His Dark Materials - TV Series

[moochedit]

ah, i thought it was a bbc production

Co-production hbo/bbc. Hbo started showing it first this season. Bbc was first last 2 seasons but i think world cup delayed it here this time.

 

[spitfire]

Well that was emotional. Very good, can see how the HBO money was used, puts Dr Who's production values to shame.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Well that was emotional. Very good, can see how the HBO money was used, puts Dr Who's production values to shame.

Pah! Production values be damned.

 

[Ax^]

watching the land of the dead episode as they leave pan behind

their something i my eye ok

 

[SpookyFrank]

The final series smashed it I reckon. The narrative in the third book gets pretty messy but the TV show cleared it up a lot and gave a much better sense of where everyone actually was and when. They also managed to film a bunch of stuff I always thought would be unfilmable, like the rollerblading horse-elephant thingies. Several supporting characters who didn't amount to much on the page were fleshed out well and were very well-acted, particularly the angels.

 

[Ax^]

must admit i was not expecting they to get the skating elephants into a workable vision but fair play to them

loving the series but someone give philip a kick in the arse to give us the book 3 of dust it finishes with a recap of pans feelings about being left behind

 

[SpookyFrank]

must admit i was not expecting they to get the skating elephants into a workable vision but fair play to them

loving the series but someone give philip a kick in the arse to give us the book 3 of dust it finishes with a recap of pans feelings about being left behind

La Belle Sauvage was great. Second one, didn't enjoy it much. It was somehow heavy-handed and vague at the same time.

 

[Rebelda]

I thought we didn't get enough of Mary and the Mulefa, and they weren't quite right but I can accept staying exactly true to the book would have been visually tricky.

 

[Rebelda]

La Belle Sauvage was great. Second one, didn't enjoy it much. It was somehow heavy-handed and vague at the same time.

There's a bit too much going on in the secret commonwealth isn't there? Hard to follow.

 

[Ax^]

it was not a self encapsulating story like Sauvage

which is why i want to see its conclusion before he snuff it

 

[Storm Fox]

I thought we didn't get enough of Mary and the Mulefa, and they weren't quite right but I can accept staying exactly true to the book would have been visually tricky.

Mary was always my favourite minor character and I thought Simone Kirby played her really well. I agree it would have been great to have more film time there.

 

[Rebelda]

it was not a self encapsulating story like Sauvage

which is why i want to see its conclusion before he snuff it

Don't, he's not allowed to die

 

[Rebelda]

Mary was always my favourite minor character and I thought Simone Kirby played her really well. I agree it would have been great to have more film time there.

She was really well cast want she? And I liked the minor twist on her story.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I thought we didn't get enough of Mary and the Mulefa, and they weren't quite right but I can accept staying exactly true to the book would have been visually tricky.

Yeah, there were some episodes where all she got given to do was walk across a field for ten seconds to remind viewers that she existed. Then she learns the Mulefa's language in about four minutes of screen time. Seemed like an editing problem as much as anything else; her story doesn't interact with anyone else's until right at the end so they could have spread her scenes about a bit more.

 

[Ax^]

ok enough spoliers


aye i know the story but

 

[SpookyFrank]

Ah it's been out for ages, don't want spoilers don't read the thread

 

[Ax^]

i read all the books but did not want production spoliers

plus bloody bbc moving it around ruined by series linkage

 

[Orang Utan]

Some of us are still watching it. Wait til it’s over please!

 

[Orang Utan]

Ah it's been out for ages, don't want spoilers don't read the thread

Fuck off, it’s still being broadcast. Not all of us are bingewankers who can’t control themselves

 

[Elpenor]

I feel a new meme coming on…

 

[editor]

I really enjoyed that. And got most upset at the end.

 

[Brainaddict]

A very good series.

Spoiler: Slight ending and sequel spoiler

I've read the books but don't remember Lyra being so screwed over at the end. She's basically lost everyone she cares about and it's very sad. I didn't remember the book ending that way but might just be remembering wrong. Anyway, it does kind of fit with the not-very-good sequel where she's fairly bitter.

 

[Storm Fox]

A very good series.

Spoiler: Slight ending and sequel spoiler

I've read the books but don't remember Lyra being so screwed over at the end. She's basically lost everyone she cares about and it's very sad. I didn't remember the book ending that way but might just be remembering wrong. Anyway, it does kind of fit with the not-very-good sequel where she's fairly bitter.

Spoiler: Reply about the ending of the Book and adaptation

It does pretty much go down in the book that way too. I felt a sense of loss for a few days afterwards.

Spoiler: Comment on the sequel

Regarding the sequel. I really liked it up to that point, but that seemed odd and out of place

 

[spitfire]

A very good series.

Spoiler: Slight ending and sequel spoiler

I've read the books but don't remember Lyra being so screwed over at the end. She's basically lost everyone she cares about and it's very sad. I didn't remember the book ending that way but might just be remembering wrong. Anyway, it does kind of fit with the not-very-good sequel where she's fairly bitter.

Spoiler: oh yeah

I think you've put your finger on why it is so sad and upsetting at the end, although I hadn't realised why at the time.

 

[Ax^]

Spoiler: hmm

if you parent are willing to kill kids for their benefit,

i'd not expect sound financial planning

 

[May Kasahara]

Finally finished it this morning and was very satisfied. Managed not to cry quite as hysterically as I did when reading the last few chapters of the book.

A small comment: I really liked the use of subtitles to illustrate Mary's learning of the mulefa language - how the occasional clear word became one or two words and then more. I thought it was a very clever production flourish to convey something quite intangible in a tiny space of screen time.

 

[Gromit]

Finally finished it this morning and was very satisfied. Managed not to cry quite as hysterically as I did when reading the last few chapters of the book.

A small comment: I really liked the use of subtitles to illustrate Mary's learning of the mulefa language - how the occasional clear word became one or two words and then more. I thought it was a very clever production flourish to convey something quite intangible in a tiny space of screen time.

Words change meaning with the trunk (or in Mary’s case arm) movement / swishes.
Words having both a visual and audible component in their language.