His Dark Materials is a TV adaptation based on the trilogy of books by Philip Pullman.
“Okay, so we’re four episodes in, and despite having promoted the heck out of Lin-Manuel Miranda as one of our leads, we have yet to see him, so let’s make sure we give him one of the best hero entrances ever, plus an outfit that everyone is going to want to cosplay, and what the […] More
You know how, when you watch the original Star Trek films, the even-numbered ones are amazing while the odd-numbered ones are, well, not so much? I’m truly hoping that this isn’t the case with the rest of His Dark Materials. Three episodes aren’t enough to set a trend, of course, but that even/odd thing occurred […] More
Excelsior! I love the episode title. Right off the bat, this episode was able to grab me in a way that the pilot wasn’t, from the title alone. One thing we know about Lyra Belacqua at this point, she wants to go to the North. I’m not sure that even she knows exactly why she’s […] More
I have been looking forward to the new HBO/BBC series His Dark Materials for months. I watched the series premiere, “Lyra’s Jordan,” and I enjoyed it, but I’m kind of still looking forward to it. I’m not sure if it’s possible to think of any sort of prestige drama these days, especially one done by […] More
Franchises live and die by their first installments and when The Golden Compass hit screens back in the winter of 2008, it failed despite an all-star cast, featuring the likes of Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Sam Elliott. Reasons for the failure could be pinned on a myriad of elements, with the main one was […] More
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