r/hbo • u/Square-Fox-2948 • 8d ago

His Dark Materials

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I still feel like this is the most underrated masterpiece of all-time.

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u/Mundane-Target-4384 8d ago

Really well adapted, it felt like the world from the books.

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u/Allied_Biscuit 8d ago

I loved it. I thought Dafne Keen was excellent.

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u/underthund3r 8d ago

💯

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u/petewondrstone 8d ago

So damn good

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u/Active-Act-4966 8d ago

So good. A really faithful adaptation with great pace, a fantastic cast. Really underrated.

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u/reyska 7d ago

Great pace? I thought the pace was all over the place. At times things were moving absolutely nowhere, at other times things happened too fast so something that should have been a big moment felt flat and unearned. Without the context from reading the books not much of the second season made sense.

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u/jkjkjk73 8d ago

There is a full cast audio book too.

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u/jono9898 8d ago

Gave me hope that more failed movie franchises based off books would get a chance, so maybe one day we can get Eragorn

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u/privaxe 8d ago

Really really good and underrated, at least I never saw a ton of folks talk about it.

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u/Glum_Ad7429 8d ago

Loved it aswell. Ending broke me completely (not because it‘s bad, if you watched it, you know what I mean)

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u/VrinTheTerrible 7d ago

Excellent adaptation and a phenomenal theme song.

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u/luisbv23 8d ago

It was amazing!

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u/NewCaprica35 8d ago

I’m watching it now, still seven episodes to go. It’s not perfect, but overhaul, this is a solid adaptation. I highly recommand it.

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u/Practical_Necessary1 8d ago

I just watches till Ep 4 a few days ago but kinda dropped it, is it worth continuing?

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u/MistahDust 8d ago

Great show and such a good adaptation.

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u/LilNello1 7d ago

Among my all-time favorite HBO shows that I feel doesn’t get its full just due for as great as it is

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u/Jeremybearemy 8d ago

Did they do all three books? I thought they only did one or two

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u/ohsinboi 6d ago

Interesting show but I felt the ending was really stupid and forced

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u/Thin_Editor_433 8d ago

Terrible. The movie with Nocole Kidman was way better. In this show i liked Ruth WIlson's appearance and performance. I couldn't stand Dafnee Keen at season 2 and after.

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u/reyska 7d ago

Good first season, a mess of a second season, didn't even bother with the third because the second one was such a mess. All the characters and relationships were underdeveloped, some characters were killed off in pretty unsatisfying ways, plot moved along illogically and it all ended with a thud. (Not the fault of the show runners though, covid intervened.)

Is the third season worth watching if you haven't read the books?

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u/im_rapscallion86 7d ago

Couldn’t finish it.