Cheers, brother. GWC is the best place ever.
I have to say that I don’t have a lot of background with Narnia but the Primer totally got me interested.
However I did meet with the Prince Caspian himself. 
everything went fine until he started hitting on my better half! 
Viva Disney World!!
OSSIM segment on C.S. Lewis Audra! Thanks for sharing your research with us.
As a newcomer, I just want start off with huge thanks to Chuck, Sean & Audra for the cast. 
You guys are just amazing & I’m so glad I found the cast & forum.
Really loving the Narnia arc. Audra, you did a great job with the C.S. Lewis bio & I loved hearing about your history with the stories. (I’ve posted my own Narnia memories on Nickname Boomer’s Narnia thread: http://forum.galacticwatercooler.com/showthread.php?t=12292)
I’m wondering if anyone has seen Shadowlands with Debra Winger & Anthony Hopkins as Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis? I’m pretty sure it was heavily fictionalized (maybe based on a play?), but still an interesting story.
Also, anyone interested in more Tilda Swinton coolness should check out Constantine (though I’m sure many of you already know if it)–she plays a great, if insane, angel Gabriel.
'Talos - Thank you for the info! I’ll make a note to correct that in the next 'cast. I fumbled a couple of things, but I will address them next time. I love that you are also a big C.S. Lewis fan. Chuck and I have read (well he read all of it, I read part of it) the Screwtape Letters as well. I didn’t know if his Space Trilogy was very good or not, but since you recommend it I will look into it! Christmas break should give me the opportunity.
That’s terrific! Thanks for letting us know!
Nightwing: Apparently Prince Caspian’s motto is “hoes before bros.” Jerk. And tell your other half I said hi! It was great to meet her and see both of you in San Diego last summer.
Re: Nathan Fillion in Two Guys - I did know that and completely forgot! :eek: I only saw the series when it first started, though. You gotta kind of feel sorry for the “other guy” in the middle of the pic. It’s like standing between two pillars of handsome. And then… that guy.
I used the direct download, but the iTunes reports as bad address Juan
ON CS Lewis. I love Narnia, and have read the series many times. I’ve also read the space trilogy, and Mere Christianity. As far as Narnia itself, as Allegory it is quite effective. Lewis, much like Chaucer or Spencer before him, wrote these stories so that everyone could be entertained and at the same time learn something no matter the age.
As a child, I loved The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe as well as The Silver Chair. Today as an adult, my favorite book is The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader and The Last Battle. I think Narnia, much like The Canterbury Tales or The Farie Queene, should be something one should read through their entire life. A you grow older, you start to understand, or more likely have revealed to you by your personal experiences yet another layer of meaning.
Yes, yes, and YES! She was INCREDIBLE as Gabriel. Freaky/scary/crazy/cool!
Also, I can’t think about the Pevensie children without thinking about Neil Gaiman’s short story “The Problem of Susan” from the book Fragile Things. It addresses [spoiler]Susan’s absence in The Last Battle[/spoiler]. Anyone else read it?
Fillion and blondie were a couple. Brunette standing to the right I think was together with Berg/Reynolds, and she was kinda controlling/freaky I think. The guy in the middle who noone seems to care about was some sort of architect looser who had this cat-lady, weirdo type, girl living in the same building having the hots for him.
Intriguing how the least famous/talented guy in both Two Guys and HIMYM is an architect. Me thinks a writer or producer is having a grudge…
I’ve read the short (as well as most of Gaiman’s work). It’s an interesting take on another author’s perspective that he doesn’t usually offer, being so diplomatic and warm to other artists at all times.
I don’t recognize him, but he sure has some tight pants. 
I loved Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place from the start and mostly for Ryan Reynolds. And he is the best part of Blade Trinity. I have to go to Green Lantern because of my son but I have serious doubts which I have laid out on the Green Lantern forum. A Deadpool movie with Ryan Reynolds and an awesome director would be more to my liking (though I would prefer a Gambit movie even more).
As for Tron Legacy, Houston is the place to be because I am going to put together a meetup that is going to kick some serious metal ass. Santikos Silverado 19 near Tomball has D-Box seating that is motion sensored to create an extra dimention of feeling every bump and bang as well as 3-D. Afterwards we’ll hang out and bask in the awesomeness of the expirience.
I’ve read part of the Screwtape Letters and all of Mere Christianity, plus the Chronicles of Narnia, though I have to admit that my memory of them is a bit fuzzy. I totally remember loving The Silver Chair, too! (though if I’m remembering the plots right I was also fond of Voyage of the Dawn Treader, it’s been ages since I’ve read beyond the first book)
Dear Audra,
Thank you so much for all the wonderful research and knowledge you were able to relay to us GWCers on C.S. Lewis. I’ve always had a passing fascination with the man from his dealings with J.R.R. Tolkien to his journey from Christianity to Atheism and then back again to Christianity. But probably my most intimate interaction with C.S. Lewis and the most profound literature experience of my youth was the Chronicles of Narnia. My second grade teacher read The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe to us in class and for that I will always be grateful. Shortly afterwards I read the rest of the Narnia works followed closely by the Lord of The Rings Triology. In my teens, my father always had Lewis’s Screwtape Letters on his nightstand and I borrowed it from time to time when he wasn’t home to read it. Later in college I stumbled across Shadowlands and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Lewis’ life story more. Now, your segment has given me a welome insight into C.S. Lewis, his stories, and the authors and minds of his time. Much like the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 1 movie Shooter Jr and I went to last night, you have given me a much better appreciation to enjoy Dawn Treader with the family.
After listening to the cast I purchased a Narnia box set and will be diving into the stories again for the first time since the second grade. I look forward to your next two podcasts on the subject and any other discussion on the topic with the community.
Thank you again for all your hard work putting the segment together (and many thanks to Chuck for his awesome editing skills)
~Shooter Out
I loved the primer Audra! Remembering the hammock and the sunlight through the trees was very “C.S. Lewis” of you.
I read Mere Christianity years ago and I don’t remember much about it except that the chapter The Obstinate Toy Soldiers hit me like a bolt of lightning.
I think the PBS special Audra mentioned was based on the book The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the meaning of life by Armand M. Nicholi.
John Cleese is the perfect Screwtape in the audible version of The Screwtape Letters.
I’m Looking forward to the rest of the arc!
‘Of course, you can express this in all sorts of different ways. You can say that Christ died for our sins. You may say that the Father has forgiven us because Christ has done for us what we ought to have done. You may say that we are washed in the blood of the Lamb. You may say that Christ has defeated death. They are all true. If any of them do not appeal to you, leave it alone and get on with the formula that does. And, whatever you do, do not start quarreling with other people because they use a different formula from yours.’ --C.S. Lewis
You are correct, sir.
I have got to pick that up.
It would certainly limit the number of denominations.
You are correct, sir.
I tought so. I read most of that one at Borders. Spoiler alert:
C.S. Lewis kicks his ass
I have got to pick that up.
If you have the means, I highly recommend it.
Um bro Edward is a vampire =P
Yeah I know, I was just thinking of names and it popped into my head
Yes! I think I first saw her in Michael Clayton. But, she’s great in Constantine!
Now, I have to be honest. I had never intended to watch any of the Narnia movies. But, Audra’s segment turned me around. So, I held a semi-marathon of Part 1, The Golden Compass, and Percy Jackson. The last two have been on my list of To Watch for a while.
Part 1 was the best of the bunch, while I liked Golden Compass least.
I don’t think Part 1 would have been so great without the actress who played Lucy. If they ever make Wizard of Oz again, she should be Dorothy. I would have sworn at the beginning of the movie that her character was played by a short person and not a child.
Here’s some IMDB trivia:
“Georgie Henley’s reaction to Mr. Tumnus at the lamppost is genuine. She had not seen her cast mate James McAvoy in his costume before the scene was filmed, so her screams and reaction were real. Georgie’s first reaction to the snowy world of Narnia is also genuine - she was carried into the set blindfolded to make her first entrance, and her wide-eyed, delighted reactions to it all are entirely her own.”
The latter was pointed out in the cast.
“Georgie Henley is the principal actress in the role of Lucy. Near the end of the film, her older sister Rachael Henley plays her grown-up alter ego. Early in the film, when Mr. Tumnus refers to Lucy as a “Daughter of Eve”, a confused Lucy says her mother’s name is Helen, who is the mother of the two actresses.”
Heh. Very cute.
The scene where Aslan talking about turning the beaver into a hat was mentioned.
“When Peter is talking to Aslan, Aslan says “Beaver also mentioned something about you turning him into a hat”. That line was not originally in the movie. The smile you see is William Moseley smiling because a fly was buzzing around his head, which rendered the shot useless.”
I have to admit that I rachelsnorted at the resurrection scene, but I’m fine with how they explained it. And, I had no issues or missed the other references while watching the rest of the movie. However, The Golden Compass was too bleak and heavy handed for me, and I didn’t find the lead character as likable. Yet to be fair, after following Lucy, who can be as likable? d:
So, grats and thanks to Audra and the crew for getting me to watch. (: