[Talking_Mouse]

...we see Lyra, the main character of the entire saga, repeating to herself as a commandment: 'dominate fear, I must dominate fear'", the critic writes.

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

[Dreagon]

LOL! In case nobody has figured it out, Liberals themselves are a gnostic, hopeless story from the seventies :D

[joebuck]

I would think they would have to fire that reviewer who gave this a flick a big thumbs up for that Catholic film review board. Not sure of the exact name of the entity but this same reviewer gave Brokeback Mountain kudos also.

[Sons of Union Vets]

“Watching the film based on the first book, the viewer, if honest and mildly gifted with a critical mind, will have no particular emotions, but a great coldness, which is not a consequence only of the polar landscape. Pullman’s world in fact is a world where there is no natural sun shining but everything seems to be mechanized, deprived of true life”.

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Actually there DOES seem to be a resemblance to the writings of C.S. Lewis in terms of the “dystopia” portrayed in the third book of Lewis’ science fiction trilogy entitled THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH!

Pay special attention to the organization called N.I.C.E. and Miss/Major Hardcastle a.k.a. “The Fairy.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Hideous_Strength