May 14, 2005

Narnia-a-licious

Here's a link to the new trailer for the first Narnia movie.

Looks pretty good, but I don't recall lots of minotaurs in the book...

Hmm, here's an article from House o' Rupert as well.

I noticed this:

Already the Disney studio, which knocked back Lord of the Rings, is talking about turning the much-loved children's series into a seven-film juggernaut.

If they do a "Horse and his Boy" adaptation, do you reckon the Calormenes will stay Arab-ish or will the PC attitude of the entertainment industry morph them into something else (perhaps Neo-Nazis, like the adaption of Sum of all Fears)? If it's true to the book, expect every wanker of the world to complain about "negative stereotypes". (You see, villains are only allowed to be white guys, preferably British, and mostly wealthy).

One bit that won't go into the Last Battle for sure is where Susan is denied entry to heaven because she liked boys and makeup too much.

Hmmm...

(Presumably Lucy grew up as a lesbian, perhaps?)

Update: Is it wrong that I find the Susan character hot? I mean, the actress is fifteen.

Cold shower awaits!

Update 2: And here's Harry Potter 4's trailer. Is it just me, or does Michael Gambon's version of Dumbledore sound drunk?

Posted by Quentin George at May 14, 2005 03:38 PM
Comments

I remember liking the late 80's TV mini-series-styled ones, but these look a lot better. Hopefully they won't be dull kid versions.

Posted by: Leigh at May 14, 2005 11:23 PM

PS. I was about 7 when I last saw them, heh.

Posted by: Leigh at May 14, 2005 11:24 PM

The BBC series was hampered by the fact they built a really complex animatronic lion for the first series, thereby blowing their budget really early on and having to bodge up the later ones.

Posted by: Aidan at May 15, 2005 12:06 AM

True, but what a lion it was. I always believed it was real until I worked out there was no feasible way they could accurately do lion voiceovers.

Posted by: Leigh at May 17, 2005 08:00 PM

No one's saying it wasn't a great lion, but it does illustrate how CGI (despite its detractors) has revolutionalised both TV and Film.

Now, making Aslan is like falling off a log.

Posted by: Aidan at May 18, 2005 05:32 PM