Timewaster's Guide Archive

Maybe it's the scholar in me, but I'm sort of wondering why everyone seems to be so keen on fidelity to the story line.  Just because they can "reproduce" the plot on the screen is no indicator of how good or bad the final product will be.  I've seen it go both ways before--I'll reserve my judgment on the film until I've actually seen it.  Right now, I think there's enough out there to give fans of the series hope.

1--The success of Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ ought to be more than enough proof that a "Christian" movie can do gangbusters at the box office.  If anything, I would think that this would make the producers want to play UP the Christian themes rather than vice versa.

2--The production quality looks good.  They have the budget to do it right, and I liked the overall look as seen in the trailer.

Still, there's not enough out there yet to know for sure.  If anything, I'm a little worried that they'll let themselves be too influenced by the success of LOTR.  Narnia is NOT Middle Earth, after all.

Hello all--My name is Bryce, and I recently graduated with my MA in American Lit--emphasis on Film Adaptation--from BYU.  That's the good news.  The bad news is that I have no idea what I'm going to be doing next.  Possibly write and live in a van down by the river.  I'm married and have a son.  Right now I live in Utah, but I claim Philadelphia as home.  Ummm...  I like to read and write YA fantasy, play video games--World of Warcraft currently--and watch movies and reality tv.  So since I waste all that time anyway, I figured I might as well join up here, too.  That's about all I have to say for now.  Oh wait--EUOL and Chimera made the suggestion today that I really ought to mention how I came upon this site.  I've been in one of EUOL's writing groups for about the last year and a half--the one Chimera's in with him now.  He's been suggesting for quite some time that I get involved here.  I've just been reluctant.  But here I am at last.