Hi, i love the old versions, but remember when i was little watching one version, not cartoon, where in the intro and credits you were flying over green hills, and there was this music i loved... any ideas on which version that was?!
Oh me oh my, don't turn this into a disney version of LWW hate. By all means have this has an appreciation society but not to hate on the disney version! Both versions have their pros and cons me thinks. Imo, I think the woman who plays Lucy and Barbara Kellerman (although sometimes OTT) are the only good actors.
its weird that they draw out the fight with maugrim in this one, whereas in the hollywood version its over in seconds, you'd expect it to be the other way round lol
I prefer the BBC adaptations over Disney by far! However, the LWW by Disney was very good! It was Prince Caspian that disgusted me! They brought in the White Witch when she isn't in the story and they changed the whole story by adding things that weren't supposed to be there. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by Fox was better than Prince Caspian and it was good but they added material that wasn't supposed to be there either. They also brought the White Witch in. I grow tired of Tilda Swinton!
@princessivoryrose The White Witch scene in Prince Caspian was in the book. The only part that wasn't in the book was the huge middle chunk where they try to attack the castle at night. Also, I think the beginning at the station was added in to the movie.
But they did leave out a bunch in Prince Caspian. Still liked it, though.
@princessivoryrose Well, in Prince Caspian, they just let the werewolf and the hag get further along with their ceremony than Lewis did. What other things are you complaining about specifically?
If you finished reading my comment then you'd realize that I meant that Disney and Fox kept bringing in the witch when she wasn't in the stories. Other than the fact that the last two movies were completely inaccurate and the fact that they turned Prince Caspian into a pop movie and the fact that they stopped making the movies because they didn't want to follow C.S. Lewis's theme for Aslan and for the books I don't have very many complaints.
@SoulTigress You like Aslan better because they actually bother showing his personality in this one. Disney was obviously uncomfortable with Lewis' god figure and just tried to hurry past any place where he showed up.
Absolutely not accounting for effects the old one are better. The new one's cling too much to the excitement and lose the deep heart of the old one's that touches farther down in our souls then the flashy show that just appeals to the senses.
I don't care how good or bad this is. Fact is, when it came on tv when I was a child, I thought it was absolutely magic, and I watched it completely entranced. I didn't know, or care, about special effects, it was ALL real to me, because I was a child. Thats the whole point. If the only thing you can say about anything is about the effects or the cast, then you're missing the whole point of the thing. Do you tell your children that their paintings aren't as good as Rembrandt?
Each one is better in its own way disney or bbc, But the fact that BBC kept closer to the books then disney makes this better in my opinion but disney has better costumes, graphics then this
ID say it equals each other out because i like both 0_o
im sorry but this is horrible. im used to disney's awesome animations, so when i saw this one i was like " what the heck!" i love the disney version a lot better.
I actually like how they did the costume design for those wood/treee men in Aslan's army. I really wish they used that sort of design for the dryads in the films. The wood men in this adaptation look more truer to Lewis' description of dryads in the books than the dryads in the films or even the nymphs in this sereis!
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Anyone who says these are better than the new ones is trying WAAAYYYY too hard to hold onto nostalgia. The new ones are much much better. I grew up on these ones, but that doesn't make them superior. It's like saying Bakshi's Lord of the Rings is better than Jackson's.
@repka17 No, not really. Better how exactly? Better effects? Absolutely. Better cinematography? Sure. Better locations? Some of them. Better sets? Some of them. Better costumes? Some of them. But better script? No. Better cast? No. Better acting? No.
Just because it's better visually doesn't mean it's a better film.
Obviously, this is just my personal opinion. Just like it's your personal opinion that the new ones are better.
@HeathenMaiden I think this version has its charm but has a history full of overacted characters, in my opinion, the majority of all children's productions have. And that is something that underestimates the intelligence of children. The Disney shows issues more seriously and also has more realistic scenes (and I do not mean special effects)
those who are in the camp, are not supposed to be the Aslan's army? Why are all cowards and no one faces the wolf? Wolf is one against, at least thirty Narnians ...
@HeathenMaiden Everything in the new ones is better in my opinion. Its just my opinion, but I think nostalgia is the only reason that someone could see this as better than the newer version. I mean for Christ sake, did you even watch that fight scene here? lol
@HeathenMaiden The script is almost identical with the books and the new movies, Better cast for sure in the new one. I wouldnt say better acting, but the old one is more stage acting than movie acting. Overall. I like both equally lol, nothing beats the original, but the new ones are very well done.
ps...took forever to find this, looked everywhere, thanks for the upload :)
Well, the original 1933 King Kong is better than Jackson's remake although it's something as unusal as a good remake done as a tribute to the original and keeping the original tone. Just remember what kind of film making Peter Jackson came from, cheap splatter movies like Braindead and Meet the Feebles (in themselves hilarious).
Peter Jackson actually DID rip some scenes straight off the Bakshi animated movie, like the one in which the nazgul leans over a tree root.
@repka17 Yeah, I think pretty much everything is better in the Disney version. The effects, acting, score and cinematography were all better. And even though people say this is "real Narnia", the bad effects, acting, score, and cinematography are distracting. I can't take it seriously. And I honestly think the Disney captures the themes of the book. It's one thing to do a movie almost verbatim from the book, but that doesn't mean it has the same themes and messages of the book.
@repka17 This version shows true originality, creativity and imagination. The acting is by far better. It follows the book a lot more which as a child was very scary to read and this reflects it perfectly. I grew up watching this and I, like everyone. couldn't wait for the re make and I don't think i've ever been so disappointed with a film before. It's not terrible but it didn't touch this or the book by a long way. And this English classic will generally be known by a shit american remake.....
And p.s: to the under 20 crowd who think this version isn't worthy of their time, remember this; you don't speak or type in complete sentences, and you begin/end relationships with a status change on facebook. What you think, in this case, is not applicable.
There is a simple magic and mystery to this ORIGINAL version that is absent in the new version. A BBC produced, small budget movie from over 20 years ago is obviously not going to compete with Disney the imagination killer, but i love it all the more for that.
why aslan talks like this the story suppose to be epic too, the lion don't look wise but rather stupid ,o my god look to the wolf!!!!!! is that suppose to be a wolf...and the music no comment...
I really enjoyed this series alot as a kid. I saw it on IPTV when I was very young. I only caught a few shows but it really captivated me. Its weird. I enjoy the new movies but the memory of these is stronger. Watching them now they seem silly in a way. 20 years ago as a child this was great.
Although I have seen both versions, and read the books as well - I like the Disney one better. :/ When I was a kid I HATED this version - it was so boring. The Disney one captured my heart.
Either way I don't see why people are getting their panties in knots over this. But alas, this is the internet I guess...
some people like it better then what they see maybe be lacking at epic grapfics and fights but at least follows the content of the book without skiping things
remember this was originally for an audience on a Sunday afternoon/early evening in 1988.The Beeb would have flipped their lid at the mere whiiff of gratuitous violence
This series was great and i loved it, but i always felt Lewis' work needed, no deserved, to have a major motion picture with a full hollywood budget and I was very pleased with that product as well. This was a mini series so it obviously had more story. Though, even as a child i was unable to suspend reality for a talking stuffed animal. Aslan made me laugh. the Aslan in the Disney movie was SICK!!
Ive never seen any of these and only watched the new stuff so it's wicked funny to see the computer animated Alsan who appears so real and this puppet Aslan.. But i guess you gotta work with what you got
lol i like the way aslan speaks, his mouth opens and closes slowly while his voice comes out HAHAHA not that theres anything wrong with that because he was a difficult puppet to control i suppose but something else im gonna be honest with you the fight with maugrim and peter was scary how everything turned red and peter was struggling know what i mean?
@evantrude thing is what can maugram actually achieve in combat? all he can do slap your sheild and sort of scream at you in anger which you can't help but just break down into laughter about anyway haha he would probably kill me by making me laugh to death i would laugh till i could breath no more!
@MidlandNinja basically that they can threaten to kill him in front of peter and aslan and everyone so they will have to back down in order to save him
Why the hell does everyone keep fucking slagging this version off? get it into your fuck fucking heads it was a cheap television series for children like myself when i first watched this, when i was a child I loved watching this and i still do today. For me this versiion really does capture the magical feeling of narnia.
The disney films are obviously going to be better (technicaly) because they are high budget full length motion pictures. These two versions shouldnt even be compared.
i so badly want to hug Aslan! Even though the new film has such a more lifelike Aslan, i actually prefer this version on him... this is how i always remember Aslan
I know this is a a mere television production and was made back in the 80s, technology wasn't too advanced back then to create visual effects and all. So let's put the cinematography issues aside, in my opinion they could have written a better script, and also, they could have chosen more suitable actors. Peter looks younger than Edmund and Lucy doesn't seem very much Lucy here.
But overall this adaptation is fine, it doesn't have that magic but it's good to watch all the same.
It would be so funny if there was an original version of one of today's popular action-packed films, and the original was black and white, had special effects like these, had Telstar as the theme tune and one of the actors was a very small grown-up pretending to be a child. She would be cowering in the corner whilst being attacked by evil monsters (for instance, darleks) and whimpering, "Please don't hurt me!" I don't think that would be very convincing!
The one thing I liked about the new movie, is that (if you hadn't read the book) you didn't know Aslan was a lion until now and he came out the tent with beautiful music. However this one was much closer to the book and you knew Aslan was a lion. :D AND I want that robot lion.
i remember renting this out of the church library. I just dont remember any of the content!!! lol all i remember was that the beavers looked like big foots.
4:48 what the heck!!! are you a wolf or a vampire??? make up your mind!!!
i think its funny how this is a kids show and they made the sword have blood on it.. in the walden media version, there was no blood at all. And if im correct, the newer version was supposed to attract both kids and adults....wierd...
@Courtneyissorandom The wolf does bite to kill it's victims... and because the actor playing the wolf was taller and being human naturally it'd be difficult to go for the jugular...
It's good to know I'm not the only nostalgic person here. I mean okay this one has it's share of flaws but so does the cartoon and the new movies. I can't quite get into Aslan's mouth and the Beaver costumes but they did a good job. They didn't rely on effects to carry them through like the new ones and the Witch is better than in the cartoon. It ticks me off that people attack the older versions of LOTR or this just because they aren't the new ones. They all have charm.
@themovieguy364 I agree entirely. but most ppl go with what they first see and if they see the one with better graphics well... However I don't think the new ones relied on special effects. I feel overall the new one has better acting then this though there are times *coughwaterfallscene* where I feel the new one takes a little too much liberty.
Yeah I agree. I think the thing is that this seems more like stage acting than film acting and while that gives it an artistic look it also makes some scenes WAAAAY to overdramatic. I also think it would have worked a bit better if they toned down the massed numbers of animated creatures just a bit and used more costumes, but that's just me. I dohn't think there are any BAD verisons of this story. There's just some flaws in each that others make up.
I loved the animated creatures, espeically the panther, but I bet the child actors felt silly looking up into the sky at nothing as Aslan sent them away. And Aslan's voice... weird! "Gooooooooo!"
Then the witch... She's all "Come... come to me... EVIL!" and Edmund is like "This b*tch is crazy ."
I thought the animated winged creatures were cool. Especially the panther. But it was always so awkward when Aslan says "Gooooooooo!" and they fly off and the kids just look up ine sky. They're probably thinking "I feel stupid looking at nothing."
Although I enjoy this and I KNOW ALREADY that this was made on a low budget, I still think Aslan was done horribly. The voice is all wrong. The mouth just moves up and down randomly, not matched to the words. And the roar sounds like an amplified stomach growling. The other roar (two kinds of roars) sounds like a person saying "rarr".
i totaly agree with u not great effects but concidering the limited tima and money they had they had to make do with what they had and also they had to make it suitibal for 2 year olds
@16nwb at the end of the day true film is not about how fancy the special effects are but more importantly how well the story works and its characters and this version is far better than the modern one simply because it has a more believable cast, and has a certain old film quality you can't do with special effects
@klarinetta Oh absolutely! Couldn't agree more. The Disney films have got NOTHING on these old series but a bunch of fancy special effects. This is the heart and soul of Narnia. End of.
@HeathenMaiden i cant agree more about the newest ones, sure they are great in special effects, the old live and cartoons runs where great, i remember when they aired 1st time. the cartoon now looks cheassy compared to new animations, but left more to the imagination. now the special effects do it instead.
@HeathenMaiden I have to disagree. I grew up with this version and I enjoyed the Disney/Fox version much better, and not just because of the special effects either. I think the BBC version was horribly miscast, the characters never felt real to me as they did in the newer versions. They did not turn it into an "action thing" either. They turned it into a fantastic world, the world I always imagined Narnia to be.
@HeathenMaiden Sorry, but I must humbly disagree. It's true that Disney was much more liberal with their "interpretation" of the story, but the OP has a valid point. The drawn in cartoons make no sense, and add no value to the story. No disrespect intended, but I feel that even Disney encouraged a newer generation to pick up the book and read the story for themselves, no matter how "new tech" they made their movies.
@velardur sometimes the movies/tv things are much better and are loved more by people than the ones with all this CGI stuff now-a-days! although yes some of the things are clearly a bit tacky. but i still LOVE watching this!
@jaymk1985 and by replying you don't care you actually contradict yourself yet again...if the fool would persist, something something,...btw: I think you need to check the definition of the word "flaming"......and that last part: is that your impersonation of a sheep?
@velardur I haven't contradicted myself at all, I said I couldn't care if everyone in Belguim is as ignorant as you are. Loving this though, I must admit. Keep going.
Lol, me and my friend make fun of Aslan alot at school. I'll start quoting Aslan and he'll just keep opening his mouth like he does in this movie.
Also, what the FUCK were these douchebags thinking when they made the Beavers' and the wolfs' costumes? A blindfolded chimpanzee with a stick could make better costumes than that.
Meh, this is ok but the new one is better. lol wouldn't it be funny if our parents started calling us Daughters of Eve and Sons of Adam! like for instance
Most of you idiots weren't even alive when this was filmed. The target audience is one young enough to have an imagination as alive as that of the characters in the story. You want good special effects? Grow up, learn some physics and do your own visual engineering. Morons.
@felizjulianidad Bravo! -from one of the target audience members at the time it was made. This was - still is - my favorite version of the book. I had a panic attack when I thought my mom threw the tapes out. stole them and hid them in my room. In my attic there was a little TV with a VCR, I used to curl up with a comforter and watch on the grainy little screen.
Hi, i love the old versions, but remember when i was little watching one version, not cartoon, where in the intro and credits you were flying over green hills, and there was this music i loved... any ideas on which version that was?!
mooreisabel 1 week ago
So far, after watching both films, I think both are good and bad in different ways, SO STOP TRYING TO COMPARE! Thank you :P
sarahlunaslim 1 week ago
Oh me oh my, don't turn this into a disney version of LWW hate. By all means have this has an appreciation society but not to hate on the disney version! Both versions have their pros and cons me thinks. Imo, I think the woman who plays Lucy and Barbara Kellerman (although sometimes OTT) are the only good actors.
RandomPeter94 2 weeks ago
I love the Witch's dwarf, he sounds like the Chuckle Brothers.
iamafishhaha 2 weeks ago
"COME TO MEEEEE........ EEEEEHHHEEEEVIIILLLLL..."
TheFirstClassedFreak 1 month ago
Epic fight scene with maugrim.
commutativeGripes 1 month ago
I felt sorry for the wolf.
GuillotineLaw 1 month ago
That monster that crept along the ground (the one shown after the critter crawling at Edmund's feet) creeps me out, still.
Ainurah 1 month ago
Peter was using his Super Smash during the battle with Maugrim
javiercito411 2 months ago
This is stupid...
JohnnyBarmony 2 months ago
Pretty 3:52 repeatedly :D
twooffour 2 months ago
i love it how at 9:35 a flying lion comes, then a phoenix, then a flying horse and then a pelican
Gr8DaysOutUK 2 months ago
they actually have dryads.. :D
OfficialSueandAmy 2 months ago
Maugrim literally gave me nightmares when I was a kid, literally made me cry - but he's actually the most pathetic villain going haha!
DannyMcPhils 2 months ago
3:44 Okay seriously:P That whole crowd of people is running away from ONE wolf!
narniac77ringer 2 months ago
6:55 "Ya better fly, Your Majesty, ya better fly!"
Now if only she had wings.... LMAO
Anathar88 3 months ago
I know Maugrim is a wolf but at 4:51 he looks like a damn rat.
Anathar88 3 months ago
wow...just an amazing, knockdown brawl eh?? "ARGGGH!"
bijibadness 4 months ago
its weird that they draw out the fight with maugrim in this one, whereas in the hollywood version its over in seconds, you'd expect it to be the other way round lol
jhibbitt1 4 months ago
I prefer the BBC adaptations over Disney by far! However, the LWW by Disney was very good! It was Prince Caspian that disgusted me! They brought in the White Witch when she isn't in the story and they changed the whole story by adding things that weren't supposed to be there. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by Fox was better than Prince Caspian and it was good but they added material that wasn't supposed to be there either. They also brought the White Witch in. I grow tired of Tilda Swinton!
princessivoryrose 5 months ago
@princessivoryrose The White Witch scene in Prince Caspian was in the book. The only part that wasn't in the book was the huge middle chunk where they try to attack the castle at night. Also, I think the beginning at the station was added in to the movie.
But they did leave out a bunch in Prince Caspian. Still liked it, though.
SonicingAndEntering 4 months ago
@princessivoryrose Well, in Prince Caspian, they just let the werewolf and the hag get further along with their ceremony than Lewis did. What other things are you complaining about specifically?
finrodbrs 4 months ago
@finrodbrs
If you finished reading my comment then you'd realize that I meant that Disney and Fox kept bringing in the witch when she wasn't in the stories. Other than the fact that the last two movies were completely inaccurate and the fact that they turned Prince Caspian into a pop movie and the fact that they stopped making the movies because they didn't want to follow C.S. Lewis's theme for Aslan and for the books I don't have very many complaints.
princessivoryrose 4 months ago
It's kind of sexual when she's pulling that face and saying "Come."
LexieHaddon 5 months ago
I actually like this Aslan better than the newer one.
SoulTigress 5 months ago
@SoulTigress You like Aslan better because they actually bother showing his personality in this one. Disney was obviously uncomfortable with Lewis' god figure and just tried to hurry past any place where he showed up.
WynterZ 4 months ago 4
the newer one is better the make up for the drawf is so bad and the rain deer are white horses
MoonGoddessFox 6 months ago
even the witch looks retarted and lucy, peter, edmund, and susan looks the same and same height
GoPikachu202 6 months ago
pshh Aslan is not even talking he's slowly moving his mouth :P
GoPikachu202 6 months ago 4
I always liked Aslan's voice better in the old ones.
HEliVesINu 6 months ago
Absolutely not accounting for effects the old one are better. The new one's cling too much to the excitement and lose the deep heart of the old one's that touches farther down in our souls then the flashy show that just appeals to the senses.
tsmuff 6 months ago
I don't care how good or bad this is. Fact is, when it came on tv when I was a child, I thought it was absolutely magic, and I watched it completely entranced. I didn't know, or care, about special effects, it was ALL real to me, because I was a child. Thats the whole point. If the only thing you can say about anything is about the effects or the cast, then you're missing the whole point of the thing. Do you tell your children that their paintings aren't as good as Rembrandt?
fauxsham 6 months ago
Aslan vs Mugrim... how long would the fight last and who would win? leave interesting or creative comments below :D
hairgel5 7 months ago
please stop argueing on which one is better,
Each one is better in its own way disney or bbc, But the fact that BBC kept closer to the books then disney makes this better in my opinion but disney has better costumes, graphics then this
ID say it equals each other out because i like both 0_o
ThePaopuFruitLover 7 months ago
im sorry but this is horrible. im used to disney's awesome animations, so when i saw this one i was like " what the heck!" i love the disney version a lot better.
6130Meli 7 months ago
im sorry but this is horrible. im used to
disney's awesome animations so i was like "what the heck!" with this version. i loved the disney version a lot better!
6130Meli 7 months ago
Peter, watch out for the Wookie-Duck-Ewok-Rapist thingy that wants to kiss you while the screen develops a reddish hue! IS THERE NO GOD?!
MegaAdam1000 8 months ago 2
I actually like how they did the costume design for those wood/treee men in Aslan's army. I really wish they used that sort of design for the dryads in the films. The wood men in this adaptation look more truer to Lewis' description of dryads in the books than the dryads in the films or even the nymphs in this sereis!
Jakegothicsnake 8 months ago
Wooow when I was little, I thought that was a real lion.... Lol what can I say... I was a special kid
lovedanc1 8 months ago
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Anyone who says these are better than the new ones is trying WAAAYYYY too hard to hold onto nostalgia. The new ones are much much better. I grew up on these ones, but that doesn't make them superior. It's like saying Bakshi's Lord of the Rings is better than Jackson's.
repka17 9 months ago
@repka17 No, not really. Better how exactly? Better effects? Absolutely. Better cinematography? Sure. Better locations? Some of them. Better sets? Some of them. Better costumes? Some of them. But better script? No. Better cast? No. Better acting? No.
Just because it's better visually doesn't mean it's a better film.
Obviously, this is just my personal opinion. Just like it's your personal opinion that the new ones are better.
HeathenMaiden 9 months ago 25
@HeathenMaiden I think this version has its charm but has a history full of overacted characters, in my opinion, the majority of all children's productions have. And that is something that underestimates the intelligence of children. The Disney shows issues more seriously and also has more realistic scenes (and I do not mean special effects)
marianagmt 6 months ago
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marianagmt 6 months ago
those who are in the camp, are not supposed to be the Aslan's army? Why are all cowards and no one faces the wolf? Wolf is one against, at least thirty Narnians ...
marianagmt 6 months ago
@HeathenMaiden Everything in the new ones is better in my opinion. Its just my opinion, but I think nostalgia is the only reason that someone could see this as better than the newer version. I mean for Christ sake, did you even watch that fight scene here? lol
repka17 5 months ago
Respond to this video... I mean, the WOLF sounds like a pissed off house cat, or a poorly paid worker at a haunted house
repka17 5 months ago
@HeathenMaiden
I think the children suck a bit in the BBC, but I don't remember the new ones really, so whatever. :)
twooffour 2 months ago
@HeathenMaiden The script is almost identical with the books and the new movies, Better cast for sure in the new one. I wouldnt say better acting, but the old one is more stage acting than movie acting. Overall. I like both equally lol, nothing beats the original, but the new ones are very well done.
ps...took forever to find this, looked everywhere, thanks for the upload :)
ellezfire22 1 month ago
@ellezfire22 Actually over all the old cast is good, its just Lucy that brings down this one lol.
ellezfire22 1 month ago
@repka17
Well, the original 1933 King Kong is better than Jackson's remake although it's something as unusal as a good remake done as a tribute to the original and keeping the original tone. Just remember what kind of film making Peter Jackson came from, cheap splatter movies like Braindead and Meet the Feebles (in themselves hilarious).
Peter Jackson actually DID rip some scenes straight off the Bakshi animated movie, like the one in which the nazgul leans over a tree root.
McLarenMercedes 7 months ago
@repka17 Yeah, I think pretty much everything is better in the Disney version. The effects, acting, score and cinematography were all better. And even though people say this is "real Narnia", the bad effects, acting, score, and cinematography are distracting. I can't take it seriously. And I honestly think the Disney captures the themes of the book. It's one thing to do a movie almost verbatim from the book, but that doesn't mean it has the same themes and messages of the book.
jedimasterkt29 5 months ago
@repka17 Wait, there's another LOTR?!
LexieHaddon 5 months ago
@LexieHaddon Yep! Bakshi did a cartoon/ live action version. its neat, but jacksons is far better.
repka17 5 months ago
@repka17 This version shows true originality, creativity and imagination. The acting is by far better. It follows the book a lot more which as a child was very scary to read and this reflects it perfectly. I grew up watching this and I, like everyone. couldn't wait for the re make and I don't think i've ever been so disappointed with a film before. It's not terrible but it didn't touch this or the book by a long way. And this English classic will generally be known by a shit american remake.....
MrJerm2 4 months ago 5
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ashley7771017 9 months ago
I like the random cartoons :)
ashley7771017 9 months ago
4:05 LOLL
Gleek227 9 months ago
Such a funny fight!!!!! LOLL
Gleek227 9 months ago
"Come to me, EVIL"
You gotta love it
pucpimp 9 months ago
Okay, the 2005 version of Aslan is MUCH BETTER
totallybindipop 9 months ago 3
And p.s: to the under 20 crowd who think this version isn't worthy of their time, remember this; you don't speak or type in complete sentences, and you begin/end relationships with a status change on facebook. What you think, in this case, is not applicable.
sweetprism00 9 months ago
There is a simple magic and mystery to this ORIGINAL version that is absent in the new version. A BBC produced, small budget movie from over 20 years ago is obviously not going to compete with Disney the imagination killer, but i love it all the more for that.
sweetprism00 9 months ago
@sweetprism00 No way!
totallybindipop 9 months ago
lol why's AN ENTIRE ARMY panicking and screaming over a SINGLE WOLF
jhibbitt1 9 months ago
I started to laugh my head off when Alsan started talking XD
havanese2107 9 months ago
no i disagree i love the disney version of narnia!! so much better.
TheeBeautifulChrist 10 months ago 16
@TheeBeautifulChrist Agreed... I dont get why everyones against the new version... I think it's amazing!
Gleek227 9 months ago
why aslan talks like this the story suppose to be epic too, the lion don't look wise but rather stupid ,o my god look to the wolf!!!!!! is that suppose to be a wolf...and the music no comment...
arazona911 11 months ago
i wish the new narnia movies had these plots
gh3master69 1 year ago
This is fantastic. When Aslan speaks I can't help but think of the Face Of Bo.
BabyBeatz13 1 year ago
this is beyond gayness,...
velardur 1 year ago
The animated moments are brilliant.
WillScarlet16 1 year ago
thoses wolfs r dogs :L
MegaBabyblue11 1 year ago
@MegaBabyblue11 I wasn't so pedantic when I watched this at the age of 7.
jaymk1985 1 year ago
edmund is not blond :(
lar3198 1 year ago
I really enjoyed this series alot as a kid. I saw it on IPTV when I was very young. I only caught a few shows but it really captivated me. Its weird. I enjoy the new movies but the memory of these is stronger. Watching them now they seem silly in a way. 20 years ago as a child this was great.
petemcnair 1 year ago
The better is the books....but i prefere the movies now that those TV Production....
nathhha 1 year ago
The beavers are the biggest creatures in Aslan's camp lol..
1triplej2 1 year ago
piss and poo
IwiiFruit 1 year ago
This is utter balls.
tedharbot 1 year ago
i could never stop watching this version. i just wished that they could have done the entire series.
sassbrat 1 year ago
lol maugrim roaring...and punching peter lool
yathish1 1 year ago
That Maugrim dude gave me nightmares for years lol
Millzzz85 1 year ago 2
I am a black man and i must say i didn't know there were Brothas in Narina LOL.
i love this movie even more !!!
thegoodkidd 1 year ago 3
As much as I admire and enjoy C.S. Lewis's masterpiece, the moment Aslan opened his mouth in THIS I couldn't stop laughing...
Iisdabest889 1 year ago
I still find that wolf terrifying. Something scary about a man in an animal mask making strange noises. haha
dctanner 1 year ago 2
Although I have seen both versions, and read the books as well - I like the Disney one better. :/ When I was a kid I HATED this version - it was so boring. The Disney one captured my heart.
Either way I don't see why people are getting their panties in knots over this. But alas, this is the internet I guess...
SoapyIllusion 1 year ago
@SoapyIllusion
some people like it better then what they see maybe be lacking at epic grapfics and fights but at least follows the content of the book without skiping things
octapusxft 1 year ago
remember this was originally for an audience on a Sunday afternoon/early evening in 1988.The Beeb would have flipped their lid at the mere whiiff of gratuitous violence
memoir4you 1 year ago
a former landlady of mine knew Miss Kellerman and said she made a superb Oberon in A midsummer night's dream..
memoir4you 1 year ago
LMAO
TheBetter10x 1 year ago
what the heck! the lion doesint move his mouth!
theZIGBOO 1 year ago
The target audience was not filled with retardedness back then. And I am of this age. Not of when that was filmed. Still, this is OKAY for the '80's.
LoveAddictREmix 1 year ago
Why would all of the animals and things be running an screaming from a single wolf?
No disrespect to the show, but it seems kina silly.
bb123ism 1 year ago
All hail Aslan from the 80s
kirraha 1 year ago
@kirraha F*ck that idea! I got a better one! How about applaud the Aslan of 2000's! He's got a better voice and he's manly.!
LoveAddictREmix 1 year ago
This is so much better than the new movie.
Don´t talk shit about stuff thats´s older than you are everyone! ^^
kirraha 1 year ago
when peter hurts the wolf his sword is with blood, in the disney version they hurt everyone and the sword is new and clean
dollylinkera 1 year ago
@dollylinkera they did it the gritty way in the 80s lol :P
kirstyasher2 1 year ago
This series was great and i loved it, but i always felt Lewis' work needed, no deserved, to have a major motion picture with a full hollywood budget and I was very pleased with that product as well. This was a mini series so it obviously had more story. Though, even as a child i was unable to suspend reality for a talking stuffed animal. Aslan made me laugh. the Aslan in the Disney movie was SICK!!
RollOnToVictory 1 year ago
Ive never seen any of these and only watched the new stuff so it's wicked funny to see the computer animated Alsan who appears so real and this puppet Aslan.. But i guess you gotta work with what you got
Livin4God93 1 year ago
Okay. That isn't bad, but take it not amiss, it's a kind of.. unrealistic.
I love the remake, these are my favorite movies. And this you never can compare..
I hope you understand me. hey, I'm finally the youth of today!! :)
charmyangelo 1 year ago
lol i like the way aslan speaks, his mouth opens and closes slowly while his voice comes out HAHAHA not that theres anything wrong with that because he was a difficult puppet to control i suppose but something else im gonna be honest with you the fight with maugrim and peter was scary how everything turned red and peter was struggling know what i mean?
evantrude 1 year ago
@evantrude thing is what can maugram actually achieve in combat? all he can do slap your sheild and sort of scream at you in anger which you can't help but just break down into laughter about anyway haha he would probably kill me by making me laugh to death i would laugh till i could breath no more!
blueleaf1717 1 year ago
HAHAHA thats right the maugrim in the disney version kicks this one's ass!
evantrude 1 year ago
What did the dwarf mean when he said that it might be better to keep Edmund for bargaining with?
MidlandNinja 1 year ago
@MidlandNinja basically that they can threaten to kill him in front of peter and aslan and everyone so they will have to back down in order to save him
blueleaf1717 1 year ago
"Never forget to wipe your sword."
Truer advice has never been spoken.
TheShockMaster 1 year ago
Awww this was my fave 'tea-time' drama when I was a kiddie! Now I think that Aslan has a well sexy voice!
BadGirlOfAutism 1 year ago
Why the hell does everyone keep fucking slagging this version off? get it into your fuck fucking heads it was a cheap television series for children like myself when i first watched this, when i was a child I loved watching this and i still do today. For me this versiion really does capture the magical feeling of narnia.
The disney films are obviously going to be better (technicaly) because they are high budget full length motion pictures. These two versions shouldnt even be compared.
mrtamberineman123 1 year ago
Peter is so brave! I wouldn't even have the guts to kill a wolf.
uryuu300 1 year ago
@uryuu300 haha its only maugram he couldnt hurt himself :P
blueleaf1717 1 year ago
Used to love Aslan as child, was so old and wise.
MeBenHalpin 1 year ago
i so badly want to hug Aslan! Even though the new film has such a more lifelike Aslan, i actually prefer this version on him... this is how i always remember Aslan
Spiritofthecimmarron 1 year ago
umm that wolf looks likea doggie
IceGoddess2456 1 year ago
I know this is a a mere television production and was made back in the 80s, technology wasn't too advanced back then to create visual effects and all. So let's put the cinematography issues aside, in my opinion they could have written a better script, and also, they could have chosen more suitable actors. Peter looks younger than Edmund and Lucy doesn't seem very much Lucy here.
But overall this adaptation is fine, it doesn't have that magic but it's good to watch all the same.
EverlastingxHope 1 year ago
SILENCE....i keel u..
Courtneyissorandom 1 year ago 2
It would be so funny if there was an original version of one of today's popular action-packed films, and the original was black and white, had special effects like these, had Telstar as the theme tune and one of the actors was a very small grown-up pretending to be a child. She would be cowering in the corner whilst being attacked by evil monsters (for instance, darleks) and whimpering, "Please don't hurt me!" I don't think that would be very convincing!
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
No matter the effects. I still like this version the best. It is perfect for its time and its target audience!!
wolfcub4alphawolf 1 year ago 3
I loved this as a kid ;D but i just cant Lucy, she so freggin ugly ;D
Nanaki2042 1 year ago
The one thing I liked about the new movie, is that (if you hadn't read the book) you didn't know Aslan was a lion until now and he came out the tent with beautiful music. However this one was much closer to the book and you knew Aslan was a lion. :D AND I want that robot lion.
FelineFantsy 1 year ago
That second wolf was kind of stupid! He gave himself away by running through the camp like that!
PinkPsycho92 1 year ago
every time she yells "SILENCE!" i wanna say I KEEL U
Courtneyissorandom 1 year ago 3
@Courtneyissorandom Me too! :P
wolfcub4alphawolf 1 year ago
i remember renting this out of the church library. I just dont remember any of the content!!! lol all i remember was that the beavers looked like big foots.
4:48 what the heck!!! are you a wolf or a vampire??? make up your mind!!!
i think its funny how this is a kids show and they made the sword have blood on it.. in the walden media version, there was no blood at all. And if im correct, the newer version was supposed to attract both kids and adults....wierd...
Courtneyissorandom 1 year ago 2
@Courtneyissorandom The wolf does bite to kill it's victims... and because the actor playing the wolf was taller and being human naturally it'd be difficult to go for the jugular...
Kaladelia 1 year ago
It's good to know I'm not the only nostalgic person here. I mean okay this one has it's share of flaws but so does the cartoon and the new movies. I can't quite get into Aslan's mouth and the Beaver costumes but they did a good job. They didn't rely on effects to carry them through like the new ones and the Witch is better than in the cartoon. It ticks me off that people attack the older versions of LOTR or this just because they aren't the new ones. They all have charm.
themovieguy364 1 year ago
@themovieguy364 I agree entirely. but most ppl go with what they first see and if they see the one with better graphics well... However I don't think the new ones relied on special effects. I feel overall the new one has better acting then this though there are times *coughwaterfallscene* where I feel the new one takes a little too much liberty.
Kaladelia 1 year ago
@Kaladelia
Yeah I agree. I think the thing is that this seems more like stage acting than film acting and while that gives it an artistic look it also makes some scenes WAAAAY to overdramatic. I also think it would have worked a bit better if they toned down the massed numbers of animated creatures just a bit and used more costumes, but that's just me. I dohn't think there are any BAD verisons of this story. There's just some flaws in each that others make up.
themovieguy364 1 year ago
i guess they couldn't afford to have Jim Henson to do beaver puppets
batmous 1 year ago
I love Peter's expression when he kills Maugrim, it's like "Yeah I owned you, bitch! Where's the pussy at?"
colinwebb12 2 years ago
" YOU! Go fetch my werewolves and the spirits of all dark trees "
:-o not the DARK trees !
knowlesy00 2 years ago 4
I loved the animated creatures, espeically the panther, but I bet the child actors felt silly looking up into the sky at nothing as Aslan sent them away. And Aslan's voice... weird! "Gooooooooo!"
Then the witch... She's all "Come... come to me... EVIL!" and Edmund is like "This b*tch is crazy ."
omarlopezmusic 2 years ago
I thought the animated winged creatures were cool. Especially the panther. But it was always so awkward when Aslan says "Gooooooooo!" and they fly off and the kids just look up ine sky. They're probably thinking "I feel stupid looking at nothing."
omarlopezmusic 2 years ago
Although I enjoy this and I KNOW ALREADY that this was made on a low budget, I still think Aslan was done horribly. The voice is all wrong. The mouth just moves up and down randomly, not matched to the words. And the roar sounds like an amplified stomach growling. The other roar (two kinds of roars) sounds like a person saying "rarr".
similispastor 2 years ago
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ok,...even for something made in 1988 this is rather foolish and lame...
those drawn-in animals are stupid. I've seen movies from the seventies with amazing special effects,...compared to them this is amateurism.
if you want do do something, do it right or dont do it at all!
velardur 2 years ago
You seem to fail to realize that this was TV production. Not a movie production. They only had so much money to work with.
HeathenMaiden 2 years ago 23
It also is fictional aswell that accounts to something, it was for kids soley and no one else which is why they did that.
jsmith19810808 2 years ago 2
@HeathenMaiden
i totaly agree with u not great effects but concidering the limited tima and money they had they had to make do with what they had and also they had to make it suitibal for 2 year olds
16nwb 1 year ago
@16nwb at the end of the day true film is not about how fancy the special effects are but more importantly how well the story works and its characters and this version is far better than the modern one simply because it has a more believable cast, and has a certain old film quality you can't do with special effects
blueleaf1717 1 year ago 2
@blueleaf1717
yh still enjoyed it though :)
16nwb 1 year ago
@HeathenMaiden ignoreate pricks like that are the reason guys like Michel Bay make more money than God.
cloudcutter81 1 year ago 2
@HeathenMaiden This production is superior to the movies that try to make this into some action thing that it never was.
klarinetta 1 year ago 6
@klarinetta Oh absolutely! Couldn't agree more. The Disney films have got NOTHING on these old series but a bunch of fancy special effects. This is the heart and soul of Narnia. End of.
HeathenMaiden 1 year ago 17
@HeathenMaiden i cant agree more about the newest ones, sure they are great in special effects, the old live and cartoons runs where great, i remember when they aired 1st time. the cartoon now looks cheassy compared to new animations, but left more to the imagination. now the special effects do it instead.
thecoulsonnightclub 1 year ago
@HeathenMaiden I have to disagree. I grew up with this version and I enjoyed the Disney/Fox version much better, and not just because of the special effects either. I think the BBC version was horribly miscast, the characters never felt real to me as they did in the newer versions. They did not turn it into an "action thing" either. They turned it into a fantastic world, the world I always imagined Narnia to be.
TheMusicForAlways 1 year ago
@HeathenMaiden Sorry, but I must humbly disagree. It's true that Disney was much more liberal with their "interpretation" of the story, but the OP has a valid point. The drawn in cartoons make no sense, and add no value to the story. No disrespect intended, but I feel that even Disney encouraged a newer generation to pick up the book and read the story for themselves, no matter how "new tech" they made their movies.
jblaze1375 1 year ago
you do know this is made by a tv channel it did not have the budget of a big hollywood movie
bigvid1122 2 years ago
SYYYYYLENCE !
toonsis 1 year ago
@velardur sometimes the movies/tv things are much better and are loved more by people than the ones with all this CGI stuff now-a-days! although yes some of the things are clearly a bit tacky. but i still LOVE watching this!
chocci3chipp 1 year ago
@velardur it's aimed at little kids you fool
THthefirst 1 year ago
@velardur Yeaaaa, I'm sure the BBC could of worked a lot harder to source a real griffin and unicorn
jaymk1985 1 year ago
@jaymk1985 i truly hope not everyone in brittain is as dumb as you are,....
velardur 1 year ago
@velardur I truly hope not everyone in Belguim is as ignorant as you are. But then again, I couldn't give a damn.
jaymk1985 1 year ago
@jaymk1985 apparently you do dumbass,...because you reply,...*sigh* the humanity,...*sigh*
velardur 1 year ago
@velardur Nope sorry, I really don't care about Belgium and it's inhabitants. On the other hand I'm really enjoying flaming you. Feeeeeed meeeee.
jaymk1985 11 months ago
@jaymk1985 and by replying you don't care you actually contradict yourself yet again...if the fool would persist, something something,...btw: I think you need to check the definition of the word "flaming"......and that last part: is that your impersonation of a sheep?
velardur 11 months ago
@velardur I haven't contradicted myself at all, I said I couldn't care if everyone in Belguim is as ignorant as you are. Loving this though, I must admit. Keep going.
jaymk1985 11 months ago
Aslan's mouth reminds me of Falkor in the Neverending Story.
ChrisAlvey22 2 years ago 3
I was just thinking that myself!
Especially when their travelling with him, lol.
jsmith19810808 2 years ago
Lol, me and my friend make fun of Aslan alot at school. I'll start quoting Aslan and he'll just keep opening his mouth like he does in this movie.
Also, what the FUCK were these douchebags thinking when they made the Beavers' and the wolfs' costumes? A blindfolded chimpanzee with a stick could make better costumes than that.
ChrisAlvey22 2 years ago
music is this series was exceptional! excellent theme!
KiwiCutie181 2 years ago 2
Aslan has Kimbo Slice as his body guards!
dannyb67 2 years ago 2
Quite foolish of the wolf to attack ALONE and SURROUNDED by enemies
maunus 2 years ago 7
@maunus if you notice everyone was frightened and no one had quick access to a weapon.
Kaladelia 1 year ago
First time I watched this was 2 years ago... or 3... xD Don't remember. It was just after I finished reading the books.
AnimalsInMyHeart 2 years ago
Haha, even the animatronic lion in Jumanji wasn't as convincing as Aslan and there was almost a decade between them.
loadquicker 2 years ago
The beavers and wolf are laughable but that lion could pass for a real one. Even it's movements. In fact, when I was little, I thought it was real.
BattyKellen 2 years ago 3
I love the part where maugrim gets killed
theultrapaul123 2 years ago 4
Meh, this is ok but the new one is better. lol wouldn't it be funny if our parents started calling us Daughters of Eve and Sons of Adam! like for instance
Random boy: Morning, Mum
Mum: Morning, Son of Adam. XD
kyoushiro3 2 years ago
Most of you idiots weren't even alive when this was filmed. The target audience is one young enough to have an imagination as alive as that of the characters in the story. You want good special effects? Grow up, learn some physics and do your own visual engineering. Morons.
felizjulianidad 2 years ago 26
*Applauds*
Could not have said it better myself! :)
HeathenMaiden 2 years ago 4
I wasnt even alive when this was made, and I agree with you.
misstwilighter1457 2 years ago
@felizjulianidad Bravo! -from one of the target audience members at the time it was made. This was - still is - my favorite version of the book. I had a panic attack when I thought my mom threw the tapes out. stole them and hid them in my room. In my attic there was a little TV with a VCR, I used to curl up with a comforter and watch on the grainy little screen.
tanaqi 1 year ago
@felizjulianidad So you're telling them its better to read the book then eh?
cheaplalique 1 year ago