Anyone notice 666 comments on IMDB - coincidence?
There is an obvious satanic theme in the books and the film. "His Dark Materials" is a quote from Paradise Lost in reference to Satan, who is the protagonist of the epic poem. This exploration and subversion of christian theology and organized religion was interesting and entertaining to me as a young adult, but since reaching adulthood I've realized how adolescent and disingenuous this is. You can criticize the catholic church all you want, but when you try to invert the biblical ideology and subscribe to any form of Satanism, you are putting yourself in the company of people like Aleister Crowley and some of the sickest human beings that have ever lived. And with influential figures in our pop media, like Jay Z, who likes to wear a shirt with a famous Crowley quote "Do what thou wilt", promoting this ideology out there, I can see the degrading effect it is having on society.
Seriously though, what is the likelihood of the 666 comments? That is just strange!