You shoulda seen the beaver suits...

Part of the reason why I'm excited about the new Chronicles of Narnia movies (with Prince Caspian coming out next month) is because I wanna heal the horror that the 1989 version caused me.

I'm talking about people in animal suits. Even as a 8-ish year old (I forgot how old I was when I first read the books and watched the movies), those actors pretending to be talking in animals were REALLY BAD.

Example, the 1989 version of Reepicheep the mouse:


Picture quality's bad, but that is indeed a dude in an mouse suit. With another dude in an badger suit standing behind him.

Now let's compare it to the 2008 version of Reepicheep:


D'AWWWWW HESSHOCUUUTE...

Not that this 2008 version is perfect, of course. Here's a list of complaints that won't make sense unless you've read the books (HINT HINT):

• Prince Caspian is supposed to be 13. THIRTEEN YEARS OLD IN THIS MOVIE. The actor who plays him is TWENTY SIX. GODDAMMIT. (He's also supposed to be blonde -_-)
  
• Okay, what is this rumor about a Caspian/Susan love interest??? THIS IS NOT RIGHT FOR SO MANY REASONS WHICH ARE SPOILERS SO I WON'T TYPE THEM HERE (...basically, they have very different and separate fates in the books).
  
• ...Telmarines have Spanish accents? I mean, sure they're supposed to be descended from Spanish pirates, but you'd think they'd either just keep on speaking Spanish or adopt a Narnian (British) accent after living there for...er...many, many, many generations...
  

Having said that, they better make a movie outta The Silver Chair, and it better be good O___O (Voyage of the Dawn Treader was good too, but yeah)