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Morford: Does 'Narnia' Actually Suck?
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| January 11, 2006
| Mark Morford (stay away from her wardrobe)
Posted on 01/11/2006 8:36:00 AM PST by presidio9
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:36:02 AM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
C.S. Lewis was a genius and Narnia was excellent. Morford on the other hand obviously doesn't like anything that doesn't contain the vapidness and degredation of an average Maureen Dowd article.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:38:23 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: SmithL; Aslan; Reepicheep; MrTumnus; C.S.Lewis; Prince Caspian; cslewisfan; Wormwood; Narnian
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:38:49 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
To: presidio9
Mark Morford at the SF Gate? nuf said.. this is the ass that has articles such as:
Fun Bits About American Torture - In many ways, the U.S. is now just as inhumane and brutal as any Third World regime. Oh well? 12/16/2005
Eat My Holiday Cheer - Screw joy and togetherness. It's all about retail, just like Jesus would have wanted 12/02/2005
George W. Bush Gives Me Hope - The astonishing collapse of the Bumbling One surely means healthy change is imminent, right? 11/18/2005
Let Us Blow Up Bill O'Reilly - Of course the PR-sucking Fox News blowhard is off his nut. Again. Question is, Should you care? 11/16/2005
You can almost predict what Morford would say about this movie without even reading the article.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:40:51 AM PST
by
mnehring
(Perry 06- It's better than a hippie in a cowboy hat or a commie with blue hair.)
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:41:01 AM PST
by
CJ Wolf
(BTW can someone add 'zot' to the FR spellchecker?)
To: presidio9
A 1-minute summary of Morford:
He loved Narnia as a kid. Upon seeing the movie and re-checking the books, he has decided that Narnia sucks. It's childish. It's Christian. Only a naive little child would tolerate such childish tripe. He is beyond that now. The only good thing about the movie was the portrayal of Evil. He found that quite attracttive.
To: CJ Wolf
Do you mean the CHRONIC-what?-el of Narnia?
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:42:28 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
Yuh know, Ms./It Morford. please keep what you suck to yourself, ok.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:42:31 AM PST
by
Dane
( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:43:23 AM PST
by
dubie
To: presidio9
No. (But it's certain that his boyfriend does.)
To: presidio9
From the article:
Oh sure, the books are still packed with annoying Christian allegory,
And THAT, my FRiends, is why the story so thoroughly irritates, annoys, and infuriates Miss Morford.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:46:45 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ClearCase_guy; MadIvan
I actually re-read the series a short time ago. I bought them for my Goddaughter, and I read her a couple of chapters a night for a month or so. Having recently heard the crys from the left that they were Christian propaganda (and having read them as a kid without realizing this), I was amazed at how well-written they are. There is tons of Christian symbolism that goes right over your head (and obviously any 8 year-old's head) unless you are specifically looking for it.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:46:51 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
To: CJ Wolf
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:48:25 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: presidio9
CS Lewis was a friend of Tolkien. Morford is a friend of Dorothy.
To: CJ Wolf
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:49:56 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: MadIvan
Memo to Ms. Morford:
The books haven't changed. You have. You have become deaf to the subtleties and nuances which are there, because they are different than the cookie-cutter and ham-fisted agendae which you mistake for being subtle and unique because they are rejected by decent people. You, Ms. Morford, are precisely the sort of person who runs the "new schools" that tyrranized poor Jill.
"There once was a (ahem) boy, named Morford, and he just about deserved it."
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:50:17 AM PST
by
dangus
To: MadIvan
Thought it was a good movie! Good fairy tale even for adults. May I admit to a few tears when Aslan was being tortured enroute to his crucifixion...err, I mean, death.
Theater was filled, too.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:50:23 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: silverleaf
That's one of the blessings of the net, you don't have to actually watch Saturday Night Live to catch maybe one good skits every seven shows. They eventually make it out here.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:50:42 AM PST
by
CJ Wolf
(BTW can someone add 'zot' to the FR spellchecker?)
To: ClearCase_guy
>> He loved Narnia as a kid. Upon seeing the movie and re-checking the books, he has decided that Narnia sucks. It's childish. It's Christian. Only a naive little child would tolerate such childish tripe. He is beyond that now. The only good thing about the movie was the portrayal of Evil. He found that quite attracttive. <<
You do quite an excellent job at making him sound like Eustace Scrubb's parents.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:52:36 AM PST
by
dangus
To: MadIvan
He's just upset that there were no gay sheepherders in Narnia.
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posted on
01/11/2006 8:52:47 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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