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Anyone here read <u>Lyra's Oxford</u> yet? It's a companion book to HDM, about a small adventure Lyra has after (a few years, apparently) the events in HDM... Short (49 pages), but interesting. I loved the colour maps that are inside the book.

Ahem.
Ooh, look, for once, Alex, someone beat you to it!



Booyah

*Hisses*

Well, er, uh...

Oooh, oooh! I can't wait for <u>The Book of Dust</u> to come out! It's supposed to be a sort-of reference book, more like a companion book to HDM, and it's going to have tons of pictures, too, apparently.

*Crosses fingers and hopes no one's posted about BoD yet*

*glares at producers*

They better not butcher it...

I just hope they don't try and put too much book into too short of a movie. Kind of like Harry Potter and LotR.

I'm hoping they either run out of money and dont make it, or make it a nice long movie. I couldnt stand a barage of 2 hour monstrosities.

I'd love it if the director is someone who enjoys the books, appreciates the books for what they are, not just some things to make money off of.

I don't want to be incredibly impressed. You don't need a ton of special effects for most parts of the movies. Sure, you need quite a few, such as the Subtle Knife, but other than that, not really a lot.

Oh. And I'd be incredibly grateful if Lyra and Will are played by two people who look exactly, or a great deal like, how the characters are described. Naturally look that way.

And I'd like all the characters and scenes (that can be shot on film) in the films. It takes longer to read a scene than to watch one, unless you're a speed-reader like I am, and finished the books quickly.

Or at least most of the characters and most of the scenes.

Oooh, and in-character characters! That would be very nice.

Movie? Wow, my friend and I were discussing that last year of so...no...two years ago. I really hope they don't ruin it...but I would be interested in Iorek's (or however you spell his name) appearance. It would need lots of great graphics I suppose...like Alex says, in the Subtle Knife parts.

I am impatient for The Book of Dust.

...Alex, I'd prefer for Lyra and Will to be played by people who could act the parts well and had the right attitudes going than people who looked a lot like they are described in the books.
I mean, some resemblence is necessary, of course, but if I had to choose between the spitting images and the good actors I'd go with the actors You can suspend your disbelief!

Well, acting and attitudes, too. But I don't want some twenty-year-old brown-haired supermodel playing Lyra. Disney tends to pretty up characters.

i thought they said the movie is in the works?

i really hope they don't cut the part with the angels...bcos there might be a hint of sexual references...<<<that's why i hate SIngapore's censorship board. they will probably give it an NC-16 or maybe M18 (MAture -18 not allowed)

They're cutting God.

O.o...Well, THAT pretty much kills my hope that the movie might be good -_-

I loved this series, especially the idea of daemons. Just the idea of a little companion that's with you your whole life, it just sounds great. Now, about the movie, am I the only one here who thinks that even if they butcher the film, it's not gonna detract from what was there in the first place? I know if I saw a crappy version I'd just say "Wow, that sucked! I'm gonna go read the book now though." Although, I'm not pleased that they cut God. I know they must appeal to christian conservatives who can't stand anyone thinking God is a bad guy (I'm a christian myself), but come on! [edit] This next part cut due to major spoilers and crap[/edit]