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Harry Potter Reboot Series
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Right, I guess what I’m saying is I don’t think people will watch because the people keeping the terrible Game of Thrones prequel afloat are unlikely to be as compelled by this series.
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The show should be a real time retelling of the story set over a full school year in the Max app. Think The Third Day mixed with the play Gatz but even more bonkers.
Granted, I haven’t kept up with the series, but the Cormoran Strike novels are/were good.
It's interesting because I think the first film is generally regarded as the worst, yet it's the most slavish adaptation. I know some Hermione stans will fight me, but cutting SPEW from book 2 was a smart move. I forget all the changes from book 6 to film but I remember thinking they made for a tighter, more dramatic narrative.
Again, memory foggy and I read the books as an adult, but the only thing I truly missed from the films were Dumbledore and Voldermort's full origin stories, and both those seem better suited to independent projects no matter. The only other positive I could see would be fixing plot holes -- introduce horcruxes and the Deathly Hallows early so they're not an obvious retcon, do something to make the time-turner make a bit of real world sense -- but nothing in JKR's personality suggests she'd allow that.
They took out most of the interesting stuff about Horcruxes and Voldemort. It’s the book that will most benefit from the is project.
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Voldemort family back story is really good and dark
No idea why they cut it out
I do love that film but the tone is very different from the book
That's why I say I think that would play better on its own. Say, a movie. Ditto the Dumbledore backstory in 6 & 7.
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Just give me an actual movie version of Puffs and I’ll be satisfied.
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I'd take JKR in a dunk tank of epoxy resin.
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I think it's kind of sad JK Rowling was someone who came from nothing to write a book series that inspired so many kids with messages of inclusiveness, self empowerment, and reaching your goals.
Now she has become another bitter rich jerk.
I think the books have enough good material that the movies were limited on getting into that makes a series warranted. I just hope the rights include keeping JK away to an extent at this point. I feel like past her would hate her current self.
Now she has become another bitter rich jerk.
I think the books have enough good material that the movies were limited on getting into that makes a series warranted. I just hope the rights include keeping JK away to an extent at this point. I feel like past her would hate her current self.
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Twitter is not real life.
The only thing this thing fails is if they cheap out and it's poor quality. If they pump money into it, cast the right actors (far from a guarantee with how iconic the original cast is), and creative a compelling visual world (again, tall order -- do they just repeat what worked in the movies, or go radically different? Will audiences accept that?), it will likely do gangbusters. Hogwarts Legacy was a smash hit, and I think with some distance, most people agree that game was "good, not great." People still flock to the Potter park installations and buy loads of merchandise. Unless they really flub it, this will be a massive hit, so of course they're going for it.
The only thing this thing fails is if they cheap out and it's poor quality. If they pump money into it, cast the right actors (far from a guarantee with how iconic the original cast is), and creative a compelling visual world (again, tall order -- do they just repeat what worked in the movies, or go radically different? Will audiences accept that?), it will likely do gangbusters. Hogwarts Legacy was a smash hit, and I think with some distance, most people agree that game was "good, not great." People still flock to the Potter park installations and buy loads of merchandise. Unless they really flub it, this will be a massive hit, so of course they're going for it.
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If it can poison the real flesh and blood brains of powerful people and influence their decisions, then it definitely can be.
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I'm not defending JKR or saying Twitter can't influence individuals or trends. I'm saying the "consensus" that is often formed on Twitter -- in this case, liking Potter is a faux pas/the brand is canceled and won't succeed -- does not reflect the actual reality of the rest of the world. The sample size is too small to begin with -- but more crucially, too specific to a certain type of demographic.
The rich and powerful hated Twitter so much they just took it over
The average person is too stressed out and/or broke to believe boycotting anything matters nor are willing to separate from a community they have felt a part of for now decades like harry potter. It sucks JK is an ahole. But much of the community is more than her and better.
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Yeah, it's incredibly sad what she's become but I'm beyond tired of people reaching for straws trying to recast the books as some Birth of a Nation-esque manifesto.
She was not the same person she is now when writing the books which is why wb needs a guarantee of creative control at this point
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