Sven-El
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I'm nto sure if any of you have heard of these but many times with films there are what is called"fan edits" of films which are typically never, ever sold, but rather downloadable for free on websites, or avaliable at comic conventions. Some examples include Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Edit, which has Jar-Jar redubbed so he speaks an alien language and his words in subtiltes, Anakin nto saying thinks like "yipee!" and "Wizards" and so on and so forth. Batman& Robin recut features Mr. Freeze's bad puns removed and less camp. There is even The Two Towers the Purist Edition that featrues a nobler Treebeard and Faramir, Arwen leaving for the Grey Havens cut out,and no elves at Helms Deep.
No doubt, Prince Caspian may receive the same treatement. I am by no measn endorssing the idea or saying I will do this myself .( I am not a purist when it comes to books being adapted to movies. After the dissapointing Left Behind films I've never gotten my hopes too high for film adaptaions based off of books outside of Charles Dickins or Jane Austen being anything close to the orginal material.)
Here are things I would think would be cut or changed:
Peter fighting in the train station ( or at least reworking it so it appears out of self defense and less because he's a jerk. Cutting out some of the blows he gives others.)
Insert the clip of Dr. Cornelius telling Caspian that Miraz kills his father while he's escaping the castle and urging him to leave.
No Night Raid. Just jump right to "Sourcery and Sudden Vengence" material. Again, Peter's not a Jerk.
The Kiss!
But keep in the part where Caspian offers Susan the horn as it works in a courtly manner.
Susan shooting any Telmarines. Instead she's rescued by Caspian in the woods and taken back to Aslan's Howe.
Clip of Cornelius and Caspian at the howe happens after the battle.
Keep "geeky boy" flirting with Susan as it does set up her fate better than the stuff with Caspian. Boys are noticing her... she wants to get noticed. etc.
Again I know it doesn't bring Caspian's whole back story into the picture but it could bring it close to what the book was. I should state that I liked the movie a lot, and will see it again, but this post is more for my fellow NarniaFans who didn't like the changes.
No doubt, Prince Caspian may receive the same treatement. I am by no measn endorssing the idea or saying I will do this myself .( I am not a purist when it comes to books being adapted to movies. After the dissapointing Left Behind films I've never gotten my hopes too high for film adaptaions based off of books outside of Charles Dickins or Jane Austen being anything close to the orginal material.)
Here are things I would think would be cut or changed:
Peter fighting in the train station ( or at least reworking it so it appears out of self defense and less because he's a jerk. Cutting out some of the blows he gives others.)
Insert the clip of Dr. Cornelius telling Caspian that Miraz kills his father while he's escaping the castle and urging him to leave.
No Night Raid. Just jump right to "Sourcery and Sudden Vengence" material. Again, Peter's not a Jerk.
The Kiss!
But keep in the part where Caspian offers Susan the horn as it works in a courtly manner.
Susan shooting any Telmarines. Instead she's rescued by Caspian in the woods and taken back to Aslan's Howe.
Clip of Cornelius and Caspian at the howe happens after the battle.
Keep "geeky boy" flirting with Susan as it does set up her fate better than the stuff with Caspian. Boys are noticing her... she wants to get noticed. etc.
Again I know it doesn't bring Caspian's whole back story into the picture but it could bring it close to what the book was. I should state that I liked the movie a lot, and will see it again, but this post is more for my fellow NarniaFans who didn't like the changes.
