Comments on: Shopguy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/23/shopguy/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rani http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/23/shopguy/comment-page-1/#comment-33331 Rani Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:56:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2403#comment-33331 <p>Shaad,</p> <p>Hmmm.... I see what you are saying.</p> <p>Pullman abhors the Narnia stories. His major beef with them: “It’s not the presence of Christian doctrine I object to so much as the absence of Christian virtue. The highest virtue, we have on the authority of the New Testament itself, is love, and yet you find not a trace of that in the books.” He also has made much comment on the final scene regarding Susan in the last battle. (A great rebuttal can < a href="http://personal.bgsu.edu/~edwards/d-narnia.pdf">be found here</a>, though.)</p> <p>Re: the movies. Yes, I read the movies are being changed to appeal to a wider, more reverent, audience. Instead of The Authority being God/the Church, apparently they've changed it to a corporation. There was much bru-ha-ha about how the movie makers "took God out" of the books and that they wouldn't stand without it, but Pullman is OK with the script, from what I've read.</p> Shaad,

Hmmm…. I see what you are saying.

Pullman abhors the Narnia stories. His major beef with them: “ItÂ’s not the presence of Christian doctrine I object to so much as the absence of Christian virtue. The highest virtue, we have on the authority of the New Testament itself, is love, and yet you find not a trace of that in the books.” He also has made much comment on the final scene regarding Susan in the last battle. (A great rebuttal can < a href=”http://personal.bgsu.edu/~edwards/d-narnia.pdf”>be found here, though.)

Re: the movies. Yes, I read the movies are being changed to appeal to a wider, more reverent, audience. Instead of The Authority being God/the Church, apparently they’ve changed it to a corporation. There was much bru-ha-ha about how the movie makers “took God out” of the books and that they wouldn’t stand without it, but Pullman is OK with the script, from what I’ve read.

]]> By: Shaad http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/23/shopguy/comment-page-1/#comment-33326 Shaad Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:25:06 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2403#comment-33326 <p>Rani, wouldn't you consider the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy to be a response to C. S. Lewis as well? I know at least a few readers who loved the Narnia books as children but grew uncomfortable upon discovering the Christian allegory...</p> <p>I particularly enjoyed the Gnostic feel of HIS DARK MATERIALS, but I recall reading that the producers planned to tone down the movies to make them more palatable to the Right.</p> Rani, wouldn’t you consider the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy to be a response to C. S. Lewis as well? I know at least a few readers who loved the Narnia books as children but grew uncomfortable upon discovering the Christian allegory…

I particularly enjoyed the Gnostic feel of HIS DARK MATERIALS, but I recall reading that the producers planned to tone down the movies to make them more palatable to the Right.

]]> By: A N N A http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/23/shopguy/comment-page-1/#comment-31547 A N N A Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:48:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2403#comment-31547 <p>just saw the end of an ad for this-- hadn't seen one before-- and sure enough, bold enough for me to notice, "Anand Tucker". well DONE, young pledge Ads. inevitably, someone would've sent in a tip about this in a few weeks-- you're so on top of things. :D</p> just saw the end of an ad for this– hadn’t seen one before– and sure enough, bold enough for me to notice, “Anand Tucker”. well DONE, young pledge Ads. inevitably, someone would’ve sent in a tip about this in a few weeks– you’re so on top of things. :D

]]> By: Rani http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/10/23/shopguy/comment-page-1/#comment-31364 Rani Mon, 24 Oct 2005 04:24:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2403#comment-31364 <p>THE GOLDEN COMPASS is probably one of my favorite comtemporary books, along with rest of the trilogy, THE SUBTLE KNIFE and THE AMBER SPYGLASS and I am always so dismayed to see how little-known the series seems to be. For those of you who love high fantasy AND physics AND theology, it's a must-read. I am <em>just</em> finishing THE AMBER SPYGLASS for the second time and now I have to read PARADISE LOST again. (Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy is a creative response to Milton.)</p> <p>It'll be interesting to see Tucker's vision for the series.</p> THE GOLDEN COMPASS is probably one of my favorite comtemporary books, along with rest of the trilogy, THE SUBTLE KNIFE and THE AMBER SPYGLASS and I am always so dismayed to see how little-known the series seems to be. For those of you who love high fantasy AND physics AND theology, it’s a must-read. I am just finishing THE AMBER SPYGLASS for the second time and now I have to read PARADISE LOST again. (Pullman’s HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy is a creative response to Milton.)

It’ll be interesting to see Tucker’s vision for the series.

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