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Marketing of 'Narnia' Presents Challenge
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| oct 12, 05
| JEFF LEEDS
Posted on 10/14/2005 6:40:47 AM PDT by paudio
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I hope more people read the books after the movie (and the soundtrack) comes out...
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posted on
10/14/2005 6:40:48 AM PDT
by
paudio
To: paudio
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH Its that awful God Talk shudder> Sssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh... no one must know C.S Lewis was a Chhhhhhrrrrrrrrriiiiiissssssssssstttttttttttiiaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnn apooooooooooooooolooooooooogist.
(Denny Crane: "I like nature. Don't talk to me about the environment".)
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posted on
10/14/2005 6:43:38 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: paudio
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posted on
10/14/2005 6:44:43 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
(.)
To: goldstategop
It would be even worse if some of the adults read that CS Lewis was "Merely a Christian"...as he stated in "Mere Christianity"
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posted on
10/14/2005 6:46:52 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
To: DaveLoneRanger; DoctorRansom
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posted on
10/14/2005 6:52:34 AM PDT
by
ecurbh
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To: paudio
I do not call a CD loaded up with a buch of pop songs that are not even in the movie to be a 'soundtrack'. A soundtrack is a CD of the music that is IN the movie, not music 'inspired by' the movie before the movie is even done.
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posted on
10/14/2005 6:52:34 AM PDT
by
Grig
To: paudio
I do not call a CD loaded up with a buch of pop songs that are not even in the movie to be a 'soundtrack'. A soundtrack is a CD of the music that is IN the movie, not music 'inspired by' the movie before the movie is even done.
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posted on
10/14/2005 6:53:00 AM PDT
by
Grig
To: Grig
Even though it's not a soundtrack, it would still have to be licensed by Lewis's estate or heirs or whatever.
I saw the preview of Narnia in a theatre last week--it certainly looks to be a visual treat, althrough the beginning was a bit jarring. In the books, the professor was no sort of grumpy tyrant would wouldn't let children play--Mrs. McReady was not a Wicked Stepmother.
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posted on
10/14/2005 6:56:30 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
(.)
To: paudio
These studio execs amaze me. Why don't they excise the passage from "Luke" from "Charlie Brown's Christmas Special"? Sheeeeesh.
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posted on
10/14/2005 6:56:34 AM PDT
by
VictoryGal
(Never give up, never surrender!)
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posted on
10/14/2005 7:10:49 AM PDT
by
DoctorRansom
("Alert and in first-class fighting trim")
To: paudio
"If they go ahead and release only the one soundtrack, I think they're risking being identified as turning toward a blatantly religious company, which does turn some people away," said Chris Ahrens.
SNORT.
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posted on
10/14/2005 7:16:13 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Grig
You can say that again ;~D
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posted on
10/14/2005 7:18:14 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: paudio
"If they go ahead and release only the one soundtrack, I think they're risking being identified as turning toward a blatantly religious company, which does turn some people away," Whatever. Sure, it will turn away Frank Rich and some other liberals. They would have avoided it anyway because it's not full of drugs and perversion. On the other hand, it will draw millions of others. Look, of course, at the Passion. Another example would be the $20+ million that cartoon Jonah the Veggie Tales movie brought in with no marketing whatsoever. Narnia is going to be a huge hit, even more so if every pastor tells their flock to see it, as happend with the Passion.
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posted on
10/14/2005 7:20:26 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: mewzilla
I'd be turned away because it isn't the soundtrack. It's just songs inspired by the story.
It's like packaging some Led Zeppelin songs that mention middle earth, and calling it a Lord of The Rings soundtrack.
Not sure why it's even being considered a soundtrack. The real soundtrack has been delayed and is still being completed.... meanwhile, there's another album out capitalizing on the demand for Narnia stuff. End of story.
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posted on
10/14/2005 7:22:10 AM PDT
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HairOfTheDog
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To: paudio
He said he was still awaiting a recording by the rock band Evanescence that is intended as the film's closing song. I don't see rock music complementing the fantastical spirit of Narnia. It'd be like playing bagpipes in the credits of a Zorro movie. That Enya track at the end of the LOTR movies didn't seem to work for me, either.
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posted on
10/14/2005 7:36:33 AM PDT
by
Dumb_Ox
(Be not Afraid. "Perfect love drives out fear.")
To: Dumb_Ox; HairOfTheDog; mewzilla
I have no problem with, well, at least tracks 2, 4, 6 and 8 on the "Music From and Inspired By" CD -- got a free copy, actually -- but I note that it can't possibly have been truly "inspired by" the film, because the film isn't complete yet! Instead, the artists are "inspired by" the contract to produce one song apiece for the "Music From and Inspired By" album.
Also, there's no actual music "from" the film because composer Harry Greggson-Williams Shrek 2 is still working on it -- meaning no soundtrack release has been "delayed"; it will simply be available later.
Dr. Ransom
FaithFusion.net
Independent-sighted, yet Right-minded
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posted on
10/14/2005 7:43:51 AM PDT
by
DoctorRansom
("Alert and in first-class fighting trim")
To: paudio
I think they're risking being identified as turning toward a blatantly religious company, which does turn some people awayRight. That really hurt "Passion of the Christ" at the box office.
To: paudio
Chris Ahrens, founding editor of Risen, a San Diego-based lifestyle magazine that explores the spiritual beliefs of entertainment figures.
Holy cow! Literally.
Thats like creating a magazine that explores the great orchestral masterpieces composed by butterscotch pudding.
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posted on
10/14/2005 7:55:02 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Mamzelle
In the books, the professor was no sort of grumpy tyrant would wouldn't let children play--Mrs. McReady was not a Wicked Stepmother.
how long has it been since you read the books?
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posted on
10/14/2005 7:59:39 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
To: paudio
Who is doing the soundtrack?
Anyone realised yet that there will be controversy around the later episodes as the Calormenian Tash worshipers are thinly disguised muslims?
FWIW I hope the TLTWATW is not too overtly Christian. One of the beauties of the books is that the analogy is there for anyone who wants to see it but anyone can enjoy its emotional power on its own terms.
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