Pirate attack in the movie?

Narborg

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I was thinking, at the begining of the book, Caspian tells Edmond and Lucy that they have previous was a scuffle with pirates. Do you think that they will movie this attack till after they arrive on board the dawen tredder? I will make for an exiting scene.
 
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I doubt it. They have enough already. Slavers, a sea monster, the dragon curse, etc. I could actually see them elongating the sword fighting scene between Edmund and Caspian on Deathwater Island.

MrBob
 
Technically, the slavers were pirates. So there you go, slavers and pirates all in one.

A real battle between Edmund and Caspian, with near incidences of trying to force the other into the water, would be exciting. and terrifying. I shudder just thinking about it.
 
subjectofthehighking said:
Technically, the slavers were pirates. So there you go, slavers and pirates all in one.

A real battle between Edmund and Caspian, with near incidences of trying to force the other into the water, would be exciting. and terrifying. I shudder just thinking about it.
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Well, sort of. They may also have a flash back to it.
 
subjectofthehighking said:
Technically, the slavers were pirates. So there you go, slavers and pirates all in one.

A real battle between Edmund and Caspian, with near incidences of trying to force the other into the water, would be exciting. and terrifying. I shudder just thinking about it.
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I was just listening to the dramatized series of 'Voyage' today and I was thinking about scenes like these. I can definately see Edmund and Caspian really sword fighting and getting into it...
 
As long as they keep in all the elements in the book without taking away from them I don't care if they flush out the extra stuff mentioned as long as it goes along with the spirit and characer of the books. It would be ok...then there's the time at Galma before Lu, Ed, and Eustace get picked up. They had jousting there and Caspian turned down the Duke's daughter. Who knows what they'll flush out to make it more exciting. I just hope they get a new team for the screenplay writing for the film.
 
Narborg said:
I was think, at the begian of the book, Caspain tells Edumauns and Lucy theat they have pervous was a saffle with perates. Do you think that they wil movie this atack till after they arive on borad the dawen tredder? I will make for an exiting sence.
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That segment was before the children joined them. The slavers in the Lone Islands were a different incident.

They may try to "Hollywood" that segment a bit, but it would be hard to do if they keep the narrative focused on the Pevensies and Eustace. They could do it in flashback mode, of course. Thing was that there wasn't much to the encounter - just some "firing of arrows on both sides" before they separated. Reepicheep, of course, wanted to "give chase and board them and hang every mother's son of them." Cuddly guy, Reep.
 
Gwendolyn said:
I was just listening to the dramatized series of 'Voyage' today and I was thinking about scenes like these. I can definately see Edmund and Caspian really sword fighting and getting into it...
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thanks the lord,king Caspian saved them fast,If not they were sold by calormens to slavery :rolleyes:
 
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subjectofthehighking said:
A real battle between Edmund and Caspian, with near incidences of trying to force the other into the water, would be exciting. and terrifying. I shudder just thinking about it.
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You mean on Deathwater Island?

Gee, I think that would be pressing things too far. Part of the tension - and lesson - of Deathwater was that the two kings came right to the brink of madness, but Aslan's appearance shook them out of it. It was because they didn't actually come to blows that they were able to "shake off" the effects of the enchantment so quickly and leave it behind.

Swordfighting, let's see - not too many opportunities in Dawn Treader, since they were mostly among friends on the ship. You could Hollywood up the scene at the slave market in Narrowhaven - those slavers stood a lot to lose by having slavery banned, and were pretty rough customers. Maybe some tension at the Governor's Palace when the parade comes knocking at the door, though I think Lewis' angle on that is just fine as it is. Other than that, you've got the Island of the Dufflepuds and the Sea Serpent, and that's about it.
 
PrinceOfTheWest said:
You mean on Deathwater Island?

Gee, I think that would be pressing things too far. Part of the tension - and lesson - of Deathwater was that the two kings came right to the brink of madness, but Aslan's appearance shook them out of it. It was because they didn't actually come to blows that they were able to "shake off" the effects of the enchantment so quickly and leave it behind.

Swordfighting, let's see - not too many opportunities in Dawn Treader, since they were mostly among friends on the ship. You could Hollywood up the scene at the slave market in Narrowhaven - those slavers stood a lot to lose by having slavery banned, and were pretty rough customers. Maybe some tension at the Governor's Palace when the parade comes knocking at the door, though I think Lewis' angle on that is just fine as it is. Other than that, you've got the Island of the Dufflepuds and the Sea Serpent, and that's about it.
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Dont forget the stom and the dark Island!!! Also when Eustce is a dragon. Maybe they could play it so the viewers ( who havent read the book) don't know that the dragon is Eustence!
 
PrinceOfTheWest said:
That segment was before the children joined them. The slavers in the Lone Islands were a different incident.

They may try to "Hollywood" that segment a bit, but it would be hard to do if they keep the narrative focused on the Pevensies and Eustace. They could do it in flashback mode, of course. Thing was that there wasn't much to the encounter - just some "firing of arrows on both sides" before they separated. Reepicheep, of course, wanted to "give chase and board them and hang every mother's son of them." Cuddly guy, Reep.
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haha...you know what would be funny but very wierd? Is if they flashback, you would see Captian Jack on the pirate ship ordering his pirate crew to shoot arrows...
hahahaha...
it wouldn't work though...hopefully they won't do that...:D
 
Gwendolyn said:
haha...you know what would be funny but very wierd? Is if they flashback, you would see Captian Jack on the pirate ship ordering his pirate crew to shoot arrows...
hahahaha...
it wouldn't work though...hopefully they won't do that...:D
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though funny, I don't think that would work, lol. People would be going: "huh? Is this Pirates 4?"
 
Yeah...I'm not up for any combo movies with the Chronicles. No...no POTC, no Eragon. Just Narnia.

I do think they need people to understand that Eustace was the dragon though...it's the time when he's taught a lesson and changes the most. His character wouldn't make sense later without that. Part of the Silver Chair wouldn't make sense without it.

They could have fun with swords with the serpent. Eustace is supposed to break Caspian's second best sword on that venture. Caspian's still asking for the sword back when he enters Aslan's country in Silver Chair.
 
I think the same as you, Julie. Eustace needs to be shown as a dragon (and that the audience knows who it is) so that we as moviegoers can learn moral lessons from it. I think that would be the whole point of showing it.
 
They were sold to slavery, well all but Eustace whom nobody wanted. But they were quickly freed. But I really don't see the need to make the Doorn trip to the Governor's office or slave market any major fight. The whole point of that was regaining a part of Narnia with few men and no blood.

And where it comes to Eustace as the dragon, the main issue was about Eustace discovering he was a dragon. So we would still have them wondering if he was a dragon or surrounded by two dragons.

MrBob
 
MrBob said:
They were sold to slavery, well all but Eustace whom nobody wanted. But they were quickly freed. But I really don't see the need to make the Doorn trip to the Governor's office or slave market any major fight. The whole point of that was regaining a part of Narnia with few men and no blood.

And where it comes to Eustace as the dragon, the main issue was about Eustace discovering he was a dragon. So we would still have them wondering if he was a dragon or surrounded by two dragons.

MrBob
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hmm. thats a good point, but maybe he could be talking to himself, like in his head, and the audience will be able to hear him or someting. i dunno
 
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