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Mar 2006
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Dec 7, 2007, 02:45 AM
Local time: Dec 7, 2007, 01:45 AM
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I think it's more that people are pissed off about the uproar over HDM: TGC when, at the release of the first Narnia movie, nonreligious folk were able to sit down and keep their mouths shut.
We did Christians the courtesy of not raising hell (no pun intended) over the overtly Christian "Narnia", but now they decide to raise a stink over the (perhaps not-so-) overtly atheist Golden Compass. Especially since Pullman doesn't get the bible-bashing into full steam until midway through the 2nd book, whereas "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" had the "hay guys do u think Aslan is supost 2 be Jesus cuz u no he came back from dead and stuff. Do you think." bit, and it was the first book in a longer (and better-known) series.
Bottom line, at least from HDM fans, is that "hey, your books are greater in both numbers and popularity and you've already had one decently successful film. Leave us the frell alone, we did the same for you."
As for Narnia itself, I enjoyed the first movie. Even as an atheist who found it amusing to be beat over the head with the symbolism it sported, the movie itself wasn't terrible. If nothing else it had Liam fucking Neeson: that's gotta count for something.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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CelticWhisper