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.

Jimbuna · 10-27-19, 11:16 AM

Can't see it being as good as GoT but each down to their own.

Skybird · 10-27-19, 11:23 AM

Such projects of turnign certain books into movies, can go terribly wrong. The article mentions Dune, I would add Gormenbgahst as well, whcih was done by the BBC. I found it terrible, and was angry, for the first two novels by Peake are amongst my absolutely most loved books ever. Now I do not "love" the novels by Pullmann, just found them good, okay, but they have boith the chance for telling a real great and complex narration - or flopping once again by realising them as somethign to small and little, while the novel indeed speaks of something much bigger.

We will see.

10-27-19, 11:07 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 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.

10-27-19, 11:16 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Can't see it being as good as GoT but each down to their own. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-27-19, 11:23 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Such projects of turnign certain books into movies, can go terribly wrong. The article mentions Dune, I would add Gormenbgahst as well, whcih was done by the BBC. I found it terrible, and was angry, for the first two novels by Peake are amongst my absolutely most loved books ever. Now I do not "love" the novels by Pullmann, just found them good, okay, but they have boith the chance for telling a real great and complex narration - or flopping once again by realising them as somethign to small and little, while the novel indeed speaks of something much bigger. We will see. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.