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January 21, 2008

'Drooling' Over Caspian

An ominous headline for the new Narnia movie.

Mark Moring

A USA Today headline: Barnes brings sexy back to 'Narnia'

Sheesh. I don't want sexy in Narnia. I just want Narnia the way Lewis imagined it.

And what do they mean "back" to Narnia? Did I miss the sexy the first time around? Did it leave? Was Mrs. Beaver really hot?

I'm already getting nervous -- and hoping that if it's not too late, director Andrew Adamson has read this..

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Good Heavens! 'Sexy' in Narnia? God forbid.

Posted By: Ted Voth Jr | January 22, 2008 9:45 PM

Mark,

You don't remember Mrs. Beaver being sexy? Did you even read the Chronicles of Narnia??? One way or another, I am DEFINITELY sure that I'd never thought of Prince Caspian as sexy... Maybe I need to go reread...

Posted By: Rambling | January 25, 2008 10:33 AM

Caspian isn't SUPPOSED to be sexy. He's 13 according to Past Watchful Dragons (by Walter Hooper)

I have a very bad feeling about the rest of the movie if the director and producers felt the need to make Caspian "sexy".

Posted By: Oyarsa | March 25, 2008 10:47 AM

Prince Caspian is not supposed to be Hispanic. This is the last time I go back to Narnia with Disney. Apparently, being true to Lewis's book is not as important as snagging as much of the Latino
market as possible.

Posted By: phil ruff | May 19, 2008 1:04 PM