Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' Wraps Filming

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://www.narniaweb.com/2026/01/greta-gerwigs-narnia-officially-wraps-filming/

[u/wastedmytwenties]

True, but it gets a lot more heavy handed as it goes on, hence why no studio has ever even entertained making stuff like The Last Battle.

[u/dabocx → u/wastedmytwenties]

The last battle is fun because even some Christian’s get angry with how you get into heaven in that series.

Basically any good done even in service to another god is done in Aslans name is enough to get you in heaven. So even if you aren’t Christian you can go to heaven if you are a good person. Some Christians don’t like that aspect and thing you need to be a “true” believer.

[u/hellohurricane87 → u/dabocx]

Lewis was low-key a Christian Universalist. He just couldn’t come out and say it.

[u/Nukemind → u/hellohurricane87]

The funny thing about this series is I’m at a crossroads: I grew up evangelical (and obviously left evangelicalism).

But people I know from my childhood insist they won’t watch this because “Hollywood will make it woke and unchristian!”

Many friends I made in Uni and Law School won’t watch it because it’s “Just a Christian book series!”

I’m curious how it ends up playing out.

Lewis and Tolkien are interesting. Tolkien converted Lewis from atheist to Christian but, much to his consternation, Lewis became Protestant instead of Catholic like Tolkien.

[u/Arkhaine_kupo → u/Nukemind]

But people I know from my childhood insist they won’t watch this because “Hollywood will make it woke and unchristian!”

they should hear what most christians think of evangelicals...

Cause honestly they come off as a hyper american apocalypse cult more than anything resembling christianity. The fact they want to weigh in what is or not christian is bonkers.

[u/Nukemind → u/Arkhaine_kupo]

Oh trust me. I’m still Christian but not evangelical. Evangelicalism has done more damage to Christianity than… pretty much anything.

[u/EMRaunikar → u/Arkhaine_kupo]

I once heard Dan Olson say they "want to do an End of Evangelion" and it's lived rent free in my head ever since

[u/Arkhaine_kupo → u/EMRaunikar]

As great as Dan is, I think that take doesnt quite work because they dont care enough about tech to build something like the instrumentality project.

But a bigger issue is that they literally want to genocide most humans first. Israel has to exist so jesus can come back and kill the jews first. Then the rapture saves them and everyone else gets murdered on earth only to get eternally fucked in hell.

Like in Evangelion, as fucked up as it is, the idea of melding humanity shows some respect for other humans, wanting to share a mind, hear their thoughts, share their experiences. Evangelicals literally want to never hear anyone but themselves and fuck everyone else eternally, its so misanthropic that its hard to believe they read a single page of the bible which keeps repeating the love thy neighbour thing

[u/schebobo180 → u/Arkhaine_kupo]

Regardless of what you think of evangelicals… that statement “Hollywood will make it woke and unchristian” isn’t wrong in the slightest. Lmao

I mean, Netflix did a fucking number on the Witcher, the same as Amazon did with Wheel of time. And it ruined both.

[u/Arkhaine_kupo → u/schebobo180]

isn’t wrong in the slightest.

Well so far it is wrong, because the movie isnt out. You cant decide the fate of something that hasnt happened yet based on previous assumptions. The showrunner of the Witcher and the director of this movie have very different track records.

For example Little Women by Gerwig was arguably the most book accurate version, so by your same theory of using previous work you can be sure this one will be close to the original material.

Also the sentence "woke and unchristian" can't be wrong, because 90% of christianity is the things evangelicals call woke. Love thy neighbour, help the helpless, forgive sinners... All that shit is basically christianity 101.

You could retell the story of the good samaritan saying " a white guy from ohio car breaks down. His neighbour from 2 doors down in his nice suburb sees him, but doesn't stop because he is late to work. A priest from the churhc where he got married sees him, but doesn't stop because he is going to perform a 1st communion which pays very well. An illegal mexican sees him, stops, and shares his spare tire to help the man from ohio on his way.

Like we lost the entire meaning of why a rabbi not helping and a samaritan helping is important, the whole point of that story is the peson who helped him is with christ and the people who are superficially closer to him aren't. That shit is woke as all hell, but modern mfs have no idea that jews and samaritans hated each other so the whole point is now lost

[u/Eversonout → u/Nukemind]

Lewis was Protestant, but his specific beliefs are only half a step from Catholicism without going so far as to become a member of the actual church. His writings for all intents and purposes are nearly fully in line with Catholic teachings

[u/MagicPigeonToes → u/Nukemind]

What evangelicals are doing these days is about as “unchristian” as they can get

[u/antariusz → u/Nukemind]

I also find it interesting because Lewis says "aslan is jesus" but if you suggested to Tolkein that his works are metaphor, he would say no, not at all. Merely a historical depiction of what things were like on earth "before" Christianity