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[magedragonfire]

My daemon started out as an ocelot! (EDIT: It has since been a lynx, a ferret, and back to a lynx again. XD) I do not know how it will finally settle, though. What think youuu?

(I'm still totally afraid they're going to screw up the movie. How can you adapt these without mentioning religion?)

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[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

Narnia made it through Hollywood with minimal mention of religion.

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but Narnia didn't actively deal with religion. Everyone knew it was an allegory, but they didn't come right out and say anywhere that Aslan was a representation of Jesus or something (as far as I can remember; it's been a while since I read the books).

His Dark Materials, on the other hand, actively has huge churches, and secret church organizations, and angel-like beings, and The Authority who is basically akin to the Christian god, and he... Damnit! The worst of it I can't even say without totally spoiling things!

You just can't do it.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

Then they do it as is. Whoop de.

Religion can feature in hollywood movies.

Or did you miss out on the whole Da Vinci Bullshit?

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

But the director said he wasn't going to include any religion as;lgkdhgasdlfjsdlfj.

I am not Christian, as I'm sure it's been made clear. I do, however, love those books, and am perfectly fine with the way things were treated within. The movies will not, of course, be perfect - they rarely are - but I'm just hoping they won't be truly awful.

(Although I always have imagined Nicole Kidman as the character of Mrs. Coulter, oddly enough.)

No, I never paid much attention to the Da Vinci Code. Didn't really interest me, either in book form or movie.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how it will work out then.

I suppose I'm a horrible person for not having read HDM now, aren't I?

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

*shrug* Just have to wait and see.

Not a horrible person, no. Why should anyone be judged on what they haven't read? XD (Now, if you were in the habit of reading Harlequin romances or somesuch...) I can heartily recommend them, however, if you are in the need of an interesting read. The third book, especially, is rather awesome.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

I just have never had them, and owe money at every library in the lower mainland (oops!). I am interested, and always need new reading material.

I just don't have them to read, you know?

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

...Maybe you should get around to paying the fines? XD I'm sure the libraries would be grateful.

I myself borrowed them initially, but I finally found a nice boxed set at Chapters six months ago. <3

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

Ahh, but that would amount to several hundred dollars I don't have, alas.

(Not all the fines are mine, mind you, but they are in my name.)

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

...Several hundred?

Sheesh, what'd you/other people do, keep books for a few years?

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

I've had people lose books on my account, and accidentally destroy others, and the like.

And because it's a library, the replacement cost on a lost $8 paperback is closer to $30

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

Aaah, I see. Replacement costs are really that high? I've never lost a book before, hehe.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

It's because of all the time involved in acquisition, cataloguing, labelling, tagging and in some cases, laminating the covers and the like.

All that time costs money.

[miluda.livejournal.com]

Stayed as a raccoon!

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

It's been a dozen and a half things. XD Last I checked, it was a tiger.