The Chronicles of Narnia

acidic_liquid · #1 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

Anyone else see the preview for this when they saw Episode III?

This one looks awesome. It's like the children of Harry Potter and the massive armies of Lord of the Rings combined.

I've never read the book, but everyone said the books are amazing. I guess I gotta add them to my reading list.

Cdn_Brdr · #2 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

Definitely a must read.... I remember reading the books and watching the British series based on the books. The movie itself looks absolutely insane.... looking forward to it!

http://movies.channel.aol.com/franch...f_narnia_movie

dapimpstress · #3 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

OOOOoooooOOOOoooo

J o e l · #4 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

I remember reading these books as a kid, some of the first books I read...there was a british series on tv?!?!?

I will check it out just because but I'm not sure how good they'll be

sungoo · #5 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

I went to Camp Narnia for a school field trip when I was in elementary school.

dabbler · #6 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

^^^ I WENT TWICE as a kid, and i went back and worked there one summer too. anyone else here go to that? i have soooooo many good memories of that camp. the land they owned on saltspring was awesome!

Draven GD · #7 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

read these a long time ago, for what i remember of them they were awsome. ive looked around on the site and whatever, looks like they are going to make a good movie out of those books. ill see it. though i still liked the old English version :)

acidic_liquid - totaly has an epic LOTR kind of look to it doesnt it.

crookedking · #8 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

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Originally Posted by acidic_liquid

Anyone else see the preview for this when they saw Episode III?

This one looks awesome. It's like the children of Harry Potter and the massive armies of Lord of the Rings combined.

I've never read the book, but everyone said the books are amazing. I guess I gotta add them to my reading list.

i wouldn't call them amazing, but they're pretty good (for toddlers).

crookedking · #9 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

but i bet the camp would be kickass!

decypher · #10 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

I remember reading those in some early elementary grade, it conjured such crazy images in my head reading that book. So bizarre.

sidekick · #11 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

yeah i read those books when i was a kid, too. pretty good! i also watched the british show.

i remember the first time i tried a turkish delight. i was like 'just like in the book!'

decypher · #12 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

Shit what is turkish delite? It is kind of creepy to remember the ideas in the book because they sort of connect with thoughts and feelings from when i read it as a kid.

sidekick · #13 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

yeah, it's weird because when you're a kid and you read something it seems to much different when you think about it when you're older.

did that make sense?

anyway, turkish delights are those candy things that one of the kids in the book really likes to eat. i think the ice queen gives them to the boy to make him like her...or something like that.

decypher · #14 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

oooh yeh the ice queen, yeh i know what you mean though, as a kid i imagined the whole universe in my head and it was probably one of the first full books i ever read. I wish i could have the concentration power i had back then, i'd be a genius. I in engulfed myself in that book.

KenJi · #15 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

the show i actually enjoyed it alot. we had to watch them for a class in elementary school

tahiti__treat · #16 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

i never read the books but i did go to a camp called "Camp Narnia" on Saltspring island which had a theme and activities based on the books! :) it was sooo much fun

dabbler · #17 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

did you not read the thread? ahhaha
wicked, that makes three people on here who went. anyone else?
i find it soo funny cause i've actually met people later in life, who i was
at one of the camps with!

mystique · #18 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

I love those books... I read the whole series so many times when I was younger... I still have all of them!

baby-phat · #19 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

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Originally Posted by dabbler

^^^ I WENT TWICE as a kid, and i went back and worked there one summer too. anyone else here go to that? i have soooooo many good memories of that camp. the land they owned on saltspring was awesome!

Aw, I feel jipped. My brother went once but I never got to go. *pout*
But I loved those books, and the TV show. :)

sungoo · #20 (**permalink**) May 25, 05

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Originally Posted by dabbler

^^^ I WENT TWICE as a kid, and i went back and worked there one summer too. anyone else here go to that? i have soooooo many good memories of that camp. the land they owned on saltspring was awesome!

well I only went for one day/night with my class; from what I remember, it was pretty cool. The land there was pretty amazing, the funniest part of the trip was that one of the goats took a shit on one of the beds in the camp. Nothing like toilet humor when you're a little kid.

pbreak · #21 (**permalink**) May 26, 05

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Originally Posted by crookedking

i wouldn't call them amazing, but they're pretty good (for toddlers).

yah, the books (and the storyline) were very good when I was 7 or 8, but a lot of theme of the stories is pretty child oriented and I'm not sure how much I'd really enjoy it now... probably go see it anyway though.

crookedking · #22 (**permalink**) May 26, 05

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yah, the books (and the storyline) were very good when I was 7 or 8, but a lot of theme of the stories is pretty child oriented and I'm not sure how much I'd really enjoy it now... probably go see it anyway though.

when i was seven or eight i read about how melkor ran away from valar with ungoliath :(

i'll go see it too. wanna go together? it'll be like that Time we saw the punisher!

jono · #23 (**permalink**) May 26, 05

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when i was seven or eight i read about how melkor ran away from valar with ungoliath :(

That's some advanced reading for a seven year old. I listened to the audio book of the Silmarillion last year and had trouble keeping track of who was who and what was what. Yes, the audio book. Fuck books.

Has anyone looked into the Christian allegory in The Chronicles of Narnia books? I haven't read em but I loved the BBC series' and only found out that it was all related to Christianity in the past few years, so I'm looking forward to re-visting the story and checking this out.

Also Weta Workshop who did all the special effects for the LOTR movies is working on The Chronicles of Narnia which is the part that has me the most excited about it.

crookedking · #24 (**permalink**) May 26, 05

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Originally Posted by jono

That's some advanced reading for a seven year old. I listened to the audio book of the Silmarillion last year and had trouble keeping track of who was who and what was what. Yes, the audio book. Fuck books.

Has anyone looked into the Christian allegory in The Chronicles of Narnia books? I haven't read em but I loved the BBC series' and only found out that it was all related to Christianity in the past few years, so I'm looking forward to re-visting the story and checking this out.

Also Weta Workshop who did all the special effects for the LOTR movies is working on The Chronicles of Narnia which is the part that has me the most excited about it.

i used to be a big tolkien fan.

decypher · #25 (**permalink**) May 26, 05

hey tim when this movie comes out lets dressup as centaurs and camp outside famous players.