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Alfonso de Sabio
November 19th, 2004, 04:55 am
I just read an article by Phillip Pullman about why The Chronicles of Narnia are fundementally evil. Well, he didn't say "evil" because he thinks he's above right and wrong. I just wanted to see what you all think.
http://www.crlamppost.org/darkside.htm
dying1004
November 19th, 2004, 05:04 am
man i read this series back in 4th grade, i think. i remember i was totally in love with it and just HAD to finish the story. i dont think there's much to it though
Edwin
November 19th, 2004, 05:43 am
Kinda hard to say. I first read the series after seeing this animated TV movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079474/). While I did like it, I was a bit turned off by the heaping helping of Christian Allegory (and the attendent, inevitable prejudices) that runs through it; and, like Mr. Pullman, I thought the ending was a bit of a cop-out. "Evil"? Hardly. But, thank Newbery, there *is* more to Childerens Lit than "Narnia"...
Al
November 19th, 2004, 11:03 am
I read the books when I was young. They were okay, though hardly life-changing, even now with my newly acquired knowledge . . I see no reason to dig too deep into them, although the christian influence is a bit interesting to check up on . . .
Hmm, interesting article . . for him to think that Lewis' books are "evil" suggests to me that he's jealous of Lewis . . meh!
Alfonso de Sabio
November 19th, 2004, 07:33 pm
^ I tend to think it's jealousy. Since his books are "A Child's First Guide to Atheism," I don't see how he could possible criticise Lewis for his heavy Christian symbolism.
Also I think Tolkein turned "allegory" into a bad word for the same reason... jealousy. Lewis's books were and are more successful than his.
Alone
November 23rd, 2004, 04:45 pm
i liked the books when i read them, but evil... never! they were actually written very well, just the stuff for children ^_^
EDIT: i read the article - talk about being sore!!! i seriously doubt it that that was what C S Lewis meant while he was writting the Chronicles - i think he just wanted to write a good story
Whiplash
November 24th, 2004, 04:56 pm
I read em like 2 years ago, I remember I loved them and finished all 7 in one week. (i guess 1 book a day?) though, Now I have read better kick ass books, like all of philip pullmans book. he"pwns" them. so does Lawrence watt-evan. But for 4th graders, I guess they are good. But for "advanced readers" they suck. Too me, I tried reading one of them. They are short and boring...
BläckRose
November 24th, 2004, 07:49 pm
I found the series boring... considering I only read the first 2 books. >.>
And this dude needs to calm down. <.< He seems super jealous, which is sort of funny...
Nightmare
November 25th, 2004, 12:09 am
Personally, I enjoyed it. I love the creativity in it, though I never read the books. I just saw the animation thing. But that was really good. Its one of those Harry Potter or Lord of the Ring things to me, where there's just absolutely fascinating ideas.
Al
November 25th, 2004, 10:39 pm
I heard they're planning on making a movie for this, but I don't know how it'll work, like if they're doing it on every book or not . .
Alfonso de Sabio
November 27th, 2004, 08:41 am
The series has yet to survive a decent adaptation
Alone
November 28th, 2004, 01:23 pm
the guy who wrote this article is just jealous - that obvious...
and C.S. Lewis wrote a great fantasy series for children, humorous and exciting...
our allowance to critisize his work will be given when we write something as good as the Cronicles
random_tangent
December 26th, 2004, 08:30 am
I loved the Narnia books, and they were really my first taste of fantasy. I still like to re-read them if I want something light to waste a few hours with. The only way I find them evil is that they are able to capture your imagination and never let go (in my views), which could be bad to some people if they don't like something like that.
Roy Mustang
December 26th, 2004, 09:21 am
Originally posted by Alfonso de Sabio@Nov 27 2004, 07:41 PM
The series has yet to survive a decent adaptation
The BBC serialisation was a rather good adaption. Just because it's old, doesn't mean it isn't good.
Madmazda86
December 26th, 2004, 09:29 am
I agree, the BBC series was really well done - I really enjoyed the books and they're something nice to reread many years later. Though the old fashioned English accents remind me of Enid Blyton somewhat :P
wraith_dman
December 26th, 2004, 04:02 pm
i didn't like it because there was too much weird crap in it like mythical animals and magic, i can see some but not that much
also i would have prefered it if it involved guns or something that makes the action fun but that's just my opinion
Alfonso de Sabio
December 28th, 2004, 06:58 am
Originally posted by Roy Mustang@Dec 26 2004, 05:21 AM
Just because it's old, doesn't mean it isn't good.
Just because it's old doens't mean it's good. If we're talking about the same one, it was cheesy and Lucy was abismal.
The former post is indicative of internet taste.
Eternal
December 28th, 2004, 06:30 pm
good for book reports! ^_^
Roy Mustang
January 1st, 2005, 01:59 am
Originally posted by Alfonso de Sabio@Dec 28 2004, 06:58 PM
Just because it's old doens't mean it's good. If we're talking about the same one, it was cheesy and Lucy was abismal.
It might be my childhood speaking then.
Sora
January 5th, 2005, 03:18 am
I have read the whole seires. I liked it but the magician something or other...the first book was annoying and confusing....lol
Keskio
January 12th, 2005, 10:01 pm
It was sort of confusig to me... so i read the first 4 books then i stoped ^^
nessa17
January 23rd, 2005, 07:14 pm
i read allof them too
but the last battle was a let down
i thought they were a good
series of books to read.
and i just thought of them
more of a fairytale then all of the
stuff that pullman puts into detail
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