Comments on: Prince Caspian?

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:48:50 +0000

AMEN—preach it, Brother Snay! Katie and I are reading Dawn Treader right now... man, is that book trippy! I'm sure WETA will have a field day with it. That WonderWorks special in '88 didn't do the book justice, and not just because they crammed it and Prince Caspian into movie. A dumpy rubber-suit dragon can only be so intimidating.

By: malnurtured snay

malnurtured snay — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:45:07 +0000

That said, I didn’t like the book enough to see this in theaters. When “Voyage of the Dawn Treader” hits the silver screen — November/December 2010, I’m guessing — I’ll be there with bells on.

(Mebbe not bells…)

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:27:49 +0000

I thought you’d like that closing remark, Kneon. I can see it now:

…and then the Aslan-mobile bumbles over the Professor’s grounds at night, knocking all sorts of things over with his tail and generally making a mess of the place. Hilarity ensues…

By: Kneon Transitt

Kneon Transitt — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:49:26 +0000

Tee hee.

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:23:31 +0000

Hopefully that’s all it is.

By: Malnurtured Snay

Malnurtured Snay — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:12:53 +0000

Gotcha. Maybe they’ve just added a bit where he’s entranced slightly by the White Witch before coming to his senses and turning on Nikabrik.

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:45:58 +0000

“I thought the whole point of Dr. Cornelius secretly teaching Caspian about Old Narnia were so that Caspian would be sympathetic and tolerant of Old Narnia?”

Except that the White Witch wasn’t part of Old Narnia; she despoiled and ruined Old Narnia, and lovers of Old Narnia and Aslan (such as Dr. Cornelius) would not have taught Caspian to embrace the fierce giants, werewolves, ghouls, boggles, ogres, minotaurs, cruels, hags, spectres, etc., etc. That’s what I meant by “tolerant.”

By: Malnurtured Snay

Malnurtured Snay — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:22:23 +0000

I haven’t read the book for a couple of years, but I thought the whole point of Dr. Cornelius secretly teaching Caspian about Old Narnia (against his uncle’s wishes) were so that Caspian would be sympathetic and tolerant of Old Narnia … ?

I didn’t care for the (albeit minor) changes they made to “TLTW&TW”, and I particularly detest their casting change — Brian Cox would’ve been a much better voice for Aslan than Liam Neeson, IMHO.