# Voyage of the Dawn Treader trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134 "2010-06-30T23:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/1 "2010-06-30T23:37:07Z")
[Here it is!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJQDPpIK6I) Looks pretty promising. In particular, it doesn’t seem to be shoehorning in any big LOTR-style battles, and it seems to have some of the sense-of-wonder moments that make the book so special (ie, the field of floating flowers). What do y’all think? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/2 "2010-06-30T23:50:47Z")
Is Eustace Clarence Scrubbs even in this? I don’t see any hint except in the water-gushing-from-the-painting scene. His character development was a key element of the book (and an expository device for Lewis’ contempt for modernity); it would be a shame if they omitted or downplayed it. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/3 "2010-07-01T00:09:22Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Is Eustace Clarence Scrubbs even in this? I don’t see any hint except in the water-gushing-from-the-painting scene. His character development was a key element of the book (and an expository device for Lewis’ contempt for modernity); it would be a shame if they omitted or downplayed it. I thought he was a stand-in for St. Paul? Well, no reason he can’t be both. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/4 "2010-07-01T00:11:53Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > I thought he was a stand-in for St. Paul? Well, no reason he can’t be both. Never heard that before, but it fits. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/5 "2010-07-01T00:23:14Z")
Eustace wouldn’t be familiar to the average movie-goer, unlike Lucy and Edmund, whose characters at least appeared in the first two films, so they wouldn’t waste precious trailer time on him. I’m assuming he’s in there, since there IS a third child in the painting scenes. You would think they’d show the dragon, at least, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/6 "2010-07-01T01:01:39Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Eustace wouldn’t be familiar to the average movie-goer, unlike Lucy and Edmund, whose characters at least appeared in the first two films, so they wouldn’t waste precious trailer time on him. I’m assuming he’s in there, since there IS a third child in the painting scenes. > > You would think they’d show the dragon, at least, though. Right, they focused on the sequel things. Looks like when they go through the darkness and experience their dreams, Edmund is going to see the White Witch again, which does not happen in the book(right?). You do see Eustace interacting with the Dufflepods or whatever they were called. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/7 "2010-07-01T01:06:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > You do see Eustace interacting with the Dufflepods or whatever they were called. Monopods ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/8 "2010-07-01T01:44:08Z")
Definitely in, accoring to the [IMDB entry](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0980970/) Brian ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/9 "2010-07-01T14:30:13Z")
Well, it looks good… but the Caspian trailer looked good, too, and the movie was all kinds of dicked up. I’ll reserve further opinion 'til I’ve seen it. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/10 "2010-07-01T15:43:23Z")
I’m excited either way. It’s my favorite of the books! I did wonder at the fleeting glimpse of Peter & Susan. I guess they will be shown for some reason or another. I do hope it is better than the treatment of PC was, and I’d love if it was even better than LWW! ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/11 "2010-07-01T15:48:26Z")
I don’t like the ‘quest’ thing. They were on a voyage of exploration- they weren’t saving Narnia from anything or anybody. Caspian just felt like wandering, and used finding the exiled Narnian lords as an excuse. They did show the Dufflepuds. I liked the Dufflepuds. I can’t imagine them not screwing up the Star’s Daughter and the voyage to the end of the world, though. _Voyage_ is probably my favourite Narnia book. I think I might avoid this movie. _Prince Caspian_ was pretty dreadful. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/12 "2010-07-01T16:31:10Z")
Looks like they’re really playing up the Magician’s house bit. That is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/13 "2010-07-01T16:33:19Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Never heard that before, but it fits. I’ve loved NARNIA for years and I never thought of that!!! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/14 "2010-07-01T22:18:22Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > I don’t like the ‘quest’ thing. They were on a voyage of exploration- they weren’t saving Narnia from anything or anybody. Caspian just felt like wandering, and used finding the exiled Narnian lords as an excuse. Didn’t he make a vow to find the exiled lords or something? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/15 "2010-07-02T05:51:23Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Monopods That was Koriakin’s name for them (they weren’t one-footed before he cast a spell of “uglification” on them), but they called themselves Duffers and struggled with Monopods: “Pomonods, Moneypuds, Poddymons”, and settled on “Dufflepuds” by the end of the chapter. > [@Cunctator](#): > > Didn’t he make a vow to find the exiled lords or something? Yes, exactly - his wicked uncle sent the only seven Telmarine lords who weren’t afraid of the sea on a nice long voyage, and none had ever returned. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/16 "2010-07-02T13:23:58Z")
I’m quite looking forward to this. First, you’ve got Andrew Adamson _not_ directing (thank the maker!); instead it’s Michael Apted (the **Up** doco series, **Thunderheart** , **Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story** , etc.). Second: This is where the book series actually starts getting really good (in fact, all the remaining books are pretty unimpeachable, with **The Silver Chair** being my absolute favorite (pleasegetmadepleasegetmade!) of the lot). And third: It’s a rip-roaring tale o’ the sea. How could you screw that up? [hijack]I was wondering: I can’t be the _only_ person out there who actually sort of liked **Prince Caspian** , can I? I mean, yes, it was a flawed film with a tacked on LOTR-style battle, but I thought the story was overall better-realized than the anemic LWW (admittedly, though, the source material for both is rather on the thin side). Also: Any predictions as to whether (assuming VotDT does well enough to greenlight TST) any of the last three books (especially **The Magician’s Nephew** , with it’s depiction of Aslan singing the world into existence, and the blatant apologetics essay that is **The Last Battle** ) will be made into movies?[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/17 "2010-07-02T14:05:10Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Didn’t he make a vow to find the exiled lords or something? Yes, and you can see the empty chairs of those lords in the Prince Caspian movie. He finds all of them, too. > [@MTCicero](#): > > [hijack]I was wondering: I can’t be the _only_ person out there who actually sort of liked **Prince Caspian** , can I? I loved it. I think the main reason it bombed is because they wait too long between sequels. Dawn Treader will probably struggle as well, since it has again been too long between sequels. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/18 "2010-07-02T14:08:42Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > [hijack]I was wondering: I can’t be the _only_ person out there who actually sort of liked **Prince Caspian** , can I? I mean, yes, it was a flawed film with a tacked on LOTR-style battle, but I thought the story was overall better-realized than the anemic LWW (admittedly, though, the source material for both is rather on the thin side). > > Also: Any predictions as to whether (assuming VotDT does well enough to greenlight TST) any of the last three books (especially **The Magician’s Nephew** , with it’s depiction of Aslan singing the world into existence, and the blatant apologetics essay that is **The Last Battle** ) will be made into movies?[/hijack] I liked **Prince Caspian** fine- saw it at the El Capitan in Hollywood. I loved **LWW** however and my “Hope to God it gets made” is **The Last Battle** , since I’m a **Book of Revelation** nut anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/19 "2010-07-02T15:20:53Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > I can’t imagine them not screwing up the Star’s Daughter and the voyage to the end of the world, though. Yeah, I can’t imagine not screwing the Star’s Daughter, either. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134/20 "2010-07-02T15:27:55Z")
I liked Caspian more than the other movie _because_ of the added LOTR battles. LWW was painfully boring to me and I think Caspian did well to reverse that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer/545134.md?page=2)