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The Golden Compass

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Based on the first book in the His Dark Materials series. To be released later this year.

 

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Finrod
Finrod posted over 5 years ago
Superb book. Utterly superb. Too good for just children. I call it Northern Lights, though. It caused a lot of bleating among the fundamentalists, I gather... but who cares about that?
hotpinkplaydough
hotpinkplaydough posted over 5 years ago

theres a BOOK?! MY GOSH, I REALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY SOON!

NimbleMarmoset
NimbleMarmoset posted over 5 years ago

Yes, you must. The books are brilliant.

purple octopus
purple octopus posted over 5 years ago

They are indeed. I went to see a two part stage play of the trilogy just before christmas which was... interesting! They entirely cut out Mary's character and all the wheelies and all that - which is understandable. The kids were great actors, much better than the adults.

I predict Eva Green making a fantastic Serafina. 

NimbleMarmoset
NimbleMarmoset posted over 5 years ago

I would love to see the stage production.

purple octopus
purple octopus posted over 5 years ago

Unfortunately it was a little amateur dramatics production (put on by the wonderfully named HumDrum AmDram company, if I remember correctly) that only ran for a week in a 200 seat theatre. The stage was a tiny little raised platform. It all adds to the charm, though, eh? I prefer the intimate shows all-in-all.

purple octopus
purple octopus posted over 5 years ago

Apparantly, I don't remember correctly and it wasn't their production. What on earth did I go and see by them, then?! Hmm…

Finrod
Finrod posted over 5 years ago

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wonderinaliceland
wonderinaliceland posted over 5 years ago

I saw the stage production at the National Theatre. It was rather fantastic. But they left out the whole Mary Malone wheeled creatures plotline, probably because it would have been very difficult to engineer and would make the play even longer (it was already 6 hours or so). But i do hope they don't leave it out of the films.

 

Finrod
Finrod posted over 5 years ago

The Wheelies were left out of the BBC Radio 4 adaptation (about 2000, 2001) also; but they did a superb job on the books as well.

Kittilyn
Kittilyn posted over 5 years ago

THERE IS GOING TO BE A MOVIE?! 

OH.

MY.

AGGGHHHAAEEEEEPEEEEAAGGGGHHHHHAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPP!!

Finrod
Finrod posted over 5 years ago

You OK there, Kittilyn?

Kittilyn
Kittilyn posted over 5 years ago

No.  I think my brain just exploded.

Finrod
Finrod posted over 5 years ago

Oh, right then. Give us a shout if you need anything.

NimbleMarmoset
NimbleMarmoset posted over 5 years ago

Kittilyn, m'dear, is that a positive or negative reaction?

Kittilyn
Kittilyn posted over 5 years ago

Oh, definately positive.  I simply cannot handle all of the excitement.  My favourite book series ... just hope they don't butcher the story.

NimbleMarmoset
NimbleMarmoset posted over 5 years ago

Hear, hear!

Finrod
Finrod posted over 5 years ago

Perhaps with the success of The Lord of the Rings they''ll realise that you can be close to the text - or the spirit of the text - and still be successful.

Mind you, that didn't help the mid-eighties David Lynch-directed film of Dune, which is one of the few films that I find utterly unwatchable. Dreadful mess. And do you know who wrote the screenplay?  

NimbleMarmoset
NimbleMarmoset posted over 5 years ago

The movie is superb.

Ginger_Bear
Ginger_Bear posted over 5 years ago

excellent film, i highly recommend seeing it.

Katia111
Katia111 posted over 2 years ago

WoW