To Hell with Harry Potter

[klugspeck]

I had absolutely no idea they were making a movie based on Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials.  It's due out in December - why was I not notified?  I loved every one of those books, from their mature outlook on morality to their vicious indictments of organized religion.  I worry about how much of that tone is going to survive the transition to

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[aliwilliams]

I don't know how you missed this, I've been getting excited/worrying about it for months.

Entertainingly, two other people independently pointed me toward the find-your-daemon page today. Sometimes I think everyone I know shares a brain.

My roommate brought home a book of early images from the film, adding to my list of big worries about the tone and conviction of the movie a concern that the armored bears' armor is too pretty and not banged up enough.

[klugspeck]

Yeah, I always pictured them as being covered in rust and blood stains, not all glittery and shiny. After all, didn't the false bear king ended up getting his head handed to him because his armor was too pretty and not functional enough?

[aliwilliams]

Yes! I remember the first description of the armor in the books. How it was like and unlike a pile of scrap metal. I may hate the movie, but at least they're doing it all-out, not as a made-for-tv crapfest with puppet daemons or anything.

[anyway413]

At least they aren't doing it polar express animation style.

[klugspeck]

Amen. I didn't think you could make Tom Hanks look terrifying, but somehow, that movie proved me wrong.