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I read them at the wee age of seven... I'd really like to read them again. They were really magical.

It's actually kinda gross. It's like overly dense marshmallows, flavored with an almost sickly sweet syrup. Perfect for Edmund and quite sickening in large quantities.

Strangely enough, I've read all of Lewis's other fiction, but never read the Chronicles of Narnia.

I highly recommend Till We Have Faces, his retelling of the Cupid-Psyche story, however.

EDED, since you read it, will I have to?

I can not wait to see the visuals on this. These books were great and I read them over and over.

Was surprised they were not going to start with the Magicians Nephew..but it is not one that most people remember.

I saw the televised series quite a long time ago and thought they were wonderful. I had reservations when I saw actors in animal costumes but just a few minutes into it it was far less important than the story. It worked beautifully and didn't detract from the story at all.
Having read the series a couple of times it worried me at first, I've seen some fantastic ideas ruined by cheap production but this one was masterful. It's quite lovely, all the emotion and as much depth as possible is left in the series and it's an extremely pleasant television experience to watch it. I'm really picky about what I put on and I'd watch it again if I had a copy.

Yuck! Kind of like Cadbury Eggs, then.

Funny, it is time for Halloween candy. Maybe some Turkish delights to hand out this year.

I saw the british tv version (I rented) with my gf. We fell asleep and when we woke up at about 1am the actors in animal outfits kind of freaked us out. We swore never to speak of it again.

But now Disney is coming out with one we have to check it out...with my daughter. Nice to see special effects really blossom and enhance story telling.

Not much in the way of an article really. This the first I've heard of it in quite a while but if these pics are any indication it should be quite a treat.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7692504/site/newsweek

I'm slightly terrified about the upcoming Narnia film(s). I wonder if its allegorical message will come through intact -- because if it doesn't it may lose its real impact.

Having reread the series in recent years as a Christian adult, I see that the Christian message is far stronger in the Narnia series than I ever realized as a boy. It's part of why it (along with Lord of the Rings) is such a moving series; it gives us a taste of who God and Jesus Christ is and the soul-satisfaction that comes from Him. I'm astounded at how so much of Aslan's speech springs directly from the Bible.

But in today's P.C.-conscious days, will the filmmakers try to bury that? They'd be incredibly foolish to do so, IMO. The stories are eminently enjoyable and worthy as they are -- I certainly know the Christian allegory was mostly lost on me as a kid.

We shall see...


Oh, and BTW: as a boy, my favorite was Peter from LWW and Prince Caspian -- I wanted to be him. As an adult, I liked Edmund in the latter book more. But my favorite both times is actually Jill, who starts out as quite the little rhymes-with-bitch (uh...ah...did I type that out loud? ) but becomes a very decent young lady after Aslan is through with her.

well considering CS Lewis is a well known Christian writer I am not really that surprised. I too reread the books as an adult and was amazed to see the Christian idealogly, especially in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. That one you would have to be really dense not to get it.

As a non-Christian, I got something a bit more different and more of a universal messge out of the books. Hopefully the filmmakers will approach the movie from a childs prespective and teach but not preach.

It's subtle enough, I think - it's there when you half-look for it, but I didn't notice it as a kid either. It's not as if it was written by a Deep South Born Again Bible Belter or anything on that sort of from-the-rooftops level.

I think as long as they tell the story, it'll come through as strongly or as weakly as the viewer chooses to take it, much like the books.

It's not like Aslan was running around yelling "I AM REALLY JESUS!!!" on every page or anything.

**First Look @ Narnia****
found these in yesterdays USA Today!!!

well that looks great!

Was that really a cgi Aslan? That pic was awesome! And that pic of the White Queen is fierce!

going buy what the article said Asland is cgi, but i agree with you about the White Queen pic it looks AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
BTW is Disney going to Make all the Narnia books into movies?

well, if the first one is succesful I don't see why not. best thing is wiht different kids running around, there won't be the probelm of the kids growing up quickly before they can start the new ones...

was kinda worried when i heard this was coming because the article promised that it was going to feature 'spectacular battle scenes'.

Apart from the ever-present threat of cgi pointlessness, TLTW&TW always read more intimately to me, though the battles are certainly in the material, i hope they're not gon'ta dwell on them LOTR style.

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Possibly not neccesary, but i'm being blunt about the end of the series here, The Last Battle, wow that's gonna be an interesting concept to film: it's got a happy ending because everybody dies in a train wreck and never has to leave Narnia again.

Except Susan, who will never be able to go to Narnia again because she discovered lipstick and is now alone because every member of her family has died. Woah.

yo'll understand why this freaked me out as a kid, love the books even as i did.

Tomorrow (5/7) is supposed to be a worldwide, multi-media premier of the first trailer. From the Sci-Fi wire:

And as for first looks, Apple has had two featurettes up for months here and here .

Surfing through Linkfilter I was delighted to see someone had posted this link today.
http://www.narniaweb.com/

Check this out...

Trailer on line now !

You beat me to it, Scott... I LOVE Lucy's face as she approaches the wardrobe door.

I think these kids are going to be great!

There was a preview for this before Revenge of the Sith, and I probably enjoyed it more than the whole dreary feature. I got a tingly feeling. I hope this is as well done as the preview made me think.