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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) Part 4: General Nuisancery

Posted on October 5, 2024 by stationmaster

We get a montage of life onboard the Dawn Treader as it sails eastward set to audio of one of Eustace’s diary entries. Those entries are a great source of humor in the book with the delusional way Eustace presents … Continue reading →

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) Part 3: The Rear End of a Minotaur

Posted on September 28, 2024 by stationmaster

As the sun sets-this scene has some of the nicer lighting in the movie by the way-Drinian announces that the Dawn Treader has reached the Lone Islands, specifically the port of Narrowhaven. Caspian and Edmund look at the oddly still … Continue reading →

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) Part 2: I’m Just Glad to Be Here

Posted on September 21, 2024 by stationmaster

When we last left Lucy, Edmund and Eustace, they had resurfaced to find that they were no longer at Cambridge but in the open sea with the sailing vessel from the painting looming over them. I’m pleased to report the … Continue reading →

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) Part 1: Legal Ramifications of Impaling Relatives

Posted on September 14, 2024 by stationmaster

This post is part of a lengthy series I’m doing on the Narnia movies. To understand the format, readers should start with this post. The third and, as it would prove, last of Walden Media’s Narnia adaptations had a bit … Continue reading →

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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Three-Way Faceoff

Posted on September 7, 2024 by stationmaster

In The Sound of Music‘s words, let’s start at the very beginning. Well, OK, not the very beginning. That would require getting into the complete oral and literary history of Cinderella. Let’s start with 1957 when CBS did a musical … Continue reading →

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Prince Caspian (2008) Part 13: It’s Not How I Thought It Would Be but It’s All Right

Posted on August 16, 2024 by stationmaster

Caspian, the Pevensies and the Narnians parade through the Telmarine capital as the populace cheer and throw flowers. OK, remember how I mentioned that cutting Aslan’, Bacchus and company restoring Beruna and other towns back to their natural, Narnian state … Continue reading →

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Prince Caspian (2008) Part 12: Do You See Him Now?

Posted on August 9, 2024 by stationmaster

Finally, we’re back to Lucy. She’s still riding through the forest and now another Telmarine soldier is chasing her. Suddenly, there’s a lion running beside her too. Is it Aslan or is it some random lion who’s going to kill … Continue reading →

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Prince Caspian (2008) Part 11: Treachery!

Posted on August 2, 2024 by stationmaster

Were you annoyed by the way my last post, after all the buildup to the duel between Peter and Miraz, ended just as it was beginning? Probably not because I’m not that gripping of a writer. But if you were, … Continue reading →

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Prince Caspian (2008) Part 10: The Telmarine Who Saved Narnia

Posted on July 26, 2024 by stationmaster

The morning after the White Witch fiasco-or maybe later that day-Caspian sits atop the entrance to Aslan’s How, staring at the misty landscape below. Honestly, I wish this were a real place so that I could sit there and do … Continue reading →

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Animation Station: Were the 70s Really a Dark Age for Disney Animation?

Posted on July 20, 2024 by stationmaster

Note: Originally, this post wasn’t going to be published for quite some time. But with the passing of Bob Newhart, who memorably lent his voice to a main character in one of the movies under discussion, I decided to go … Continue reading →

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