tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post7988024322334064260..comments2023-11-02T02:36:21.399-07:00Comments on Check the Fien Print: MovieWatch: "The Golden Compass"Daniel Fienberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875425500395284200noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-66762976153678815092008-01-04T20:43:00.000-08:002008-01-04T20:43:00.000-08:00HMMM, you are clearly not familiar with Kate Bush'...HMMM, you are clearly not familiar with Kate Bush's status as queen of earnest, totally un-ironic prog-rock. Love her! Stayed through the "Golden Compass" credits to hear the whole dang song.<BR/><BR/>Love your writing, read it often, send quotes to my friends. You rule. As Jay Manuel would say, "Genius!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794229.post-37947453305914010782007-12-08T20:58:00.000-08:002007-12-08T20:58:00.000-08:00"...but "His Dark Materials" without the Free Will..."...but "His Dark Materials" without the Free Will/Anti-Church underpinnings is like "Narnia" without the Jesus Lion."<BR/><BR/>huh??? does not compute. this ethical debate re: free will vs. powerful church hierarchies (i think church of england rather than catholics are the subject of the book, but same difference, thematically) was the whole point of the series! without that, it's just another anglophilic fantasy story featuring talking animals. ugh.<BR/><BR/>i still wanna see it, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com