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However, it technically, is contemporary to our own timeline, if that even helps as a parallel world metric. Coulter on His Dark Materials?īecause of this alternate historical development, Lyra’s World can feel slightly archaic as compared to ours-especially in the sheltered world of Jordan College. Shortly after the final installment's release, he. Director Weitz says that he believes His Dark Materials is not an. Pullman’s public appearances did little to quell the uproar. The Golden Compass is a 2007 fantasy adventure film written and directed by Chris Weitz that. It would be clear to us that when a character like Boreal crosses through to our world, he would be completely fascinated by information being free and what technology could offer.” Pullman, Philip His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) 9 at Amazon. We, therefore, very deliberately designed Lyra’s world to have gone through neither an industrial revolution nor a technological revolution. “They want the world to be the same so they can control it. “The rule of The Magisterium in Lyra’s world, the whole point of their rule is to discourage learning and information and exploration,” explained Tranter.

How does that change the story? Tranter said it was important to think about how the evolution of technology affects in particular the characters traveling to Will’s World from Lyra’s World. “We then were just mindful of how technology makes a difference…” “We wanted to make it work for 2019 and Philip was fine on that,” executive producer Jane Tranter told EW of the change.

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