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Break out the Turkish Delight, Netflix is taking on The Chronicles of Narnia.

The streaming service is adapting the beloved fantasy franchise into new films based on the seven fantasy novels that launched in 1950 with C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The Chronicles of Narnia is the tale of four British children during World War II who escape into an alternate magical world.

“It is wonderful to know that folks from all over are looking forward to seeing more of Narnia, and that the advances in production and distribution technology have made it possible for us to make Narnian adventures come to life all over the world,” said Douglas Gresham, stepson of C.S. Lewis, in a statement released by Netflix. “Netflix seems to be the very best medium with which to achieve this aim, and I am looking forward to working with them towards this goal.”

It’s not yet clear how many pieces of content will be produced and what form they will take. Producer Mark Gordon describes “multiple productions” and “both stellar feature-length and episodic programming.” Gordon added, “Narnia is one of those rare properties that spans multiple generations and geographies.”

The Narnia books have been adapted several times before, most recently by Disney for three films — 2005’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 2008’s Prince Caspian, and 2010’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. A film version of the fourth book in the saga, The Silver Chair, was supposed to start filming this year under director Joe Johnston with Gordon producing, but it sounds like this deal is effectively overwriting that one.

“C.S. Lewis’ beloved Chronicles of Narnia stories have resonated with generations of readers around the world,” said Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix. “Families have fallen in love with characters like Aslan and the entire world of Narnia, and we’re thrilled to be their home for years to come.”

One immediate concern of fans after the announcement was made was whether the Netflix versions would water down the books’ Christian themes — a frequent criticism of the titles distributed by Disney. “I do not trust Netflix to do justice for the series! They will be trying to take God out of it like other companies have [for other] Christian movies,” wrote one commenter on the official Narnia Facebook page.

The move comes as HBO goes into the final season of the biggest televised fantasy title of all time, Game of Thrones, and Amazon is working on a prequel adaption of The Lord of the Rings.
 
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The characters in the damn movie don't even know wtf the movie was about:camby:
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Breh I am so pissed off I watched that movie. It was based off of a book. Wtf?
Why the fukk did this movie even get made? :whatthefukk: How is it getting such positive reviews on RT? :mindblown:
I even googled "Hold the dark movie movie explanation" afterwards.

Anyways the director of this movie did "I don't feel at home in this world anymore" which was actually very good. :ehh:
 
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pickles said:
I just watched this brilliant movie called Creep, it is sooo good.

It is exactly what the title says. It is low budget as fukk and consists of only two characters on screen but it is good.
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Just finished ozark, I need a new series to binge

I tried altered carbon but I just quit

Already binged

Breaking bad
Spartacus
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Give Altered Carbon another try. I gave up about 4 times because it dragged by episode 4. It picks up going towards the end of the season.
 
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Director of 'Desire' on Netflix responds to critics who claim its opening scene is 'child pornography'


Director of 'Desire' on Netflix responds to critics who claim its opening scene is 'child pornography'


The scene in question shows the young girl jumping up and down on a pillow, playfully riding it like a horse, when she begins to orgasm. The scene is in slow-motion and closes in on the girl's face as she breathes heavily, which has offended those who took to social media to voice their concerns.

The film's director, Diego Kaplan, issued a statement to Indiewire in regards to the controversy. The full statement is below:

"'Desire' is a film. When we see a shark eating a woman on film, no one thinks the woman really died or that the shark was real. We work in a world of fiction; and, for me, before being a director comes being a father.

Of course this scene was filmed using a trick, which was that the girls were copying a cowboy scene from a film by John Ford. The girls never understood what they were doing, they were just copying what they were seeing on the screen. No adult interacted with the girls, other than the child acting coach. Everything was done under the careful surveillance of the girls' mothers. Because I knew this scene might cause some controversy at some point, there is 'Making Of' footage of the filming of the entire scene.

Everything works inside the spectators' heads, and how you think this scene was filmed will depend on your level of depravity."

Netflix has faced conservative backlash over a number of controversies this year. Users threatened to cancel subscriptions when Netflix appointed former UN Ambassador Susan Rice to its Board of Directors, and when the Obamas signed a producing deal with the streaming service. It has also recently faced conservative criticism over an upcoming animated superhero drag queen show called "Super Drags," which has a petition against it to stop the show from being released.


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From what I'm hearing, the movie is not normalizing pedophilia. It's about a young girl entering puberty and her self-discovery of her own sexuality. That's completely normal. Now, if the scene was meant to be titillating and/or there were adults involved in the scene grooming her with no negative connotation, you can definitely say it promoted pedophilia.

My opinion on this is somewhat shaped from having recently watched another movie featured on Netflix, "Nymphomaniac Vol 1 +2". I found the film, though containing graphic sexual content, to be a very multilayered film, in which sex, puberty, and sexual discovery permeates the entire film, from the time she was a kid until an adult. Never once did I consider it child porn, but just the story of how a nymphomaniac grew up and lived her life. Even nymphomania wasn't promoted nor glorified, it was just presented.

There is a line in the sand. There might be sickos out there who get off on this, but there's nothing in the article that suggests the character was nude or that the movie is saying adult/child sexual relationships are okay.

On top of that, child pornography in and of itself, while absolutely disgusting to me, can serve a purpose (not the type where adults are having sex with kids...unless it's animated) in
that pedophiles have an outlet for their predilections and are less likely to go out and assault a child in real life.

But really I can only justify it if it's animated. Even an underage girl posing naked in a picture is crossing the line...because who took the picture? How else are they being exploited? There's an entire extremely profitable section of the black market consisting of child sex slavery and child porn that needs to be eradicated. But that has nothing to do with this, especially in light of the director's statement.

Of course this scene was filmed using a trick, which was that the girls were copying a cowboy scene from a film by John Ford. The girls never understood what they were doing, they were just copying what they were seeing on the screen. No adult interacted with the girls, other than the child acting coach. Everything was done under the careful surveillance of the girls' mothers. Because I knew this scene might cause some controversy at some point, there is 'Making Of' footage of the filming of the entire scene.
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Doesn't sound like child porn to me.
 
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