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Harry Potter
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For those willing to step up and admit they watch and read children's literature.
I wasn't too pleased with the newest movie. Mostly I never felt like they were at school. I kind of like the feeling of a year at Hogwarts in which things happen, rather than things happen to Harry while he's at Hogwarts.
Also, I'm pleased to find out my sister preordered her copy of the new book and will be out of town when it arrives. Someone doesn't have to buy it! -
I've watched pretty much all released on DVD and read about 4 of the books. It's true, from the Azkaban (whatever) movie it was all what happens to Harry. The first two films were really orientated about how and what at hogwarts which was, in my opinion, a lot more interesting than Harry.
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I flipped through the last few pages of the final Harry Potter book on Wednesday when the library was processing them. I could spoil it. But I won't. I'm not that cruel.
Other than my love of spoilers, I have absolutely no interest in Harry Potter. -
I started to read the books in early middle school, and I've read all of them so far. (even downloaded the latest book[still going to buy it by the way]) but I haven't kept up with the movies, i think the last one i saw was the 3rd one.
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i do not read the books. i liked the new movie.
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i've already been spoiled re: the last book. it's the price i pay for dwelling in the darkest depths of internet, i suppose.
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Harry Pooter is gay.
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well it is british there are some homosexual over tones , and alot of sexual inuendo in the new book.
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The last one I read was the fifth, and I don't plan on reading any more unless theres a serious drought of interesting things to do in the future. You can tell where its going from five, and I've already seen the spoilers. Been there, done that, and without actually having to read the things, which is a plus in my book.
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It's kind of funny, for me, because people see me reading trashy sci-fi books, and the very next thing they say is "Oh, so do you read Harry Potter?" They get very confused when I say that I'm not into that kind of thing. Like, you read all that sci-fi-fantasy stuff, why wouldn't you be into Harry Potter?
I'm not into it because I've read enough in that genre that I don't automatically fall in love with the newness of it all...and that's where you need to be to get into Harry Potter, I think.
It isn't as bad as Eragon, though. God, that book was awful. I remember reading "The Tough Guide To Fantasyland" (Diana Wynne Jones), which mocks the cliches of the fantasy genre by presenting them as entries in a "tour guide". It points out that the "tour" (that is, the adventure) always starts in a tiny town surrounded by wide plains, as far away from anything as possible. This town is either right in the center of the map or crammed way over in a corner. The town almost always has a random apostrophe in the middle of its name.
So then I open Eragon, which my well-meaning mother bought me for Christmas, and what do I see? A town smack-dab in the middle of the map, with nothing else near it, surrounded by plains, and there's a goddamn apostrophe right in the middle of its name.
I put the book down and never opened it again.
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Thank Christ there are other people who don't like Harry Potter. I thought I was the only one!
I DO NOT like Harry Potter. Not one bit. Not the books, the films, anything. I half-considered going to see the fourth film due to the fact Johnny Greenwood (of Radiohead) and Jarvis Cocker were in it, but after I heard they were in it for about 5 seconds, and were barely recognisable, I was glad I'd gone to see Jarhead instead.
There are many problems I have with the Potter series, not least of which is the following it seems to have picked up - everyone reads it, young and old, yet it is a children's book, not matter how much the publishers try to push the copy with the 'adult' cover.
It's not a great work of literature, the characters are one-dimensional, the story hackneyed, the dialogue is drivel, and it's all and all rather drab and awful. -
I LIKE HARRY POTTER.
A WHOLE FUCKING LOT.
Ok, that being said, I can say with all honesty it's not the greatest series ever written. Jo Rowling is not the messiah of childrens literature, and when people devote their lives to this series, I honestly question why. I mean, it's fun to go over theories, and I do listen to Pottercast to hear the latest news and info and what not, but I have yet to sell my soul to Diagon Alley. It's just a book series I enjoy.
I've read from the second book on, and have seen every movie. Despite the second being complete and utter butt, I thought the movies were pretty damn good, my favorite so far being the third. I love the fact that the movies got darker, because so does the series. I got really pissed off when they were criticizing how 'less whimsical' the next movie is. Ever read the book? Not too much whimsy in it.
The first two inital books had a lot to do with Hogwarts, therefore the movies focusing on the school more makes more sense. But as the series continues, the school becomes a back drop to the drama within it, therefore the focus definitely needs to be more on Harry and his general emotional upheaval.
As far as the character goes, I'm kinda not happy with his personality development. I mean, there are some things about him that don't make sense, even huge HP afficianados comment on it. He's not very curious, doesn't ask very many pertinant questions when necessary, and as the books go on, gets decidedly emo. 'CAPSLOCK HARRY' as he's known in some places, got completely annoying after awhile.
But, I believe to truly love something is to understand and accept the flaws, so with all of that in mind I'm gonna do what I've wanted to do for awhile and join in on the fandom. Dex pre-ordered me a copy at the Borders downtown, and all the Borders are doing their midnight release party, so me and my peeps is gonna be doin' that. And then tomorrow night, we's gonna go see the movie in IMAX 3D, and be super-de-super special.
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[quote="Bass_kat"]I LIKE HARRY POTTER.
A WHOLE FUCKING LOT.
Ok, that being said, I can say with all honesty it's not the greatest series ever written. Jo Rowling is not the messiah of childrens literature, and when people devote their lives to this series, I honestly question why. I mean, it's fun to go over theories, and I do listen to Pottercast to hear the latest news and info and what not, but I have yet to sell my soul to Diagon Alley. It's just a book series I enjoy.
I've read from the second book on, and have seen every movie. Despite the second being complete and utter butt, I thought the movies were pretty damn good, my favorite so far being the third. I love the fact that the movies got darker, because so does the series. I got really pissed off when they were criticizing how 'less whimsical' the next movie is. Ever read the book? Not too much whimsy in it.
The first two inital books had a lot to do with Hogwarts, therefore the movies focusing on the school more makes more sense. But as the series continues, the school becomes a back drop to the drama within it, therefore the focus definitely needs to be more on Harry and his general emotional upheaval.
As far as the character goes, I'm kinda not happy with his personality development. I mean, there are some things about him that don't make sense, even huge HP afficianados comment on it. He's not very curious, doesn't ask very many pertinant questions when necessary, and as the books go on, gets decidedly emo. 'CAPSLOCK HARRY' as he's known in some places, got completely annoying after awhile.
But, I believe to truly love something is to understand and accept the flaws, so with all of that in mind I'm gonna do what I've wanted to do for awhile and join in on the fandom. Dex pre-ordered me a copy at the Borders downtown, and all the Borders are doing their midnight release party, so me and my peeps is gonna be doin' that. And then tomorrow night, we's gonna go see the movie in IMAX 3D, and be super-de-super special.
So yeah.
Ever read Discworld? Might be a great new addiction after Potter. -
Spoiler, maybe?Spoiler:HARRY POTTER DIES
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Is it really a spoiler?
Why do people have to be jerks! Look, I've waited patiently, haven't looked for anything, made it a point to be a perfectly good little Ravenclaw (yes, I did get sorted, screw you) and wait for the book. DON'T SPOIL THE GODDAMN BOOK!
Chrono, I'm surprised, you're normally so very sweet....*pouts* -
I've already seen all the major spoilers. I don't know why everyone is so uppity about spoilers, I've never had a problem with them. Maybe that's because in middle school I had a friend who thought it was just the tops to spoil any book I was reading he'd read, or the same with movies.
Every time I think about the Harry Potter series, I think about The Dark Tower series. Also because I'm not as much of a fan of HP after the fourth book, which is a definite truth for the Dark Tower series. Of course, I still find Harry Potter tolerable after the fourth, so that's a difference.
Also, I hear a lot about this Discworld series, but I've yet to look into it. Should I? -
Spoiler:Harry doesn't die. Neither do Ron and Hermione. They're all present in the epilogue.
Bear in mind, there are people spreading false info just for giggles.
Also, Wizard and Glass was tedious. Let's ruin the romance of the mysterious main character by tossing his entire gigantic back-story in the middle of the action in flashback form.
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[quote="Gokiburi_Chachacha"]Bear in mind, there are people spreading false info just for giggles.
Honestly my indifference towards Harry Potter knows no bounds, but even I've heard roughly 50 million variations on what happens in the last book from all kinds of supposedly reliable sources.
And none of them agree with each other, which means that at least 49,999,999 of them are wrong. -
I'm pretty positive the spoilers I've heard are the right ones. If there's one good thing about spoilers, it's that you can never be sure unless you're the kind of person who reads the last chapter first.
As for the Wizard and Glass, at least it was better than Wolves of the Calla, the longest build up to a rather un-epic battle.
Also, what the fuck kind of final battle isSpoiler:drawing away your enemy? -
[quote="blank"]I've already seen all the major spoilers. I don't know why everyone is so uppity about spoilers, I've never had a problem with them. Maybe that's because in middle school I had a friend who thought it was just the tops to spoil any book I was reading he'd read, or the same with movies.
Every time I think about the Harry Potter series, I think about The Dark Tower series. Also because I'm not as much of a fan of HP after the fourth book, which is a definite truth for the Dark Tower series. Of course, I still find Harry Potter tolerable after the fourth, so that's a difference.
Also, I hear a lot about this Discworld series, but I've yet to look into it. Should I?
Definitely. Here's a little bit of background: an animated pilot adaptation for the novel "Reaper Man." Cosgrove Hall never finished it, but I have the DVDs of "Soul Music" and "Wyrd Sisters," and the Danger Mouse people do a pretty good job. Not as good as the novels, but decent.
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Anyone here doing the whole midnight deal? Someone I talked to had a pretty good plan of blasting her MP3 player to avoid drive-by spoilers. I also heard someone of someone else who was going to be writing them on his windshield and doing drive-by honkings.
I'm happy having it mailed to my house. I might try and swing by the local bookstore later tonight to see if the guy is selling them early like he did last year. I don't think he's really a fan, since he got super happy when he saw I didn't come there to buy a copy and got another book instead. -
I enjoy the Harry Potter books and, to a lesser extent, the films.
The transitions in the 5th film were awful. They used the "spinning newspaper" gag so many times that it cycled all they way from shitty old cliche, to groundbreaking, back to shitty cliche in a 2 hour span. -
My friend just invited me to one of the stores midnight gathering things. I don't they're having a big to-do spectacle like some stores do, but we're leaving at about nine-ish, so I'm definitely bringing a gameboy. I have no idea why I'm going, I've already got a copy on the way. I guess slightly because my plans for tonight canceled, morbid interest, and it's to help a friend.
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Normally I dont post when my last post is the latest post in the sub forum but this fucking cracked me up
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtop ... t=30107573
I'm not sure you guys will be able to see it because its forum but you should be able to. -
Master Chief.
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In later years, Harry went bad.
Also...people, even if they DO kill off Harry Potter, you know he won't stay dead. Two years from now it'll be "Harry Potter...RETURNS!"
I mean...they killed Mister Spock and he didn't stay dead. No fictional character ever really dies. -
Film noir characters stay dead.
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Finished the book, and the ending was the correct one for a kids story.
SPOILARS
Spoiler:I like that for most of the book Harry and the gang were straight up boned. Everything they did failed, and they were losing. I didn't like that JK made a point of making Dumbledore look like a total ass for most of the book and then at the end was like "surprise he's actually right, love him". Also there is a lot of DEUS EX MACHINA stuff in Harry Potter like instant luck potions and SUPER MAGIC that was kinda glossed over in the search for the hourcruxes. Harry died, came back and lived happily ever after. Come on, like you didn't see that coming, they are MAKING A HARRY POTTER AMUSEMENT PARK! The epilogue seemed like the start of a bad fanfic, but that is a minor gripe with a good book.
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You said it, blank.
Not that she needs to publish anything ever again. She's richer than God now. -
It's kind of like Bill Watterson. "Oh Lord, he's so artistic and integr...uh, he's preserved his artistic integrity, 'coz he didn't allow Calvin & Hobbes to be licensed for merchandise, even though he'd have made a ton of money!"
Right, now he'll just have to earn a half-ton of money selling C&H books over and over and over again. -
so apparently you can only have artistic integrity by letting your books go out of print? if you're honsetly comparing watterson to someone like rowling who will be pumping out liscensed crap until the heat death of the universe, you're a moron.
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on a lighter note more Harry potter shenanigans
Filler of big
Harry potter and leopard walk up to dragon -
I have returned!
I initially said I wasn't gonna come back until after I finished the book, because I knew someone would put spoilers up somewhere, and I wouldn't resist, but I'm resisting now, dammit!
We did the whole midnight release thing, and got caught up in the fandom for one night. There were HP "cosplayers" at the Borders we went to, and me and my friends felt completely out of place, dressed soley in street clothes, with not one wizarding robe between us. We did, however, take eighty bajillion pics with the people, and I was enjoying myself WAY too much.
When the midnight release part came, Borders became Nazis, and if you so much as looked down on the next floor, undoubtedly a girl wearing an over-sized sorting hat would eject you from the window, utilizing her skills in muggle deuling. So Dex, who had pre-ordered the book, was seperated from me for about an hour, because I was buying then.
Once we got home, we all passed out. We woke up the next morning, and Dex started reading....he finished already...because he's a fucking jerk!
I'm on chapter 11...
We also saw the movie Siturday. Admittedly, the spinning newspaper thing pissed me off after about the second time, because it was just irritating to have to watch so much of it. It actually shocked me that they altered the story of the fifth book, saying thatBesides all that, I saw it in the IMAX, and you get like 30 minutes of 3D, and I TOTALLY felt it was worth it.Spoiler:Cho Chang was the one that revealed the DA, and not Cho's friend. They also left out the coins they used to signal each other.
Admittedly, at one point, you kinda stopped noticing. I mean, they were making things look obviously 3D, tossing things out at you, having people stand a certain way, just so they popped out. But the integral scene between Dumbledore and Voldy didn't seem very 3D-ish. There definitely coulda been more going on, but all in all it was fun.
The movie had some pacing issues, like it drew out a couple of things that could have been cut short, and cut short the one thing that NEEDED to be drawn out, but at the end of the night, I admit I was pretty satisfied.
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HA!
ALSO!
Fuck Anime Pulse. Fucking fuck them in their fucking fuckface lame ass fucking fuckholes!
Why?
I listened to the Otaku.com podcast, and he just outirhgt spoiled the book. I wasn't even paying attention until he said it. It could be true, it could be not true, but that was completely unnecessary. One of those asshole moves that's not like the lovable asshole, ya know, the one who's a jerk, but he's funny, and you can tolerate his shit? No, this was one of those...I'm exclusively listening to Dave and Joel from now on type asshole things.
Unless they spoiled it too. Then I'm gonna spoil EVERYBODY by killing them...
I'm sorry, but I've seriously done my level best to seclude myself from a lot of things, gone out of my way, and to have it be done, just like that was just...man... -
We went to Barnes and Noble for our release. I was happily wondering the isles in search of hidden gekiga trying not to step on anyones only to find that if you weren't getting a book, they made you go wait in the coffee section. We decided to just skip out and go find a Steak and Shake.
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