His Dark Materials - TV Series

[belboid]

Hmm, still enjoyable, but some of that dialogue was rank. A thinking childs’ Harry Potter.

 

[wiskey]

I rather enjoyed that one, it feels like it's getting into its stride

 

[Clair De Lune]

I read the books 18 years ago whilst pregnant with my first born. They got me through a tough time.
I now have the pleasure of watching this with my youngest (he was almost as transfixed as me)
The thrill I just felt waiting to see Iorek. I'm fighting depression right now. That thrill was needed.
Also Miss Coulter is wonderfully creepy as is her Daemon.

 

[Rebelda]

Oh man, Hester is perfect.

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

I read the books 18 years ago whilst pregnant with my first born. They got me through a tough time.
I now have the pleasure of watching this with my youngest (he was almost as transfixed as me)
The thrill I just felt waiting to see Iorek. I'm fighting depression right now. That thrill was needed.
Also Miss Coulter is wonderfully creepy as is her Daemon.

Am I the only one who feels sorry for her deamon?

 

[Manter]

Am I the only one who feels sorry for her deamon?

No! I said the same thing. The relationship between them is broken- it’s like the worst possible marriage

 

[editor]

I'm still loving it. Funny that most of it is filmed around Cardiff and south Wales!

 

[Rebelda]

I'm not 100% sold on what's his face Hamilton as Lee Scoresby. I'm not anti either.

 

[kittyP]

Oh man, Hester is perfect.

She really is.
One, not criticism but disappointment is that I don't feel that the Deamons are as present as I would like in the TV series.
But I understand due to budgets and running times that it's more limited than in the books.
But then Hester rocks up and ohhh yeah!
Her and Lee are just brilliant!

And then Dudley Dursley as Sysselman was just an extra little icing on the cake

 

[Rebelda]

And then Dudley Dursley as Sysselman was just an extra little icing on the cake

OMG that's who that was

 

[Lazy Llama]

OMG that's who that was

And he was in War of the Worlds straight afterwards too. Busy Sunday night for him.

 

[Cloo]

OMG that's who that was

Ditto - I knew he was familiar, but couldn't place him!

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm not 100% sold on what's his face Hamilton as Lee Scoresby. I'm not anti either.

I thought they cast Sam Elliott well in The Golden Compass. Miranda is just too young

 

[kittyP]

And he was in War of the Worlds straight afterwards too. Busy Sunday night for him.

Yes I've just spotted him there too

 

[kittyP]

Maybe it's coz I read the books so long ago but I love this Lee Scoresby

 

[T & P]

If everyone in Lyra’s world is supposed to have a daemon, there are remarkably few on sight, in particular the background characters. I’ll forgive it because the series is very good and it would have been very costly and time consuming to add countless more CGI creatures throughout it, in particular scenes with many characters in the shot.

 

[8ball]

If everyone in Lyra’s world is supposed to have a daemon, there are remarkably few on sight, in particular the background characters. I’ll forgive it because the series is very good and it would have been very costly and time consuming to add countless more CGI creatures throughout it, in particular scenes with many characters in the shot.

Yeah, I was thinking this.

 

[han]

Love this. I've read the trilogy twice and feel this is really close to the book. Remarkably so.

 

[Orang Utan]

it would be too crowded and distracting. i just tell myself most people's daemons are tiny and fit in pockets.

 

[Orang Utan]

I wonder if you could have a microbe as a daemon. some friendly gut bacteria rather than bubonic plague or listeria of course

 

[8ball]

it would be too crowded and distracting. i just tell myself most people's daemons are tiny and fit in pockets.

I kind of find the lack of them distracting- I keep looking for them.

 

[Manter]

I wonder if anyone gets an elephant. Or a fish or something. Something that properly fucks up their life choices

 

[Orang Utan]

I kind of find the lack of them distracting- I keep looking for them.

it'd look like the loading of The Ark

 

[Orang Utan]

I wonder if anyone gets an elephant. Or a fish or something. Something that properly fucks up their life choices

aye, it'd be difficult traversing the frozen north in these shoes:

 

[wiskey]

My affinity would obviously be with a puffer fish... But practical it would not be

 

[kittyP]

If everyone in Lyra’s world is supposed to have a daemon, there are remarkably few on sight, in particular the background characters. I’ll forgive it because the series is very good and it would have been very costly and time consuming to add countless more CGI creatures throughout it, in particular scenes with many characters in the shot.

See my recent comment.

She really is.
One, not criticism but disappointment is that I don't feel that the Deamons are as present as I would like in the TV series.
But I understand due to budgets and running times that it's more limited than in the books.
But then Hester rocks up and ohhh yeah!
Her and Lee are just brilliant!

They are fully present everywhere all the time in the books.
As you said I guess it a matter of money and time them being fully included in the programme.

 

[kittyP]

I wonder if anyone gets an elephant. Or a fish or something. Something that properly fucks up their life choices

I think the idea is everyone ultimately gets the deamon that suits them despite what they want or deserve.
Also an elephant would not be able to be everywhere a human is so not possible.
Same with a fish.

Also, deamons are not actually animals.
They just have the form of animals.
A pole cat exists in that world the same as it does here, but a pole cat deamon is not the same thing iyswim?

 

[T & P]

Just thought if something else that might constitute a bigger plot hole. There is an episode in which I believe Lyra wonders how Mrs Coulter’s daemon could have been spying on them so far away from his human, as it hurts to be too far apart.

IIRC from the books there might be a reason for Mrs Coulter’s ability, but certainly not for the many characters seen without a daemon.

 

[Orang Utan]

Just thought if something else that might constitute a bigger plot hole. There is an episode in which I believe Lyra wonders how Mrs Coulter’s daemon could have been spying on them so far away from his human, as it hurts to be too far apart.

IIRC from the books there might be a reason for Mrs Coulter’s ability, but certainly not for the many characters seen without a daemon.

i don't think it's a plot hole. they've just chosen not to show all the daemons for aesthetic/budget reasons.

 

[Crispy]

The animation is superb isn't it? They really feel like bears/birds/hares. The weight and mannerisms are spot on.