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Perhaps. You know how I am currently thinking, so someone is welcome to make a topic based on thoughts like this.

Character Re-invention, so it could be quickly, over time (during the plot), or just completely re-designing them except a few distinct traits. That sort of thing for topic area.

I haven't actually watched The Water Horse, but I take it that they based it on the Loch Ness Monster, probably with a bit of a nod towards the myth of the Kelpie... does that seem about right?
The whole 'Loch Ness Monster' angle would make the film more properly classified as 'cryptozoological', but I guess since most folks consider such creatures to be merely fictional it's in the fantasy section... actually, this has quite some relevance to Mel's view on the potential existance of fantastical creatures, maybe we should see what she thinks about Cryptozoology? Is it Fantasy?

Errm, I'm also assuming that you're just confused about the "Narnia Chronicles" bit...?

The Water Horse isn't a Narnia novel. It's by d**k King-Smith for starters, and the Chronicles of Narnia books were written by C S Lewis. Where did you get the idea it was a Narnia book from Hypno?

I recorded the water horse the other day, watched a bit of it last night and it is very much like the lock ness monster. Yet...different.

Story is a child friends the creature and befriends it, others find out about it and went it dead. So he tells his father and they put it into a lake as it were. Yet it goes feral....dont know the endding as I aint watched that bit.

But I suppose it's a bit like Eragon, I found that movie a bit much to be honest.

I read the book aswell, the movie is good but chops too much the fantasy in it is amazing and it does keep you watching but it gets to a point where to don't care what special effects are in it, you just want to see it for the story.

I'd rather there be a separate thread for specifically discussing fantasy relations within TV, film and Anime. Any topic can make references towards TV, film and Anime, but if they're going to be discussed specifically regarding the genre, then a new thread would be more suitable.

You have very good taste there Vaporeae.

Let me ask you this:
If magic was possible in real life, how would you think would be the normal or average way to learn a new spell? Do you think there would be numerous ways of only a couple of ways to learn them?
In one of my fantasy worlds, there are at least 3 sure ways to learn magic for the beings who live there. 3nodding
I suppose this could be discussed at the magic thread, huh? sweatdrop
I can't recall where that thread is at the moment though...

That's one way of looking at things, yeah.

But what would you say to something like this:

In my first story (the first I ever made), there actually two ways for non-magic people to actually use magic.
The first one was pretty easy to do and it required a kind of demonic pact. There's a being in that world who makes deals to people who want magical powers the easy way. That being offers two kinds of deals, either you give up your soul, or you become a sort of errand boy, if you will, to said being. If you chose the later, depending of the kind of spell you want to use, you need to perform a favor to the demon. The more powerful the spell, well... you get where I'm going with this, right?