Werthead Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Looking pretty solid. Wonder if it was a good idea not to show the Mulefa or not. Not shown in the trailer, but Terence Stamp is in the second season, alongside Andrew Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Where's McAvoy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Werthead said: Looking pretty solid. Wonder if it was a good idea not to show the Mulefa or not. Not shown in the trailer, but Terence Stamp is in the second season, alongside Andrew Scott. Very excited by that! Mulefa would be later, I assume - Mary has to do various bits in Oxford and then travel to their world first. Unless you have seen somewhere that its confirmed we get that far? Love the look of Citigazze and the Tower of Angels. Pretty close to what I envisaged in my mind Phoebe Waller Bridge will be voicing Hot Priest’s daemon... 1 hour ago, Corvinus85 said: Where's McAvoy? Well if there was a season for him to sot out it would be this one. He doesn’t have a great deal to do. Could easily show up in a later trailer though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stannis Eats No Peaches Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Asriel doesn’t reappear on page until The Amber Spyglass, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not in this season at all. The Mulefa also don’t appear until the last book. They’re doing 3 seasons, right? As this one just seems to cover the Subtle Knife it makes sense to do one per season. Though I’m sure I’ve read at some point they were doing 5, which would seem like madness. Looking forward to this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Stannis Eats No Peaches said: Asriel doesn’t reappear on page until The Amber Spyglass, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not in this season at all. The Mulefa also don’t appear until the last book. They’re doing 3 seasons, right? As this one just seems to cover the Subtle Knife it makes sense to do one per season. Though I’m sure I’ve read at some point they were doing 5, which would seem like madness. Looking forward to this! I think they might keep Asriel just to remind us who he is. They could easily show some scenes of him building his army. He also kind of appears when Ruta Skadi is telling the witches of her journey to him with the angels and asks them to join him. It's just told second hand but it's a way to give him a quick scene. Also confused on the number of seasons. Five only makes sense now if they do Book of Dust I think. Maybe it was just a tentative figure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 12 hours ago, Corvinus85 said: Where's McAvoy? Apparently cut. They had written a special one-off episode which was all about Asriel in the Season 2 timeframe, but due to McAvoy's availability they hadn't shot it with the rest of Season 2. They were going to shoot it as its own thing in the spring add it onto Season 2 later on, but obviously pandemic. They're now considering shooting it before Season 3 or just dropping the idea, because ultimately it was only really there to remind viewers that Asriel was a thing before he comes back strong in the final season(s). I think I briefly saw McAvoy in the trailer, so it might be they did shoot some extra scenes with him, but his showcase episode is now gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 40 minutes ago, Werthead said: Apparently cut. They had written a special one-off episode which was all about Asriel in the Season 2 timeframe, but due to McAvoy's availability they hadn't shot it with the rest of Season 2. They were going to shoot it as its own thing in the spring add it onto Season 2 later on, but obviously pandemic. They're now considering shooting it before Season 3 or just dropping the idea, because ultimately it was only really there to remind viewers that Asriel was a thing before he comes back strong in the final season(s). I think I briefly saw McAvoy in the trailer, so it might be they did shoot some extra scenes with him, but his showcase episode is now gone. Thanks. On balance, I'm erring towards the idea that it's a good thing it's gone. An Asriel-focused episode has the potential to be absolutely fantastic - but only if the writers are at the top of their game. I liked Season 1 of HDM with reservations, but I'm still not sure I'd trust the creative team to make that kind of extra content with pacing and flare. On the bright side, it looks as if we may not have to wait aeons for Season 2. I was worried that Covid had torpedo'd it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Stannis Eats No Peaches said: Asriel doesn’t reappear on page until The Amber Spyglass, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not in this season at all. The Mulefa also don’t appear until the last book. They’re doing 3 seasons, right? As this one just seems to cover the Subtle Knife it makes sense to do one per season. Though I’m sure I’ve read at some point they were doing 5, which would seem like madness. I think early on in the development of the show there was a suggestion that it could be 5 seasons but I think the plan has been 3 seasons for a while now. I think that's the right choice if they're just doing HDM. The only way more seasons would make sense would be if they were doing the Book of Dust as well and that doesn't seem to be planned at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Huh, don't know if she was visible in the trailer or not but Bella Ramsey (Lyanna Mormont in GOT) is Angelica. Nice, very talented young girl, enjoyed her performance in spite of the character. I'm currently rewatching the first season, really enjoying it. Works well watching in succession and not waiting a week between episodes. Still not sure what went wrong with Ma Costa. Anne Marie Duff is great in other stuff but this was a flop for me, except in the reaction to Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I really hope that with the limited television slate that HBO will show this on Sunday, rather than Monday (like season 1)... as I have band practice on Monday nights...lol... really looking forward to this though... HDM reminds me of Black Sails insofar as it took me a few episodes for me to warm up to it, and now it's among my favorites... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 10:35 PM, HelenaExMachina said: Still not sure what went wrong with Ma Costa. Anne Marie Duff is great in other stuff but this was a flop for me, except in the reaction to Billy Agreed. She didn't do anything for me either. Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 She had one happy scene with Lyra that I liked, when they were playing with some kind of explosive powder, but yes - she didn't work for me. A pity. I love her as an actress. I really regret not seeing her as Joan of Arc back in 2007. A lot of things didn't work for me in the first season, but still it all managed to come together into a great final episode. And even though a lot of things didn't work, I still watched it religiously every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HexMachina Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Not quite what i expected of the Spectres, i kind of had sort of vaguely golden hazy clouds instead of smoke monsters. But minor detail. Ruth Wilson’s looks just give me chills when i watch the trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigFatCoward Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 That is how you do a trailer. Looks immense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Yep, completely sold. Can't wait for this, everything looks so good and right about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigFatCoward Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Starts sunday night, cant wait. Coincidentally just been for a walk next the pub from book one of the sequel/prequel series. Was considering waiting then bingeing it, but realistically I'm never going to be able to stick to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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