OMFG NARNIA MOVIE !!!!!!
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it's offical it may have started slow but I rename this year
THE YEAR OF FUCKING OWNAGE, BIATCHES!!!!!!!!
They are making a movie of the C.S Lewis book 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardobe' needless to say I'm fucking excited. I've long been a massive fan of the epic stories that are the Chronicles of Narnia.
It is the first book I ever read, before I had the capicity to read it, I used to torture my mom and dad to read it too me and when one book was finished I wanted to hear it again.
It's such a deep and rich work, full of awesome characters, it is often compared to J RR tolkien's LOTR series but I think it owns it in the face, there is such betrayal in the first book and learning the world at the same. There are tonnes of great moments and when Aslan roared I think all the hairs on the back of my neck where on end.
I cannot fucking wait .. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
THE YEAR OF FUCKING OWNAGE, BIATCHES!!!!!!!!
They are making a movie of the C.S Lewis book 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardobe' needless to say I'm fucking excited. I've long been a massive fan of the epic stories that are the Chronicles of Narnia.
It is the first book I ever read, before I had the capicity to read it, I used to torture my mom and dad to read it too me and when one book was finished I wanted to hear it again.
It's such a deep and rich work, full of awesome characters, it is often compared to J RR tolkien's LOTR series but I think it owns it in the face, there is such betrayal in the first book and learning the world at the same. There are tonnes of great moments and when Aslan roared I think all the hairs on the back of my neck where on end.
I cannot fucking wait .. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
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damn, i heard about that ages ago
i dunno if you knew this, but Tolkien and Lewis were contempories of eachother. Lewis actually wrote the "space trilogy" at the same time Tolkien wrote his Lord of the Rings books. Also, both were christians and it was Tolkien that supposedly converted Lewis, who went on to write several texts that are still used in religious circles today. If you look in the dedication for one such book (The Great Divorce i believe, or possibly The Screwtape Letters) you'll see that Lewis actually dedicated it to Tolkien.
An intersting thing is that the Cronicles are allegorical in nature. There's many intentional similarities with that and Biblical history. Aslan is a type of 'Christ' and when you compare the stories that way, it's really not hard at all to see the common ground they share. One of the titles given to the messiah in aincent hebrew texts was 'the lion of judah,' which is why lewis chose the lion.
Ironicly Tolkien was agressively opposed to the idea of using alegory in his works, but lots of people still say the LOTR series is allegorical. I suppose though, when you're as into your religion as these two were, it's almost a given it will work it's way into your writing somehow.
Anyway, have you read the entire series? i actually want to dig them up again now and start from the beginning. Most of the stories i remember, and i've seen the Wonder Works productions of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and the voyage of the Dawn Treader, as well as The Silver Chair, but there's so many other books i would LOVE to see on flim, like The Magican's nephew and The Last Battle.
i dunno if you knew this, but Tolkien and Lewis were contempories of eachother. Lewis actually wrote the "space trilogy" at the same time Tolkien wrote his Lord of the Rings books. Also, both were christians and it was Tolkien that supposedly converted Lewis, who went on to write several texts that are still used in religious circles today. If you look in the dedication for one such book (The Great Divorce i believe, or possibly The Screwtape Letters) you'll see that Lewis actually dedicated it to Tolkien.
An intersting thing is that the Cronicles are allegorical in nature. There's many intentional similarities with that and Biblical history. Aslan is a type of 'Christ' and when you compare the stories that way, it's really not hard at all to see the common ground they share. One of the titles given to the messiah in aincent hebrew texts was 'the lion of judah,' which is why lewis chose the lion.
Ironicly Tolkien was agressively opposed to the idea of using alegory in his works, but lots of people still say the LOTR series is allegorical. I suppose though, when you're as into your religion as these two were, it's almost a given it will work it's way into your writing somehow.
Anyway, have you read the entire series? i actually want to dig them up again now and start from the beginning. Most of the stories i remember, and i've seen the Wonder Works productions of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and the voyage of the Dawn Treader, as well as The Silver Chair, but there's so many other books i would LOVE to see on flim, like The Magican's nephew and The Last Battle.
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yeah uhh mik, I'm with goat on this, but i've know forever too. And from what I read and have been told, it's going to fucking suck compared to the books. Just like the LOTR movies fucking sucked compared to the books. But I'm partial to how tolkien ACTUALLY wrote the booked... rather than the script re-writes.
Wow goat *applauds* nice lit history. I only know that because a friend of mine is a lit major and he and his brother are obsessed with tolkien and lewis.
Wow goat *applauds* nice lit history. I only know that because a friend of mine is a lit major and he and his brother are obsessed with tolkien and lewis.
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he used to live round the corner from where I do now all be it about 70 years ago
lies, it's gonna own... i refuse to believe it'll suck
lies, it's gonna own... i refuse to believe it'll suck
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See I love Lewis' work (your never too young for a good fantasy tale) but I can't read tolkien it has too much old use english, I could handle it when I read lewis because at that stage I was young but by the time I read tolkien about a year ago I'd already seen the movies and found it hard to get into.
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as far as Lewis goes, the Chronicles of Narnia were definatly his strongest writing
fiction and philosophy on the other hand, well, that's up to the reader i guess
The Space Trilogy was weak i thought, and no where near as fun to read as Narnia. I should give it another shot now that i'm older though, there's TONS of symbolisim and allegory that i'm sure to find interesting.
I think the main thing i like about Lewis is he reminds me a lot of myself, only with MUCH more writing talent. Our philosphies and religous beliefs are remarkably similar.
ANYWAY, yeah, i'll let you know how that goes, i gotta find that set and give it a read. It's in the basement somewhere...
fiction and philosophy on the other hand, well, that's up to the reader i guess
The Space Trilogy was weak i thought, and no where near as fun to read as Narnia. I should give it another shot now that i'm older though, there's TONS of symbolisim and allegory that i'm sure to find interesting.
I think the main thing i like about Lewis is he reminds me a lot of myself, only with MUCH more writing talent. Our philosphies and religous beliefs are remarkably similar.
ANYWAY, yeah, i'll let you know how that goes, i gotta find that set and give it a read. It's in the basement somewhere...