Radioactive Isotope 29 Posted July 30, 2007 i did hear through the grapevine that eventually she'll be writing a Harry Potter encyclopedia type thing. and i will of course have to buy such a thing. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 60 Posted July 30, 2007 The first part of this article is quite funny... hehe: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6919618.stm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drake 53 Posted July 30, 2007 (edited) :lol: Funny! Yeah...her's was a fluke success. Not really fair to those writers who actually have talent and work hard only to get creamed like that. Edited July 30, 2007 by Drake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsl 7 Posted August 1, 2007 i did hear through the grapevine that eventually she'll be writing a Harry Potter encyclopedia type thing. and i will of course have to buy such a thing. Encyclopedia Potterica? :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radioactive Isotope 29 Posted August 1, 2007 :lol: YAR!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radioactive Isotope 29 Posted April 14, 2008 anyone else becoming increasingly disappointed in the movies? the first two were great! third one was alright, fourth one, not so much, fifth one made me cringe. i know the books are longer as the series goes on, but geez. they're cutting out all but the bare bones of the story and leaving out so much that made the series great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 60 Posted April 14, 2008 It's been a while since I watched them, but I thought the 1st one was good, the second one was okay, 3rd one was great, the 4th one was alright, and the 5th one is my favourite so far. lol :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bad furday 57 Posted April 14, 2008 At least they're sort of doing it right and making the final book a two part movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winters 0 Posted April 14, 2008 Yeah... Well, it's so massive... But returning to the third... IT WAS THE BEST OF THE MOVIES! Although the Fifth was very good. Alfonso did a very good job and he hopes to get the last movie(s). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 60 Posted April 14, 2008 At least they're sort of doing it right and making the final book a two part movie. They are? How annoying... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drake 53 Posted April 14, 2008 Never having read the books and not caring about it, my perspective is purely based on the movies. That said, the first movie was lame. Second was only slightly better. The third was great and they've gotten better from there. The saving grace for the first two movies was Dumbledore. It's a shame that Richard Harris passed away after CoS. He made a much better Dumbledore than the guy they have now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winters 0 Posted April 14, 2008 It's because it's so massive, they realized the commercial potential over making the movie actually true to the book for once! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsl 7 Posted April 14, 2008 I kind of wish they'd have done two movies for book 4 and on, because they were all so long to be crammed into a couple hours. They're doing right by book 7, but it was the worst book by far :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winters 0 Posted April 14, 2008 WORST!?... WORST?!... *gasps for air...* WORST!? ARRRRGGG!!! 'Twas the best of them! The movie will be just as good... because it'll have the best composer of the series (Good ol' Johnny), the best directory of the seires (Alfonso Currion, however you spell it), and I'm sure it'll have the best writters of the series... IT HAS TO BE THE BEST! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsl 7 Posted April 15, 2008 i just felt like she kind of started rushing things at the end. it was going alright and then she started doing one of these. *begin exaggerated example* And so Harry ran down some steps. Oh and by the way this main character died. Then Harry fell over his shoe lace. Meanwhile this, this, this, this, and this main character died. Moving on... It was like she didn't want to bother spending the time (or pages) to wrap things up for all the various main characters she'd created. She just sort of threw things in as an afterthought here and there and focused on Harry and even a few chars who were really never that main before. I dunno. I'm not saying it was a bad book. I just felt she put more effort into her other books. I'm wondering if she was pressured by her publishers to hurry the hell up and get book 7 on the shelves before she was quite ready. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drake 53 Posted April 15, 2008 I'm wondering if she was pressured by her publishers to hurry the hell up and get book 7 on the shelves before she was quite ready. That's probably the exact reason. :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorSec 5 Posted April 19, 2008 Re-read this thread today. TSL was correct with pretty much all her predictions. This leads me to believe she is actually Rowling in disguise, or a robot with complex logic algorithms. Been feeling a surge of HP fandom for the past few days for unexplained reasons. New movie in the fall I guess? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 60 Posted April 19, 2008 Mmm movienesssss. I'm quite looking forward to it... I haven't read the books yet so I'm pretty much unspoilt, yay! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radioactive Isotope 29 Posted April 19, 2008 the books are better. :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 60 Posted April 19, 2008 But they require more effort. Laziness for teh win! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radioactive Isotope 29 Posted April 19, 2008 not if you get the audiobooks :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radioactive Isotope 29 Posted May 26, 2009 i've started the series again. my goal is to be at least through book 6 in time for the movie. also, the hubster has been on a Harry Potter movie binge the past few days and something has been bothering me. in Chamber of Secrets, we learn that Salezar Slytherin wanted only pure-bloods to be allowed into Hogwarts and left the Basilisk as a means to get rid of Muggle-born students. we also learn that only his heir can control the Basilisk and that Tom Riddle (Voldemort) was Slytherin's heir. what bothers me is: Riddle wasn't a pure-blood. his dad was a Muggle, so how can he be heir to someone who hates Muggle-borns? best guess i have is that he inherited his Parcelmouth ability through the Slytherin line and that's what allowed him to control the Basilisk. thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drake 53 Posted May 26, 2009 Just like Hitler wanted a pure race of blonde-haired, blue-eyed, tall, fit Aryans and he was black-haired, grey-eyed, short and average man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
