The Golden Compass is going to suck (now with more olol told u so).

[Jono2]

Taking out all the religious references?  Changing "Anabaric Power" to "Electric Power"?  Changing Iofur Rakinson's name so that people don't confuse him with Iorek?

WTF.

You already raped it by calling it "The Golden Compass" instead of "The Northern Lights".  You don't need to dumb it down even more for the american audience, dumbasses.

the only thing this movie has going for it is an all-star crew, and even that won't save it.

Then again, as a fan of the books, I'll be obliged to see the movies just to ridicule them.


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Ah well...

at least it'll get people to read the books...


http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/his_dark_materials_the_golden_compass/

olol, told you so.

[Cecil_and_Kain]

How is changing the name dumbing it down?

[Jono2]

How is changing the name dumbing it down?

The original name was "The Northern Lights" in England.

They changed it to The Golden Compass for North America.  That's not what bothers me.

What bothers me is that they refer to the Alethiometer as The Golden Compass throughout the snippets that we've been given.  It just sounds so childish.

The book isn't about the alethiometer.  the series is about the alethiometer.  the first book is about the northern lights.

[Zovistograt]

They're taking out all religious references

boo  :-\

[Cecil_and_Kain]

I tried reading the first book once. My brain fell asleep.

[Jono2]

I tried reading the first book once. My brain fell asleep.

Yeah, the first time i tried reading the first book i dropped it too.

once you get into it it's a good series though.  try it again.  It took me at least two tries to get into it.

[clompy]

great books

movie outlook, looking grim

[Gamemaster]

The Golden Compass already suxz!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cecil_and_Kain]

The Golden Compass already suxz!!!!!!!!!!!

Care to elaborate?

[Jono2]

now they're retconning it...

IT'S PRONOUNCED DEEMON.


NOT DAEMON.

DEEMON.

DEEMON.

DEEMON.

(the correct pronunciation is dæmon -_-)

-_-

[Triforce_Luigi]

I agree. Can they at least say Alethiometer instead of Golden Compass? And what is this about changing Iofur Raknison's name?

[thunderhero4]

i didnt even like the book...

[Triforce_Luigi]

It is an awesome book.

[thunderhero4]

lol, theres only 3 things ill read: nintendo power magazine, captain underpants, halo novels, oh and of course, nsider threads.

[Triforce_Luigi]

Newspaper? Textbook? Nothing?!?