I've finally figured out how to use an RSS reader (thanks Joe!) and so now little elves whisper in my ears about my favorite websites' updates, news stories they think I might be interested in, etc. - which allows me to be all right up on top of important news as it happens whoo and therefore hoo.
It is this miracle of modern technology that allows me to be aware that Philip Pullman (author of the wonderful His Dark Materials trilogy, as well as other fine books nominally for teens but perfectly enjoyable for adults as well) has slammed the filmmakers of C.S. Lewis' Narnia series, calling the books "racist," "misogynist," and lacking in what he calls the chief Christian virtue, love. (His source for this last claim is some guy named Jesus: I dunno, I mistrust folks who go around using only their first names. He was a fine bowler, though.)
I can't evaluate his argument, since it's been 4,372 years since I've read the Lewis books (although, geez, hateful racist misogyny? Maybe I should...). The trailer for the first Narnia movie looked alternately intriguing (Big Kitty!) and...well, why didn't they just cut and paste the battle scenes from Return of the King into the movie instead of filming their own, near-carbon copies. (They did, didn't they?)
PS: A "carbon copy" is another archaism - it refers to the fact that existing carbon copies are used to date ancient artifacts, I believe.
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Joe's my straight man, folks. (Usually, a straight man is paired with a funny guy: I'll have to figure out what went wrong.) Yes, I was just referring to the elderliness of the technology: I do actually know what a carbon copy is. "Carbon-dating" refers to the very young dating the very wealthy and very old.
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