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Musical33·11/4/2020

I'm ever so excited!! I agree the portrayals of the characters in the TV series are slightly different from the books, but I'm still just excited to see the worlds brought to life on screen. Like how they will do Spectres and such.

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Musical33·7/23/2020

Imo, this choice of Mary seems perfect!

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Musical33·7/23/2020

Such exciting news!!

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Musical33·6/11/2020

Wow, that's very cool!!

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Musical33·5/16/2020

YESSSS :D

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Musical33·3/11/2020

Great to hear from you! Thanks for the info, it's definitely an interesting little tid bit! :)

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Musical33·2/5/2020

We recorded the episode last night! @NightSpeakers you were mentioned quite a lot for all your comments and opinions :D Hope you enjoy the episode when it does come out! It was a lot of fun talking to @Wschantz .

Side note: It is revealed that I still haven't completely read the Secret Commonwealth T^T I promise I'm working on it! xD

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Musical33·1/28/2020

I'm jealous! I don't think it's for sale in the USA yet...

Musical33·1/27/2020 in BBC TV Series

Hello everyone! I'll be featuring on a podcast hosted by our very own user Wschantz. We'll be primarily discussing the BBC TV series and fans' reactions to this new adaptation of our beloved book series.

I'll definitely be drawing on a lot of opinions from the episode discussions we've been having here, but if there's anything in particular that you would like to be discussed/pointed out, please post in this thread and let me know!

In the meantime, please check out the 50+ podcast episodes he has discussing the first two books in the series, and more:

https://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/gamecool-books-golden-compass-by-philip.html

http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2019/05/gamecool-books-subtle-knife-by-philip.html

Gamecool Books: The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman

Gamecool Books: The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullmannewschoolnotes.blogspot.com

Gamecool Books: The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman

Gamecool Books: The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullmannewschoolnotes.blogspot.com

For anyone interested in listening to the upcoming episode, be warned that there will be spoilers on how the TV adaptation so far connects to the original trilogy, and about everything that might happen in the future.

His Dark Materials (TV series)

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Musical33·12/31/2019

The bear fight was extremely underwhelming. No armour? And no jaw? AND they had Lyra's lie get called out? The scene with Lee and Serafina was very oddly placed, and Will killing Thomas??? The direction of that scene - that extremely important scene! - was not good. They needed better emphasis on the fact that it was an accident, that Will actually killed him, and that he was shocked by the outcome. And the person I was watching with even said he totally forgot they even owned a cat so it seemed like it was placed there conveniently. And not to mention, Will is supposed to be really understanding of his mother, but every time he saw her he got angry that she was out and about. :(

Also, the scenes with Mrs Coulter were oddly placed and seemed to detract from the rest of the storyline that was happening.

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Musical33·12/11/2019

Also.. question... were they trying to imply at the end of the episode that.. John Faa and Ma Costa... y'know? Was... was it supposed to be implied that he was Billy's dad...? Cuz the hand holding was a bit.. much x_x

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Musical33·12/10/2019

Wow a lot was definitely changed! I was very disappointed by the fight scene. Serafina taking out all the Tartars at once was a little bit OP. And I thought the fight scene would be much longer and cooler. I personally think the movie did a much better job as far as the fight scene at Bolvangar, because in the movie there were all the witches and all the Gyptians fighting all the Tartars from across the ice, which is more accurate to the book and a bit more dramatic. BUT I still really loved this episode! :)

The scene between Mrs Coulter and Lyra screaming on opposite ends of the locked door was a bit odd to me..

But I really liked the cliff-ghast scene!

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Musical33·12/9/2019

You're welcome!

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Musical33·12/9/2019

Lyra was 12 years old during the events of The Golden Compass (the book).

Lyra Silvertongue

Lyra SilvertongueHis Dark Materials

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Musical33·12/6/2019

The following answer has a lot of spoilers, so please read this answer cautiously:

The reason Mrs Coulter wants to separate daemons from children is because she is doing research for the Church/Magisterium as the head of the General Oblation Board. They want to keep Dust (sin) from settling onto children, and they have observed that Dust only settles when a child has reached maturity and their daemon stops changing shape. SO, they are targeting children whose daemons still change - the children who don't attract Dust yet.

By separating daemon and child, Mrs Coulter hopes to find a way of preventing children from attracting Dust (prevent them from becoming 'sinful').

https://hisdarkmaterials.fandom.com/wiki/General_Oblation_Board#Purpose

General Oblation Board

General Oblation BoardHis Dark Materials

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Musical33·12/6/2019

The books definitely!

As for the TV show vs the Movie, I have mixed opinions! While I definitely think that the TV show overall is gonna be better, there are certain things that the movie did better, so this is my list of things that each did better:

MOVIE: better daemon emphasis, better casting (staying true to the books' descriptions), better portrayal of Lyra as a character

TV SHOW: more time to spend on the plot, more exposure, not afraid to bring in the religious aspects of the story, more support/resources

Those are just a few things I've noticed :) BUT the books will always remain the best. Philip Pullman's writing is sublime!

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Musical33·12/4/2019

I agree whole heartedly! The introduction of Will in the TV series is exciting but I hope they do it justice!

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Musical33·12/3/2019

Hey SanguinePan, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the ending of the Golden Compass as well! It's so heartbreaking and raw and powerful! And the fact that the movie didn't address it was so crazy to me! They actually did shoot those scenes, but they got taken out in the editor's cutting room. WHO DOES THAT???

But anyway, yes! Lyra's character is so brave and courageous and amazing and I love her confidence SO SO much! Her parents are terrible and her whole situation sucks, but she and Pan are the ultimate duo and it's like they can take on anything together. Especially with the last line in the book being that they walked into the sky together (or something like that, I don't have a copy of the book on me right now :P).

I really can't wait for you to finish the second and third books! I love following along with someone's introduction to His Dark Materials! It's such an amazing series and I'm really glad it's gaining so much more attention now that the TV series is out and all of that. Please, make more posts in the future when you finish the other books and I'm happy for you to join in on our episode discussions too!

Happy reading!

PS: Next time please include all of this information in your first post, I know you were trying to avoid spoilers for people, but posting it in the Spoiler category is enough. Posting multiple times like this is a bit like spam :)

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Musical33·12/3/2019

You can absolutely discuss spoilers/books in this thread, or even create a new one if you want to focus it on a particular book topic. The only place spoilers aren't allowed right now is in the episode discussion threads :)

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Musical33·11/26/2019

So I watched the episode last night and I was actually really happy with it! Although the characterization of Lee is a bit skewed, the overall episode was really great! The lack of daemons during the bear fight was definitely noticeable, but I feel like the lack of daemons is just gonna be something we have to get used to sadly. BUT did anyone else notice the way Mrs Coulter slapped her daemons hand away when he wanted to hold her hand? OMIGOD I almost cried Dx That whole characterization is starting to intrigue me and I think the relationship between her and her daemon is being well portrayed!