I found this blog when I read your article on the Narnia series of books on http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/.
Great article, by the way, you captured perfectly what I felt about the whole thing.
I've always felt the Aslan-is-Jesus thing was a little out of proportion. I mean, it's a book. Just enjoy it. With the allegory, because it's beautiful in a fantastic sort of way.
Is it just me, or has Andrew reached new and previously undreamed-of heights of inactivity since his pledge, just over a month ago, to post more frequently? :-)
Not that he owes us anything, of course; but it is a bit dispiriting, on a particularly dull work day, to keep on checking back to andrewrilstone.blogspot.com and finding nothing new. Oh well -- I'd better re-read Is Tolkien Actually Any Good again, then.
Actually: "He seems to be saying 'I know this is overrated garbage! Why is it so powerful? Why did it mean so much to me that it still has a hold on my imagination?' " may not be so very far from the mark, come to think of it.
From the same forum -- although I suppose, to maintain the house style, I ought to say "from the same so-called forum
One word about critics of any medium: They are the ones who were so poor at said medium that they had to fall back on critiquing it instead of practicing it. Anyone can be a critic, it involves no skill or intrinsic intelligence or insight whatsoever. It basically involves someone with the ability to have a platform to spout their opinions.
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Interesting post.
I found this blog when I read your article on the Narnia series of books on http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/.
Great article, by the way, you captured perfectly what I felt about the whole thing.
I've always felt the Aslan-is-Jesus thing was a little out of proportion. I mean, it's a book. Just enjoy it. With the allegory, because it's beautiful in a fantastic sort of way.
Is it just me, or has Andrew reached new and previously undreamed-of heights of inactivity since his pledge, just over a month ago, to post more frequently? :-)
Not that he owes us anything, of course; but it is a bit dispiriting, on a particularly dull work day, to keep on checking back to andrewrilstone.blogspot.com and finding nothing new. Oh well -- I'd better re-read Is Tolkien Actually Any Good again, then.
This may amuse you.
http://forums.theonering.com/viewtopic.php?p=56351
I especially like the "Andrew Rilstone appears to hate Wagner almost as much as he hates Tolkien" part.
Actually: "He seems to be saying 'I know this is overrated garbage! Why is it so powerful? Why did it mean so much to me that it still has a hold on my imagination?' " may not be so very far from the mark, come to think of it.
From the same forum -- although I suppose, to maintain the house style, I ought to say "from the same so-called forum
One word about critics of any medium: They are the ones who were so poor at said medium that they had to fall back on critiquing it instead of practicing it. Anyone can be a critic, it involves no skill or intrinsic intelligence or insight whatsoever. It basically involves someone with the ability to have a platform to spout their opinions.
http://forums.theonering.com/viewtopic.php?t=55590&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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