Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow, oh wow... by Static

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Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow, oh wow...

POSTED BY: STATIC
UPDATED: Thursday, May 12, 2005 18:17
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:10 PM

I've only just now discovered that Disney is doing a live-action film of "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe", and that they've green-lit the next two books in the series for development.

These were books that I adored as a youth and cannot wait to see them brought to life!!!

I just finished watching the teaser trailer and it gave me chills! Imagine. . .the heroes we knew before anyone had even THOUGHT of Harry Potter. . .Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. . .on the BIG SCREEN!!!

http://narnia.com

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:32 PM

HJERMSTED

I have to say, I'm getting a bit more excited about the L,W and W film though I wasn't at first.

Now if someone would just do a serious adaptation of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy (The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead and The Pool of Fire) then I'll be super stoked!

Mattro

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:11 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

I saw the first commercial for this movie this past weekend. I was in awe of my TV for a good 5 minutes before I came back to my senses. I barely remember anything about it; all I can remember is that I loved it. Now I can't wait to actually see a Disney film... what's the world coming to?

(unrelated side note: Profit comes to DVD 08/08/05)

无党派人士

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:25 PM

LISSA

Quote:
Originally posted by Hjermsted:
I have to say, I'm getting a bit more excited about the L,W and W film though I wasn't at first.

Now if someone would just do a serious adaptation of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy (The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead and The Pool of Fire) then I'll be super stoked!

Mattro

i agree on all points:)

~lissa, spwhore

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:19 PM

SOULOFSERENITY

The Man They Call Soul...

I am so freaking psyked to see this movie! I loved the Chronicles of Narnia as a kid, and I still have the books. I think I need to dive back into them again...

Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!

______________________

Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree

Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."

http://havenofsouls.blogspot.com/

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:47 PM

DARDACK

I am excited for this movie and am positive they will be better than the original movies (I believe TV but i remember you could rent them at my library). They were alright, but I really hope that they used a bit of their budget for special effects, especially for the latter films. Seeing (I believe and am often wrong) Eustace turned into a dragon and watching him scratch the whole thing off yet still being a dragon. Flying lion, talking animals. Very stoked.

On a side note. C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors, could be because he's a christian author and that's all my parents would let me read back then. So i read those books till they feel apart. Had to buy a new set a few years ago. But, Man, try reading all those books you missed as a kid and the ones you want to read now in a short time.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 4:28 PM

EMBERS

I saw the trailer too and it does look very good.
I love CS Lewis, but I think the stories are a little light-weight and moralistic compared to Harry Potter...
but still the trailer looks really beautiful.
I'll definitely be attending...
but I guess it isn't coming out until Christmas
(after Goblet of Fire)
months after 'Serenity'

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:21 PM

STARBERRYGIRL

Best part is that WETA workshop has been doing the the design and special effects. Remember Lord of the Rings... yeah... That was them.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:23 PM

CALLMEATH

I lived and breathed the Chronicles of Narnia as a kid. My older sister had me reading them as soon as I could read. I'm not in the least bit ashamed to admit that my sisters and I spent long hours pretending we were in Narnia, having all kinds of wild adventures. I'm really excited about the movies.

On a side note, why did they change the order of the books? It should be:

1)The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
2)Prince Caspian
3)The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4)The Silver Chair
5)The Horse and His Boy
6)The Magician's Nephew
7)The Final Battle

But everytime I go to the bookstore to buy a new set, they're all in chronological order, i.e., 6,1,5,2,3,4,7. Did they wait for C.S. Lewis to pass away so they could mess around with his work? Why can't they just leave them in the order he wanted them to be in?

whoever decided to change the order

"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 7:20 PM

JAHZARA

When I was a kid, my older sister had the whole set, so I spent a summer just reading them over and over again. I had no idea they were out of the order C.S. Lewis wanted them to be in. I suppose in the box set they put them in "chronological" order.

Man, I've got to go buy them!

I've been anticipating the movie (sometimes with dread, but mostly with excitement) especially since I learned that James McAvoy is Mr. Tumnus. Children of Dune had some faults, but he was INCREDIBLE as Leto. I mean, WOW.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:17 PM

QUICKSAND

You're excited about this? Hasn't Hollywood ruined enough of your favorite books already?

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:15 PM

SIMONWHO

Well, as long as they end The Final Battle with a big caption for the kids saying "If you stop believing in Jesus, YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!!!!!!" then I won't worry about it being too unfaithful to the books.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:21 PM

FRAY101

When I was at Junior school, every single story I wrote in English featured characters from Narnia (oh, and The Fall Guy but we won't talk about that). Finally my teacher told me to stop it! I also remember making paper wings to stick on my toy horse!! The Magician's Nephew was always my favourite, and is the one I re-read most recently.

Haven't actually watched the trailer for this yet, must check it out.

"Why would I want to leave Serenity?"
"Can't think of a reason."

Over 100 Serenity screencaps now available at http://disneypix.tripod.com/destiny

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 2:06 AM

EMBERS

Quote:
Originally posted by CALLMEATH:
On a side note, why did they change the order of the books? It should be:

1)The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
2)Prince Caspian
3)The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4)The Silver Chair
5)The Horse and His Boy
6)The Magician's Nephew
7)The Final Battle

But everytime I go to the bookstore to buy a new set, they're all in chronological order, i.e., 6,1,5,2,3,4,7.

That always freaks me out too...
but let me assure you that the trailer I saw for this Christmas is definitely
'The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe'
(and not The Magician's Nephew)
and it looks very magestic and beautiful...
with lots of cool special effects.
It definitely looks like something!

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 2:33 AM

MAUGWAI

Quote:
Callmeath wrote:
On a side note, why did they change the order of the books? It should be:

1)The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
2)Prince Caspian
3)The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4)The Silver Chair
5)The Horse and His Boy
6)The Magician's Nephew
7)The Final Battle

But everytime I go to the bookstore to buy a new set, they're all in chronological order, i.e., 6,1,5,2,3,4,7. Did they wait for C.S. Lewis to pass away so they could mess around with his work? Why can't they just leave them in the order he wanted them to be in?

Well, don't shoot me or anything, but I got the original boxed set and could never understand why the books were out of chronological order. It confused me as a small girl. So I rearranged them in the proper timeline and have read them that way ever since. I liked that better because then all the stories built off of each other and I didn't have to remember things that hadn't happened yet.

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:05 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

When I was a child my mother read The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe to me. I loved the story. I rediscovered it when I was in grade school when I received the entire set as a gift. I read them all and it became one of my favorite series.

When my son was about four years old I pulled the books off the shelf and began reading them to him. He has since developed his own love of the series, and it wonderful to share that enthusiasm with him, seeing my own childish fascination reflected on his face.

Now the series will be made into movies. Watching that trailer made me remember my joy from walking in Narnia so long ago and I can not wait to walk through the wardrobe again and see it on the big screen.

__________________________________________

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:01 AM

STATIC

Quote:
Originally posted by dardack:
Seeing (I believe and am often wrong) Eustace turned into a dragon and watching him scratch the whole thing off yet still being a dragon.

You're right. . .Eustace, the nasty younger cousin of the Pevensie children. In "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", he found what appeared to be a dragon's treasure trove, put a gold bangle on his arm and discovered that overnight, it transformed him into a dragon.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:10 AM

SHINY

Quote:
Originally posted by dardack:
I am excited for this movie and am positive they will be better than the original movies (I believe TV but i remember you could rent them at my library).

I seem to recall some animated movies/TV series...is that what you mean?

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:30 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL

You just now heard about this? Oh sweet Static, if I had known you liked this, and I should have guessed, I would have told you about it ages ago. You've missed all the fun building up to the movie.

The neat thing is they don't have to worry about the young cast aging. They age in the books years at a time, so no worries.

Simon, you’ve got a point there. What will the kiddies think when they see the cast board the train…

www.thatweirdgirl.com
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Can we not revel in our cyber-love?

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:48 AM

SIMONWHO

I think certain parents will think it's the perfect opportunity to explain to their children who among their friends is going to hell and who isn't; i.e. die as children - off to heaven, die as a young woman who wears lipstick and/or nylons - off to hell (or purgatory or void). And to think some people say us Brits are repressed about sexuality.

They're stripping all the Christian bits out of His Dark Materials for the movies, maybe the same will happen to The Narnia Chronicles. I hope not, for pretty much the same reason that I'm appalled by what they're doing to His Dark Materials; if an author has a message then you should either respect it or go adapt something else.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:48 AM

CALLMEATH

Quote:
Originally posted by maugwai:
Well, don't shoot me or anything, but I got the original boxed set and could never understand why the books were out of chronological order. It confused me as a small girl. So I rearranged them in the proper timeline and have read them that way ever since. I liked that better because then all the stories built off of each other and I didn't have to remember things that hadn't happened yet.

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

I ain't gonna shoot ya, maugwai. If that's the way you like to read them, then that's just fine. It's the fact that they're changing how C.S. Lewis wanted them that bothers me.

"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:51 AM

CALLMEATH

Quote:
Originally posted by embers:
but let me assure you the trailer I saw for this Christmas was "the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

This may be the first time Hollywood has been more respectful to an author's work than the literary community. Imagine if this sets a precident.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:17 PM

MONTANAGIRL

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
When I was a child my mother read The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe to me. I loved the story. I rediscovered it when I was in grade school when I received the entire set as a gift. I read them all and it became one of my favorite series.

I had a very similar experience. My mom read to us all the time (even through high school

), and one of the first books I remember is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We read the Narnia books together a lot, and I read them over and over on my own. When I graduated from college my present to myself was my own Narnia set.

I had somehow missed out on this movie being made. The trailer looks amazing, I got very excited seeing Aslan, and I'm reassured by the fact that Weta is doing the effects. (It was nice to see all the familiar faces in that clip.)

Looks like it's time to reread the books again!

If you can be an idiot, I can be an idiot. - D'Argo

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