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I was under the rather strong impression that Disney would not be making a Narnia 3. Apparently I was wrong.

Here be-ith the trailer.

Why are Peter and Susan in it?!

Current Mood: confused

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angel_negra

No, they make it to the very edge. Reepicheep is able to keep going, but Lucy, Ed and Eustace make it far enough in that they have a special talk with Aslan. That's the scene where Ed and Lucy learn that they can no longer return to Narnia, much like Peter and Susan were told in 'Prince Caspian'. That for them, the door to Aslan's country lay in their own world and that they had to find Aslan by his other name in their world.

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jadelyntate

Right, that's when the Christian undertones start going in earnest and I got distracted.

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angel_negra

O.o You mean just for that book, right?

Actually, I should add that the scene of Eustace changing back from a dragon is pretty darn heavy in undertones too.

Edited (ETA: I know these books far too well) Date: 2010-06-17 02:10 am (UTC)

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jadelyntate

Well, no, I kept getting distracted by the undertones in all of em but that was just...wow, sledgehammer moment.

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angel_negra

Honestly, it never felt like that to me. Aslan always read as a Jesus allegory to me, and honestly, I much prefer Lewis' idea of Jesus/Aslan than most ideas of God that Christian religions try to sell.

So to me, all the books read 100% allegory to me, and so the major moments merely come off as a natural extension of that. And the talk with Lucy and Ed felt so reassuring to me. Yeah, they had to stop playing around in Narnia and living in the past, they had to grow up and find God on their own terms, not just have it all handed to them in a handy lion shaped package.

Now, the movies have toned down a lot of the book themes so far, so I can see why these moments would feel more like sledgehammers of MORALS, but they always felt fine to me when I read them in the books, especially because they didn't feel like 'or else' judgements. Like 'do this or else HELLFIRE YOU SINNERS'.