The Last Battle

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Editorials

If It Ain’t Broke, Break It–And Call This An Improvement

November 16, 2006 Joseph Ravitts 0
Much of the damage done in this world is done by people who don’t exactly mean to rebel against God–they just figure they have a better idea. And even in the peripheral zones of human creativity, it can happen that people make “improvements”–which AREN’T…. The existing Narnia movie, while I would have done a few things differently, does NOT feature any alterations or expansions which I would consider damaging…I am, for the record, confident that the future films WILL be done right, and that I will have no serious complaints. But perhaps it wouldn’t hurt to imagine (and so be forewarned against) some “anti-improvements” which could occur if scripts for the follow-on movies were to be written by writers who DON’T appreciate the vision of Mr. Lewis. “Prince Caspian” being already scripted, I’ll start with “Dawn Treader.”

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Movies & TV

Last Narnia Film in 2017?

March 2, 2006 Paul Martin 0
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was nearing $664 million at the beginning of this week at the global box office. The film has rung up $288,193,914 at the U.S. box office since its Dec. 9 release, while “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” which came out three weeks earlier, is a nose ahead at $288,733,970.

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Editorials

What Ever Happened To Susan? by Inkspot

July 11, 2005 Tim Graveline 20
At the end of the final installment of the Chronicles of Narnia, Susan is the only one of the Pevensies not present in the “true” Narnia — even the Pevensie parents, who have had no role whatever in the adventures, are there, just across the way, apparently in the “true England.” The catch, of course, is that all have apparently perished in a railway accident in our world; making this Lewis’ presentation of heaven: new and perfect lands where old things we treasured and lost are once again waiting for us.

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