Harry Potter Discussion and Appreciation Thread

[Purpleyin]

another random question:

what job would you like to have in the HP world?

Well I wouldn't want to teach but some job involving charms sounds good.

[Jolinar of Malkshur]

what job would you like to have in the HP world?

I would like to be a Potions Mistress or maybe work as an Unspeakable.

[weirfan517]

Awsome a HP thread! I was looking through offworld threads yesterday and I guess I missed this one. But anyway I'm a huge fan and have been for quite somtime now and I've read all the books. My fave is POA. I cant wait for HBP to come out. I've heard that the 'half blood prince' is not Voldermort, Harry, or Neville. Thats basically all I know about it. Oh its really cool to know there are other HP fans here.

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[Hywel]

Well, it appears the name of the character who dies has been leaked.

Recently, thousands of £50 bets have been placed on a certain character (who we won't name) dying in HBP. The bets have been placed by residents of Bungay, Suffolk, where the sixth book is being printed. Warren Lush of Ladbrokes said: "We weren't foolish enough to take the bets. There are obviously people out there who have read the manuscripts." Another chain of bookstores said it was "obvious" that a manuscript of HBP had been leaked and read.

I hope this doesn't become a massive news story, or the name might reach my ears. And I want to remain spoiler-free!

[Purpleyin]

Well, it appears the name of the character who dies has been leaked.

I hope this doesn't become a massive news story, or the name might reach my ears. And I want to remain spoiler-free!

Me too. I really don't want to know. Last year I got vaguely spoiled, when someone accidentally said the pronoun related to the character who died. Not quite so bad but still... I prefer not to get spoilers on the books and Bungay I actually reasonably close. I remember all the kafuffle last time with the books found in a field.

[kirmit]

Well it's front page of the sun newspaper today so just don't look at it.

[Purpleyin]

Well it's front page of the sun newspaper today so just don't look at it.

Never read the Sun anyway, and thankfully they don't wrap chips in newspaper anymore so my chances of hearing only stem from random people exclaiming it in the street.

[hidden_envy]

aha, a harry potter thread,lol i only noticed it now
ah,me and my friends are so obsessed with harry potter its actually quite scary, one of my friends (this is no joke) bought a DOUBLE DECKER ROUTEMASTER BUS last year and she is gonig to paint it purple, ah the madness of it all...plus we all have the maurders as nicknames (i'm james potter, prongs ) and we go maudering...but i wont go into that one...

[Angelique]

bought a DOUBLE DECKER ROUTEMASTER BUS last year and she is gonig to paint it purple

Someone's seen/read PoA too much. (Was it the only one the bus was in? )

[Purpleyin]

So how about discussion of the films?

I've quite enjoyed them all, though PoA I liked it really doesn't compare to the book as my favourite. I think the favourite film for me is CoS, though I hated the bits they missed out/changed in the beginning, my mum was quite confused when we saw it as she's never read the books.

I'm really looking forward to the 4th film, think it might be my faovurite so far possibly, the trailer does look good. Only thing is I like to know who's who and there aren't any pictures for some of the new actors, not on IMDB anyway.

[hidden_envy]

i prefer the first two films, but i know i'm not really gonig to like the fourth film because they are going to have to cut so much out from the book

[Purpleyin]

i prefer the first two films, but i know i'm not really gonig to like the fourth film because they are going to have to cut so much out from the book

Well people keep saying that but really I think out of all the books the fourth should translate best, with quite a bit of action. I know they said they were cutting out the house elves subplot but that isn't the most important thing and they did check with Rowling on what they cut.

I have high hopes for this film, just because it's longer in word count doesn't mean it'll be a longer film, I'm thinking alot of it is in the description of the action etc and things that you only see briefly on screen but take up quite a bit of a page or whatever.

[BritAngie]

Well it's front page of the sun newspaper today so just don't look at it.

Eeeeee been spoiled! Mind you it is all rumour at this point. Not sure what to make of it! I'm still looking forward to the book though whichever way it turns out.

[CatGoddess]

Ooh, a Harry Potter thread! How did I miss this?

I've got my copy of the next book pre-ordered on Amazon.com. The last book arrived on the release date, despite the fact that I used free shipping and Amazon said they would not guarantee delivery on the release date unless you paid for standard shipping. I got the mail that day, and I had half a mind to lie to my husband and say it hadn't come yet so I could finish it in peace.

[BruTak]

Alrighty then, since none of you lot seem interested...

Magic Vs. Technology - who'd win?

IMO - technology. Why? Well, all the magic in the world isn't going to do you much good against someone sitting on a hill half a mile away with a sniper rifle.
Or to paraphrase Agent Smith in The Matrix, "What good is casting a spell if you are unable to speak?"

(Sets proverbial cats among proverbial pigeons, sits back and waits for backlash... )