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His Dark Materials

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Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 10:37am, 19 Dec 2022 35,807 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens The wheels things were the single worst thing of all three books.
McGoohan Dec 2022 10:40am, 19 Dec 2022 52,042 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan My wife agrees with you, OS. I tried to turn a blind eye to them while reading. Not sure how easy that will be while watching the show.
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 10:52am, 19 Dec 2022 35,810 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens I thought he's having a laugh, couldn't dream up weird animals and or ran out of ideas. The idea of the books WAS NOT to dream up weird animals.
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 11:08am, 19 Dec 2022 35,812 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Oh yes. I thought McEvoy was doing a fine job of an impression of an English Army officer, in the style of Michael Caine in Zulu. He kept making me smirk. I liked the Angel taking off though.
McGoohan Dec 2022 11:12am, 19 Dec 2022 52,043 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan The effects for the wheelie creatures look good actually: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo6C_CebBqc
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 11:28am, 19 Dec 2022 35,813 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens That's where he got it from!
larkim Dec 2022 1:56pm, 19 Dec 2022 19,889 posts	Quote Pin larkim I'm not a great one with symbolism etc, but I got the impression that the mulefa were deliberately definitely not a parallel with anything on earth (unlike most of the other creatures and concepts in the books) to make their behaviours (which are so very "human", from the farming of other animals and their use of technology) both familiar and unusual. So whilst they are "weird" they do serve a purpose. But I could be wildly wrong - much of the overall symbolism of the books went way over my head, so I just relaxed into enjoying the story!
Northern Exile Dec 2022 2:27pm, 19 Dec 2022 9,346 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile I got nowhere near that deep. I simply thought he was scraping the barrel with the mulefa, the whole part of story went a bit off track for me there. Mind you, the same happens with TBOD vol II methinks. Hopefully vol III is a bit more tuned-in.
larkim Dec 2022 2:33pm, 19 Dec 2022 19,890 posts	Quote Pin larkim One thing is for sure, they are a weird creation. But then the whole of the Amber Spyglass was a bit of a blur for me!
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 2:34pm, 19 Dec 2022 35,818 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Apart from the fact that Mulefa had families, sat about, worked, talked and ate stuff like we do. So, 99.9999% the same.