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To: Mr. Silverback

I believe it’s being made by Walden Media; who gave us Narnia. I have been hearing that Pullman’s anti-Christian themes have been totally bleached out. That it’s just a rousing fantasy flick.


7 posted on 11/26/2007 8:56:45 PM PST by sinanju
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To: sinanju

It comes from New Line Cinema. The “problem” with bleaching the elements comes when kids want to get the books, which are not bleached.


11 posted on 11/26/2007 9:15:32 PM PST by Frank L
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To: sinanju

Nope, New Line. And a pig with a gold earring is still a pig.


12 posted on 11/26/2007 9:25:33 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Support Scouting: Raising boys to be strong men and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: sinanju
Trouble is, the books were explicitly written to be the "anti-Narnia," and Hollywood will be judging the film's success in that light. If Golden Compass comes close to Narnia's numbers, the studios will breathe a big sigh of relief and say, "Oh, good, we don't have to sully ourselves with all that embarrassing, outdated Christian nonsense. We can propagandize our enlightened values as long as we dress them up in chainmail and pixie dust."

This movie won't see a dime of my household's money, ever.

19 posted on 11/26/2007 11:54:18 PM PST by Fabozz
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To: sinanju
Not exactly true:

The worst (most despicable!) of the three books (and all three of the books are (deliberately) being toned down for the movie versions) is the third - where “God” IS killed.

The movies just are not quite as bad as the books.

The books - because they are toned down - are specifically and deliberately anti-Catholic in tone, message, and plot, and anti-religious in general - and are NOT fit for “just fantasy” labels. Despite what the reviewers and liberals are saying.

What you read matters. What you let your children read matters even more.

23 posted on 11/27/2007 2:50:38 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: sinanju
I believe it’s being made by Walden Media; who gave us Narnia. I have been hearing that Pullman’s anti-Christian themes have been totally bleached out. That it’s just a rousing fantasy flick.

I think its a bad idea to send kids to a film based on a book specifically designed to lead children into apostasy. Especially since they will no doubt be plugging the book for children as well. Christians should stand united in opposition to this and send a message.
26 posted on 11/27/2007 7:14:50 AM PST by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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To: sinanju

That’s the point, and it’s the way the books are set up, too, to suck you in and get its point across at the end -

the first one is just a rousing fantasy tale with protagonists and antagonists.

By the end of the last book, the protagonists “kill God” and free the people to do as they wish, unconstrained by the morality imposed by God.


37 posted on 12/04/2007 6:35:50 AM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: sinanju

“I believe it’s being made by Walden Media; who gave us Narnia. “

Not to just echo other posters...
but even though there lots of “marriages of conveniences” in Hollyweird
I don’t think Walden has anything to do with the movie “The Golden Compass”.

Except to give the copy-cats of “The Golden Compass” a recipe for
the visuals of their film!

From imdb.com:

Walden Media
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0073388/
(Narnia is at #17 on the list at this time; and IIRC Walden did partner
with Disney to get more distribution/publicity?)

New Line
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0046718/
(Golden Compass is at #51 on the list at this time)

If there is any working/business connection between Walden and
New Line on “The Golden Compass”...I’ve just missed it.


45 posted on 12/04/2007 9:56:29 AM PST by VOA
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