Which did you watch first?

Galadriel said:
I did see the cartoon version but always wanted the real people version. I think i saw part of a drama version but i was really disapointed with the effects they had no way to pull off.
Click to expand...

Well, I think in their day they were the HEIGHT of the effects. Weird! :)
 
I grew up with the books, I dont remember the first time I watched BBC I just remember that I didnt like it....Lucy looked like a chipmunk and even though I was really little I had imagined her really cute....I also hated the visuals I could tell they were fake though I was probably only about 7, though when it came to accuracy I like the BBC a lot....(whoa I am contradictory)....I have never seen the animated....I didnt cry when Aslan died acctually....I yelled! I was ready to beat the White witch into doing as I told her.....but that was when mommy read the books to me when I saw the movies I knew what was going to happpen.......I have seen all the BBC Narnia movies and my fav is The Silver Chair!
 
my first contact with narnia was the animated series when i was small, then the books, then the books again in highschool then the new movie and over christmas the BBC which mostly, i love :D
 
I watched BBC version of LWW when I was 4 years old and I still adore it! I don't know why but I really like White Witch! When I watched it first time, I knew that White Witch is evil but she was my best character in whole series! Maybe it sounds little stupid that I prefered evil character than good one but what I can do?! :D Obviously I was spelled with her Turkish delight like Edmund! I've never seen animated version.
 
My parents recorded the animated film from the television, so its likely that was the one I saw first. It debuted in England on 5th April 1980, 17:30 on ITV, according to The Times archive. My sister would have been around 3 at the time, while I was conceived a few months later. However, my family would have been living in Belgium then, so it can't have been that showing - as the tape is in English with no subtitles, I assume it wasn't shown on Belgian TV that soon.

On Saturday 18th April 1981, the animated film was shown again at 14:15 on ITV, when I was just over two weeks old, but still in Belgium. Finally, the third showing on Thursday 29th December 1983 at 10:25 on ITV is one they might have recorded, when I was two years old. I think it was the animated film. I saw the 1988 Narnia series at the age of 7, and can remember watching that at home, though we only actually recorded The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I'll have to get the DVD box set to revisit the others.
 
I first saw the animated one. And let me confess that the resurrection of Aslan was handled best in that version.

Aslan played what amounted to a cat's game of keep-away, and then everywhere he landed when he leaped up or walked blossomed in flowers. The music in that moment was absolutely spellbinding.

To give you some idea of what you missed, if you never saw it, you are looking at a tight close up of his eyes as he says, "Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time, but if she could have looked a little further back..."

<his eyes flickered>

"...into the stillness and darkness BEFORE time dawned..."

<his eyes dissolve into a view of stars receeding into space>

"...she would have seen written there a DIFFERENT incantation."

I really should do a page with a few small screen grabs of that scene just to give folks a frame of reference. I have the DVD of the CTW LWW. Maybe even a low bitrate audio rip for you to play.
 
That would be great, Chakal. I was looking for pictures of the White Witch to compare with Barbara Kellerman and Tilda Swinton's portrayals of her, but there were only covers of the animated film video available on the web. Also, could you do a screen capture of that bizarre yellow duck fighting the tree at the start of the battle on the far left of the screen? Very strange scene that deserves to be kept for posterity. ;)

By the way, does the DVD has any good extras, or just the film? The tape I have of the film misses out the beginning, starting with the bit immediately preceding Lucy's flashback.

As to the bit you're referring to, I also found it interesting that the White Witch speaks of the words 'engraved into the Trunk of the Tree of Life', making a reference to Yggdrasil, presumably, rather than the 'fire-stones on the Secret Hill'. Unless I'm remembering that bit wrongly...which would be worrying as I last watched it yesterday. :p
 
Last edited:
Has someone more photos from BBC version of LWW? I already found some in LWW Yahoo Group but I want them more! Especially of White Witch :D ! If someone has dvd please make some screen shots from dvd! Please!!!
 
I first read the book, many years ago, long before either the BBC or the animated version were made. I then saw the BBC version on PBS and loved it. The special effects were not up to today's standard, but then, anything better at the time would have been hideously expensive. Still watch it on VCR from time to time.
 
i watched the BBC ones after i read the books......i wuz like 8,....i just watched them agin like last month, and i cryed cuz they were soo bad! im happy that they came out w/ a newer one!!
 
Matko said:
Has someone more photos from BBC version of LWW? I already found some in LWW Yahoo Group but I want them more! Especially of White Witch :D ! If someone has dvd please make some screen shots from dvd! Please!!!
Click to expand...
well matko, i am looking for puddleglum shots, if you have any or know any one who does, could you please let me know!!
thanks!!!
 
marshwiggle@1216 said:
well matko, i am looking for puddleglum shots, if you have any or know any one who does, could you please let me know!!
thanks!!!
Click to expand...

I don't know anyone who has screen shots, I also would like to have it. ;)
 
Matko said:
I don't know anyone who has screen shots, I also would like to have it. ;)
Click to expand...

i am looking for ANY shots of him, art work any thing, i want to make a backround for my lap to or a banner for my posts or something but the two photos i have suck! their fuzzy and just not good :confused:
 
i watched the animated one from 1979 or something like that. it was always my favorit until i saw the one in theaters.yay. :D
 
well, what do you mean? like, the BBC versions or the BBC vs. the new Narnia? b/c i saw the new Narnia first and then watched th e BBC. But i saw LWW, the PC/VDT, and then SC. that was the first time i've seen them b/c i was born after they were made...:D
 
Back
Top