(February 2, 2016 at 4:45 pm)TrueChristian Wrote:(February 2, 2016 at 4:27 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: Honestly, I'm glad the christer crusade against that film was successful. It really wasn't a very good adaptation and the sequels would have been worse.
The books, on the other hand, were great. "Northern Lights (aka "The Golden Compass") was the best, but they were all quite good.
It was extremley successsful IMO. Not only did the film bomb (losing more money than it made) but I believe it caused Newline Cinema to fold.
Perhaps God didn't like it.
Fortunately though, the BBC is adapting it as a miniseries. I think a film like that is more conducive to miniseries anyway.
The christers didn't like it because it was a very successful proof against C.S. Lewis' claim that you can't create a believable fantasy world without a benevolent god-like figure. Gawd had nothing to do with it.
New Line didn't fold. They were bought up by Warner Bros.
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