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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is due out from Walden Media and Disney next May -- and the excitement is already building.
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 All Narnia, All the Time
Mark Sommer
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 Taking Narnia Lightly
Regina Doman
Because Narnia is really a very imprecise universe, part of me winces
to see detailed Narnia maps appearing on the new editions of the Chronicles,
and I can't help feeling that the attempt of the filmmakers to
construct "races" with "distinctive looks and fighting-styles" for the
movies is somehow wrong-headed. One can do this with Tolkien, who left us with a plentitude of details, including several languages for filmmakers to mine. But Lewis tossed off the books in a few years and went on to other projects, never looking back. I wonder if the obsession with the details might in the end make the movies feel less and less like the books. Ironically, I keep hoping director Adamson will realize that Lewis's Narnia has a lot more in common with Shrek than with The Lord of the Rings.
Read more of this month's Narnia Feature from novelist Regina Doman, who will be examining the seven books of the Chronicles from a writer's perspective in an exclusive series of articles for HJ starting December 1st.
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 A Newbie's Look at Narnia
Andrew Townsend
Tolkien warns the overbold of dangers when wandering into the perilous
realm of Faerie, and I felt that I should heed such warnings when Greg
asked me to contribute to the coverage here of the forthcoming Narnia
films. As a civil engineer with a business studies degree, I thought
that maybe I am too rooted in concrete concepts rather than the
abstract. However, I was reassured by his editor's enthusiasm for a
fresh look at the books, and if I can bring a sort of structural
analysis to these reviews and try and work out what is going on from a
consumer's point of view, I hope this will provide a different
perspective from Regina's artistic writer's approach.
It's going to be interesting to compare what goes on in the worlds
created by Lewis, Rowling, and Tolkien. Again, the extent to which
their secondary worlds impact the primary world is an interesting
question.
There have been concerns that the rise in films based on myths and
fairy stories may be in some way harmful for children and adults.
Perhaps it's a little late to worry about this, but I would like to ask
where this trend might take us. Read more of this month's Narnia Feature from longtime HJ fan and contributor Andrew Townsend. His next column, an engineer's (and father's!) look at The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is due November 16.
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