THE GOLDEN COMPASS -- The Movie

[dianaprince]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I completely understand that now!!! You are such a lifesaver, Nadine!!! THANK YOU!!!

[marla16]

I know the movie is comming out soon. I've seen pez containers with the charaters on them at wal-mart. I don't know if it's all of them or just some of them.

[tigerlilly]

On PEZ dispensers? Ha, ha, that's great! I used to love PEZ. Maybe I'll go buy myself a an Iorek pez dispenser to celebrate

[ConnieAnnKirk]

Thanks so much, Nadine, for helping diana! I should have explained which page to go to first better, as you did.

~ConnieK

[ConnieAnnKirk]

marla16--What characters from GC have you seen on PEZ dispensers? I'm curious and trying to imagine it! Ha.

~ConnieK

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marla16 wrote:
I know the movie is comming out soon. I've seen pez containers with the charaters on them at wal-mart. I don't know if it's all of them or just some of them.

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[dianaprince]

If you would like to see the Pez which is being sold currently, here is a link:
http://www.pez.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=04%5F3080

I hope it works!!!

[ConnieAnnKirk]

Thanks, dianaprince! Looks like most of them are daemons? I'm not sure what the 2 on the left are, and is the 3rd one supposed to be Iorek or something/one else? Ha. The golden monkey, I do recognize. Seems kind of like weird merchandising to me.

~ConnieK

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dianaprince wrote:
If you would like to see the Pez which is being sold currently, here is a link:
http://www.pez.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=04%5F3080

I hope it works!!!

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Message Edited by ConnieK on 11-09-2007 09:45 AM

[dianaprince]

You're welcome, ConnieK!
The only Pez character which I can't recognize is the one in the silver helmet. It's probably just something I cannot remember from the books (which I haven't read for about a year).

[ConnieAnnKirk]

Iorek, maybe?

~ConnieK

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dianaprince wrote:
You're welcome, ConnieK!
The only Pez character which I can't recognize is the one in the silver helmet. It's probably just something I cannot remember from the books (which I haven't read for about a year).

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[dianaprince]

I was thinking that maybe it was one of the more evil bears, but it certainly could be another version of Iorek (there was at least one Pez of Iorek in the set). I am still wondering, however, why the movie directors/producers/whatever only made dispensers of animal and daemon characters. I don't understand why they didn't make a Pez of Lyra or another human character.

[ConnieAnnKirk]

Does it kind of "cutesy up" the daemons to have PEZ dispensers of them, do you think? I don't think of them as "pets," etc. The merchandising for the film will be interesting in that respect. I hope other readers will let us know what all they see out there in the stores. We're getting close on the movie's release. It premieres in England in a few days.

~ConnieK

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dianaprince wrote:
I was thinking that maybe it was one of the more evil bears, but it certainly could be another version of Iorek (there was at least one Pez of Iorek in the set). I am still wondering, however, why the movie directors/producers/whatever only made dispensers of animal and daemon characters. I don't understand why they didn't make a Pez of Lyra or another human character.

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[dianaprince]

The movie premieres in England earlier?!?! Why didn't they do that for the Harry Potter books so that people could read them early?!?! Oh, well...
You're right about the cutesyness. Daemons are not meant to be cutesy, so the dipensers are officially evil, evil, EVIL!!! Unfortunately for me, I cannot resist the collectible Pez because I collect them... Marketing devices are evil.

[Nadine]

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dianaprince wrote:
The movie premieres in England earlier?!?! Why didn't they do that for the Harry Potter books so that people could read them early?!?! Oh, well...
You're right about the cutesyness. Daemons are not meant to be cutesy, so the dipensers are officially evil, evil, EVIL!!! Unfortunately for me, I cannot resist the collectible Pez because I collect them... Marketing devices are evil.

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They have already released the Harry Potter film as a DVD in England but we have to wait another month here in the States! They will probably do the same with the DVD release of The Golden Compass.

[ConnieAnnKirk]

It looks like the film debuts in theaters on Dec. 5th in the UK and Dec. 7th in the USA. The premiere, however, is in London and is scheduled for November 27th.

Hope this helps!

Message Edited by ConnieK on 11-20-2007 08:55 AM

[BarbaraN]

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ConnieK wrote:
It looks like the film debuts in theaters on Dec. 5th in the UK and Dec. 7th in the USA. The premiere, however, is in London and is scheduled for November 27th.

Hope this helps!

Message Edited by ConnieK on 11-20-2007 08:55 AM

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That's good so we will see the first real reviews in a week.

[Vampyre]

I just saw a new trailer for the movie today. It was amazing. Several scenes had daemons in them and they looked really great. If the movie is as good as what I saw today, and I think it will be, it will be the best thing we've seen in a long time.

[Nadine]

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Vampyre wrote:
I just saw a new trailer for the movie today. It was amazing. Several scenes had daemons in them and they looked really great. If the movie is as good as what I saw today, and I think it will be, it will be the best thing we've seen in a long time.

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Is this where you saw the trailer? http://www.goldencompassmovie.com./

Actually, I don't know if it is the trailer and the way it is edited but the movie looks more exciting than the book. Now that would be a switch! You are right, this actually may turn out to be a great movie. And...I might have to go back and reread the first book

I hope they keep this forum open for awhile longer. There may be a renewed interest in the books once the movie is out. And I haven't really started talking about the Amber Spyglass yet or even finished with my comments on the Subtle Knife, especially the end.

[dianaprince]

WHAT?!?! You mean that Barnes and Noble... DELETES BOARDS?!?! EEK!!! I can't deal with losing a board!!! NO!!! Please, please, PLEASE tell me that I'm wrong!!!

[Vampyre]

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dianaprince wrote:
WHAT?!?! You mean that Barnes and Noble... DELETES BOARDS?!?! EEK!!! I can't deal with losing a board!!! NO!!! Please, please, PLEASE tell me that I'm wrong!!!

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Yes, they do, all the time. I used to post in the one for Stephen King..it's gone. Poof no more, finito!

[dianaprince]

That is ABSOLUTELY THE MOST HORRIBLE THING EVER DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so sorry that your board was removed, Vampyre!!! Barnes and Noble HAS TO STOP THIS INSANITY!!! NOW!!!