The Golden Compass was a superb story, and the movie was brilliant. We had thought His Dark Materials was a follow up, but instead is just a rehash of the same story. What on earth is the point of remaking this? The effects are good, some of the production and acting is good. However some of the acting is dreadful, and some of the casting just plain odd. A complete waste of time, and proof that BBC drama is losing the plot.