Monday, December 26, 2022

Quickie Review: 'His Dark Materials' Season 3

Fantastic!

Just finished binge watching the third series of the 'His Dark Materials' TV series on BBC iPlayer and loved it!

The trilogy is one of my favourite book series, as I've got them in many formats including; ebook, paperback, hardcover illustrated editions, currently listening to the full cast audiobooks through Audible, and even have a hardcover first edition of book 3 in the trilogy; 'The Amber Spyglass'.

I'm always a bit apprehensive when it comes to page-to-screen adaptations; how true to the original source material will be, what will be left out, what will be added etc, but there was no such worries in the end with HDM. It's a very well produced series that brought the books to vivid life that definitely stuck the landing (in the Botanical Garden), with a top cast that included Dafne Keen as Lyra Silvertongue, Amir Wilson as Will Parry, James McAvoy as Lord Asriel, Ruth Wilson as Mrs Coulter, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scorsby and many more, and even bringing the book's author Philip Pullman in as Executive Producer (although no idea how big his role was in the production). And the end is just as heartbreaking as it was in the books 😭

I don't usually repeat watch or buy TV series boxsets, but when they release the complete series as a bluray boxset in February 2023, I'll be snapping that up!

Definitely recommended viewing, especially if you love the books!

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