Metro.co.uk reports: A new interactive feature called Meet Your Daemon has been launched by New Line Cinema on its official website for the upcoming film The Golden Compass. The new feature, at GoldenCompassMovie.com, allows users to discover exactly what daemon best represents their personality, and then allows them to take their daemon avatar with them by embedding it on their own website or MySpace page.
Golden Compass unveils interactive feature
A new interactive feature called Meet Your Daemon has been launched by New Line Cinema on its official website for the upcoming film The Golden Compass.
Based on author Philip Pullman's best-selling and award-winning novel, The Golden Compass, due for release on December 7, is an exciting fantasy adventure, set in an alternative world where people's souls manifest themselves as other creatures.
The cast includes Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Ian McShane and newcomer Dakota Blue Richards and is written and directed by About A Boy's Chris Weitz.
The new feature, at www.goldencompassmovie.com allows users to discover exactly what daemon best represents their personality, and then allows them to take their daemon avatar with them by embedding it on their own website or MySpace page.
"This feature lets you personally experience one of the most unique and engaging elements of The Golden Compass," says Gordon Paddison, Executive Vice President, New Media Marketing.
"You can identify your daemon and then share it with your friends and social networks on a variety of digital platforms."
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#1
Clever marketing :)
# April 26, 2007 00:14 by L!NK
#2
Not that it hasn't been done before…
But cool, though.
Although they have made a mistake: "Dæmons can communicate telephatically with their humans" ???
I don't remember reading that in the books.
# April 26, 2007 08:18 by horst
#3
Hee hee that was fun. My dæmon is an ocelot named Arkadion. =3
# April 26, 2007 23:59 by Miss Bear
#4
Funny, my friend just got the exact same thing as you MB. Also made me a shiny new Scoresby avatar.
I'm happy to say New Line's marketing efforts are getting out there, people are approaching me about HDM updates now!
# April 27, 2007 03:18 by Phit
#5
lool, yes, this is great!
I just wish I had got the correct link to my daemon… the email didn't give me a valid one…
# April 27, 2007 08:54 by daemon_hadevir
#6
I hope the improve the grafic… It's a very cool feature, but Pan and Stelmaria could use an extra touch…
# April 27, 2007 11:39 by John Faa
#7
Im a snow leopard. Kinda Cool haha
# April 27, 2007 12:10 by markfung
#8
It has a cool graphic, and it's pretty funny, though no new...Mine is a Tiger...^_^
New Line is doing a good promoting job!
# April 27, 2007 17:17 by Lyrael
#9
Mine is a tiger as well :D
He's called Leonidas.
# April 27, 2007 18:34 by AnneMaria
#10
Mine is an ocelot callled Leonidas.. So basically the variety is huge. Still cool though.
# April 27, 2007 21:08 by Lari
#11
Clearly they can sometimes communicate telepathically, because the Golden Monkey never speaks, and Lyra can definitely feel Pan's feelings, if not his exact thoughts.
# April 28, 2007 03:52 by JParry
#12
Finally got to take it. And still a fox dæmon, that was always my guess perhaps I consciously choose in that direction. Remis. Reminds me a bit of that jolly young Roman pair. 779 fox dæmons with a total population of 43,144 - we tracking that at all?
Love the handwriting, same as Lord Asriel's in the anniversary editions I believe. And very near Pullman's.
# April 28, 2007 04:39 by Phit
#13 Another tiger...
I always loved tigers, and i was born in the year of the tiger… but for some reason i didn't suspect that my daemon was a tiger…
It is!
I have also been doing the daemon test for characters from my novels and stuff… justto find out that little bit more about them…
Did anyone notice that they toned down their alethiometer as well… cause little kiddies will access it… they removed sin and sexuality from the meanings…
# April 28, 2007 06:28 by Figment
#14
It doesn't shows up my daemon. :(
# April 29, 2007 15:07 by Neptune
#15
Your answers were probably too different… i had a very strong minded, opinionated character that i was doing it for, and i had to change her a little bit to make the give me a daemon for her… i had to try like 10 times… It gives you the name of the daemon, then that begins to fade, and then just kinda freezes yeah?
# April 29, 2007 19:13 by Figment
#16
It's a good quiz, but I must say has some innaccuaracies in animal choice, such as an unusually large amount of arthropod choices: spider, ladybug, and moth. Insect daemons are rather rare. And the amount of variety seemed limited, but the quiz was entertaining and asked good questions.
# April 30, 2007 19:20 by Misguided Miscreant
#17
By the way, for those of you interested in daemons, I highly suggest the Daemon Page and Forum, at http://www.daemonpage.com/
# April 30, 2007 19:22 by Misguided Miscreant
#18
Figment-
Mine gives a name and then fades too. How did you manage to have one show up...make the answers less opinionated? That could use some work then…
# May 1, 2007 21:37 by Sparkplug2818
#19
Yep, that's how I did it, and it worked…
# May 5, 2007 01:09 by Drizzt