Maugrim gave me so many nightmares too! I had dreams of him coming and killing me. I was terrified of this scene for years but looking at it now as adult I kinda just laugh cause he was kinda pathetic
WOW man, just seen this clip. The wolf Maugrim was was played exceptionally well, my hats off to the dude who played him. So many years of nightmares due to that wolf!
I love this version. Used to watch this late at night on Saturdays on PBS when I was a kid. Don't get me wrong, I really like the Disney version too, but I saw this one first
I love this! This was my favorite as a kid! And that Asland puppet, it may not be as advanced as effects today, but it was beautiful, & still is quite impressive even now
The device of transition to a stage with red lighting for Peter's confrontation with Maugrim in those moments that needed to be removed for theatrical effectiveness is genius.
Its a shame how many people don't really talk about this version anymore, I love this version and know all the words hehehe anyway they did an AMAZING job casting Richard Dempsey as Peter he was only 14 when he made this and I love him he's so inspiring!!!! :D
Maugrim is presented as a credible threat in this? I'm surprised that Peter wasn't killed by way of laughing so hard. I expected Maugrim to break into a rousing rendition of "Mr. Mistoffelees"
This one of the most realistic fights ever put to film both Peter and Maugrim circling each other each looking for an opening both very cautious when they attack it just fells right because their not hacking and slashing it doesn't have a look good flashy it fells a lot more like a real fight and both are trying to kill the other with out being killed themselves
I know everybody liked Maugrim and likes the White Witch, but clearly the Dwarf is the best one in the cast. His levelheadedness, pragmatic villainy, and unfazed "it's a living" attitude, really help this adaptation.
That wolf serious scared the crap out of me when I was little!!!! WOW! Still creeps me out, but more important, gets the point across! You don't need million dollar CG effects to scare somebody or prove a point.
Man the fight with the wolf in this blows the film adaptation out of the water. They pussed out hardcore with the LWW film version. I mean come on this was in the 80s and didn't show anything particularly gruesome and it's about 50x better.
Now that you say it, it does seem silly when an army of grown up fauns, dwarfs, satyrs, and nymphs who have weapons, are panicking and sending a boy with a sword to kill the wolf instead of any of them.
I must say, one thing I prefer about the more recent adaptation, is Aslan's voice. I think Liam Neeson's voice fits Aslan a bit more... Well, the way I imagine Aslan.
guns are why war is so prevalent now. It's hard to fight an honorable battle when you can pick people off from behind a stone wall with your little bullets. Fighting with a sword, a knife, your fists, whatever, gives you an appreciation for the horror and fear and utter ick-ness of battle, so you won't want to do it unless its the very last resort.
This series was great and i loved it, but i always felt Lewis' work needed, no deserved, to have a major motion picture with a full hollywood budget and I was very pleased with that product as well. This was a mini series so it obviously had more story. Though, even as a child i was unable to suspend reality for a talking stuffed animal. Aslan made me laugh. the Aslan in the Disney movie was SICK!!
Pity alot of the monsters she lists down in this version don't appear the 2005 film......Instead they get replaced by monsters that were not mentioned as existing in the narnian world like cyclopses, minoboars(cheesy name for such an interesting monster), ankleslicers(again a silly name), and harpies that look more like a type of vampire than a species of bird women......Sadly some of the creatures in Aslan's camp do not appear in the 2005 film either like naiads(not dryads. Dryads are tree spirits and they have appeared. Naiads are water spirits), and winged horses. Oddly enough, naiads do appear in the 2010 Dawn Treader film as replacements for the Sea People and they're basically mermaids made out of liquid, which is a huge screw up for both continuity and mythological lore as naiads in the books are described as living in the fresh waters of Narnia while merpeople and sea peopl inhabit the ocean, nor are naiads ever described as having fish tails like mermaids. Although there is this book called "The Crafting of Narnia that has alot of concept art for the first two films and on two pages one has concept art for naiads that look more true to their element of fresh water and are not mermaid like, and on the other is concept artwork for pegasuses and they are all colored a chestnut/brown color that makes me think of it as an homage to Fledge/Strawberry from The Magician's Nephew.
the manly looking trees are actually living trees as opposed to tree spirits, which are female. That was in one of the companion books to the Chronicles.
it was in a companion book, not in the series. When I was little, I had all 7 books and another book... I think called the Narnia Companion or something like that. That book said it. *sigh* I wish I still had it, it had such beautiful pictures.
The movie might not be a good adaptation to the book, or as good as this one, but the new one is a great movie, so stop calling it "sh*t" when most people like it, and it even managed to get an Oscar.
its weird that they draw out the fight with maugrim in this one, whereas in the hollywood version its over in seconds, you'd expect it to be the other way round lol
He's a beautiful lion to look at, but when he talks... it's a bit silly. (His speaking voice if FANTASTIC!) I just wish that they gave him "the big intro" that Disney did. It gave me chills. :-)
I don't think anything is better or worse than anything else, just different. But I love the Aslan voice that I grew up with. If anyone can find an old vinyl (and is also out there on cassette) copy of the Caedmon abridged recordings ... the late Sir Ian Richardson narrated LWW doing all the voices remarkably well. His Aslan ... deep, resonant, delivered with perfect cadence and a gravitasse that evoke the emotional power and weight I imagine Aslan to embody.
"We have come, Aslan." This intro was SO much less awkward than in the movie, when Peter's all like, *gulp* "We have come to see Alsan!" I still cringe every time.
Things I like about this version: It has nymph characters in both female and male form, cool animated creatures like a pegasus, a cockatrice, a griffin, and a winged panther/cougar, satyrs don't look like furries, and the hags don't look like the result of human and bird cross-breeding experiments.. Things I like about the recent films: Centaurs, fauns and satyrs have actual goat legs, mermaids, and monsters on the Witch's side are more distinguished instead of random looking monsters.
@princessivoryrose The White Witch scene in Prince Caspian was in the book. The only part that wasn't in the book was the huge middle chunk where they try to attack the castle at night. Also, I think the beginning at the station was added in to the movie. But they did leave out a bunch in Prince Caspian. Still liked it, though.
I actually like how they did the costume design for those wood/treee men in Aslan's army. I really wish they used that sort of design for the dryads in the films. The wood men in this adaptation look more truer to Lewis' description of dryads in the books than the dryads in the films or even the nymphs in this sereis!
Dude, i got this book called "The Crafting of Narnia" and it's about the first two recent Narnia films by Disney, and it has concept art for pegasi and they all resemble Fledge from The Magician's Nephew! It also had two concepts for naiads/water nymphs, and let me tell you, they are WAY better looking then those liquid mermaids you see in the recent VDT film! The 2005 LWW should have had those pegasi and naiads in the film! T_T lol
I really enjoyed this series alot as a kid. I saw it on IPTV when I was very young. I only caught a few shows but it really captivated me. Its weird. I enjoy the new movies but the memory of these is stronger. Watching them now they seem silly in a way. 20 years ago as a child this was great.
@HeathenMaiden The script is almost identical with the books and the new movies, Better cast for sure in the new one. I wouldnt say better acting, but the old one is more stage acting than movie acting. Overall. I like both equally lol, nothing beats the original, but the new ones are very well done. ps...took forever to find this, looked everywhere, thanks for the upload :)
Yeah, it got more sensible when the episodes of Prince Caspian, VDT, and SIlver Chair had little actors playing animals like rabbits, moles, badgers, hedgehogs, and owls.
Well, realistically, Aslan would totally kill Maugrim. If you're talking about this very adaptation where Aslan is a remote controled robot lion and Maugrim is an actor in a wolf furry costume, the odds would be totally switched....lol
Details might make the difference, but the important thing is that it captures the great message that C.S. Lewis always wanted people to get, and that is that God is our one and sole king, king of kings, and slayer of death itself.
i so badly want to hug Aslan! Even though the new film has such a more lifelike Aslan, i actually prefer this version on him... this is how i always remember Aslan
My all time fav version of the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe , Maugrim in this version scared the shit out of me as a little kid , I was terrified of him .. I remember i had nightmares about him and used to believe he lived in my closet haahaahaah.The fight scene between Maugrim and peter when they make the whole back ground red was bad ass , the new one kinda fails in showing the epicness of the battle scene between the two.
The neverending story had a talking wolf and was better than in this movie, and neverending story is 4 years older than this movie, if maugrim were like gmork this movie would betther.
+Francisco Araújo The NeverEnding Story was also an American feature film with a $27million budget. This was however a British TV series with an expectedly lower budget that also had a run time 5 times the length of NeverEnding story. Not really a fair fight.
remember this was originally for an audience on a Sunday afternoon/early evening in 1988.The Beeb would have flipped their lid at the mere whiiff of gratuitous violence
3:30-5:00 And thus Narnia was safe from the Pedo Furry! ;) On the other hand, the settings and costumes are very impressive! Especially with the TV show budget, and Aslan is amazing! The voice and the puppetry are top notch for the 80's!
Actually I think the phoenix is an eagle. I know it looks reddish in some lights, but it also looks brown in others. But yeah, I like the animated flying animals too! ^_^
@princessivoryrose Well, in Prince Caspian, they just let the werewolf and the hag get further along with their ceremony than Lewis did. What other things are you complaining about specifically?
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Maugrim literally gave me nightmares when I was a kid, literally made me cry - but he's actually the most pathetic villain going haha!
Maugrim gave me so many nightmares too! I had dreams of him coming and killing me. I was terrified of this scene for years but looking at it now as adult I kinda just laugh cause he was kinda pathetic
WOW man, just seen this clip. The wolf Maugrim was was played exceptionally well, my hats off to the dude who played him. So many years of nightmares due to that wolf!
I love this version. Used to watch this late at night on Saturdays on PBS when I was a kid. Don't get me wrong, I really like the Disney version too, but I saw this one first
I love this! This was my favorite as a kid! And that Asland puppet, it may not be as advanced as effects today, but it was beautiful, & still is quite impressive even now
The puppetry of Aslan was so impressive
Liam Neeson was perfect for the voice of Aslan in the film.
Aww, I love the way Aslan knights Peter. If only you could get that close to a lion like that in real life. :-)
I want this to be re-released with updated CGI on the monsters and Aslan and things. Apart from that... it is PERFECTION!
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe has been turned into a a film in 2005.
That wasn’t anywhere near as faithful to the book.
The device of transition to a stage with red lighting for Peter's confrontation with Maugrim in those moments that needed to be removed for theatrical effectiveness is genius.
Its a shame how many people don't really talk about this version anymore, I love this version and know all the words hehehe anyway they did an AMAZING job casting Richard Dempsey as Peter he was only 14 when he made this and I love him he's so inspiring!!!! :D
Really one of my favorite movies and books growing up... thank you very much!!!
Whoever did the voice and puppetry of Aslan were absolutely brilliant.
brings me memories.i used to see this years ago.
i could never stop watching this version. i just wished that they could have done the entire series.
I love the theme music!
Μy favourite serie when I am children.1991 until 1994.
Maugrim is presented as a credible threat in this? I'm surprised that Peter wasn't killed by way of laughing so hard. I expected Maugrim to break into a rousing rendition of "Mr. Mistoffelees"
3:44 Okay seriously:P That whole crowd of people is running away from ONE wolf!
Well, these people aren’t really fighters, unless they need to be. Plus, this wolf is THE wolf of the White Witch! It’s not just any wolf.
This one of the most realistic fights ever put to film both Peter and Maugrim circling each other each looking for an opening both very cautious when they attack it just fells right because their not hacking and slashing it doesn't have a look good flashy it fells a lot more like a real fight and both are trying to kill the other with out being killed themselves
In the 2005 film Maugrim was more colder, more calice and even more calculating.
I know everybody liked Maugrim and likes the White Witch, but clearly the Dwarf is the best one in the cast. His levelheadedness, pragmatic villainy, and unfazed "it's a living" attitude, really help this adaptation.
Hes funnier and cooler in the animated film
That wolf serious scared the crap out of me when I was little!!!! WOW! Still creeps me out, but more important, gets the point across!
You don't need million dollar CG effects to scare somebody or prove a point.
Man the fight with the wolf in this blows the film adaptation out of the water. They pussed out hardcore with the LWW film version. I mean come on this was in the 80s and didn't show anything particularly gruesome and it's about 50x better.
music is this series was exceptional! excellent theme!
Maugrim Is Screaming Like A Child. Smack Some Sense Into Him XD
I love the Witch's dwarf, he sounds like the Chuckle Brothers.
Now that you say it, it does seem silly when an army of grown up fauns, dwarfs, satyrs, and nymphs who have weapons, are panicking and sending a boy with a sword to kill the wolf instead of any of them.
I must say, one thing I prefer about the more recent adaptation, is Aslan's voice. I think Liam Neeson's voice fits Aslan a bit more... Well, the way I imagine Aslan.
"COME TO MEEEEE........ EEEEEHHHEEEEVIIILLLLL..."
guns are why war is so prevalent now. It's hard to fight an honorable battle when you can pick people off from behind a stone wall with your little bullets. Fighting with a sword, a knife, your fists, whatever, gives you an appreciation for the horror and fear and utter ick-ness of battle, so you won't want to do it unless its the very last resort.
This series was great and i loved it, but i always felt Lewis' work needed, no deserved, to have a major motion picture with a full hollywood budget and I was very pleased with that product as well. This was a mini series so it obviously had more story. Though, even as a child i was unable to suspend reality for a talking stuffed animal. Aslan made me laugh. the Aslan in the Disney movie was SICK!!
"Come to me, EVIL"
You gotta love it
The scene where the witch calls to her minions would've made the '05 film far more entertaining, I would've liked to se Tilda Swinton's take on it
Pity alot of the monsters she lists down in this version don't appear the 2005 film......Instead they get replaced by monsters that were not mentioned as existing in the narnian world like cyclopses, minoboars(cheesy name for such an interesting monster), ankleslicers(again a silly name), and harpies that look more like a type of vampire than a species of bird women......Sadly some of the creatures in Aslan's camp do not appear in the 2005 film either like naiads(not dryads. Dryads are tree spirits and they have appeared. Naiads are water spirits), and winged horses. Oddly enough, naiads do appear in the 2010 Dawn Treader film as replacements for the Sea People and they're basically mermaids made out of liquid, which is a huge screw up for both continuity and mythological lore as naiads in the books are described as living in the fresh waters of Narnia while merpeople and sea peopl inhabit the ocean, nor are naiads ever described as having fish tails like mermaids. Although there is this book called "The Crafting of Narnia that has alot of concept art for the first two films and on two pages one has concept art for naiads that look more true to their element of fresh water and are not mermaid like, and on the other is concept artwork for pegasuses and they are all colored a chestnut/brown color that makes me think of it as an homage to Fledge/Strawberry from The Magician's Nephew.
Tilda Swinton was perfect as the White Witch because she had given an ice-cold venom in her performance.
That speech is my fave thing out of all the books for some reason it popped into my head tonight.
Would of been awesome to see Tilda do it
the manly looking trees are actually living trees as opposed to tree spirits, which are female. That was in one of the companion books to the Chronicles.
The White Witch left out Ogres and Minotaurs in her summoning.
The dog kills me everytime 😂😂😂😂😂😂
it was in a companion book, not in the series. When I was little, I had all 7 books and another book... I think called the Narnia Companion or something like that. That book said it. *sigh* I wish I still had it, it had such beautiful pictures.
The movie might not be a good adaptation to the book, or as good as this one, but the new one is a great movie, so stop calling it "sh*t" when most people like it, and it even managed to get an Oscar.
its weird that they draw out the fight with maugrim in this one, whereas in the hollywood version its over in seconds, you'd expect it to be the other way round lol
The best part is when the Griffin takes Edmund.
He's a beautiful lion to look at, but when he talks... it's a bit silly. (His speaking voice if FANTASTIC!) I just wish that they gave him "the big intro" that Disney did. It gave me chills.
:-)
Peter was using his Super Smash during the battle with Maugrim
I don't think anything is better or worse than anything else, just different. But I love the Aslan voice that I grew up with. If anyone can find an old vinyl (and is also out there on cassette) copy of the Caedmon abridged recordings ... the late Sir Ian Richardson narrated LWW doing all the voices remarkably well. His Aslan ... deep, resonant, delivered with perfect cadence and a gravitasse that evoke the emotional power and weight I imagine Aslan to embody.
That monster that crept along the ground (the one shown after the critter crawling at Edmund's feet) creeps me out, still.
As much as I admire and enjoy C.S. Lewis's masterpiece, the moment Aslan opened his mouth in THIS I couldn't stop laughing...
It’s cheap but I can easily see being a kid and finding it majestic as hell
"We have come, Aslan." This intro was SO much less awkward than in the movie, when Peter's all like, *gulp* "We have come to see Alsan!" I still cringe every time.
i guess they couldn't afford to have Jim Henson to do beaver puppets
This is my childhood~
Mine too
JADIS IS FREAKIN GORGEOUS!
Things I like about this version: It has nymph characters in both female and male form, cool animated creatures like a pegasus, a cockatrice, a griffin, and a winged panther/cougar, satyrs don't look like furries, and the hags don't look like the result of human and bird cross-breeding experiments..
Things I like about the recent films: Centaurs, fauns and satyrs have actual goat legs, mermaids, and monsters on the Witch's side are more distinguished instead of random looking monsters.
6:55 "Ya better fly, Your Majesty, ya better fly!"
Now if only she had wings.... LMAO
“SILENCE! There will be no flying.”
@princessivoryrose The White Witch scene in Prince Caspian was in the book. The only part that wasn't in the book was the huge middle chunk where they try to attack the castle at night. Also, I think the beginning at the station was added in to the movie.
But they did leave out a bunch in Prince Caspian. Still liked it, though.
@felizjulianidad I wasn't born when this was made and I appriciate it very much mainly b.c it's SO simple and loving :) Thank you :) (Applauds)
I actually like how they did the costume design for those wood/treee men in Aslan's army. I really wish they used that sort of design for the dryads in the films. The wood men in this adaptation look more truer to Lewis' description of dryads in the books than the dryads in the films or even the nymphs in this sereis!
Dude, i got this book called "The Crafting of Narnia" and it's about the first two recent Narnia films by Disney, and it has concept art for pegasi and they all resemble Fledge from The Magician's Nephew! It also had two concepts for naiads/water nymphs, and let me tell you, they are WAY better looking then those liquid mermaids you see in the recent VDT film! The 2005 LWW should have had those pegasi and naiads in the film! T_T lol
I really enjoyed this series alot as a kid. I saw it on IPTV when I was very young. I only caught a few shows but it really captivated me. Its weird. I enjoy the new movies but the memory of these is stronger. Watching them now they seem silly in a way. 20 years ago as a child this was great.
So far, after watching both films, I think both are good and bad in different ways, SO STOP TRYING TO COMPARE! Thank you :P
Yes, but if you're a loyal reader of the the books. The talking animals are larger than the regular ones. But I must say, good point.
Hahaha, you could see the wolfs rubber snout wobbling . . . The wolves in the new film were much better :)
The animated moments are brilliant.
No matter the effects. I still like this version the best. It is perfect for its time and its target audience!!
True that! Good remark :),
@HeathenMaiden The script is almost identical with the books and the new movies, Better cast for sure in the new one. I wouldnt say better acting, but the old one is more stage acting than movie acting. Overall. I like both equally lol, nothing beats the original, but the new ones are very well done.
ps...took forever to find this, looked everywhere, thanks for the upload :)
7:02 "YOU!!" Poor dog he has'nt got a clue why he is gettin his ass kicked.
Holy crap! I thought I was the only one who had seen the 10th Kingdom. God I love that movie. This version of LWW kinda creeps me out.
Yeah, it got more sensible when the episodes of Prince Caspian, VDT, and SIlver Chair had little actors playing animals like rabbits, moles, badgers, hedgehogs, and owls.
4:10 probably the most epic battle between childhood innocence and furry deviance I've ever seen
Well, realistically, Aslan would totally kill Maugrim. If you're talking about this very adaptation where Aslan is a remote controled robot lion and Maugrim is an actor in a wolf furry costume, the odds would be totally switched....lol
It's interesting that they mix traditional handdrawn animation with live action and costumes.
Details might make the difference, but the important thing is that it captures the great message that C.S. Lewis always wanted people to get, and that is that God is our one and sole king, king of kings, and slayer of death itself.
i so badly want to hug Aslan! Even though the new film has such a more lifelike Aslan, i actually prefer this version on him... this is how i always remember Aslan
Aslan is so awesome in these originals.
Awsome, He is an King Emperor of the sea, AOL;;;; and also Ask me a Narnia Question.
“We will FFIGHTTTTT!”
She so deranged lol
My all time fav version of the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe , Maugrim in this version scared the shit out of me as a little kid , I was terrified of him .. I remember i had nightmares about him and used to believe he lived in my closet haahaahaah.The fight scene between Maugrim and peter when they make the whole back ground red was bad ass , the new one kinda fails in showing the epicness of the battle scene between the two.
3:32 it’s like the horn honking
I do love this movie
Waaaay better than the movie
The battle with Maugrim lasted longer than in the film, where he just leapt right onto Peter’s sword and that was it…
That glint of the long dagger on 9 : 28 is a scary scene.
The neverending story had a talking wolf and was better than in this movie, and neverending story is 4 years older than this movie, if maugrim were like gmork this movie would betther.
+Francisco Araújo The NeverEnding Story was also an American feature film with a $27million budget. This was however a British TV series with an expectedly lower budget that also had a run time 5 times the length of NeverEnding story. Not really a fair fight.
I can't get enough of Aslan's voice in this one. If you took the Aslan from the Disney version and gave him this voice, it'd be the perfect match.
R.I.P. Ronald Pickup
You'll might like the 2008 Prince Caspian film as well. In that one, Glenstorm and his family are all black too!
7:05, the wolf looks like a German Shepherd dog
remember this was originally for an audience on a Sunday afternoon/early evening in 1988.The Beeb would have flipped their lid at the mere whiiff of gratuitous violence
Oh My God Is Brittany Hancastal Plays Susan In Narnia
lol it was the Lions roar that scared me as a kid!
3:30-5:00 And thus Narnia was safe from the Pedo Furry! ;)
On the other hand, the settings and costumes are very impressive! Especially with the TV show budget, and Aslan is amazing! The voice and the puppetry are top notch for the 80's!
Actually I think the phoenix is an eagle. I know it looks reddish in some lights, but it also looks brown in others. But yeah, I like the animated flying animals too! ^_^
@ellezfire22 Actually over all the old cast is good, its just Lucy that brings down this one lol.
I started to laugh my head off when Alsan started talking XD
All hail Aslan from the 80s
@princessivoryrose Well, in Prince Caspian, they just let the werewolf and the hag get further along with their ceremony than Lewis did. What other things are you complaining about specifically?
I love Aslan in this just a bit more than how he is in the disney version.
+TheDreweMaster why?
No, but there are going to be movies of The Hobbit, which is the prequel to LOTR. ;D
Wooow when I was little, I thought that was a real lion.... Lol what can I say... I was a special kid
I'm so annoyed that aslan is the only puppet. All the animals should have been. Not this strange human costuming and even more jarring animation
In the film Liam Neeson was just perfect for projecting Aslan's voice.
I prefer Aslan's mouth only opening when he speaks. The lip-syncing in the 05 version is kinda odd.
HAHAHA thats right the maugrim in the disney version kicks this one's ass!
6:19 it’s like your cat rubbing itself on your cheeks
@TheeBeautifulChrist Agreed... I dont get why everyones against the new version... I think it's amazing!
wow...just an amazing, knockdown brawl eh?? "ARGGGH!"
wow aslan's growls are brilliant! the aslan in this version is definately better than the one from the disney version.