# Aslan is on the move **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003 "2005-08-21T18:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/1 "2005-08-21T18:00:59Z")
Anyone else get goosebumps when they hear the phrase **Aslan is on the move**? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/2 "2005-08-21T18:04:19Z")
Well, with Liam Neeson doing his voice, I’m optimistic… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/3 "2005-08-21T18:05:03Z")
Oh yes! I just saw the trailer for TLTWATW last week, and I can hardly wait. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/4 "2005-08-21T18:11:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Oh yes! I just saw the trailer for TLTWATW last week, and I can hardly wait. We have got to come up (for future reference) with a better abbreviation than _TCoN:TLtW&tW_. Will **CoN:LW&W** suffice? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/5 "2005-08-21T20:15:52Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > We have got to come up (for future reference) with a better abbreviation than _TCoN:TLtW&tW_. Will **CoN:LW&W** suffice? How about **N1**? Short and to the point. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/6 "2005-08-21T20:28:58Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > How about **N1**? Short and to the point. I love it! **N1** it shall be, in my posts. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/7 "2005-08-21T20:31:59Z")
> [@CBCD](#): > > **Aslan is on the move**? ::shivers:: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/8 "2005-08-21T20:35:00Z")
**Orual** , your name isn’t Edmund, is it? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/9 "2005-08-21T20:37:35Z")
Oh, I forgot about this! Wheeee! ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/10 "2005-08-21T20:41:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Orual** , your name isn’t Edmund, is it? Hey! It was a happy shiver! ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/11 "2005-08-21T21:21:20Z")
I just finished reading all seven books, which have been republished in a nice single-volume paperback edition. Really a good read. All the Christian symbolism makes me a little queasy, but that’s made up for by the good storytelling and vivid imagery. (Though the very ending of _The Last Battle_ reminded me of a Chick tract.) > [@](#): > > How about N1? Short and to the point. Two objections. 1. Although _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_ was the first book published, it’s not the first one in chronological order. The new paperback edition places them in the order that Lewis allegedly preferred, which is (mostly) chronological: _The Magician’s Nephew_; _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_; _The Horse and His Boy_; _Prince Caspian_; _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_; _The Silver Chair_; and _The Last Battle_. 2. We don’t need an abbreviation. If you like the book, it’s not that much of a chore to type out _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_. We have enough stupid abbreviations on this board already. Tilda Swinton seems like a good choice for the White Witch (in the upcoming movie). Oddly, both Liam Neeson and Brian Cox are listed as doing Aslan’s voice. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/12 "2005-08-21T21:41:25Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > We have enough stupid abbreviations on this board already. **N1** And I prefer the books in the order they were released! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/13 "2005-08-21T21:43:24Z")
Meant to say “ **N1** it is then!” Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/14 "2005-08-21T21:52:24Z")
_Satan_ put the Narnia books in chronological order! ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/15 "2005-08-21T22:09:10Z")
I forget who said this, but I find it to be broadly true: if you read the books in chronological order, as opposed to starting with _The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,_ you’re just not as likely to read the rest of the Narnia books. N1 it is! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/16 "2005-08-21T23:07:04Z")
When I was a kid I HATED Magician’s Nephew. If I’d read it first I’d never have read the others. I don’t mind reading them chronologically now, but if I were introducing them to a kid, I’d do it in order of publication, no doubt at all. As for the OP’s question…_shudder_ The funny part is, I’m not Christian at all, but Aslan is so very cool that I think I’d follow him if I were in Narnia. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/17 "2005-08-22T02:18:23Z")
> [@CBCD](#): > > Anyone else get goosebumps when they hear the phrase **Aslan is on the move**? I am really looking forward to December. **N1** works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/18 "2005-08-22T02:26:13Z")
Is the plan to make all of the books into films, provided this first one is as successful as it seem like it will be fo course. The reason I ask is because from what I remember from reading them as a kid there are a couple in there that I don’t think are all that good. Namely, **The Last Battle** , \*The Magician’s Nepehw \* and _The Silver Chair_. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/19 "2005-08-22T02:38:28Z")
Oh! Santa Claus Santa Claus Santa Claus Huh? Oh, alright. Father Christmas Father Christmas Father Christmas 😛😛😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003/20 "2005-08-22T02:50:26Z")
Will Father Christmas be in the movie? (I hope so; if they change it that much, there’s no point in even doing a movie.) I love the fact that Father Christmas hands out _lethal weapons_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aslan-is-on-the-move/318003.md?page=2)