Narnia to be Created in New Zealand 408
SCS writes "It has been confirmed
that the The
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be made in New Zealand as
part of a five film line-up of C.S. Lewis's Narnia fantasy book
series, with New Zealander Andrew Adamson of Shrek fame as its
director. Filming begins next year, and Weta Digital has already started
the graphics work. Also reported at the BBC
and HeraldTribune.com."
I just applied at Weta Digital too! (Score:5, Funny)
Sitting by the phone, waiting for them to call and send me a ticket to move to New Zealand.
Gonna call any minute now.
Any minute now...
Re:I just applied at Weta Digital too! (Score:2, Funny)
bring lots of sunscreen (Score:3, Informative)
We're outdoorsy types, have spent the last decade living in Texas, and generally enjoy a sunny day as much as anyone. But not in NZ. The sun's power is significantly stronger down there, to the point that you would literally feel pain when sunlight made contact with your skin. I cannot stress this enough. The kiwis are all used to it, and man
Pattern? (Score:4, Funny)
2. ???
3. Profit!
Re:Pattern? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Pattern? (Score:4, Funny)
2: ???
3: Profit!
sorry, had to do it
Re:Pattern? (Score:4, Funny)
Besides, they're going to have to rename it "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe ... and Ten Billion Sheep!" if they want to be accurate.
Otherwise, some poor soul is going to have to digitially remove all the sheep seen in the background of every frame.
Re:Pattern? (Score:5, Funny)
The raw footage of the Battle of Pelennor Fields is a sight to behold indeed.
New Zealand government overthrown by magic (Score:4, Funny)
check it out, yourself! [google.com]
5 movies? (Score:5, Interesting)
Strange, there are seven books.
Anyone have any insight into what is being combined or left out?
Re:5 movies? (Score:5, Funny)
Two books? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:5 movies? (Score:2)
My personal opinion is that the producers decided that two of the books are not good material for movies. I don't think there is a much in the last book that could be turned into a movie (and I don't think I could bear to watch it - I really really disliked the last book...)
Re:5 movies? (Score:5, Insightful)
Also, they might choose to skip The Horse and His Boy since it's just a side-story. Or maybe the last book (The Last Battle), as suggested by another poster, because that one would probably be very hard to make into a good movie.
Re:5 movies? (Score:2)
Re:5 movies? (Score:2)
Re:Rereasd the Silamrillion (Score:3, Interesting)
I've done peae keeping patrolling in Haiti, programmed in San Francisco before and after the boom, and travlelled to several countries. I know fantary from reality. Doesn't keep me from liking Tolkien and disliking Lewis.
Re:5 movies? (Score:5, Informative)
When the books were originally written and published by C. S. Lewis, "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" came first and "The Magician's Nephew" was like the 6th book.
Re:5 movies? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:5 movies? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:5 movies? (Score:5, Informative)
What is the correct order for reading The Chronicles of Narnia? What do you recommend?
Re:5 movies? (Score:5, Insightful)
There's no doubt that "The Last Battle" and "The Magician's Nephew" could be challenging to represent cinematically; but I don't think anyone would disagree that the two are critical to understanding the underlying allegory.
Only my opinion, but I think "difficulty in making the film" should not be the primary criteria for deciding whether to make the film. Using the "difficulty" argument, one could easily conclude that Tolkien's trilogy should never have been made. Instead, asking one's self which of the stories are core to C.S. Lewis's message and life's philosophy may be better guides in determining which of the 7 books to pursue.
I would rather see them do Ringworld. (Score:5, Interesting)
GEORGE MACDONALD - LILITH & PHANTASTES (Score:4, Interesting)
[George MacDonald] as my master; indeed I fancy
I have never written a book in which I did not quote from him."
(C.S.Lewis)
when lewis carrol had doubts whether to publish the 'alice' books,
it was George MacDonald [george-macdonald.com] who encouraged him to do so. he came
out with some incredible fiction, among them, 'lilith' and 'phantastes'.
one could say that macdonald was to carroll as tolkein was to lewis.
madame l'engel called him the grand-father of the fantastic.
some of his descriptions make such demands upon the
imagination, that sometimes i think that 100 years later,
the technology to make a film out of the book 'LILITH'
still doesn't exist.
I'd rather they read the books first. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:I would rather see them do Ringworld. (Score:3, Informative)
Shrek? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Shrek? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Shrek? (Score:3, Insightful)
Believe me, it's only a matter or time, possibly weeks, before we start to hear the "Lord of the Rings was a hackjob" banter. It's true. When Shrek came out, most everyone I knew seemed to like it, then it be
Narnia started me on my way to tech (Score:2, Interesting)
Aimed towards kids or adults? (Score:3, Interesting)
It seems like they would be aimed towards kids movies like Harry Potter vs how LOTR was aimed at adults more than children.
There are some cheesy versions of the movies floating around at your local blockbuster.
The Chronicles of Prydain (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:The Chronicles of Prydain (Score:3, Interesting)
There are other books I would like to see turned into movies, like Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials", Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events" and Terry Pratchett's "Discwo
Re:The Chronicles of Prydain (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:The Chronicles of Prydain (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:The Chronicles of Prydain (Score:2, Interesting)
Anyway, that turned me on to the books and I read through the entire series in a short period of time. They're definitely great books for kids, with more complex characters and a richer world than, say, the Harry Potter series. They deftly combine both humor and epic scale with nary an elf to be seen, if I remember correctly.
I'd
Screwtape letters (Score:2, Interesting)
*THAT* would be worthwhile.
Re:Screwtape letters (Score:3, Informative)
I also don't think it would make a good movie. However, the Saltmine Theatre Company [saltmine.org] do a fantastic theatrical version.
so nifty (Score:5, Insightful)
It's so nifty to see all the books I read as a kid getting a second revival. Problem is, I wish kids would read these books in the first place, and discover that (gasp!) there's more to children's literature than Harry Potter.
Uhm..... (Score:4, Insightful)
I think the point of the article I read in the NY Times was that pre-teens were more open to read other books at the recommendation of their parents after reading (gasp!) Harry Potter. Why knock it?
The rise of sci-fi movies (Score:2, Troll)
Cool! Good news (Score:5, Interesting)
This is also good news because it means the movies are finally taking shape. They were announced almost two years ago, but there hasn't been much word on them since.
This will, of course, lend to one major disclaimer for all Tolkien and LOTR fans who haven't read the Narnia chronicles: the movies will seem similar in setting, goal, and underlying theme. That having been said, they're drastically different stories. While there will be numerous similarities (which ignorant reviewers will peck at Narnia for, unfortunately) Tolkien was setting out to tell a story, create a world, and totally immerse the reader in Middle Earth. Lewis had more apologetic aims with his books, and this is by no means a secret fact. Hopefully they don't temper this angle too much with the movies. Certainly not everybody is thrilled by an underlying Christian theme, but removing it would make the story anemic.
Even so, Lewis' books are strong strong works on their own, and they deserve as rich a treatment as LOTR received. The two books/series are widely regarded as some of the best fantasy work written in the 20th century. That Lewis and Tolkien were friends sweetens the deal.
I'm looking forward to it!
Re:Cool! Good news (Score:5, Insightful)
While both fantasies were written by British authors who were friends and happened to work together, that's about the end of that. Tolkien detested allegory of any kind, whereas the whole Narnia series were just that. Tolkien created a rich mythology with a deep history, whereas Lewis simply took the Christian mythos and branched out a bit. The characters are deeper in LOTR and the sheer weight of the history behind the stories by Tolkien was immense.
To sum up, one is an epic tale (or mythos), whereas the other is a children's story.
Re:Cool! Good news (Score:4, Insightful)
I strongly disagree. I'm a fan of both LOTR (I've read it 7 times and it was my FIRST book I've read once I learned how to read), and a fan of Narnia Cronicles (which I actually have read only 3 times).
Both of them are excellent tales for children and I'm going to read them both once again. But this time aloud, for my cute little daughter when she goes to sleep.
Re:Cool! Good news (Score:3, Interesting)
Tolkien detested allegory of any kind,
It is a strange thing. In foreward to the second edition of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien writes:
Re:Cool! Good news (Score:3, Insightful)
Who says one can't be the other?
And for that matter, what's wrong with making a beloved children's story into a film or television series, as long as the makers stay faithful to the author? I don't see you complaining about PBS' treatment of Brian Jacques' Redwall books.
Yes, there's a discrepancy between Narnia and LOTR... but to dismiss a work simply because you're not the intended audience-- or because it's not in a
Re:Cool! Good news (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Cool! Good news (Score:3, Insightful)
Strongly agreed.
While it's no secret that Narnia was a christian allegory to some extent, I think one of Lewis's most charming features was his ability to do this without seeming preachy. I'm no christian (rather an atheist/agnostic/what-have-
The best part of Narnia... (Score:3, Interesting)
...was the scene in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, where Santa Claus distributes weapons for Christmas presents, to help the war of resistance being led by the kids^Wfreedom fighters^W^Wterrorists.
Probably the most annoying part was the blatantly racist scenes of part of The Last Battle. (There's an entire Narnian race called "Darkies"? What the fuck?)
Allegory in Movies (Score:5, Interesting)
An allegory (at least as I use the term) is a subject that is described by using another subject in it's place (sort of like an extended metaphor).
Tolkien and Lewis are on opposite sides of the fence when it comes to allegory. Tolkein despising it and Lewis making heavy use of it. On the written page, I think that the use or avoidence of allegory is fine, but I'm not sure that it works on film.
Film is just such an overwhelmingly visual medium and allegory is such an abstract tool. It may be possible to depict the Lion Aslan as an allegory of Jesus on the written page, but on film you will see such an overwhelming embodiment of "big cat" that unless there's a narrator or someone hitting you over the head with "Lion = Jesus" the allegory will just be overwhelmed.
The only example of strict allegory that I recall in a modern film was Battlefield Earth but that may be an unfair example (as there were many other reasons why that movie was so poorly received).
Of course, many people already know the allegory that Lewis used in his tales and no doubt it will be brought up again and again by movie critics and sunday school teachers before the movie debuts, but if people didn't go in already having been told what to expect, would the allegory have been obvious?
Just idle wondering I suppose...
Re:Allegory in Movies (Score:2, Insightful)
This is much more about the ideas that formed the foundations for later fantasy and science fiction.
Personally I'd like to see a good rendition of "Til we have faces"
Re:Allegory in Movies (Score:5, Interesting)
I like to think I was a precocious kid (as opposed to the dimwit adult I grew up to be today) and given how well LCD type entertainment does nowadays, I figure that was interesting to a smart 5th grader will probably be interesting enough for the average American adult movie viewer (as well as most kids).
Re:Allegory in Movies (Score:3, Insightful)
PBS already did these movies (Score:3, Insightful)
So yes, they make good movies.
Only in the Matrix did they beat you over the head with the rediculous notion that Neo == Jesus (he was far far too flawed to be anything more than a hero).
Those who are familiar with Christian theology will recognize Aslan as Christ without ever being told.
Ben
noo.... (Score:2)
Oscars? (Score:5, Funny)
I doubt we will see all seven books become films (Score:5, Informative)
The Horse and His Boy is very much a standalone tale with little to do with the other books in the series (other than the fact that it is set in Narnia and surrounding countries and features brief appearances by Aslan and the Four Children). I'm not sure it would fit well in a series of "sequels".
The Magician's Nephew is actually the prequel to the entire series, detailing the creation of Narnia, etc. It would be difficult (though, not impossible) to integrate it into a Narnia series if it was produced after LWW. Then again, I'm still holding out hope that Peter Jackson will make The Hobbit now that the Lord of the Rings series is complete. So maybe, the producers of the Narnia series will build fanbase with the "core" books first and then bring in The Magician's Nephew to wrap up the series.
However, I doubt The Last Battle will ever hit the silver screen. It was always my least favorite book of the series, for many of the reasons that would probably make it a poor film. It takes a long time to get rolling, it's really kind of a downer for much of the book (well, duh, it's about the end times), and the Christian religious undertones of the previous books become the overtones of The Last Battle. It clearly shifts from being a fantasy series to being a Christian theological tretise.
One other reason why The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle will likely NOT be made into films: without a major rewrite, they both paint the religion of Islam in a very unfavorable light, and in these times of post-9/11 issues of religious discrimination, would likely be more controversial than the studios would be willing to accept.
The original post mentioned a five-movie series, and I couldn't find anything in any of the links detailing what five books of the seven book series would be made. Maybe this was a typo on the submitter's part, or maybe I just missed the reference in the articles. But if in fact, there will be only five movies made, I would guess that The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle would be the ones to be dropped.
Re:I doubt we will see all seven books become film (Score:2)
Gee, just because the pseudo-Arabs of Calormen worship the pseudo-Satan Tash? I'm sure the Islamic world be be comforted by the idea that "good" Calormenese will be accepte
WETA is this Decade's ILM (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:WETA is this Decade's ILM (Score:2, Insightful)
Outstanding! Bring on Ringworld too! (Score:2)
Ooh... now I'm getting a wish list... (Score:2)
Anybody remember last time... (Score:4, Interesting)
Granted, I haven't seen any of these in years... I was a little kid at the time... but those films were great, production values notwithstanding.
I really hope the new films do as well with the text as those did. And, as a side note, I don't remember a whole lot of heavy-handed Christian doctrine in the films... although even at that age, I could see it plainly in the books.
Re:Anybody remember last time... (Score:3, Interesting)
BBC already made them & there's a DVD box set (Score:4, Informative)
What next? (Score:4, Funny)
"Where The Sidewalk Ends", starring Ben Affleck as the sidewalk?
Official site... (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.narnia.com/
Enjoy!
-B
Weta Workshop, not Weta Digital (Score:3, Informative)
Dragonlance (Score:3, Insightful)
The Lion, Witch Wardrobe. Sheesh, what's next, A Wrinkle in Time? Let's hear it for grade-school fiction!
And please, no responses about how Dungeons and Dragons sucked (i.e. therefore Dragonlance will suck and/or won't be made). Some people thought that LotR was going to turn out like Willow - well, we know now how wrong they were.
Do the Space Trilogy Instead (Score:5, Interesting)
I would much rather see Lewis's Out of the Silent Planet adapted to film. Weda could do marvelous work imagining the space voyage and the inhabitants of Lewis's Mars. The hero, Dr. Ransom, who was modelled after Tolkien himself, is much more interesting than anyone in the Narnia books, including Aslan. It would be another great role for Ian McKellan; or if you think McKellan is too old, perhaps Alan Rickman. Just my $0.02 worth.
Sort of ok, except the end (Score:4, Informative)
But the real problem with the series is the ending.
[spoiler alert]
He *cheats*. "Oh, well, actually you think you've gone through all this, but actually you were in a railroad accident, and you're all dead."
Deus ex pancake.
Give me Susan Cooper's Dark Is Rising, anyday.
mark
Re:Sort of ok, except the end (Score:4, Informative)
NO, they DO go through all this, & come back, & back into Narnia & then different kids go & come back, etc. etc. The only ones who get squished by a railroad accident are the protagonists of the last book. Which makes sense for those particular characters in that particular story since they go to heaven in Narnia which would be a bit problematic if they're in not dead back on earth.
c. s. lewis and tolkien (Score:5, Informative)
Till We Have Faces (Score:3, Informative)
Till We Have Faces is one of Lewis's lesser known books, but virtually everyone who has read it agrees it was Lewis's finest book, and perhaps one of the finest books of the 20th century (and an undiscovered jewel at that).
LOTR is making them gutsy. (Score:5, Insightful)
Narnia's story line is a lot less continuous than LOTR's, especially when you get past the fourth book.
Since they are making five films, it would almost make sense that they are doing LWW, Prince Caspian, Dawn Treader, Silver Chair, and then Last Battle. This would skip The Magician's Nephew and A Horse and His Boy, which would likely be OK. It is also unlikely that they'll make each movie 3 hours long. They may decide to release two a year.
I wonder how mutilated the stories are going to be though. Narnia's "Christian themes" are considerably stronger than LOTR's. The Last Battle especially forces a lot of things down people's throats. I wonder if things will be changed so that these themes aren't as strong.
Re:tiem moves on. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:tiem moves on. (Score:3, Interesting)
hehehe..
oh dear, i feal like a child in a candyshop
with all these movies being made..
LoTR, Hulk, Spider man, Xman, Narnia(opps put a d in there, man cant even rembere the name right)
These Tax brakes offerd by the NZ goverment seem
to be paying off, if only the
could of done with the bost
"They've been looking for forests, for coastal scenes for alpine plateaus and for English co
Re:5 films? (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week... Enjoy the salad bar, and be sure to tip the waitress.
Re:5 films? (Score:3, Informative)
1 The Magician's Nephew
2 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
3 The Horse and His Boy
4 Prince Caspian
5 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6 The Silver Chair
7 The Last Battle
In my opinion, the following books absolutely must be included: 1,2,5,7. The Magician
Re:5 films? (Score:3, Insightful)
Doug
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:5, Insightful)
childhood i sure as hell dont see what
all the fuss is about.
Just because there are parallels and story
foundations/ideas borrowed/copyed dosent meen
much at all to the story..
How much Roman history have you realy learnt
from Starwars and Dune?
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:4, Insightful)
I read some of these books when I was younger and thought they had a good story and plot. I wasn't concerned with the religious connotations.
Even J.R.R. had mentioned that he got some of his ideas from the King Arthur lore.
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:5, Insightful)
I read some of these books when I was younger and thought they had a good story and plot. I wasn't concerned with the religious connotations.
They do indeed have a nice story and plot; I thoroughly enjoyed them when I was a younger reader. However, I also re-read them as a college student--and was frankly astonished at the religious allegory my young mind didn't see the first time. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing--and I'm a longtime atheist--but it seemed a lot less like "fantasy" and a lot more like "religious propaganda." I think that you'll find these books to have a different focus depending on your religious awareness--and if you went to the movie as an adult after only have read the books as a young child, you would be pretty appallled at the Christian overtones, even if faithfully adapted.
I think, for this reason, that these movies will not escape religious criticism as the LOTR series did. Either the director will adapt the books faithful to a young-child's perspective, heavy on the fantasy and light on the Xtian, which will piss of the Xtians and CS Lewis scholars--or the director will maintain the Xtian overlay in fact in the books, and adult viewers will wonder where all the Xtian crap came from, and wonder why their cherished childhood memories were perverted to serve some Xtian purpose.
It'll be interesting to see how this goes down--but before you say that the religious overtones are minimal, read these books again, as an adult.
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:4, Informative)
I hear this a lot, and I'm genuinely curious (not flamebaiting) about something: if you see the Narnia chronicles as "religious propaganda," would you also grant that Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy is "atheist (or secularist) propaganda"? If so, we have no quarrel. If not, I'm again genuinely curious as to why not, if you've the time to entertain my question.
Xtian
One other small thing: It should be 'Xian,' not 'Xtian.' The 't' in the latter is redundant, as the 'X' abbreviation is for Christ (from the greek 'Christos,' which begins in a chi [Roman letter X]). I've found that many atheists and Christian fundamentalists alike are disappointed when they learn that words like 'Xmas' are not a removal of 'Christ' from the word but that the X is an old and oft-used shorthand for Christ, including in numerous Christian sources (Christ is frequently denoted as 'Xp' or chi rho in Christian iconography).
Just a nitpick from an old Greek student...
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:2)
So the derived works are meaningless as a way of teaching about the references, and most people don't care - the books are inspired by something which gives them a bit more story/plot/whatever that makes them great.
There's only 1 way in whcih a derived work will help you learn.. Starwars may have taken huge chunks of Roman culture to base a p
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:2, Insightful)
The truth is, so many books in the sci-fi/fantasy genre are inspired by biblical stories - especially the classic ones. This may be a reflection of the authors growing up at a time in the West where Christianity filtered through more throughly into
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:5, Insightful)
Whoops Wrong turn down the Christian byway-Justify (Score:3, Insightful)
I don't think that anything needs to be "explained away" (why should it?). People simply need to accept things as they are, and enjoy. Not everything in the world needs to be changed.
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:2)
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:3, Insightful)
As an atheist, I think I can say that the ones that "evangelize" are just sick of having Christianity stuffed down their throats (at least here in America).
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:5, Insightful)
One thing you need to realize in this life is that everyone is different. You will need to grow a thicker skin if you are to avoid being offended by seeing people different than you. That some of these people advertise their differences more than others is beside the point.
A Salvation Army kettle on the street corner shoves nothing down your throat. The Mayor's Prayer Breakfast shoves nothing down your throat. An fish bumper sticker shoves nothing down your throat. Even the evangelist knocking at your door shoves nothing down your throat, because you can always say "go away" and shut the door.
You don't have the choice of living in a world where everyone believes exactly the same as you, but you do live in a world where your "throat" is your own.
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:2)
Well, there are certainly other motivations. For example, I would prefer not to be burned at the stake for my atheism, as many atheists and non-conforming theists have in the past. Therefore, the fewer religious people the better, for me. Also, being an atheist means I'm free of original sin, which always seemed to be a real downer, so I'm probably happier than mo
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:4, Interesting)
One thing that Christianity can take credit for is its universalism - in principle at least everyone is equal in the eyes of God. Sure, there have been plenty of Christians who have failed to live up to that ideal, but at least they had the ideal, and they had it a long time before almost any other religion or culture.
How many Muslims have asked you if you've been saved, and if you'd like to be?
In fact Islam has exactly the same ideal. They got it from the Christians. As with Christianity there are Islamic groups that are not very interested in gaining converts, but there are others who are very enthusiastic about it. You will also find many who would be quite happy to send you to heaven.
But the worst are evangelical atheists.
Most atheists think that the only life you get is this one, and that if you waste it then you don't get a do-over. Their aim is to get people to live worthwhile lives instead of wasting their lives on delusions that make them feel good. Of course it might be bitter news if you thought you were going to heaven, but personally I found my conversion to atheism to be like waking up from a drugged stupor. I had never felt so alive until that moment when I recognised that life wouldn't last forever.
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:2)
Just because Lewis figurative picks up the Christian Bible and beats the reader (now "viewer") over the head with it, doesn't mean non-Christians can't still enjoy his work.
For a quick-n-dirty analogy, did the original Star Wars offend non-Christians by portraying Luke as a Christ-figure (or for
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:5, Interesting)
Don't worry, rumor has it all that stuff is being removed. It also looks like HarperCollins is spinning this as a way of exploiting the Harry Potter popularity and is planning 'revised' Cristianity-free versions of the books as well. The are also rumored to be working on followup books written in the 'Narnia' universe.
Of course this has the author spinning in his grave, and lots of protest from people who knew CS Lewis.
One person remarked that they are turning Narnia into the British 'Mickey Mouse'.
Sickening IMHO.
Re:Whoops! Wrong turn down the Christian byway (Score:5, Insightful)
and is planning 'revised' Cristianity-free versions of the books as well
You must be kidding. They're going to write Aslan out of the series? CS Lewis didn't include this stuff in an off-handed way--Xtian elements are critical to his story-line. I sure as hell won't buy those books, even as an atheist. An author has the right to say what he intends to say, without being sterilized for later generations.
Kind of reminds me of some warnings from Bradbury, as a matter of fact. Who's next? Take the Raven from Poe? Take the Cthulhu from Lovecraft? Will Dracula be beaten by group hugs, in a "modernized" version?
I would like to see links to these rumors, actually, so I can lend my voice to the protest. Removing the Xtian elements in CS Lewis is like removing the logic from Sherlock stories.
Re:Satanic! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:hmm... (Score:2)
Are you saying you know a lot about gay porn? So you must be the guy that is relabeling all the gay porn as "Episode III sneak previews" on Kazaa for the unsuspecting lately...
Here are beauties which pierce like swords... (Score:3, Insightful)
One of the most beautiful little passages in "The Lord of the Rings" isn't in the book, but Lewis' blurb on the back promoting it: "Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron." which is exactly how I feel about that particular turn of phrase. In itself it evokes the same complex emotion (a pang of nostalgia?) that The Lord of the Rings as a whole did.
I notice the beau