Liam Neeson (Batman Begins, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace etc) is Aslan!

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Liam Neeson (Batman Begins, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace etc) is Aslan!

Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:28 pm

Narnia fans, after the long wait Andrew Adamson has offically announced that Liam Neeson is the voice of Aslan and all his parts have been recorded!
http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=326&dl=3483310

Douglas Gresham was my first choice but I think Neeson will do a magnificent job! Good to hear.
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Postby Stephen » Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:32 pm

Sweet, I love Liam Neeson! This is great news.
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Postby Arnobius » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:24 pm

Well, given the significance of the role, so long as the part is done respectfully is the main thing <envisions a street smart, hip hop kind of Aslan and shudders>
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Postby Yojimbo » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:33 pm

At first I thought the title said "Liam Neeson is Asian!":lol:

But Liam is awesome.
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Postby bbboy21 » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:40 pm

..okay whats the who ha ra about?
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Postby bigsleepj » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:44 pm

bbboy21 wrote:..okay whats the who ha ra about?


Aslan is the Christ-figure from CS Lewis' Narnian Chronicles of which there is a multi-million dollar movie being made set to be released in December. Many consider Lewis the best Christian of the century and many Christians and non-Christians consider his Narnian Chronicles to be the best books of fantasy ever written.

And so its a big who-ha-ra. ;)
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Postby bbboy21 » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:00 am

Really? But this has sorecery in it, right?

BTW Tolken was a Christian as well and yes he got some of Christian ideas into Lord of the Rings....
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:02 am

Yes bbboy, we know. Tolkien and Lewis were the best of mates as adults. They influenced each other, but Tolkien didn't like the Narnia Chronicles much because he believed you shouldn't mess up a good story with allegory.
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Postby bbboy21 » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:10 am

allegory?
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Postby bigsleepj » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:13 am

Well, the first movie is going to be "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" and its about four children who leave their homes in London during World War Two because of the bombings for a house in the countryside. At the house they discover a magic wooden wardrobe and when they climb through it they enter the land of Narnia - a beautiful country where it is strangely always snowing. They learn that for the past 100 years the White Witch has ruled over Narnia with an iron hand (and a magic wand) and that only they can break her rule. Also they hear that the mysterious figure of Aslan "is on the move".
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Postby bigsleepj » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:16 am

bbboy21 wrote:allegory?


Allegory means something that has symbols for something else. For instance the book "Animal Farm" is an allegory for the rise of Stalinism in the Soviet Union. A pig named Napoleon represents Stalin, Farmer Jones represents Czar Nicholas, and so forth. I'd rather not discuss the allegory of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It would be better if you pick it up yourself and read it. Its' a short book and easy to read.
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Postby bbboy21 » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:28 am

.......Why does this now suddenly sound so darn familer.....was there already a mini movie of this?
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:32 am

There was a BBC (British) miniseries of it in the late 1980s and also a cartoon adaption in the late 1970s (American). Both were very low budget and not very good. But this one should be awesome!
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Postby lionheart » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:33 am

Aww... I really dislike neeson. :stressed: In the movies that I've seen with him in them, he's always too serious. :shady: Aslan's serious yes, but he often has a touch of good natured humor mixed in with his personality as well.
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Postby bbboy21 » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:34 am

I remember the BBC ver (Didnt even know what BBC was back then) but I dont really remember the cartoon. BTW I would may expect this to be awesome since this is very high budgeted.
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Postby bigsleepj » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:36 am

Personally I think Neeson's voice is a dream come true.
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Postby bbboy21 » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:41 am

I never really remembered or read the books (Since I rarely read books) so I really dont kn ow what would be the diff.
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Postby Hephzibah » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:51 am

Yay for Liam!! I hope this report is true... I think he would be a great Aslan voice :grin:
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:56 am

It is true. Confirmed by the Admin of NarniaWeb. And NarniaWeb is the offical unoffical place for Narnians to hang out and find all offical and non offical news.
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Postby Arnobius » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:28 am

Yojimbo wrote:At first I thought the title said "Liam Neeson is Asian!":lol:

But Liam is awesome.

So did I actually! The reason I originally went to the link was to say "No he isn't." :sweat:
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Postby Ashley » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:58 am

Awesome! This is killer news! I love Liam Neeson dearly, so this oughta be great. And Kate Blanchette as the white witch? Oh heck yes!

I'm going to have to bring my narnia boxset with me to college to read up on the series before I see it. It's been ages.
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:08 am

Apparently, it's about time for me to stop procrastinating and actually read the books.
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Postby Arnobius » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:29 am

Azier the Swordsman wrote:Apparently, it's about time for me to stop procrastinating and actually read the books.

I read some of them as a kid... hard for me to folow then. I read them as an adult and loved the Christian imagery. I really hope they don't water it down into a generic fantasy story...
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Postby Nu-En-Jin » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:35 am

Ashley wrote:And Kate Blanchette as the white witch? Oh heck yes!


Sorry, but Tilda Swinton is playing Jadis (the White Witch). Trust me, that is actually and inspired choice...
But LIAM... wow... much better than Brian Cox, if you ask me.
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Postby Godly Paladin » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:16 am

He was also in Kinsey...

Does no one else care about that?
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Postby bigsleepj » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:33 pm

Godly Paladin wrote:He was also in Kinsey...

Does no one else care about that?


Yes, I thought about that too. But I'm not going to hold that against him. He's not going to start spewing Kinsey's sexual stuff during the LW&W.
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Postby dragonshimmer » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:14 pm

*dances around in glee* What a GREAT choice! Really! I need to read the books again before December. I can't WAIT to see this movie!
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Postby Godly Paladin » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:42 pm

Still he chose to act in such a movie as such a person, and therefore I can't respect him as much at all.
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Postby Rachel » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:26 pm

Yojimbo wrote:At first I thought the title said "Liam Neeson is Asian!":lol:


That's what I thought, too. I can't wait till it comes out.
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Postby JediSonic » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:43 pm

BigsleepJ has it right: I consider C.S. Lewis the greatest protestant christian writer of all time, and the Narnia series is much more effective in promoting christianity than sorcery :thumb:

The trailer on the site looks awesome! When I read about this movie a year ago I didnt know if it was real or not, but this looks great!! As someone said I hope they dont "water it down" theologically. I'm very excited about it so far just from the trailer :) Looks soooooooooo much better than the BBC version (which I saw 2 'books' of). I'm so excited! :dance:
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