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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 16:17:45 GMT
As another though, I was at the RSC Measure for Measure on Saturday and couldn't stop thinking that Sandy Grierson would be excellent as the priest who does the preemptive penance and goes through the window to find Lyra.
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Post by crowblack on Aug 19, 2019 16:45:55 GMT
Who's Andrew Scott playing? Will Parry's father in the second book, going by Twitter. It looks like they're filming series 2 now. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 20:35:22 GMT
Who's Andrew Scott playing? Will Parry's father in the second book, going by Twitter. It looks like they're filming series 2 now. Oh. I... oh. I can't see that in any way. I'm already sceptical about the Coulter/Asriel casting, but I think that would be really very odd casting. |
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Post by Backdrifter on Aug 20, 2019 14:08:14 GMT
Apart from liking McAvoy and Duff and being insanely in love with Ruth Wilson I'm also pleased to see some other of the other cast - Clarke Peters, Ruta Gedimenta, James Cosmo, Ian Gelder.
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Post by danb on Aug 20, 2019 17:09:48 GMT
It’s a funny one isn’t it. So many people love these books and have their own idea of what people look like. To me Mrs Coulter always looked like a young Patricia Hodge.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 17:36:09 GMT
It’s a funny one isn’t it. So many people love these books and have their own idea of what people look like. To me Mrs Coulter always looked like a young Patricia Hodge.
YES! I can totally see that. She was in an old Morse I was watching the other day, and had very Mrs Coultery vibes now I think about it.
And blonde. She is BLONDE.
I love Andrew Scott, I think he's fantastic. But John Parry is a bluff, rugged, outoorsy, cheerful type, with an undercurrent of determination that would do nasty things if he needed to. I just can't see Andrew Scott being that. He's too... indoorsy.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 20, 2019 22:23:58 GMT
It’s a funny one isn’t it. So many people love these books and have their own idea of what people look like. To me Mrs Coulter always looked like a young Patricia Hodge. Well she made a very fine Mrs C in the National production |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 22:40:33 GMT
I've just seen Anne Marie Duff is Ma Costa! That's another one that seems really odd to me. Ma Costa is a big comfy fat woman, more like Mrs Patmore in Downton.
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Post by floorshow on Aug 23, 2019 5:25:49 GMT
Didn't know they were already filming the second book, good news! The third one's alternately pretty bleak and a little far out for long spells, wonder if they're going to do a straight adaptation or mix it up a bit.
Andrew Scott will be fine, just give him a bit of stubble and a scruffy old hat.
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Post by crowblack on Aug 25, 2019 13:18:52 GMT
Another new trailer just released - looks promising, and due in Autumn rather than Christmas.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2019 22:08:55 GMT
It's been announced that HBO is airing this starting Nov 4th. I wonder if we'll get it before or after then?
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Post by amybenson on Sept 13, 2019 8:05:45 GMT
It's been announced that HBO is airing this starting Nov 4th. I wonder if we'll get it before or after then? Nov 3rd on BBC One. |
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Post by crowblack on Sept 13, 2019 8:26:48 GMT
Yes - if 8 episodes, that takes us up to Christmas. They've just announced that a BBC co-production of Terry Pratchett's The Watch (Sam Vimes and co) is about to start filming, though the original team who were hoping to do it a few years ago, including Pratchett's daughter, don't seem to be involved. It's being filmed in South Africa, which is a surprise - I wonder if that will happen more with Brexit? There was talk that Brexit was behind Scotland 'losing out' to New Zealand for the Amazon Lord of the Rings but given the huge budget I think New Zealand was probably always going to be the favoured location. A lot of fantasy/period series have been filmed in Eastern Europe, though as American money is generally behind them maybe the pound/Euro rates won't have that big an impact.
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Post by crowblack on Sept 29, 2019 10:23:45 GMT
Not HDM, but the trailer for War of the Worlds is finally out: it was due last winter but I think special effects stuff held it back. It was filmed locally and they're actually doing it in the correct period so I'm looking forward to it, though I wish they'd got a more exciting male lead than Rafe Spall.
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Post by nick on Sept 30, 2019 17:46:14 GMT
Not HDM, but the trailer for War of the Worlds is finally out: it was due last winter but I think special effects stuff held it back. It was filmed locally and they're actually doing it in the correct period so I'm looking forward to it, though I wish they'd got a more exciting male lead than Rafe Spall. It's not the correct period. They've moved it from late Victorian to Edwardian. Not sure why - perhaps they wanted to put in some Edwardian technology? Looks quite good though. |
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Post by crowblack on Oct 23, 2019 14:53:17 GMT
Starts Sunday 3rd November 8pm, so can be quite dark (more than Doctor Who) in that timeslot.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 23, 2019 17:13:04 GMT
Anyone else finished The Secret Commonwealth? I need to talk about it....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 17:45:23 GMT
Anyone else finished The Secret Commonwealth? I need to talk about it....
Me me me! Nobody else I know has though. Talk away! (start a thread?)
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Post by floorshow on Oct 24, 2019 12:19:35 GMT
Anyone else finished The Secret Commonwealth? I need to talk about it....
Me me me! Nobody else I know has though. Talk away! (start a thread?)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2019 17:22:31 GMT
Me me me! Nobody else I know has though. Talk away! (start a thread?)
Raises hand (Start a thread!)
There is one there now!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2019 20:47:16 GMT
I'm about half way through. i found the beginning a bit hard work, but I've got into it now. There were alot of people at the start.
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Post by Jon on Nov 3, 2019 21:05:03 GMT
Really liked the first episode, took a little while to get going but I'm in for the long haul. You can tell where the money was spent as the Daemons and Oxford itself looked spectacular.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 3, 2019 21:08:12 GMT
Thoughts?
I thought it was poorly scripted at times
It was over-designed at times
Some of the casting was very far off the mark and some of the acting is weak
I am not feeling that it is much of a step up from the film. It certainly doesn't work as well for me as the stage or radio adaptations. It is very clearly from the same company as the weak adaptation of the Discovery of Witches novels.
I am not feeling that I want to bother with the rest. And that upsets me.
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Post by peggs on Nov 3, 2019 21:39:13 GMT
I read this so long ago that I can only half remember what happens which perhaps means i'm less critical though whilst I suppose it's meant to be a further hook they didn't half show a lot of stuff that is upcoming after the first episode. The opening credits made me think of the night manager, all flashy. I'm watching thinking Lyra is quite a pain and impulsive but I think that's age telling on me and vaguely knowing where it's all going. How many episodes are there?
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Post by learfan on Nov 3, 2019 21:40:13 GMT
Thoughts? I thought it was poorly scripted at times It was over-designed at times Some of the casting was very far off the mark and some of the acting is weak I am not feeling that it is much of a step up from the film. It certainly doesn't work as well for me as the stage or radio adaptations. It is very clearly from the same company as the weak adaptation of the Discovery of Witches novels. I am not feeling that I want to bother with the rest. And that upsets me. Well the film was so bad, it wouldn't be hard to improve. I have no knowledge of the books and didn't see the stage adaptation but this did enough to make me stick with it for now. |
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