So you're not interested in my zombie neuroscience lecture?*
Yes, I actually have a zombie neuroscience lecture. That's just how I role!
So you're not interested in my zombie neuroscience lecture?*
Probably not.
Amen.Maybenaut wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:56 amThere was one particular rape scene that bothered me — the one with Sansa Stark. Aside from the obvious, it bothered me because it was gratuitous. That particular event didn’t happen in the books. Well, it hasn’t happened yet, anyway, and might not ever happen if George R.R. Martin doesn’t get off his ass and finish the last book.AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:44 am I'm a Game of Thrones fan, but found the rape scenes appalling. The only thing I will say for it, and it's not much, is that there was less of it as the series went on. I didn't like the gore either, and don't like it in anything, including horror, which I do enjoy.
But (and I think I may have mentioned this on the old ‘bow), other than the title, the names of the characters, and some common basic plot points, the story portrayed in the TV show doesn’t resemble the story in the books at all.
Imagine a world where a band of tiny musicians follow you and play a soundtrack for your life – communicating your emotions, fears and hopes.
By Mikey Hill Australia / 2015 / 15′ / No dialogues
Production : Feather Films Pty Ltd
In this world lives Elderly Vernon, a lonely man whose crippling shyness causes his orchestral musicians to perform terribly out of tune.
This was my first time through the series in its entirety. I had not seen more than half. It was all new to me. They certainly put a lot of effort in The Deathly Hallows Part II into putting a button in all the loose details for the fans. It was a bit dizzying. For example, I had to read up on the Resurrection Stone. It made no sense at the time. Likewise, possession of the Elder Wand was a bit convoluted, but it got the job done. They could tick that box.
Time to introduce her to the Dune series...
It's been a long time, but I read those.
Definitely the 1984 De Laurentiss unedited version. After she's 18 or 30. He tried to push the boundaries with that.
Unanswered questions in the movies and the books, I haz them. But I just had to ignore.bill_g wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:12 amThis was my first time through the series in its entirety. I had not seen more than half. It was all new to me. They certainly put a lot of effort in The Deathly Hallows Part II into putting a button in all the loose details for the fans. It was a bit dizzying. For example, I had to read up on the Resurrection Stone. It made no sense at the time. Likewise, possession of the Elder Wand was a bit convoluted, but it got the job done. They could tick that box.
Normally I'd complain about overuse of deus ex machina, but it's magical world. You can do what you want and not have to explain. Rowling definitely has a fantastic imagination. I had a fun ride through her tales.
The original cast of the Harry Potter series will be reunited 20 years after the first film was released.
An HBO Max special titled Return to Hogwarts will be released on 1 January 2022, the network has said.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson will join American film-maker Chris Columbus to discuss the films and explore their creation in depth.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone review – 20 years on, it’s a nostalgic spectacular
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The special will invite fans “on a magical first-person journey through one of the most beloved film franchises of all time”, HBO Max said.
The programme was announced exactly 20 years on from the US release of the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, on 16 November 2001.
Henry’s son was called Fleamont Potter. Fleamont was so called because it was the dying wish of Henry’s mother that he perpetuate her maiden name, which would otherwise die out. He bore the burden remarkably well; indeed, he always attributed his dexterity at duelling to the number of times he had to fight people at Hogwarts after they had made fun of his name. It was Fleamont who took the family gold and quadrupled it, by creating magical Sleekeazy’s Hair Potion ( ‘two drops tames even the most bothersome barnet’ ). He sold the company at a vast profit when he retired, but no amount of riches could compensate him or his wife Euphemia for their childlessness. They had quite given up hope of a son or daughter when, to their shock and surprise, Euphemia found that she was pregnant and their beloved boy, James, was born.
Fleamont and Euphemia lived long enough to see James marry a Muggle-born girl called Lily Evans, but not to meet their grandson, Harry. Dragon pox carried them off within days of each other, due to their advanced age, and James Potter then inherited Ignotus Peverell’s Invisibility Cloak.
Maybenaut wrote: ↑Wed Nov 17, 2021 9:48 amUnanswered questions in the movies and the books, I haz them. But I just had to ignore.bill_g wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:12 amThis was my first time through the series in its entirety. I had not seen more than half. It was all new to me. They certainly put a lot of effort in The Deathly Hallows Part II into putting a button in all the loose details for the fans. It was a bit dizzying. For example, I had to read up on the Resurrection Stone. It made no sense at the time. Likewise, possession of the Elder Wand was a bit convoluted, but it got the job done. They could tick that box.
Normally I'd complain about overuse of deus ex machina, but it's magical world. You can do what you want and not have to explain. Rowling definitely has a fantastic imagination. I had a fun ride through her tales.
Harry’s dad, James, was from a Wizarding family. Serius said as a kid he spent all his time at James’ house. Rowling never talks about James’ parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. I get why the decided to hide Harry at the Dursley’s, but she never said what became of the rest of Harry’s family. At some point it seems he would at least have met them.
And she never explained how Harry’s parents came into that fortune in Gringott’s Bank.