Graham (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tao_) wrote,@ 2007-04-28 01:01:00 |
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Philip Pullman gets his shafting
Yikes. I have to say, I really don't like the look of the film of His Dark Materials. First of all... 'The Golden Compass'? What the hell is that? Do they mean 'Northern Lights'? Are they referring to the Alethiometer?
And who's that prissy-looking kid? Surely that's not supposed to be Lyra!!! She's a tomboy, for Christ's sake, a street urchin! She doesn't have the money for that haircut!
God, I wish Hollywood would fuck off.
(Ooh, in the cold light of morning, I wish I hadn't written this post. I wasn't aware that the US title was 'The Golden Compass'. I also forgot that Lyra was cleaned up by Coulter. I may be turning into the Comics Shop Guy from the Simpsons...but I realised later I did have a real problem with this teaser--what on earth possessed them to stitch together a trailer before the special effects where finished? The whole point, surely, is to create a world you can believe in, not destroy it before the film's even started. Very, very bad idea. They should withdraw it QUICKLY.)
Yikes. I have to say, I really don't like the look of the film of His Dark Materials. First of all... 'The Golden Compass'? What the hell is that? Do they mean 'Northern Lights'? Are they referring to the Alethiometer?
And who's that prissy-looking kid? Surely that's not supposed to be Lyra!!! She's a tomboy, for Christ's sake, a street urchin! She doesn't have the money for that haircut!
God, I wish Hollywood would fuck off.
(Ooh, in the cold light of morning, I wish I hadn't written this post. I wasn't aware that the US title was 'The Golden Compass'. I also forgot that Lyra was cleaned up by Coulter. I may be turning into the Comics Shop Guy from the Simpsons...but I realised later I did have a real problem with this teaser--what on earth possessed them to stitch together a trailer before the special effects where finished? The whole point, surely, is to create a world you can believe in, not destroy it before the film's even started. Very, very bad idea. They should withdraw it QUICKLY.)
