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Is Servant and His Dark Materials worth watching?
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Joe T.
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I guess that depends on your expectations. I found His Dark Materials more compelling than The Mandalorian, for what it's worth.
I went into it completely blind, only knowing about it from HBO ads/trailers, and think it's one of the better new entries this year. Much of that probably has to do with the fact that it's really ambitious for a television series, so I guess that they were able to pull it off without falling flat on their face was enough to impress me. It has a Harry Potter-esque vibe to it with some great VFX work, CG animals/daemons usually blending into the scene well enough to pass for the real thing (aside from the whole talking thing).
I'm about as picky as it gets with entertainment these days, but the story and characters were good enough to keep me interested. Lin-Manuel Miranda seemed to be a little too flamboyant and out of place for my liking, standing out like a sore thumb, but for the most part the cast does an admirable job with what they're given. It was good seeing Lucian Msamati and James Cosmo from Game of Thrones both in this, too (Salladhor Saan and Jeor Mormont respectively).
Haven't seen Servant.
I went into it completely blind, only knowing about it from HBO ads/trailers, and think it's one of the better new entries this year. Much of that probably has to do with the fact that it's really ambitious for a television series, so I guess that they were able to pull it off without falling flat on their face was enough to impress me. It has a Harry Potter-esque vibe to it with some great VFX work, CG animals/daemons usually blending into the scene well enough to pass for the real thing (aside from the whole talking thing).
I'm about as picky as it gets with entertainment these days, but the story and characters were good enough to keep me interested. Lin-Manuel Miranda seemed to be a little too flamboyant and out of place for my liking, standing out like a sore thumb, but for the most part the cast does an admirable job with what they're given. It was good seeing Lucian Msamati and James Cosmo from Game of Thrones both in this, too (Salladhor Saan and Jeor Mormont respectively).
Haven't seen Servant.
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Long story short:
I watched the first few episodes and just was never drawn in. Didn't captivate me.
HBO's His Dark Materials - Anyone watching this?
I'm curious as how good this is? Cast seems pretty solid and reviews seems pretty good. Anyone watching this?
#SDCC2019 His Dark Materials New Trailer HBO
For those curious yes this is the series including Golden Compass (That Daniel Craig movie) . The trilogy of books is actually brilliant and this cast looks fantastic
Long story short:
I watched the first few episodes and just was never drawn in. Didn't captivate me.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Unfortunately HBO isn't powerful enough to sexualize children yet. Give it time.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
His Dark Materials is decent. If you are really up for a fantasy type show in the vein of Chronicles of Narnia except a teeeeeny bit darker, then it could be for you. It's nothing special though.