On the topic of how the filmmakers should interpret the "he no longer looked like a Lion" scene... your idea is intriguing, Future Narnian, especially because it gives a hint without being particularly heavy-handed.

Even so, though, I honestly think it should be kept a mystery. It's a mystery in the book; Lewis leaves that part up to the interpretation of the reader. The question of how to preserve and present this mystery still remains, though. How do you indicate that he's changing into something else without showing what the something else is?

It might seem a bit cliche, but I think just having him fade into bright light could work. It also seems to aesthetically line up with the words, "The dream is ended: this is the morning", because it symbolizes a dawn.

If they could also find a way to work in some of those last lines about the happily ever after in some capacity, that would be great. Perhaps they could utilize a narrator? Since The Last Battle is principally Tirian's story, I can imagine those lines spoken from his point of view with a little retooling. Or even Lucy, perhaps, since the entire saga began with her.

Actually it doesn't need to be a shot of Aslan. I'd like to see some of the humans (Lucy, Jill?) looking in wonder, and saying to one another something about his no longer looking like a Lion.
That would still do what the book tells us happened, without our having to see a nasty CG meld from a lion face to a pseudo-Jesus face.
And I think it would save the ultimate finale of the films from being scorned and ridiculed.

I had a thought. When the stars fall and go to join Aslan inside the door, we should totally get to see Coriakin and Ramandu among them, showing that they got to go back and be stars eventually. I think enough time must have elapsed between VDT and LB for that. Would be rad for Lucy to notice them in that crowd, seeing as they're not at the garden reunion.

Unfortunately the actor that played Coriaken passed away some time ago and Ramandu was never in the Dawn Treader film so the having in LB wouldn't make sence for the audience. It could of been a lovely moment, though I don't think they'll be miss them too much as we'll be seeing the rest of our favourite characters reunited.

Unfortunately the actor that played Coriaken passed away some time ago and Ramandu was never in the Dawn Treader film so the having in LB wouldn't make sence for the audience. It could of been a lovely moment, though I don't think they'll be miss them too much as we'll be seeing the rest of our favourite characters reunited.

LOL, wow, I forgot it was only Ramandu's daughter. How odd that seems now. I don't have strong feelings for the VDT film, but it wasn't memorable enough for me to recall that Ramandu wasn't in it. o_o I don't care too much about the continuity between the film VDT and the rest of the series, if I'm honest. ;o

And I didn't know about the actor who played Coriakin passing away. How sad. :C

He was young too - only 61. What a shame.

I dreamed about another scene from The Last Battle, where Tas is in the stable and gets rebuked, only in my dream it was me, not Peter who rebuked him. The whole stable filled with light - it was awesome.

I'm actually not looking forward to seeing Tash on film - he gave me the creeps in the book.