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  • Narnia Gets Netflixed

    From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Sat Sep 19 06:48:35 2026
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    Yep, you knew it had to happen. Meryl Streep has been cast as the voice of the the Narnian king-- the lion Aslan in the Netflix production NARNIA: THE MAGICIAN'S NEWPHEW. Previously voiced by Liam Neeson, Netflix couldn't help itself and has gender-swapped a female voice onto a male lion. I mean, I
    assume it's still a male lion with a mane and everything. Maybe that's
    changing also. Who the fuck knows anymore?


    https://deadline.com/2026/09/greta-gerwig-chose-meryl-streep-voice-aslan-narnia-1237107096/


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  • From Ian J. Ball@ijball@mac.invalid to rec.arts.tv on Sat Sep 19 13:51:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 9/18/26 11:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    Yep, you knew it had to happen. Meryl Streep has been cast as the voice of the
    the Narnian king-- the lion Aslan in the Netflix production NARNIA: THE MAGICIAN'S NEWPHEW. Previously voiced by Liam Neeson, Netflix couldn't help itself and has gender-swapped a female voice onto a male lion. I mean, I assume it's still a male lion with a mane and everything. Maybe that's changing also. Who the fuck knows anymore?


    https://deadline.com/2026/09/greta-gerwig-chose-meryl-streep-voice-aslan-narnia-1237107096/

    There was a zero percent chance Netflix would get this right.

    If I had any kind of serious literary works looking to be adapted,
    Netflix is the very last place I would take it.



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  • From Chris Abraham@chris@gerriscorp.com to rec.arts.tv on Sat Sep 19 19:11:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Sat, 19 Sep 2026, BTR1701 wrote:
    Yep, you knew it had to happen. Meryl Streep has been cast as the voice of the
    the Narnian king-- the lion Aslan in the Netflix production NARNIA: THE MAGICIAN'S NEWPHEW.

    I did online marketing back in the early/mid 2000s for the Narnia
    hollywood film so I read the books and helped promote the film online and
    also got to attend the film in a red carpet screening in DC. It was a
    really good and solid interpretation of the novels. Surprisingly.
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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Sep 27 20:29:08 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Sep 19, 2026 at 1:51:55 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 9/18/26 11:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    Yep, you knew it had to happen. Meryl Streep has been cast as the voice of >> the
    the Narnian king-- the lion Aslan in the Netflix production NARNIA: THE
    MAGICIAN'S NEWPHEW. Previously voiced by Liam Neeson, Netflix couldn't help >> itself and has gender-swapped a female voice onto a male lion. I mean, I
    assume it's still a male lion with a mane and everything. Maybe that's
    changing also. Who the fuck knows anymore?


    https://deadline.com/2026/09/greta-gerwig-chose-meryl-streep-voice-aslan-narnia-1237107096/

    There was a zero percent chance Netflix would get this right.

    Of course not. Netflix is a meme at this point:

    https://ibb.co/wFpjLw1t

    If I had any kind of serious literary works looking to be adapted,
    Netflix is the very last place I would take it.


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  • From Ian J. Ball@ijball@mac.invalid to rec.arts.tv on Sun Sep 27 14:54:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 9/27/26 1:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Sep 19, 2026 at 1:51:55 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

    On 9/18/26 11:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    Yep, you knew it had to happen. Meryl Streep has been cast as the voice of
    the
    the Narnian king-- the lion Aslan in the Netflix production NARNIA: THE >>> MAGICIAN'S NEWPHEW. Previously voiced by Liam Neeson, Netflix couldn't help
    itself and has gender-swapped a female voice onto a male lion. I mean, I >>> assume it's still a male lion with a mane and everything. Maybe that's >>> changing also. Who the fuck knows anymore?


    https://deadline.com/2026/09/greta-gerwig-chose-meryl-streep-voice-aslan-narnia-1237107096/

    There was a zero percent chance Netflix would get this right.

    Of course not. Netflix is a meme at this point:

    https://ibb.co/wFpjLw1t

    It's not just the DEI stuff - Netflix is fully incompetent when it comes
    to putting out compelling (fictional) content quite aside from all of
    that. They just can't do it.

    If I had any kind of serious literary works looking to be adapted,
    Netflix is the very last place I would take it.

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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Sep 27 23:25:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Sep 27, 2026 at 2:54:37 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 9/27/26 1:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Sep 19, 2026 at 1:51:55 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 9/18/26 11:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    Yep, you knew it had to happen. Meryl Streep has been cast as the voice of
    the
    the Narnian king-- the lion Aslan in the Netflix production NARNIA: THE >>>> MAGICIAN'S NEWPHEW. Previously voiced by Liam Neeson, Netflix couldn't >>>> help
    itself and has gender-swapped a female voice onto a male lion. I mean, I
    assume it's still a male lion with a mane and everything. Maybe that's >>>> changing also. Who the fuck knows anymore?



    https://deadline.com/2026/09/greta-gerwig-chose-meryl-streep-voice-aslan-narnia-1237107096/

    There was a zero percent chance Netflix would get this right.

    Of course not. Netflix is a meme at this point:

    https://ibb.co/wFpjLw1t

    It's not just the DEI stuff - Netflix is fully incompetent when it comes
    to putting out compelling (fictional) content quite aside from all of
    that. They just can't do it.

    I did enjoy STRANGER THINGS and WEDNESDAY, although I haven't watched the latest seasons of either one yet.


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  • From Ian J. Ball@ijball@mac.invalid to rec.arts.tv on Sun Sep 27 17:04:51 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 9/27/26 4:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Sep 27, 2026 at 2:54:37 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 9/27/26 1:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Sep 19, 2026 at 1:51:55 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> >>> wrote:
    On 9/18/26 11:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    Yep, you knew it had to happen. Meryl Streep has been cast as the voice of
    the
    the Narnian king-- the lion Aslan in the Netflix production NARNIA: THE
    MAGICIAN'S NEWPHEW. Previously voiced by Liam Neeson, Netflix couldn't
    help
    itself and has gender-swapped a female voice onto a male lion. I mean, I
    assume it's still a male lion with a mane and everything. Maybe that's
    changing also. Who the fuck knows anymore?



    https://deadline.com/2026/09/greta-gerwig-chose-meryl-streep-voice-aslan-narnia-1237107096/

    There was a zero percent chance Netflix would get this right.

    Of course not. Netflix is a meme at this point:

    https://ibb.co/wFpjLw1t

    It's not just the DEI stuff - Netflix is fully incompetent when it comes
    to putting out compelling (fictional) content quite aside from all of
    that. They just can't do it.

    I did enjoy STRANGER THINGS and WEDNESDAY, although I haven't watched the latest seasons of either one yet.
    Back when "Stranger Things" and "The Crown" started out (mid-2010s?),
    Netflix actually could put out at least some compelling TV shows. But
    they have clearly lost the ability since then (certainly since COVID) -
    season #1 of "The Witcher" is arguably the last "good" TV series content they've put out. Everything else has been dreck (except possibly "One
    Piece", which I have not seen...).

    There was no chance that "Narnia" was ever going to be "good" on Netflix.



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  • From Nyssa@Nyssa@logicalinsight.net to rec.arts.tv on Mon Sep 28 08:32:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Ian J. Ball wrote:

    On 9/27/26 1:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    On Sep 19, 2026 at 1:51:55 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball""
    <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

    On 9/18/26 11:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    Yep, you knew it had to happen. Meryl Streep has been
    cast as the voice of
    the
    the Narnian king-- the lion Aslan in the Netflix
    production NARNIA: THE MAGICIAN'S NEWPHEW. Previously
    voiced by Liam Neeson, Netflix couldn't help itself
    and has gender-swapped a female voice onto a male
    lion. I mean, I assume it's still a male lion with a
    mane and everything. Maybe that's changing also. Who
    the fuck knows anymore?


    https://deadline.com/2026/09/greta-gerwig-chose-meryl-streep-voice-aslan-narnia-1237107096/

    There was a zero percent chance Netflix would get this
    right.

    Of course not. Netflix is a meme at this point:

    https://ibb.co/wFpjLw1t

    It's not just the DEI stuff - Netflix is fully incompetent
    when it comes to putting out compelling (fictional)
    content quite aside from all of that. They just can't do
    it.

    Which makes me wonder why there is such a pushback against
    the merger of Warner Brothers/Discovery joining any other
    production company that's NOT Netflix.

    Why would it be better for the industry (writers, actors,
    crew, etc.) to be stuck with Netflix and their incompetance?
    And they're going to want streaming content over theatrical
    productions, shoving the knife into theater owneres too.


    If I had any kind of serious literary works looking to
    be adapted, Netflix is the very last place I would take
    it.

    Nyssa, who never saw the sense in anyone in the industry
    preferring Netflix as a production company over a real
    movie/TV studio that's got a better track record for quality
    and stability

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