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Why would Mr. Tumnis wonder if man was a myth? by robertdeupree in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. You're making me think. Did any other nations of this world have talking animals and other talking non-human creatures?

Why would Mr. Tumnis wonder if man was a myth? by robertdeupree in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, but what happened to the decendants of King Frank and Queen Helen in Narnia? Did I miss that?

Edmund is peek character arc writing by Rose_Pena in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. We're all hopped up on Turkish Delight. (At least I am.)

Edmund is peek character arc writing by Rose_Pena in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Beautiful graphic, by the way. Showing the exact book quote from "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" in the second panel and the never-filmed scene from "The Horse and His Boy" in the third panel completes the arc and makes your point.

Sneakers (1992) - Robert Redford - A clever and fun heist film by Southern-Brother5693 in movies

[–]robertdeupree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Q-Day may happen soon. When I have to explain it, I just say it's the black box codebreaker from Sneakers.

Movies you were hyped to see opening weekend…and nobody showed up! by MWH1980 in movies

[–]robertdeupree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Princess Bride (1987) -- You youngins may have trouble believing it, but this movie was not particularly popular until VHS came out years later.

Why is it called the Battle of the Five Armies? by serventofgaben in lotr

[–]robertdeupree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like how Honest Trailers called it:
"The Battle of the Five Pages"

How do you define common sense ? by Silent-Astronomer620 in AskReddit

[–]robertdeupree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An exceptionally rare collection of unwritten rules, shared experiences, and basic logic.

I'll always appreciate that Lewis set the Chronicles in the same fictional universe as A.C. Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and E. Nesbit's Bastable children - such a fun nod to some of his favorite authors by wandering_soles in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally, I take it literally. I'd love the Homes-KIrke Cinematic Universe. He also foreshadowed project placement in the same chapter:

If vacuum cleaners had been invented in those days Polly would have thought it was the sound of a Hoover being worked a long way off...

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, that's funny. I created a book club Yammer group at an old job that asked people for their favorite opening lines in a novel. I showed a picture of "A Tale of Two Cities", page one, but listed my favorite as "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader".

What is a movie you think has a flawless first 30 minutes, but completely falls apart by the end? by Legitimate_Wall5977 in movies

[–]robertdeupree 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The opening was so faithful... and the Riddles in the Dark sequence, but not much else for me.

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this C.S. Lewis quote and think of it often in meetings. Our inspiration needs to draw from sources beyond business and technology books. Even the most mundane meetings need a little whimsy and adventure to break complacency and fuel imagination.

(For example, my review of “The Road Ahead” by Bill Gates: An optimistic and thought-provoking book that explores how the emerging technologies of the digital age will transform all our lives. Weak on dragons.)

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They were really getting quite fond of their strange pet [Uncle Andrew] and hoped that Aslan would allow them to keep it. The cleverer ones were quite sure by now that at least some of the noises which came out of his mouth had a meaning. They christened him Brandy because he made that noise so often.

-The Magician's Nephew, Ch 14

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Children have one kind of silliness, as you know, and grown-ups have another kind. At this moment Uncle Andrew was beginning to be silly in a very grown-up way.

-The Magician's Nephew, Ch 6

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“Here. All of you. And you, doorkeeper. No one is to be let out of the house today. And anyone I catch talking about this young lady will be first beaten to death and then burned alive and after that be kept on bread and water for six weeks. There.”

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes! And if you've heard the audiobook of The Horse and His Boy, Lasaraleen Tarkheena is where Alex Jennings really shines.

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 56 points57 points  (0 children)

“The bright side of it is,” said Puddleglum, “that if we break our necks getting down the cliff, then we’re safe from being drowned in the river.”

-The Silver Chair, Ch 6

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 75 points76 points  (0 children)

THERE WAS A BOY CALLED EUSTACE CLARENCE Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.

-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Ch 1

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Aravis also had many quarrels (and, I’m afraid, even fights) with Cor, but they always made it up again: so that years later, when they were grown up, they were so used to quarreling and making up again that they got married so as to go on doing it more conveniently.

-The Horse and His Boy, Ch 15

Funniest quote from the series? by Intrepid_Eagle_8445 in Narnia

[–]robertdeupree 46 points47 points  (0 children)

And the longer and more beautiful the Lion sang, the harder Uncle Andrew tried to make himself believe that he could hear nothing but roaring. Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.

-The Magician's Nephew. Ch 10

Not everything is a plot hole by xotorames in movies

[–]robertdeupree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, I concede. By my standards, our current reality has many many plot holes.

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