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[bedlamsbard]

OMG VOTDT TRAILER OMG OMG OMG OMG.

OMG.

OH EDMUND. Oh, Edmund. OH LUCY. Huh, that's surprisingly little emphasis on Eustace or Caspian, I didn't expect that. No dragon, either. OH EDMUND. Five gets you ten that's Susan's bow, must watch again. HI THERE JADIS. OH LUCY is that the same actress that was there at the end of LWW? OH PEVENSIES OH NARNIA

I'm sorry, I think I'm going to be useless for the rest of the day.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.

I -- I am actually shaking. The last time I was shaking out of this kind of excitement was when my copy of PC was delivered unto my arms from the loving bosom of Mail Operations a day early.

OMG OMG.

ETA: PETER AND SUSAN ARE IN THE TRAILER. Damn, Edmund's grown up fine. Why are Jadis's eyes green, aren't they blue? Must be because she's evil. LUCY BEING KICKASS. No, seriously, I'm surprised that Caspian only shows up, I think, once in the entire trailer. I really expected that line of Lucy's from the book, "C-c-caspian!"

Hi, Edmund, I see you've taken on Peter's issues from PC, a good family lineage to carry on! OH EDMUND. The women, so calm. PETER AND SUSAN OMG OMG OMG hi Eustace.

Son of ETA: "So if there's not a war, why are we here?" Oh, Edmund. You have seen what's what, haven't you? THIS BREAKS PATTERN. THAT IS ALARMING.

I'm still really bewildered over the whole Caspian thing. Reepicheep shows up more than Caspian.

Lucy is definitely carrying (and shooting!) Susan's bow. An interesting choice, since Edmund is carrying Peter's sword. (And what is going on in that scene where it glows blue, I wonder?)

No, seriously. Why are Peter and Susan in Narnian clothes in their two-second appearance? It's hard for me to tell if they're Telmarine-style or Golden Age-style, there's not enough time to see and it's mostly a portrait shot.

Again, I am quite surprised nothing of the dragon is in there. That's a fundamental part of the book, they can't have left it out entirely, and it's a friggin' dragon; who doesn't want a dragon in their trailer?

Why is Eustace in English clothes on the Dufflepud island? That's pretty late in the story, shouldn't he have been in Narnian clothes for a long time?

Huh, following up on the dragon thought, no sea serpent either? This is the most popular of the Narnia books, and those are both very flash and very well-known and great character moments. I've seen the pictures of the damage of the Dawn Treader, so something attacks it; I really hope they didn't conflate the two.

Huh, I see I've moved on from pure squee to being logical, cynical, and questioning. Calm again! Wow, that was fast.

Bride of ETA: After careful thought, after westingturtle mentioned Edmund trying to enlist on a grocery run -- clearly he and Lucy were getting groceries for the Scrubbs, and Edmund tried to enlist JUST TO GET AWAY FROM EUSTACE.

You know he would, y'all. Oh, PEVENSIES.

Godfather of ETA: The non-pirated version of the trailer is available here and here. The first one is the best picture, but it starts immediately after the page loads.

After some thoughtful consideration, I'm wondering if the Magician's island (the island of the Dufflepuds) has been moved up significantly in the timeline than in the book, since Eustace is still in England clothes and he does have that line about, "You are all about to be tested."

Comments

[scy]

I too am at a loss. If you have a dragon, put it in the trailer. Mostly though, I am much a'flail.

And yes, of COURSE Edmund would think ANYTHING was better than Eustace. War he knows how to handle...

[bedlamsbard]

snacky suggests that the dragon's not there because they haven't finalized the CGI yet, which seems likely.

ANYTHING BUT EUSTACE. Plus, you know, he was planning to enlist anyway, might as well move it up a few years.

[scy]

*nods* That sounds reasonable.

Oh yes, Edmund is totally headed in that direction. OH PEVENSIES.

[bedlamsbard]

Well, I mean, he'd have to join up anyway because of National Service, but you know. ANYTHING TO GET AWAY FROM EUSTACE.

[scy]

HEE.

And yes, I was mentally contrasting Votd!Eustace with your recent portrayal of Eustace as being competent. *grins*

[bedlamsbard]

Heh! Well, you know, Dust takes place approximately ten years after VotDT, counting Narnian time and English time. So he has time to learn.

[scy]

Hence my being encouraged. He CAN be taught!

[bedlamsbard]

He either learned or he died!

[scy]

*nods*

He figured THAT out pretty quick.

[bedlamsbard]

Dying! It can happen to you!

[scy]

RIGHT.

AVOID BY PRACTICING COMPETENCE NOT STUPIDITY!

[bedlamsbard]

Boy's not stupid!

[snacky]

I wrote up a long comment and DW went down just when I hit post, so let me see if I can hit the highlights:

No dragon or sea serpent due to lack of final CGI, is my opinion.

Cannot believe the Star's Daughter actually glows.

I can understand Caspian carrying Rhindon with him, but Susan's bow? Needs some handwavium.

After repeated viewings, I am going for Golden Age style on Susan's clothes, at least.

[bedlamsbard]

Yeah, I can believe the CGI thing. I am just sort of startled, because -- dragon!

Ramandu canonically glowed, but not his daughter. Interesting...

Well, he did also carry not only Lucy's cordial, but also her dagger. Blame it on Aslan, I think.

I'm pretty sure for Peter's shirt, too, though it's hard to tell. Definitely not English, though.

[snacky]

Okay, my handwavium is that Caspian carries the Royal Treasures with him as a ceremonial thing - his advisors, like Cornelius and Trumpkin, tell him it looks impressive for the King to be carrying Rhindon and Susan's bow and horn, and Lucy's dagger and cordial into battle, for example.

(Caspian sighs. "But it's...quite unwieldy, don't you think?")

And then when he actually gets down to fighting, he takes all of it off, and uses his own sword. So of course, when he's setting off on the first big voyage in recent memory in Narnia, there was a huge ceremonial send off, and he took all the treasures with him, except Susan's horn (as explained in the book), for show (plus Lucy's cordial is really a practical thing to have along, just to save the king's life, if needed).

[bedlamsbard]

That makes sense. I'm curious to see how the film handles it, because I have the impression it's something that's a little hard to, you know, just ignore. (Although I could see them doing so, but I think more highly of them than that. *breathes* Okay, the key to enjoying hte movie is going in with no expectations whatsoever.)

[snacky]

Yeah, I am hoping the film handles it beyond, "I BROUGHT EVERYONE'S THINGS YAY!"

[bedlamsbard]

I mean, it's not that I can't fanwank it, it's that it would be nice if I didn't have to. Ya know?

[harpers_child]

Caspian, stop bringing all of the nation's priceless magic treasures with you on your trips. leave something for everyone else to use to defend the country while you're gone. love, me.

Edmund, i love you so very much. never change. &hearts &hearts &hearts, me.

[bedlamsbard]

Well, apparently he still left the horn, since I haven't seen it yet, but who knows...

EDMUND OMG EDMUND SO MUCH LOVE.