Thread 212925941 - /tv/ [Archived: 531 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:24:25 PM No.212925941
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Why didn't it spawn a massive franchise?
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:27:07 PM No.212926022
it spawned massive titties
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:27:10 PM No.212926023
>>212925941 (OP)
Christians got in an uproar over its supposedly Satanic undertones thanks to Fox News constantly repeating that line at the time of its release which severely limited its mass market appeal (even though it's not actually Satanic). The scene where the polar bear loses his jaw is still sick though.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:28:39 PM No.212926075
>>212925941 (OP)
Because it was soulless. Simple as.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:29:23 PM No.212926095
>>212925941 (OP)
Because the source material is shit?
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:29:52 PM No.212926111
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Best cast fantasy of all time
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:29:55 PM No.212926112
>>212926023
I mean, yeah. Pullman was very explicit about the anti-religion stance of his series. He found it humourous that people were FAR more concerned about something like Harry Potter being satanic while his series raised only a few eyebrows.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:31:49 PM No.212926160
>>212925941 (OP)
Studio gave up on it before it was released, sold the foreign distribution which covered the cost of the film. Film does well overseas, underperforms domestically. The studio also changed the ending, they lost their nut during production. I think itโ€™s an unfairly vilified family fantasy with very very good cgi animals.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:35:35 PM No.212926261
>>212925941 (OP)
>Why didn't it spawn a massive franchise?
The success of Harry Potter gave movie studios the impression the masses were craving for children's fantasy book series adaptions, so they greenlit a bunch and then nobody showed up for them.