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By Matthew

Red Rocker made the following comment on another post:

Returning to Matthew’s point, the depiction of Aslan – and thereby of Christianity – as defanged, lame and uninspiring: I blame not the movie makers but how Lewis positioned his Christ figure. Making him a lion reduces the possibility of being able to relate to him as a human. Making him a playful lion diminishes his ability to inspire awe and fear. Giving him so much air time makes him too familiar, further reducing the awe factor.

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by Matthew

I’ve been listening to my BBC LOTR and have been enjoying the adaption. Its interesting to me how different people have made the story fit into their production’s available time. Listening to this has made me more tolerant of changes that need to be made to fit the story in. I still despise changes that are not for that purpose, though. And at present, about half way through, there have been no examples of this.

I have also been thinking of other stories adapted to an audio format and their quality. [click to continue…]

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by Johnny

Michael Ward is the author of Planet Narnia, a groundbreaking work in C.S. Lewis and Narnia studies, which is stirring excitement and discussion. In his book, Ward argues that each novel in the Narnia series corresponds to one of the seven planets of Medieval Cosmology. I met him at the February 2008 meeting of the New York C.S. Lewis Society, and I’m grateful to interview him for the Hog’s Head just in time for the film release. This interview will discuss the Mars element in the book Prince Caspian: [click to continue…]

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Prince Caspian is C.S. Lewis?

May 2, 2008

by Johnny
I came across an interesting article by Devin Brown on Christianity Today, which shows some similarities between the title character Prince Caspian and the life of C.S. Lewis.
Brown, who is a Professor of English at Asbury College, wrote:
Lewis and Caspian share another element—one more significant than all the others, for it changed the direction [...]

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New Prince Caspian Trailer

April 24, 2008

A new trailer for the upcoming film, Prince Caspian, was released this week. Check out the exciting footage from MyspaceTV:
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian HD Trailer

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A Mouse!

April 23, 2008

Reepicheep.

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Zoe Sandvig: Cracking the Narnia Code

April 14, 2008

Common Grounds Online has a lengthy write-up on Michael Ward’s Planet Narnia.

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Narnia Beats Potter in Poll

February 22, 2008

Top 50 Children’s Books of All Time, according to a poll.  Here are the top 20:
1 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, C S Lewis
2 The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
3 Famous Five series, Enid Blyton
4 Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
5 The BFG, Roald Dahl
6 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, J K [...]

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Magic in Prince Caspian

December 19, 2005

How good people use good magic for good purposes in Narnia as well as Harry Potter.

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Aslan and Gryffindor: Initial Thoughts

December 17, 2005

Over time, as I read and re-read the Chronicles of Narnia and the Harry Potter books, I want to draw the parallels between Aslan and Gryffindor and highlight their status as Christ symbols. Let’s lay the initial groundwork.
Aslan is the manifest Christ symbol of Lewis’ Narnia books. Son of the Emperor over the [...]

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Magic in Narnia and at Hogwarts

December 15, 2005

Is the magic in Narnia “Christian” while the magic in Harry Potter “occultic”?

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