7 Reasons To Look Forward To The Narnia Reboot
5. C.S. Lewis Was Famously Friends With J.R.R. Tolkien
For those who don't know, or need a refresher, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that one obscure story about those Hobbit people. The Lord of the Rings character, Treebeard, is famously based on C.S. Lewis. Their friendship was collaborative and they gave each other pointers and critiques on both of their works.
Tolkien admitted that Narnia wasn't his favorite work of fiction, his reasoning the child-like nature of the story. However, it is this aspect of the story that gives Narnia its magic. Throughout the tale, the children experience the very traumatic events of a violent and bloody war.
Similar to the way the children are written on Stranger Things, the Pevensies are always able to handle the situations they are thrown into. However, it is never lost on the reader that they are children.