Comments on: Episode 58: Narnians in armour and the MLG!

By: Pattertwigs Pal

Pattertwigs Pal — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:04:45 +0000

I absolutely love the write up for this podcast. I laughed when I first read it. The podcast itself was good too.

By: Eustace

Eustace — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:02:37 +0000

I had a dream as well. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader turned out worse then Prince Caspian. It was horrible. I just hope it actually isn’t that way.

By: TheBrilliantNorthernStar

TheBrilliantNorthernStar — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:06:16 +0000

I had a dream once that I met all the pevensie actors – William, Anna, skandar and Georgie – and they all hated me. I almost started bawling I was so upset! I have never been so happy to wake up.

By: Eilonwy Arwen Kenobi of Narnia

Eilonwy Arwen Kenobi of Narnia — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:26:31 +0000

As long as Lucy is not thrown into the fighting…but the sword is a little worrying. Look, I respect the sort of battle heroines that pop up in these types of fantasy stories, but Lucy doesn’t strike me as that type of person. And if they’re gonna put her in the fighting, I think she should use a bow and arrows–it suits her more but AS LONG as she doesn’t do the Susan-flinging-arrows-around thing, as much as that was cinematically brilliant. And I agree with the LOTR comment: let’s face it: Susan ISN’T Legolas, and she shouldn’t fight like Legolas, she shouldn’t have that kind of battle-hardened attitude. Even though he is an amazing hero, for heaven’s sake he’s a DUDE and he logically fights like a dude. The girls should have a more feminine style if they’re gonna be in battles–or just take them out of the battles. But it’s too late to change THAT now. And as much as people like Eowyn and her breed of war maidens, no way am I gonna let Lucy become her protegee. We don’t freak out when we see Eowyn fighting with swords in full-scale battles because that was her CHARACTER. She was always portrayed like that…but Lucy?

By: glumPuddle

glumPuddle — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:07:41 +0000

The main theme of PC is "the sadness of the old days being gone, and the hope that they might return."

In the book, Lucy senses that the trees are coming to life again, and she gets her hopes up. Then… suddenly they go back to sleep. It’s a real punch in the gut. It really emphasizes the sadness of what has been lost.

In the movie, they accomplish it visually. Lucy has a dream, and it’s almost like stepping back in time. She sees Narnia as it was in the LWW days. The main color is gold (which is always associated with Aslan), and the forest is full of life. Then, the joy of seeing Aslan again! But then… she wakes up, and finds it was all a dream. It’s a real punch in the gut. She goes back to the spot where her dream took place, and you can visually see the difference. Now, the primary color is gray, and nothing is moving and everything feels dead. The movie lets us VISUALLY see the difference between the LWW Narnia and the PC Narnia. It emphasizes the sadness of what has been lost.

That’s good adaptation. They accomplished essentially the same thing as the book, but they did it VISUALLY.

They also solved an adaptation problem. Because of the way the story had to be re-structured, this scene now takes place much earlier in the story than in the book. It’s not time for Aslan to return yet. So, they borrowed a scene from SC and made Aslan appear to Lucy in a dream.

By: Shastason

Shastason — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:47:50 +0000

What important idea is that, Glumpuddle? It seems to me that they lost a lot by making it a dream. What important theme did they emphasize?

By: glumPuddle

glumPuddle — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:39:17 +0000

Well, in PC, Lucy was 100% AGAINST the Night Raid. So I don’t think it would have sent the right message if she participated.

As for Susan, I reluctantly concede that in the film, it made sense for her go go along for the Night Raid. But even with that concession, I’m still upset because of the way they made her fight. They turned her into a blood-thirsty Legolas kind of fighter. IF Susan did fight, it would NOT be like that!

By: Rilian

Rilian — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:46:17 +0000

Yes, I love technology.

By: waleed sajjad

waleed sajjad — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:17:19 +0000

cool

By: Polly Plummer

Polly Plummer — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:05:49 +0000

I totally agree with the comments about it beign more natural for Lucy to fight and have a sword given the references about her from Prince Cor in THAHB. I felt she was a bit discriminated against in PC with only one scene were she even drew a dagger (Maybe because of her age)I know neither of the girls fought in the batle in the book but if they were going to insist on it happening in the film it should have been Lucy not ‘Susan the GENTLE’