Kidman as Mrs. Coulter seems like good casting to me. And SAM ELLIOTT! I know it’s standard Hollywood, but Weitz claiming to be the writer in a promo piece that doesn’t ever mention Pullman seems kind of dirty to me. (Insert here standard rant about adaptations. Then the standard rant about how visuals from movies colonise your mind like a… Read more →
Day: April 7, 2007
Good Friday, Part 6
Here’s a quotation from a new story published on March 31st in the Globe & Mail: Mr. Trottier, 24, and his colleague were hanging posters Tuesday night announcing a lecture by Victor Stenger, author of God: The Failed Hypothesis, when they were approached by two men. The men asked for a copy of the poster, mumbled under their breath and… Read more →
Some Eostre Listening
You can now listen to the recent Oxford/Cambridge-style formal debate on the proposition “We’d be better off without religion”, thanks to the Time Online. (Note that this is explicitly not the same proposition as “God doesn’t exist”, etc.) The debate was organized by Intelligence Squared, and had the following participants: Pro: Professor Richard Dawkins Professor A.C. Grayling Christopher Hitchens Con:… Read more →
