# Impression from the new Prince Caspian trailer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971 "2007-12-06T00:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/1 "2007-12-06T00:19:27Z")
Can be viewed [here](http://www.beyondhollywood.com/movie-trailer-the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian/) I’m not quite certain what to make of it, as I desperately need to do a reread of that book in particular. As always, the effects look nice. The children playing Edmund and Lucy have grown quite a bit. So much so that I didn’t think they looked small enough compared to Peter and Susan, but such is film. Prince Caspian is one of my favorite books in the series, so I am excited! ps: I didn’t see a thread on this already, and I searched, so apologies if I’m repeating something already brought to notice! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/2 "2007-12-06T00:36:42Z")
Prince Caspian is a hottie! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/3 "2007-12-06T00:44:48Z")
Yowzers. I’m gonna go see that. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/4 "2007-12-06T00:55:06Z")
Looks good. I wasn’t a fan of the first movie, but this seems entertaining at least. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/5 "2007-12-06T01:01:11Z")
Looks stylistically very similar. I’ll go see it, but I can’t say that it thrilled me. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/6 "2007-12-06T01:04:55Z")
Isn’t Caspian blond? I also thought he looked a bit too old - wasn’t he only a little older than Peter and Susan? _Dawn Treader_ is, what, five years later? He’ll be middle-aged by then! ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/7 "2007-12-06T01:05:47Z")
I think it looks awesome. I thought the first film was almost perfect, and it looks like they’ve appropriately changed the vibe for the new one. Prince Caspian is basically just one big battle. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/8 "2007-12-06T01:33:57Z")
I’ll admit it gave me chills. ---
**Author:** ![Ro\_Carter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Ro\_Carter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ro_Carter)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/9 "2007-12-06T01:46:21Z")
Um, wow. I’ll be there. That they cast someone so very hot as Prince Caspian will help ensure my presence. Also, where is that beach, and how can I stay there forever? Most of my excitement about this one is that it means one step closer to _Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ , which has always been my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/10 "2007-12-06T01:54:32Z")
[QUOTE=Ro Carter] Most of my excitement about this one is that it means one step closer to _Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ , which has always been my favorite. [/QUOTE] Ditto. It’s probably my favorite Narnia book, even over LWW. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/11 "2007-12-06T01:59:43Z")
[QUOTE=Ro Carter] Um, wow. I’ll be there. That they cast someone so very hot as Prince Caspian will help ensure my presence. Also, where is that beach, and how can I stay there forever? Most of my excitement about this one is that it means one step closer to _Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ , which has always been my favorite. [/QUOTE] The beach is [Cathedral Cove](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Whanganui-A-Hei_%28Cathedral_Cove%29), which is in New Zealand. I’m looking forward to Caspian, but I also consider Voyage of the Dawn Treader my favorite so I’m really excited about that. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/12 "2007-12-06T02:01:17Z")
I’m still having a hard time figuring out how to film this book. It just doesn’t seem like a book that’s really set up for easy filming in terms of how to tell the story. That said, if the reviews are reasonably good, I’ll go see it. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/13 "2007-12-06T02:26:36Z")
Hurray!! I really like they way they show Dryads in these movies. And if that was Trumpkin in the boat, he looks good. I really liked the first one, and this one looks like it’ll be equally good. I hope they keep making them up to _The Silver Chair_. Then they can stop. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/14 "2007-12-06T02:32:46Z")
[QUOTE=araminty] Isn’t Caspian blond? I also thought he looked a bit too old - wasn’t he only a little older than Peter and Susan? _Dawn Treader_ is, what, five years later? He’ll be middle-aged by then! [/QUOTE] Actually, I don’t think he was older than Peter and Susan at all in the book. I thought he was a bit younger than them. I’ve always pictured him as no more than twelve in _Prince Caspian,_ which would make him around seventeen in **Dawn Treader**. I definitely think the actor playing him is too old for this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Baine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Baine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/15 "2007-12-06T02:39:29Z")
Maybe they chose an older Prince Caspian so that they could use the same actor in The Dawn Treader. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/16 "2007-12-06T02:47:51Z")
This looks very good. I really enjoyed Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader most of the series, even the old 80s film versions. The recent LWW was wonderfully done, IMO, so I’m looking forward to this. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/17 "2007-12-06T03:10:31Z")
Okay, I was all set to be cynical, but then it turns out that the trailer gave me a little thrill. I especially liked the moment when the girls realized they were in another world, and took off running down the beach. I was surprised Caspian seems so old. In the book, he is nearly Peter’s peer, perhaps a little older. In the movie, he seems more … older. And hotter. I don’t know if I think of Caspian as sultry! (I could probably adjust.) The book has _a lot_ of backstory of the young Prince Caspian, definitely a kid. After fleeing the palace of his uncle, he lives in the woods with the dwarves and talking animals for quite a bit while they build up the Old Narnian army. I don’t think I saw any of that in the trailer, and it really is a big part of the book (and also why, I think, so many people remember Caspian as a kid, not an adult. A sultry adult.) The IMDB doesn’t list any actor for a “young Caspian” although I guess it is still early. It also lists a character called “Asterius,” definitely not in the books. What were those flying things? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/18 "2007-12-06T05:57:52Z")
I just want to know who will be playing Queen Prunaprismia - my all time favourite Narnian name. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/19 "2007-12-06T12:31:17Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] I just want to know who will be playing Queen Prunaprismia - my all time favourite Narnian name. [/QUOTE] It’s good, but I’ve a soft spot for a Talking Mole named Clodsey Shovel - in itself an excellent name for a Mole, but also a pun on a [famous](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudesley_Shovell) name. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971/20 "2007-12-06T14:32:34Z")
Well, that _does_ look promising. Caspian is definately too old – albeit very sexy. I suppose they went that route so they could use the same actor for _Dawn Treader_? And it looked like Caspian found the Pevensies himself, in the ruins, rather than sending Trumpkin after them? Maybe they compressed those events to save time. May, huh? I’m looking forward to it – _Caspian_ is my second favorite of the books. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impression-from-the-new-prince-caspian-trailer/428971.md?page=2)