Discussing everything you know about Narnia

[jeremiahalexanderj]

Does anyone know anything interesting about the history or the making of Narnia?

[jeremiahalexanderj]

This is true by the way:

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkein where really good friends. They both decided to write a book that parallels to the Bible. Tolkein wrote one for an older audience, while Lewis wrote one for Children and Adults alike. Pretty neat, huh?

[SK21]

That is really cool. C.S Lewis step-son was American and used to go with Lewis to the meetings.

[jeremiahalexanderj]

C.S. Lewis had a son, but it was his step-son. As a matter of fact, his step-son read almost the whole series before Lewis became his step-father. In order for Walden Media could publish The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Lewis' step-son had to review it to make sure the book was like the movie. That is why the movie mostly isn't any different than the book.

[stronger_WM]

I know things, but my mind is teh blown so I can't say it all in one post. Umm.... hmm well I can't think of anything too interesting but yes, his step son, Douglas Gresham, says a lot of interesting things in the back of the illustrated movie companion. I've read the whole thing so yeah :p But yeah C.S lewis mightve gotten then name "Narnia' from an Italian town Narni but he also could've made it up.

The scene where susan and lucy are next to Aslan and the mice are there, Anna is never there, that's her stunt double because she has a phobia of mice XD

[polly&digory]

Okay so there are alot of interesting things about Lewis and how he created narnia. Maybe some people need a refresher on how this new version is actually FURTHER from the book than the BBC version. Some scenes we not even close to the book. The wolves never even get close to the children at the beavers dam. The witch and ginibrick are the only ones with edmund when they rescue him. They assume the shapes of a stump and a boulder so aslans army dosn't see them.

But don't get me wrong i loved this new one. Great book, great movie.

Look in the section where it is all about CS Lewis. You might learn what you are looking for. :rolleyes:

[fgiusepp]

Does anyone know anything interesting about the history or the making of Narnia?

Narni in Italy can be an interesting town?????

you can discover many History at Narnia Town if you see at:

http://www.narnia.it/gente_eu.htm

[stronger_WM]

Okay so there are alot of interesting things about Lewis and how he created narnia. Maybe some people need a refresher on how this new version is actually FURTHER from the book than the BBC version. Some scenes we not even close to the book. The wolves never even get close to the children at the beavers dam. The witch and ginibrick are the only ones with edmund when they rescue him. They assume the shapes of a stump and a boulder so aslans army dosn't see them.

But don't get me wrong i loved this new one. Great book, great movie.

Look in the section where it is all about CS Lewis. You might learn what you are looking for. :rolleyes:

Heh yeah i know! When I first saw the newer version I was a little mad saying 'THEY NEVER GET THAT CLOSE!'

[onlymystory]

That is really cool. C.S Lewis step-son was American and used to go with Lewis to the meetings.

Yes, but Douglas Gresham has said he only got to go to a few meetings, the oldest he ever was during them was 14, and he had to sit in a corner while they talked. Cool, nonetheless, but he wasn't that involved. Gresham has also said that growing up, Lewis was just a dad not the great author or professor.

[onlymystory]

This is true by the way:

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkein where really good friends. They both decided to write a book that parallels to the Bible. Tolkein wrote one for an older audience, while Lewis wrote one for Children and Adults alike. Pretty neat, huh?

oooh, honey, you're rather off on that. Lewis actually said that he never set out to write a book that had anything whatsoever to do with the Bible. God just sort of slipped on in. One of Lewis's quotes that has been oft misconstrued with this movie is that "the world doesn't need more good Christian books. What the world needs is more good Christians writing good books." Lewis just wanted children to enjoy reading. Christianity slipped in later. (Also you'll find many of his other books push more towards just an admittance and belief in theism before he even starts on Christianity)
And Tolkien would have shot you over that statement. That was one of the reasons Tolkien and Lewis were at odds later in life. Tolkien hated that there were so many obvious references to Christianity in Narnia. He was a Christian but also a mythic purist and as such, believed that biblical stories should also remain in the Bible not in fairy tales. And Tolkien would have been very upset to hear Lord of the Rings paralled with the Bible. He was very careful that it wouldn't in any way other than good morals and the battle between good and evil. Neither author set out to write a fairy tale that paralled the Bible and would have been the first to denounce such an idea.

[HM High King Peter]

Tolkien actually had no intent to have Christian themes embedded in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. They happen to be there because he was a Christian, but not by intention as Jack Lewis did with Narnia.

[jeremiahalexanderj]

Sorry if I was mistaken, but I have heard my side of the story many times, such as in magazine articles and such. That doesn't mean that I am right, however, because I have heard your side of the story many times through this thread. I don't know what to believe. I will have to do more reasearch on the topic. Sorry if I offended anyone.

[HM High King Peter]

No offense taken. Read some of the prologues of Tolkien himself in the front of some of the Ring books. He tells you himself. :)

[stronger_WM]

WHOOT ^_^;;

Yeah so I also know that did you know when Skandar was supposed to shoot the scene where he walks through the wardrobe, he had to go home early, so Anna dressed up in his costume and then did the scene and then they just added his voice later. :D

[Rhyanidd]

Okay so there are alot of interesting things about Lewis and how he created narnia. Maybe some people need a refresher on how this new version is actually FURTHER from the book than the BBC version. Some scenes we not even close to the book. The wolves never even get close to the children at the beavers dam. The witch and ginibrick are the only ones with edmund when they rescue him. They assume the shapes of a stump and a boulder so aslans army dosn't see them.

But don't get me wrong i loved this new one. Great book, great movie.

Look in the section where it is all about CS Lewis. You might learn what you are looking for. :rolleyes:

Ha my thoughts exactly, my friends kept reminding me 'loosely based ariana loosely'

[jeremiahalexanderj]

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Ok, so I have evidence that C.S. Lewis DID in fact loosly paralleled the Narnia series to the Bible: Edmund symbols the human race. He goes to the White Witch's castle for "Turkish Delights", which symbolizes things people sometimes put before something more important (money, cars, houses, etc.), which in this case, it is saving Narnia from the White Witch. Edmund goes to get more Turkish Delights, but only to find that it wasn't as nice as he had hoped. Later in the book, Aslan (aka. God) agreed to be killed in order to save Edmund (the human race). At the Stone Table, Aslan forfeits his life, but just before he did, the Witch (Satan) actually said: "You don't think that surrendering yourself could save the entire human race, did you?"(That wasn't an exact quote, it is just as I have remembered). So, as in the Bible, Aslan came back from the dead, and killed the White Witch. If you need more evidence, read or re-read the Magicians Nephiew, that book was based on the beginning of the Bible....Adam and Eve

[fgiusepp]

I know things, but my mind is teh blown so I can't say it all in one post. Umm.... hmm well I can't think of anything too interesting but yes, his step son, Douglas Gresham, says a lot of interesting things in the back of the illustrated movie companion. I've read the whole thing so yeah :p But yeah C.S lewis mightve gotten then name "Narnia' from an Italian town Narni but he also could've made it up.

The scene where susan and lucy are next to Aslan and the mice are there, Anna is never there, that's her stunt double because she has a phobia of mice XD

see also at :
http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2006-01-05_2283068.html

and look at:
http://www.narnia.it/gente_eu.htm

[yuna]

I now in the movie they filmed most the movie in new zealand
Yuna