GoT, as the article does, remains to be seen. Its last but not least a question of budget. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 10-27-19 at 11:19 AM.