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	kijikun 2007-10-05 04:11 am UTC (link)
	I'm a horrible person becuase I might see it just for Chris. hides face But yeah, its not The Dark Is Rising at all. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	tez 2007-10-05 04:31 am UTC (link)
	...a mall kiosk???? I'm gonna cry now. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	crysiana 2007-10-05 04:39 am UTC (link)
	Money, one assumes. I mean, they're not getting any from me, ever, but people might go see it. (Reply to this)

	sluggirl 2007-10-05 04:47 am UTC (link)
	Um, this movie has made me want to cry/hurt things since the casting calls came out and they described the Stantons as a selfish, dysfunctional family. At least now they aren't the Stantons anymore...? Today I may have sort of yelled at a friend of mine who asked if I wanted to see it. SIGH. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	rosehiptea 2007-10-05 04:51 am UTC (link)
	I only read the one book, not the whole series, but this still has me saying WTF. Also, Will is American. Why? Because a movie about British kids caught up in magic would never sell? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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ruaki
2007-10-05 04:59 am UTC (link)

I have severe TWS, so I'm debating seeing it. I'll probably beat up anyone who sits next to me (re: roommate) in the process as I watch the film rape my favorite books from my childhood; in fact, I think I'll try to think of it was some crazy fanon AU based on the DiR-verse, and not an actual attempt???? at book adapatation. Then I'll go home and write a frothing entry in my JF before consoling myself with the gay subtext in Silver on the Tree. =(

...Although reading the review rapidly killed a great deal of the TWS, so maybe I'll just see if I can find it in a value bin some months down the line. =(

I take great solace in that they didn't try to do anything having to with The Grey King, because I think I might become more than a little violent to see Bran canon-raped so.

*breaks down sobbing*

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	danceswithelvis 2007-10-05 05:41 am UTC (link)
	This just makes me want to drink to ward off the depression. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	coyotegirl 2007-10-05 06:37 am UTC (link)
	I'm using my "doesn't exist" token for the year on it. I don't care what else comes out, nothing can deserve my token more than that. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	sanguinary 2007-10-05 08:31 am UTC (link)
	When I went to see Stardust with a friend, they showed the trailer for The Golden Compass and The Dark is Rising. She'd known about the first (and griped about how they had killed the Great Atheist Epic), but the second had caught her completely off guard. I will treasure that look of horror on her face until the day I die. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	dracothelizard 2007-10-05 11:02 am UTC (link)
	"What on earth would possess a studio to do this to The Dark Is Rising?" Well, duh, kids these days clearly haven't read books from the sixties and seventies. Those books are OLD. Mind, thanks to all this, I may have found a new young adult fantasy series to read! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	mistressrenet 2007-10-05 11:54 am UTC (link)
	There was a great piece on this adaptation on NPR. Cooper sounds gracious about the whole thing, but totally heartbroken. As, you know, SHE SHOULD BE. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	exdee 2007-10-05 12:23 pm UTC (link)
	I remember seeing the commercial for "The Seeker" and laughing my head off. It was just, like, "Man, they aren't even trying anymore." (Reply to this)

	mary_mac 2007-10-05 12:29 pm UTC (link)
	If you want to really really break your brain, there's a breakdown of the major changes over here. It may make you cry. I take no responsibility whatsoever. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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rosetta
2007-10-05 12:34 pm UTC (link)

I remember seeing a trailer for this at the movies, and wondering throughout the whole thing why it seemed vaguely familiar ... and then being gobsmacked when the "Dark is Rising" tag appeared at the end. I also remember being completely incoherent for a while, and my boyfriend laughing at the look of horror on my face.

"bullying older brothers"? Will is American? And 13? And they've ditched all the mythology?
... Bastards.

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	*The love of money really is* the root of all evil pariforma** 2007-10-05 01:58 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not even a fan of the DiR series, much as I wanted to be, and I'm disgusted. Those books are classics even if I never liked them, you know? (Reply to this)

	bemysty 2007-10-05 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	TDiR movie? Oh no, this doesn't exist. It's all just a very elaborate joke and we're supposed to be horrified until the big reveal. You can't convince me of anything different shifty eyes (and I never even read more than the first two books because the translation was so ridiculously dull) (Reply to this)

	limyaael 2007-10-05 02:39 pm UTC (link)
	It just looks like a bad movie. Not just for fans of the series, but for everyone. Maybe the movie will bomb? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	edelweiss 2007-10-05 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	well, if it makes you guys feel better, i'd never heard of these books and now i really want to read them... (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	solelyfictional 2007-10-05 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	The sheet volume of hate I have for this adaptation is impossibl to describe. The wors part is, since they've bought the rights no one else can do a better job now. I'm just going to imgine a nice faithful high-budget BBC Christmas serial over here, okay? Anyone else with me? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	makeshyft 2007-10-05 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, just wow.. never read the books and this freaks me out. Next, I'm expecting them to take Doc Savage and turn him into a wangsty little emo-teen who bickers with his five hip friends while System of a Down plays in the background. Or do A Wrinkle In Time using muppets.. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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velvet_mace
2007-10-05 08:15 pm UTC (link)

Well, I'm surprised they didn't make Will a 20 something year old computer programmer, who searches the net to find the signs, in order to impress a beautiful chick who happens to be on the side of the Dark and it all ends in a hail of bullets and wire-fu.

Because, dude, if you are going to ignore the entire book to make a movie, you might as well go all the way.

But okay, turn it into a duller version of the Goonies, that works, too.

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2007-10-05 09:10 pm UTC (link)

*sigh* My childhood takes yet another blow.

I had always hoped a British company would take this and make it beautiful. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED Narnia and I'm oozing all over to see Caspian. But I didn't dare see Terabithia. It looked so horrifically butchered, it broke my heart. I'm not sure I can watch this either.

Well...Maybe for Chris being all evil and junk. He's good at evil.

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spawn_of_kong
2007-10-05 09:26 pm UTC (link)

I've never read the books, and I reserve final judgment on this until I see the movie (which I might never do, actually). For now, however, it looks like this will be one of those adaptations that strays so far from the source material that it gives movie adaptations in general a bad name. Granted, with some movies based on books, it sometimes is a good idea to make lots of changes: think of Jurassic Park, Stardust (the last third, at least),The Shining, or Sleepy Hollow. In this case, however, and probably as a result of all the changes from the book, the resulting movie just doesn't look very appealing to me.

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	It's like they just took everything and reversed it. The best things about the book (the harmony and unity of the Stantons, the Will-Merriman relationship, the Arthurian angle) are now the worst. And the bad things in the book are now being hailed as good and wonderful! ...did anyone in the production actually read the books? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	mistressrenet 2007-10-06 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Rotten Tomatoes has it at 18% fresh right now. Sweet. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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