Totally forgot this was coming out soon! The "christians" are just now getting their protests into gear, so it should be fun to see how that develops just in time for Christmas.

Any fans of the books here? Pullman recently said this in an interview to get people all riled up:

"I've been surprised by how little criticism I've got. Harry Potter's been taking all the flak. I'm a great fan of J.K. Rowling, but the people - mainly from America's Bible Belt - who complain that Harry Potter promotes Satanism or witchcraft obviously haven't got enough in their lives. Meanwhile, I've been flying under the radar, saying things that are far more subversive than anything poor old Harry has said. My books are about killing God."

shouldnt Deicide be doing the soundtrack for this movie?

As far as I'M CONCERNED, Christianity is completely justified target practice.

Motherfucking cult which wouldn't mean DICK if the Roman Emporor Constantine the First hadn't mandated the religion

persecution, coverups, infringement on free speech, hypocrisy, operating tax free while the rest of us are out there trying to EARN A LIVING

doodly-doo, derp-dee-derrr

fuckit, it'll be around long after I'm gone anyway. Like pig shit.

i had never heard about this story until i saw the preview. i don't know where i've been for 26 years, but somehow this slipped by me. i am really interested to know more, and even if this is a terrible adaptation, the bear cavalry will be worth it alone.

thuringwethil said:

It's a government in its own right, at this point; nothing more. Just one that happens to straddle all the world borders, and with more funny hats.



Very curious about this movie, BTW.

Yeti said:

I need to look into this. With any luck, I will happen upon a pious picket. Always wanted to counter-protest Christians.

The books are a must read! I was completely obsessed with them five or so years ago and still reread them fairly regularly. The scale is ridiculously ambitious (especially considering the target audience are adolescents who don't know what they are getting themselves into), but it works pretty well and gets some good discussion on theology, innocence/original sin, etc. thrown in with the fantasy elements (which are also really well done).

Even if the movie blows, I still think it's amazing that someone had the balls to adapt this and release it at Christmas and I have read online about possible pickets, so that could be worth the price of admission alone. It seems like they are going to keep fairly true to the book, and if they do that for the rest of the series this is going to be the single most blasphemous franchise in movie history as everything gets cranked to 11 in the final book.

There is also some seriously violent bear carnage in the first book, so hopefully they leave that stuff in too. Should be interesting.