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Since Sine brought up The Chronicles of Narnia, I figured pointing this out was appropriate.

PostPosted:Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:04 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/th ... ia.html</a>

Since Sine brought up The Chronicles of Narnia, I figured pointing this out was appropriate.</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:29 am
by Stephen
<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Oh, boy, I don't know. I mean, nothing makes my intestinal tract rumble like C.S. Lewis.</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:09 am
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>L,W, and W was just the 2nd book in the series, didnt they make a cartoon out of it?</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:24 pm
by Julius Seeker
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah, but there's something wrong with you.</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:45 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I read the first book, and maybe the second (can't remember for sure). But I figure it should make a good fantasy movie, and if the Weta people are working on it, all the better.</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:49 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I think it's the first. I know there was a British film version I saw in elementary school.</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:11 pm
by Stephen
<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>This obsessive inclination of yours for psychiatric drive-bys is undoubtably a product of poor social skills. You probably had a very troubled childhood. Did those mean rednecks in Alberta hurt you?</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:13 pm
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>The Magician's Nephew?</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:17 pm
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>Nevermind, the MN is a prequel to the L,W, and W. Kinda like saying The Fellowship is the first book of the series when there is The Hobbit.</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:24 pm
by Julius Seeker
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>No seriously, I was just pointing out the fact that there is something wrong with you, and that is probably why you react the abnormal way you do from reading good literature.</div>

PostPosted:Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:06 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Hmmm...two psychiatrists locked in mortal combat. This could be fun...</div>

PostPosted:Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:44 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Making a sarcastic remark about a children's book. Nice! <Stewie>Ooo, ooo, tell me an insult about Goodnight Moon!</Stewie></div>

PostPosted:Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:18 pm
by Stephen
<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Sorry, I wasn't aware that all children's literature was unimpeachable. I assume you're familiar with the particular theological bent of C.S. Lewis.</div>

Sine, the Chronicles of Narnia is a set of children's books the way Watership Down is a children's movie - actually, even more in-depth than suggested by that analogy...  Yes, children can appreciate it and learn from it, but there's a LOT more going

PostPosted:Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:31 am
by Nev
<div style='font: 10pt ; text-align: left; '>I have not read them in a long time myself, but I was quite astounded to learn at the age of nineteen that the stories I remembered being good fun when I was eight were considered by many to be a veiled set of Christian metaphors...read the Last Battle over again with the words "glorious resurrection" in mind.</div>

PostPosted:Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:37 am
by Nev
<div style='font: 10pt ; text-align: left; '>The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was written first I think, and the Magician's Nephew fifth, but the Magician's Nephew is first chronologically.</div>

PostPosted:Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:43 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Eh? So what? I read them when I was 12 or so, and I liked the whole series.</div>

PostPosted:Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:44 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>No, not really. I wasn't really analyzing theological slants of books back then.</div>