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PRINCE CASPIAN one-sheet debut - behold Eddie Izzard awesome rodentry!!!

F I R S T by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro	Jan 30th, 2008 01:48:28 PM
u knows it
damn..so close. by dr sauch	Jan 30th, 2008 01:50:07 PM
this shit looks good
REEPICHEEP by Gungan Slayer	Jan 30th, 2008 01:50:18 PM
Fucking awesome man.
Whoever is pointing that sword at me is pretty by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro	Jan 30th, 2008 01:50:19 PM
Just don't take off that armor and make me vomit in mass amount if I am so wrong.
Fuck Yeah, Reepicheep was the baddest of the whole chronicles by theycallmemrglass	Jan 30th, 2008 01:52:54 PM
And it is he that should be taking centre stand in the poster! Alright, maybe not - but, man cant wait for this installment.
Caspian was always my least favorite book... by FlickaPoo	Jan 30th, 2008 01:59:27 PM
...not quite sure why. Voyage of the Dawn Treader probably my favorite. Reepicheep is indeed "fucking awesome man".
reep! by freydis	Jan 30th, 2008 01:59:58 PM
man I hope they do him justice
Will Santa Claus be in this one?? by jimmay	Jan 30th, 2008 02:02:23 PM
I don't know how anyone took that part seriously.
Hope they get to Horse and His Boy... by FlickaPoo	Jan 30th, 2008 02:02:39 PM
..."the bolt of Tash falls from above!!"
Everything we know is about to change? by Merlox	Jan 30th, 2008 02:03:20 PM
cliche...tired...and exactly WHAT is it we're supposed to think we know? What is this the fucking Matrix? While I am looking forward to this film I can't help but roll my eyes at the tag line.
Will Bacchus be in this one?? by PROF IKAMONO	Jan 30th, 2008 02:03:27 PM
Will he be "a chap who seems to be up for anything"?
Reepicheep Kicks Ass!!!!!!!!!! by DKT	Jan 30th, 2008 02:05:23 PM
I'm really hoping this is a good movie. But "Everything You Know is About to Change Forever?" Talk about promising something you can't deliver.
Ah, Merlox beat me to it. by DKT	Jan 30th, 2008 02:05:45 PM
Well done.
uh-oh looks like the bears are coming back baby! by Kloipy	Jan 30th, 2008 02:12:45 PM

Reep == Cyrano-level badassery. {g} As for tagline... by JasonPratt	Jan 30th, 2008 02:18:24 PM
...yes, it is in fact unutterably lame. (What was the original tagline for Fellowship of the Ring? Something not as overreaching but ultimately as forgettable....) I do know why they used it, though: Caspian grows up in a time hundreds of years in the future (Narnia timeline) when human immigrants have pushed out the magic and run the talking animals/dwarves/et.al underground (figuratively and literally). Caspian learns his family, despite some goodguys here and there, are actually the oppressors, and slowly learns there are still talking badgers and dwarves and kickass rodentry (Reep is one of many, descended from the mice who chewed off Aslan's ropes in the first story) and, uh, dryads and Maenads (wonder if _those_ are in the movie! The river god there is a goodguy, sort of, btw. Actually Lewis is ambivalent about these things being good or evil--in an essay he called them "neutrals knocking around"--but still thinks the world is a better place with them than without them. Like most of his fantasy work, it's a love letter to paganism in many regards. {s}) *** Anyway, the tagline ought to read "Everything he knows is about to change forever", I guess. But that wouldn't be engaging the viewer or whatever. As if the marketing people thought viewers were going to mistake this for DaVincCode 2 or something.
Total rip-off... by loafroaster	Jan 30th, 2008 02:19:41 PM
...of the LOTR one sheets, especially the Return of the King one. I mean come on; the same colour palette, same style character stances, same layout...no creativity involved at all.
Trailer by jedidad99	Jan 30th, 2008 02:20:08 PM
Not sure how long this has been up or if its old old news, but the trailer is up at yahoo movies. Not great quality
{chuckle} New Rule: all movies should star Reepicheep by JasonPratt	Jan 30th, 2008 02:23:13 PM
It just occurred to me that somewhere a marketing executive is receiving a memo from his hireling spies to this effect: "Early fan buzz on Ripacheek shows strong potential for spinoff series a la Wolverine." *** Nightmares of studio greedily milking Reepicheep to death may now commence. (Uh... on second thought, wait, bad analogy there... ack!)
THE CHRONIC (WHAT?) CULLS OF REEPICHEEP by Pound Sand	Jan 30th, 2008 02:24:19 PM
Nice one-sheet, though.
Imaginationland by Musicballs	Jan 30th, 2008 02:24:48 PM
That profile of Aslan reminds me of Imaginationland
It's a mouse with a sword. by Christopher3	Jan 30th, 2008 02:36:50 PM
How cute.
Get a new director, dammit! by Kasch	Jan 30th, 2008 02:39:04 PM
The Shrek guy made the first film little more than a pretty-but-hollow LOTR clone. Get some real talent on these movies...
PLEASE retire "Everything is about to change" taglines by Karl Hungus	Jan 30th, 2008 02:51:44 PM
No...everything is not about to change. Not on tonight's episode of Lost. Not in this fantasy sequel. Not on the next OC. It's a stupid tagline that seemed ooooh-worthy the first 30 times E.R. used it but now it's worse than "In a world...one man must..."
I thought Karl Hungus was a fictional character! by Stereotypical Evil Archer	Jan 30th, 2008 02:56:08 PM
Don't know why I posted that.
Rape-a-sheep! by Zardoz	Jan 30th, 2008 03:20:53 PM
ah, that's all I got...
Reepicheep is the orignal bad ass rodent by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jan 30th, 2008 03:41:41 PM
Food of the Gods, Willard, those things in Princess Bride, and those Redwall punks ain't got nothing on him. Think about it, the dude's a mini-Klingon. All he cares about his fighting and honor.
DAMN that Caspian's a big feller! by YotzVonFrelnik	Jan 30th, 2008 03:45:11 PM

The coolest mouse ever by Quin the Eskimo 2	Jan 30th, 2008 03:46:33 PM
Hell slash your achillies, he will!
Now it is. by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jan 30th, 2008 03:48:48 PM
Sorry, but there was no way in hell I was going to let some piece on CBS importing Canadian writing to be ahead of a Narnia talkback.
Reepicheep kicks ass by Bagheera	Jan 30th, 2008 03:50:11 PM
Ultimately, what made the books worth reading. That said, the Narnia franchise gets a big yawn from me. I might see it anyway.
Father Christmas' appearance is a powerful moment by zacdilone	Jan 30th, 2008 03:51:20 PM
Anyone who can't see that has no soul.
Fuck you , Grammaton. by xavier masterson	Jan 30th, 2008 03:51:21 PM
There, that should keep it in the top ten a little longer.
Well, we all appreciate your enthusiasm, Grammaton by Bagheera	Jan 30th, 2008 03:51:42 PM
uh...
That guy with the sword pointing at me by TerryMalloy	Jan 30th, 2008 03:57:14 PM
Does not look cool at all.
Uh...this has been out for, like six months. by darthferris	Jan 30th, 2008 03:58:50 PM
Sersiously, guys. Weren't it cool?
I gotta flip through the books again, but by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jan 30th, 2008 04:01:17 PM
I'm pretty sure that Peter is older than Caspian. Though I don't believe his exact age isn't given one of the reasons he does not fight his uncle is because he would think it a silly challenge from a child. I want to say he's closer to Edmund's age or younger, but I could be wrong.
IT'S A LION, IT'S HUGE! by Gorgomel	Jan 30th, 2008 04:07:30 PM
sorry couldn't help it!
Gram: actually, it's because Peter outranks Casp. by JasonPratt	Jan 30th, 2008 04:10:26 PM
They're about the same age in the book otherwise. But the kids start to reacquire the skills they had learned during their previous years in Narnia, so the fact of the matter (as Peter proves when the question is in doubt, iirc) is that Peter also is a better swordsman than Casp. But the ranking is the first reason; Peter is still technically first among the High Kings (_all_ four children outrank Caspian (strictly speaking). Consequently, to settle a bout between armies it has to be Peter in the duel (the good-guys are badly outnumbered and trying to buy time while Aslan wakes up a bunch of things, iirc). *** To be honest, in the book I don't recall Caspian doing that much once the rebellion kicks off; he's more like a figurehead for the troops to rally around. He's a lot more proactive in the sequel, partly because he's older (and has been officially king for a while.)
Narnia - Churchgoers = ? by critch	Jan 30th, 2008 04:14:03 PM
Will be interesting to see how this movie does without a bunch of Jesus Freaks backing it. No obvious Christian parallels in this one, and the trailer looked like Two Towers redux.
Sure, I kow he outranks him. by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jan 30th, 2008 04:17:10 PM
and you're right, it all goes back to him being the High King. It's just that from several of his actions in the book Caspian appears somewhat childish, more so than Peter, so I think he is younger. Ugh, now I really want to go and re-read. You're right though, there was not a whole lot done until the Pevenses (sp?) arrived, and they wouldn't have been called if they weren't needed in the first place.
Uh, yeah, looks kinda dull. by skywalkerfamily	Jan 30th, 2008 04:27:23 PM
More of the same.
The chick with the sword is kinda hot... by Knobules	Jan 30th, 2008 04:36:01 PM
oh.
I'm sorry but why by chutneylix	Jan 30th, 2008 04:45:36 PM
should we be interested in this? Wasn't the first one completely bland and impersonal (other than Lucy)? Its not like they changed the team much. The FX were alright but I never got into the movie enough to believe this was the Narnia world.
for those slow people.. the tag line means... by seekshelter	Jan 30th, 2008 04:48:59 PM
that the world that was set up in the previous film that ended all happy ... is now gone since it does take place long after the events in the first film. the kids returning to narnia will have to adjust since the happy world that they had left has now been destroyed.... duh..
It's a lion!!! It's huge! by Roderich	Jan 30th, 2008 04:58:52 PM
Muahaha!
oh by Roderich	Jan 30th, 2008 05:00:04 PM
Gorgomel was faster (blush).
binks is a tool. stop being an idiot by ArcadianDS	Jan 30th, 2008 05:14:30 PM
also, I likes me some Turkish Delight.
Christian parallels? Get a clue critch by AntoniusBloc	Jan 30th, 2008 05:32:23 PM
Narnia is not allegory, as Lewis himself states, but it does have more obvious Christian themes and messages since Aslan IS God, taking the form of Aslan for the sake of the children. It definitely makes the case for the Christian philosophy and supports many of the apologetics written by Lewis. If you read deeper into the book, you'll find Caspian to be full of Christian themes, and makes a great case for the logical belief in the miraculous and against the skeptic. If the writer and director understood the deep message Lewis was trying to get across with Caspian, this will be a great film, with a stronger Christian message than the first film. Also, I still don't get many who didn't like the first film. It definitely could have been better, but still a great film in my opinion, hardly bland or boring.I recently watched the extended version, and it did improve it somewhat, especially the battle scene. I never saw any of the Shrek films, but Adamson impressed me with his first live action film.
The first one started out great, but by skywalkerfamily	Jan 30th, 2008 05:39:08 PM
got long and boring towards the end. The battle scenes were terrible, and I didn't care for anyone.
TV series by Gym	Jan 30th, 2008 05:43:26 PM
Anyone remember the tv adaptations of these years ago? Reepicheep was played by a midget? Shoddy, shoddy casting. This promises somethimg much more in line with the characters in the book. Plus, its got badgers, so i'm sold.
i'm a perv :) by Bouncy X	Jan 30th, 2008 05:44:34 PM
that middle girl is gettin hot...nice.
Still can't get excited by the by skimn	Jan 30th, 2008 05:56:41 PM
"kids on a mythical quest" genre..unless its South Park.
LIES!!! by idrinkyourmilkshake	Jan 30th, 2008 06:21:59 PM
Seriously-this move sucked B I G T I M E. The part, where I realzied that Id paid a perfectly good $9.50 to have some studio executive, thousand of miles away bend me over and give me the old in-out was when i had to the part in which 2 gerbils( one voiced with great shame by Ray Winstone)sitting down ,having fucknig dinner and chatting on. The pits!! The guy on top who mentioned this was A VERY LAME Lord of the Rings Rip-off was right on the money!! To keep my sanity-I pretended the ENTIRE time like I was watching LOTR(which i love)-but couldnt shake the fact that it was designed for 4 year olds. much like the 1st National Treasure , which was a g-rated Michael Bay movie (at least thats HOW they sold it on the preveiws and commercial!)It's movies like that scar us for life!
by Draco777	Jan 30th, 2008 06:43:11 PM
This one looks so much more epic than the last. And Mr. Caspain is..ahem, SO CUTE. I'd pay full price just to see him shake his stuff. lol But sadly cute guys and great special effects doesn't make for the best movie. The story is just not as good as TLTWATW and it seems like the producers realize this too, so to fix the probelm they're deciding to make the battle sequences bigger? Good idea but it's not going to work. Ah well, I still want to see Prince Caspian. It looks like it has potential to be a real hit.
Santa gives the kids weapons of death by Han Cholo	Jan 30th, 2008 07:07:45 PM
Didn't know Santa manufactured such violent weapons. I wanted to see him hand one of the kids a scythe. That would have been dope.
shut up with that Reepicheep shit. by JimCurry	Jan 30th, 2008 07:31:04 PM
I don't like it, not onnnnnnne bit.
Son of Aragorn by Chanoc	Jan 30th, 2008 07:36:46 PM
Holly Cow, prince Caspian looks a lot like Viggo´s Aragorn don´t you think
Reepicheep Gotta Eat! by johnnykool	Jan 30th, 2008 07:59:56 PM

a week or two by memflix	Jan 30th, 2008 08:25:39 PM
This poster's been in theaters for a little while now. Is this just the Internet debut? The net's a strange place. How can something be a debut, if the hard copy is already out in the market.
since we're on the topic of CS Lewis (kind of)... by tango fett	Jan 30th, 2008 09:10:45 PM
any love for his Ransom Trilogy?
tango fett by freydis	Jan 30th, 2008 09:23:38 PM
dang yes. I have a feeling/hope those will never make it to film, but... dang. he sure could write some evil.
narnia books put me to sleep in school. by BMacSmith	Jan 30th, 2008 09:32:45 PM
the movie was cute, but pretty generic. not too excited to see this, but i probably will. might enjoy it p.s. that lion is awesome. they do a great job making a cg lion cooler than a real life one. usually that idea fails.
McLovin! by messi	Jan 30th, 2008 09:49:01 PM
The third kid on the left, the dumb cunt from part 1. IT'S MCLOVIN!!!
too gay!! by ludmir88	Jan 30th, 2008 09:53:16 PM
mehh
BMacSmith...YES.... by FlickaPoo	Jan 30th, 2008 10:19:26 PM
...retro Oxford sci-fi. Perelandra probably my favorite one...
Look at the waves in the poster!!!! by Loosejerk	Jan 30th, 2008 10:45:51 PM
You can see Jango Fett in the outline of Anakin's cloak!!!!!
Oh great... by AuntieMeat	Jan 30th, 2008 11:16:37 PM
... now I have the Phish song "Prince Caspian" stuck in my head. "Ooooohhh, to be Prince Caspian, afloat upon the waves..."
Eddie Izzard for 11th Doctor! by BrandLoyalist	Jan 30th, 2008 11:41:52 PM
We're due for an irascible Doctor a la numbers 1 and 6 in his period-5 cycle of personalities. He'd be so right... man that'd great.
the real Narnia theme by palinode	Jan 30th, 2008 11:55:57 PM
This place sucks - let's get a lion and shake shit up.
Yeah! Any Doctor played like Colin Baker... by ZeroCorpse	Jan 31st, 2008 12:52:54 AM
Is a Doctor I'd enjoy. I like it when the Doctor is fucking nuts and bombastic. I like the current Doctor, too, of course... But Izzard as the Doctor would be genius. I'd also accept an oldish Doctor again. How about finally giving it to John Cleese? I'd also accept Rik Mayall, but honestly, if you do that then you have to get Ade Edmondson or Nigel Planer in there as villains.
god that giant CAT looks good by couP	Jan 31st, 2008 12:55:07 AM

what is .. by huggerorange	Jan 31st, 2008 01:17:29 AM
wtf is so special about reepichep?, its a fucking lil mouse with a sword.
Is Reepichep a tribute to Winston Churchill? by Lashlarue	Jan 31st, 2008 02:16:29 AM
Is Caspian a metaphor for Jesus? Sorry. Never got past the first book.
Was disappointed in the first flick, by Dingbatty	Jan 31st, 2008 02:34:52 AM
and wasn't looking forward to this one, but... Eddie Izzard as Reepicheep is a must see!
Is Eddie Izzard still popular? by skywalkerfamily	Jan 31st, 2008 02:36:20 AM
Outside the internet people have no clue who he is.
What A Pile Of Crap by kwisatzhaderach	Jan 31st, 2008 03:49:54 AM
I love the Narnia books. But these movies are offensive. And who came up with that tag line? Ugh.
'Reepicheep Vs Jerry's French Cousin (RVJFC)' by pokadoo	Jan 31st, 2008 04:05:52 AM
That stinking headline "Everything you thought blah blah forever" Didn't they use similar pointless slogans on the last few Harry Potter films? Blech! Dosen't the trailer even have the obligatory "This will lead us to OPEN WAR" quote that every fantasy trailer has now? Typical marketing cliche. Poster looks cool though (other than the crappy tagline).
I remember when... by Ghostball	Jan 31st, 2008 04:55:33 AM
Matrix 1 and Fellowship came out, I thought there was gonna be a whole new wave of groundbreaking, challenging and visually inventive movies on the 21st century horizon that would truely deserve the term 'epic'. This tween-democraphic poster, capped off with that DOA tagline, pretty much spits that notion right back in my face. Anyone got a hankerchief?
Rik Mayall is a good idea by Lost Jarv	Jan 31st, 2008 04:56:55 AM
but anything that gets it out of the sweaty mits of RTD is a better one. Fucking Catherine Tate.
Photoshop YAWN, I miss Drew Struzan by Drath	Jan 31st, 2008 06:58:36 AM
I am sick of photoshopped immitations of Drew Struzan's work. He turned posters into movies like Masters of the fucking Universe into memorable pop art (okay, maybe not that good, but damn exciting stuff). This is just more floating heads and partially masked layers. Even if it's not, that's what it LOOKS like. Very unsatisfying.
TheDouche as a Furry by johnnykool	Jan 31st, 2008 08:42:49 AM
Real pic, not photoshopped: http://tinyurl.com/33w7wu
girls love Eddie Izzard by BMacSmith	Jan 31st, 2008 11:43:32 AM
I'm not sure why. he's okay. kinda funny but the large english guy dressed as a woman thing is distracting. he is one ugly looking chick.
Prince Caspian should have gone to Brett Ratner by wilsonfisk89	Jan 31st, 2008 12:39:42 PM
just sayin, the guy makes great films.... NOT, see how ridiculous all other movie titles sound directed by him... so why THE WOLFMAN, support the insurgence!
Sure the cute critters arm themselves and hack at it... by Kid Z	Jan 31st, 2008 12:41:44 PM
...They're all christer/fundie critters after all!
THE PRETTY OLDER SISTER... by Alex Mack	Jan 31st, 2008 01:18:20 PM
Yes....the older sister (the chick w/the bow and arrow)looks pretty in the poster. I believe she's 16 years old though. And in England, where's she's from,she's considered...LEGAL. Yeah....that's the brits for ya!
"THEY'RE RAPING US!!...AND IT HUUURTS!!..." by FlickaPoo	Jan 31st, 2008 04:03:59 PM
...I love the Narnia books, but I will never be able to see cute talking woodland creatures again without hearing that in the back of my head..."...then we can use the blood as lubricant!..."
Let's hope this installment.... by C.K. Lamoo	Jan 31st, 2008 04:39:22 PM
Does not follow the Model of Lion, Witch and Whatever constantly undercutting the action scenes with slow paced schmaltz.
YAWN by ricardoflynn	Jan 31st, 2008 04:48:55 PM

FuckMichaelBay by jakelael	Jan 31st, 2008 05:44:22 PM
Love that song. Phish - Live version. 'nothing you can turn to, but the demons in your head. oooohhhh to be ....'
oopos by jakelael	Jan 31st, 2008 05:46:13 PM
'nothing to return to but the demons in their caves'. :P shoulda looked it up first. Oh fuck it. I'll sing it how I want!!! still a great song! PS - You all everybody!
oh by AllieJamison	Jan 31st, 2008 05:55:49 PM
well. Is that Moses with a sword? I actually didn't think the first one was too bad.
looks a bit daft! by FILMFUNK	Feb 1st, 2008 07:07:12 AM
first one held snowy childhood nostalgia, sequels know nothing about!? might enjoy them then. Hope they is better than the Potter films the trailer made it look like!
Funny you should mention Young Ones here by BrandLoyalist	Feb 1st, 2008 08:01:17 AM
That show featured perhaps the most faithful adaptation of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to date. "Turkish delight?" "No thanks, have you got any kabobs?" Wik as the Doctor... that'd be insane!
aaargggh by ufoclub1977	Feb 1st, 2008 08:27:17 AM
the first movie sucked. I'd much rather watch the moody, emotion saturated 70's cartoon.
The cross shape of that foreshortened sword is really subtle by kevred	Feb 1st, 2008 07:05:31 PM
Subtle like a Mike Huckabee campaign ad, that is. Not saying it's inappropriate, just pointing out the very obvious. Nice colors in the poster, though.
Why do heterosexual men vomit when then look at other men by Sepulchrave	Feb 2nd, 2008 07:22:19 AM
what the fuck is wrong with you guys; who messed with you when you were little?
Ooh...yes... by Billy The Fish	Feb 2nd, 2008 02:25:22 PM
...Eddie Izzard. Very funny in...let me think...1996. Mmm...Cross-dressing...a bit risque. Mmm...humourous Socialist material...ah-ha!...yes!... Mmm...Boring little wanker. Go away, Eddie. Yes.
Eddie Izzard is the kiss of death... by Sepulchrave	Feb 3rd, 2008 06:46:02 AM
...for films. Sad but true. Quite like the idea of Eddie as Doctor Who, though.

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