The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis - Page 6

***RÃan*** · 01-24-2005, 01:49 PM

Here it is - the letter to Laurence dated April 23, 1957 - Lewis expresses a slight preference for reading them in chronological order, altho he also says "perhaps it doesn't matter very much in which order anyone reads them." Laurence thought they should be read in chronological order, and Lewis said, "I think I agree with your order for reading the books...". And acc'd to the Letters footnotes, Lewis reaffirmed this choice.

Aw, just READ 'EM!

sun-star · 01-24-2005, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

Shadowlands (with Anthony Hopkins) is excellent - a must-see, IMHO.

That's the one I meant. I glanced at the book version and thought it didn't look very good, but most book-of-the-film books aren't (I think the play came first, didn't it?). I'll watch out it.

I'm optimistic about the new LWW film. As long as the children are fairly good actors, it should be enjoyable. I like the tagline: "There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia ... The first is about to be told."

ItalianLegolas · 01-24-2005, 04:10 PM

wait, they're making a LWW movie? when did this happen? And I hope it doesn't do as bad as Series of Unfortunate Events

inked · 01-25-2005, 10:58 AM

IL, the BBC movies are available on video and DVD. You might wish to check them out while waiting for the one in production. There is a website for the movies: narnia.com. (I mean for the current production site, not the ones I am encouraging you to see.)

ItalianLegolas · 01-25-2005, 01:05 PM

cool, I'll check them out

sun-star · 02-22-2005, 05:33 AM

If anyone is able to receive the digital radio station BBC7, they're serialising 'Perelandra' every day this week. Just thought I'd let you know...

inked · 02-24-2005, 01:26 PM

Sun-star would that be available on cassette or disc? Thanks!

EarthBound · 02-24-2005, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ItalianLegolas

wait, they're making a LWW movie? when did this happen? And I hope it doesn't do as bad as Series of Unfortunate Events

Did you think the series was bad or are you refereing to the public's interest?? (You mean the recent movie, right?)

inked · 04-21-2005, 10:48 AM

Here's an interesting Narnia site I found while roaming amongst the net:

www.narniafans.com

jellyfishannah · 04-21-2005, 04:39 PM

I started reading The Chronicles of Narnia when I was 10..9? or 10? I think i read The Horse and His Boy when I was 9 then, didn't get a hold of the rest til about a year after that.

I used to like The Last Battle best but now The Silver Chair is my favorite. I just love Puddleglum!!!

One of my favorite sentances is at the beginning of Voyage of the Dawn treader:"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it...."

The movie looks good so far. You never know....

inked · 04-25-2005, 08:32 PM

Here's a bootleg trailer, if you are interested. It is the official trailer. Since it advertises the movie and is the official trailer, I don't think it is officially bootleg. (That term inplies it was stolen pre-release rather than being officially released, but perhaps I err.)

Stolen from another site, naturally.

http://www.24web7.com/neomaul/video/NarniaTrailer.wmv

Enjoy.

***RÃan*** · 04-28-2005, 05:17 PM

I agree, Jelly - that opening line is GREAT!!!

EDIT - just saw the trailer - looks good! Oh please oh please let it be good!!!

rohirrim TR · 04-29-2005, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beren3000

I also love the many parallels between The Last Battle and the Book of Revelations

I would have to agree with you there the last battle was always one of my favorites.
A question for all you narnia fans "Would you be likely to play the LWW videogame? that is coming out close to the first films release

inked · 05-03-2005, 09:31 PM

Narnia trailer with HP : http://www.narniafans.com/?id=239

sun-star · 05-21-2005, 03:06 PM

Thought someone might be interested:

Yesterday (20th May) was the 80th anniversary of Lewis' election to the fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford, and to commemorate this the college screened the TV version of 'Shadowlands'. It's the first version of the story, made in 1985 for the BBC, rather than the later Anthony Hopkins one. Not having seen the other, I can't compare them, but apparently this is more factually accurate, and I thought it was very good. Joss Ackland, who plays Lewis, doesn't fall into the trap of making him like a stereotypical shy, unworldly academic - he's quite bluff and outspoken, just as Lewis seems to have been and as he comes across in his books. The film was a bit heavy on the visual symbolism (especially the snow... you wouldn't expect so much snow in Russia, let alone Oxford) but otherwise very restrained and dignified in its approach. The only disappointment was the lack of Tolkien! I know Tolkien and Lewis weren't such good friends by the 1950s, but I don't think any film made today would ignore Tolkien like that, since he's now probably the more famous of the two. The film made good use of Lewis' writings, especially 'The Magician's Nephew' and 'A Grief Observed', though the snippets showing Lewis as an academic were rather unconvincing. Nice locations too

. Anyway, I recommend it if you ever get the chance to see it.

inked · 05-23-2005, 10:59 AM

sun-star,
Thanks for the info. I am not sure I have seen that movie. But I have seen the Hopkins one. I think the lack of JRRT in both is due to the emphasis on the CS Lewis - Joy Davidman relationship and marriage.

sun-star · 05-23-2005, 01:25 PM

I'm sure you're right. IIRC, the main friend of Lewis shown in the film is someone called Christopher Riley (apart from Lewis' brother, of course). Perhaps Tolkien would not come across well on screen - he was noted for his inaudible speaking style!

hectorberlioz · 08-29-2006, 06:28 PM

This is the "good job" the mods want you to think they can do...by withholding a CSL Mod!

01-24-2005, 01:49 PM	#101
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Here it is - the letter to Laurence dated April 23, 1957 - Lewis expresses a slight preference for reading them in chronological order, altho he also says "perhaps it doesn't matter very much in which order anyone reads them." Laurence thought they should be read in chronological order, and Lewis said, "I think I agree with your order for reading the books...". And acc'd to the Letters footnotes, Lewis reaffirmed this choice. Aw, just READ 'EM! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

01-24-2005, 04:10 PM	#103
ItalianLegolas Tolkien-aholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: somewhere in the solar system... more specifically NJ... Posts: 712	wait, they're making a LWW movie? when did this happen? And I hope it doesn't do as bad as Series of Unfortunate Events __________________ What was lost is now found.

01-25-2005, 10:58 AM	#104
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	IL, the BBC movies are available on video and DVD. You might wish to check them out while waiting for the one in production. There is a website for the movies: narnia.com. (I mean for the current production site, not the ones I am encouraging you to see.) __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

01-25-2005, 01:05 PM	#105
ItalianLegolas Tolkien-aholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: somewhere in the solar system... more specifically NJ... Posts: 712	cool, I'll check them out __________________ What was lost is now found.

02-22-2005, 05:33 AM	#106
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	If anyone is able to receive the digital radio station BBC7, they're serialising 'Perelandra' every day this week. Just thought I'd let you know... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

02-24-2005, 01:26 PM	#107
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Sun-star would that be available on cassette or disc? Thanks! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

04-21-2005, 10:48 AM	#109
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Here's an interesting Narnia site I found while roaming amongst the net: www.narniafans.com __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

04-21-2005, 04:39 PM	#110
jellyfishannah Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Library, may it live forever!!! Posts: 269	I started reading The Chronicles of Narnia when I was 10..9? or 10? I think i read The Horse and His Boy when I was 9 then, didn't get a hold of the rest til about a year after that. I used to like The Last Battle best but now The Silver Chair is my favorite. I just love Puddleglum!!! One of my favorite sentances is at the beginning of Voyage of the Dawn treader:"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it...." The movie looks good so far. You never know.... __________________ "Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much." ~Oscar Wilde "Don't tell lies you can't keep." ~My little sister...

04-25-2005, 08:32 PM	#111
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Here's a bootleg trailer, if you are interested. It is the official trailer. Since it advertises the movie and is the official trailer, I don't think it is officially bootleg. (That term inplies it was stolen pre-release rather than being officially released, but perhaps I err.) Stolen from another site, naturally. http://www.24web7.com/neomaul/video/NarniaTrailer.wmv Enjoy. __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

04-28-2005, 05:17 PM	#112
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I agree, Jelly - that opening line is GREAT!!! EDIT - just saw the trailer - looks good! Oh please oh please let it be good!!! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva! Last edited by RÃan : 04-28-2005 at 05:24 PM.

05-03-2005, 09:31 PM	#114
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Narnia trailer with HP : http://www.narniafans.com/?id=239 __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

05-21-2005, 03:06 PM	#115
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Thought someone might be interested: Yesterday (20th May) was the 80th anniversary of Lewis' election to the fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford, and to commemorate this the college screened the TV version of 'Shadowlands'. It's the first version of the story, made in 1985 for the BBC, rather than the later Anthony Hopkins one. Not having seen the other, I can't compare them, but apparently this is more factually accurate, and I thought it was very good. Joss Ackland, who plays Lewis, doesn't fall into the trap of making him like a stereotypical shy, unworldly academic - he's quite bluff and outspoken, just as Lewis seems to have been and as he comes across in his books. The film was a bit heavy on the visual symbolism (especially the snow... you wouldn't expect so much snow in Russia, let alone Oxford) but otherwise very restrained and dignified in its approach. The only disappointment was the lack of Tolkien! I know Tolkien and Lewis weren't such good friends by the 1950s, but I don't think any film made today would ignore Tolkien like that, since he's now probably the more famous of the two. The film made good use of Lewis' writings, especially 'The Magician's Nephew' and 'A Grief Observed', though the snippets showing Lewis as an academic were rather unconvincing. Nice locations too . Anyway, I recommend it if you ever get the chance to see it. Last edited by sun-star : 05-21-2005 at 03:08 PM.

05-23-2005, 10:59 AM	#116
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	sun-star, Thanks for the info. I am not sure I have seen that movie. But I have seen the Hopkins one. I think the lack of JRRT in both is due to the emphasis on the CS Lewis - Joy Davidman relationship and marriage. __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

05-23-2005, 01:25 PM	#117
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I'm sure you're right. IIRC, the main friend of Lewis shown in the film is someone called Christopher Riley (apart from Lewis' brother, of course). Perhaps Tolkien would not come across well on screen - he was noted for his inaudible speaking style! __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

08-29-2006, 06:28 PM	#118
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