Snape said:

CON is the first film in the series (but the second book of the series, if I'm not mistaken).

brentage5000 said:

Snape said:

CON is the first film in the series (but the second book of the series, if I'm not mistaken).

No, LLW is the first book in the series. Chronilogically, yes it did come later, but since their not filming them that way and are thus preserving the mystery present when the books were first written, LLW does come first.

Roonil Wazlib said:

brentage5000 said:

Snape said:

CON is the first film in the series (but the second book of the series, if I'm not mistaken).

No, LLW is the first book in the series. Chronilogically, yes it did come later, but since their not filming them that way and are thus preserving the mystery present when the books were first written, LLW does come first.

I don't understand what you're saying. The Magician's Nephew is the first book, LLW is the second.

Chou_Zu said:

Roonil Wazlib said:

brentage5000 said:

Snape said:

CON is the first film in the series (but the second book of the series, if I'm not mistaken).

No, LLW is the first book in the series. Chronilogically, yes it did come later, but since their not filming them that way and are thus preserving the mystery present when the books were first written, LLW does come first.

I don't understand what you're saying. The Magician's Nephew is the first book, LLW is the second.

Chronologically yes, but not the original publication order.

Chronologically they go:
1. The Magicians Nephew
2. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

But publication order is:
1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
2. Prince Caspian(1951)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
4. The Silver Chair (1953)
5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
6. The Magicians Nephew(1955)
7. The Last Battle (1956)

Roonil Wazlib said:

Chou_Zu said:

Roonil Wazlib said:

brentage5000 said:

Snape said:

CON is the first film in the series (but the second book of the series, if I'm not mistaken).

No, LLW is the first book in the series. Chronilogically, yes it did come later, but since their not filming them that way and are thus preserving the mystery present when the books were first written, LLW does come first.

I don't understand what you're saying. The Magician's Nephew is the first book, LLW is the second.

Chronologically yes, but not the original publication order.

Chronologically they go:
1. The Magicians Nephew
2. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

But publication order is:
1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
2. Prince Caspian(1951)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
4. The Silver Chair (1953)
5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
6. The Magicians Nephew(1955)
7. The Last Battle (1956)

But why is that, huh ? Isn't it kinda stupid not to release them chronologically ?

brentage5000 said:

Roonil Wazlib said:

Chou_Zu said:

Roonil Wazlib said:

brentage5000 said:

Snape said:

CON is the first film in the series (but the second book of the series, if I'm not mistaken).

No, LLW is the first book in the series. Chronilogically, yes it did come later, but since their not filming them that way and are thus preserving the mystery present when the books were first written, LLW does come first.

I don't understand what you're saying. The Magician's Nephew is the first book, LLW is the second.

Chronologically yes, but not the original publication order.

Chronologically they go:
1. The Magicians Nephew
2. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

But publication order is:
1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
2. Prince Caspian(1951)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
4. The Silver Chair (1953)
5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
6. The Magicians Nephew(1955)
7. The Last Battle (1956)

But why is that, huh ? Isn't it kinda stupid not to release them chronologically ?

It's to create a sense of mystery and intrigue and to keep people coming back. If they knew everything already, it's less likely they'd go see/read the next one. By your logic, JK Rowling should have written Voldemort's rise for the first book, Dumbledore hearing the prophecy and Harry's birth and his parents death for the second, then the trials sshowing Peter's betrayal and Sirius getting shipped to Azkaban, and then Harry getting dropped off, at which point we pick up the story. It's the same basic principle -- lacck of immediate answers creates increased interest.

Padfoot_Pride said:

I think HP is better although I have not seen the movie, nor am I going to 'till it is on video. I just think some things are stupid like the fact that some animals that talk shouldn't be. Beavers, lions, & wolves don't talk!

Chou_Zu said:

Also, the main events as it were in the Chronicles happen in LWW, Caspian, and Dawn Treader (and to an extent TSC). These are the ones that include the Pevensies and see their main adventures in Narnia as they take place in order.
The movies are following these three first as the same actors can play the kids throughout. In Horse and His Boy they're already adults, so it wouldn't make sense to make that before Caspian and Dawn Treader.

And also, as a movie, Magician's Nephew wouldn't really work being the first. They really need to establish Narnia in the other movies before showing it's creation, because really that's all that book was about. It's like, no one really would be wise to read the Silmarillion before Lord of the Rings, you'd just get lost. You need LotR as a basis before going back and looking at the Sil. As a book, Magician's Nephew is fine being the first because you can wiz through it in less than a day, but being the opening movie wouldn't have worked imo.

Chou_Zu said:

Padfoot_Pride said:

I think HP is better although I have not seen the movie, nor am I going to 'till it is on video. I just think some things are stupid like the fact that some animals that talk shouldn't be. Beavers, lions, & wolves don't talk!

I think it's great

DiamondDave5150OU812 said:

Ok, they are both good, but fail in comparrison to the greatness of the Van Halen Live Without a Net Concert.

DiamondDave5150OU812 said:

Ok, they are both good, but fail in comparrison to the greatness of the Van Halen Live Without a Net Concert.

NightWolverine007 said:

DiamondDave5150OU812 said:

Ok, they are both good, but fail in comparrison to the greatness of the Van Halen Live Without a Net Concert.

*spits coffee on keyboard-- keyboard breaks* Darn it, now I have to call an engineer.

Anyway..yeah, what are you talking about?

I haven't seen CON yet and won't come out until Boxing Day. *sighs* Why couldn't I have been born in America?

PyroGurl said:

I won't compare them because to me, they're completely different.

pimpjoe_esb said:

PyroGurl said:

I won't compare them because to me, they're completely different.

True.

luvsharryp said:

I took my nephew to see Narnia this week, & I think I'm liking it more every time I see it. Please don't tell me that I'm the only one who keeps calling the kids the "Pensieves" instead of the "Pevensies"!!!