AIO Without Morals?
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AIO Without Morals?
I was just thinking about it, and it's interesting to note that there are actually a few AIO episodes without a moral, or if they have a moral, it's not a very clear one. These include "I Slap Floor", "Train Ride", and "Wooton's Broken Pencil Show". I'm sure there are a couple Novacom and Darkness Before Dawn episodes you could add as well. The theme for a good many of those is "spiritual battle", which is rather vague. So... what do you think? Would AIO possibly be more effective if it occasionally backed off on the moral side of things for certain episodes? Perhaps they could reel in some non-Christian fans drawn in by the fun of the stories who then stick around for the more blatantly Christian messages that could bring them to Christ. My personal belief is that AIO should present no moral only in very rare cases, because after all, morals are what the show is. But at the same time, I believe AIO could also be a bit more subtle with their Christian imagery, a lá C.S. Lewis in The Chronicles of Narnia. But I can definitely see it both ways, so what are your thoughts?
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Hmm.... when ever they do a show without morals, parents complain. But I see your point and agree.
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Lol, I never thought of Narnia as being subtle in its Christian imagery. It seems pretty obvious to me, but idk.
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I was about to say the same thing. What part of Narnia was subtle?
I think "no morals" episodes really only work during sagas, like Novacom or GRC. I don't think that in that case every episode needs to be about proving a point so much as the saga as a whole should bring Christian principles together. I know that the writers struggled with that during the Novacom process, because they talked about the letters parents were sending in about how the episodes were entertaining but didn't really have as much of a message, but honestly, I think that's okay. I'd rather have a few episodes that are just there to further a story whose end demonstrates strong Biblical principles than have morals shoehorned into otherwise good episodes.
I think "no morals" episodes really only work during sagas, like Novacom or GRC. I don't think that in that case every episode needs to be about proving a point so much as the saga as a whole should bring Christian principles together. I know that the writers struggled with that during the Novacom process, because they talked about the letters parents were sending in about how the episodes were entertaining but didn't really have as much of a message, but honestly, I think that's okay. I'd rather have a few episodes that are just there to further a story whose end demonstrates strong Biblical principles than have morals shoehorned into otherwise good episodes.
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Me too, Will... Me too.... It's ingrained...Gooey98 wrote:Incidentally, the word Narnia now means "NarniaQA Guy" to me :p
I guess the episodes not having morals doesn't bother me that bad. My love for AIO has subsided a bit, (I think of it more as an art form (sound design), rather than spiritual lessons) so it doesn't bother me so much if episodes don't have morals. I Slap Floor is one of my favorite episodes in AIO anyway. xD
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I can remember only a few without real morals. Usually they are still entertaining, though pointless shows are not something I particularly like a lot of in a row.
I can remember only a few without real morals. Usually they are still entertaining, though pointless shows are not something I particularly like a lot of in a row.
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Okay, not subtle in its Christian "imagery" but just subtle in that CS Lewis never spells out exactly what he's trying to say, and quite a few of the books don't even seem to be a Biblical allegory at all.
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I'd think that the Deplorable Word was Lewis spelling out exactly what he was trying to say. Just because he doesn't say explicitly what he means doesn't mean that the symbolism is subtle.
Additionally, at least three out of only seven books involve blatantly Christian allegories, and there are Christian symbols throughout the books. Lewis's imagery and symbolism wasn't subtle in the slightest.
Additionally, at least three out of only seven books involve blatantly Christian allegories, and there are Christian symbols throughout the books. Lewis's imagery and symbolism wasn't subtle in the slightest.
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I know, that's why I just said his "imagery" wasn't subtle. It's clear that subtle was just a horrible word to describe what I was trying to say. I suppose all I mean is AIO could use things like allegory, and not explicitly talking about God in every episode, just alluding to him instead. Like the book of Esther.
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Um, what was Lewis referring to in the Deplorable Word? I always believed it was something cool he thought of.
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The most common interpretation, and I believe the most accurate, is nuclear weaponry. Keep in mind that The Magician's Nephew was written in 1955, at the start of the Cold War and the arms race, and the fact that the Deplorable Word, when spoken, wreaked mass destruction on the entire land of Charn. Add to that the fact that Aslan tells Digory and Polly that "It is not certain that some wicked one of your race will not find out a secret as evil as the Deplorable Word and use it to destroy all living things. And soon, very soon, before you are an old man and an old woman, great nations of your world will be ruled by tyrants who care no more for joy and justice and mercy than the Empress Jadis". Digory and Polly were children during the mid-to-late 1800s, and became an old man and woman during World War II, when world leaders were committing mass genocides and one country exterminated a significant portion of two metropolitan populaces with one bomb each. While Lewis doesn't explicitly mention nuclear weapons, he is clearly alluding to the power of humanity to destroy itself, and considering when these books were written, I'd be more surprised if he wasn't talking about nukes.
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I actually never thought of that. I always thought it was something he invented too. To be perfectly honest, I've only read the first two Narnia books. (Don't kill me, Narnia fans.)
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First two published or first two placed in chronological order?
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Chronological order. That's how I was in the know on the Deplorable Word. :
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You seriously should listen to them.
You seriously should listen to them.
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Listen to them? I believe, sir, you mean read them. *Mortally wounds Blitz, who is under suspicion of listening to audiobooks instead of reading the real thing*. Still, listening to them is probably better than just ignoring them entirely, like I've been doing.
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Focus has done amazing audio drama versions of it, for the record. It's what I listened to after I had only read a couple of them, and it made me want to read them all again.ArnoldtheRubberDucky wrote:Listen to them? I believe, sir, you mean read them. *Mortally wounds Blitz, who is under suspicion of listening to audiobooks instead of reading the real thing*. Still, listening to them is probably better than just ignoring them entirely, like I've been doing.
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Yes, I heard about those. I'm sure they're great and everything, but if I'm going to finish the series at all, I'd rather read the books first.
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Though I have actually read all the (Narnia) books, I must say audiobooks are very helpful for times when actually reading is not possible. Very good for washing dishesArnoldtheRubberDucky wrote:Listen to them? I believe, sir, you mean read them. *Mortally wounds Blitz, who is under suspicion of listening to audiobooks instead of reading the real thing*. Still, listening to them is probably better than just ignoring them entirely, like I've been doing.
However I don't have the word-for-word audio books, but the dramatized Narnia series from FOTF Radio Theatre (which is awesome!).
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I have read most of them. I actually can't find them all.ArnoldtheRubberDucky wrote:Listen to them? I believe, sir, you mean read them. *Mortally wounds Blitz, who is under suspicion of listening to audiobooks instead of reading the real thing*. Still, listening to them is probably better than just ignoring them entirely, like I've been doing.
*Regenerates himself.*
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