Jim Dale deserves another Grammy, no question. He makes listening to the books on tape or CD such a wonderful experience. He's a master. I don't know how he does it, to go from Grorp's (sp? that's one problem with listening; I'm not sure how to spell some of the names) voice to Luna's to Ron to Hermione in a breath. He's AMAZING.
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Java cat - Aug 27, 2007 10:35:46 am PDT #2700 of 3301
Not javachik
beekaytee - Aug 27, 2007 11:43:13 am PDT #2701 of 3301
Compassionately intolerant
He's AMAZING.
Truly so.
I hear so many new things with each listening. And the sheer volume of recognizable voices is mind boggling.
Much as I love Stephen Fry...and I really do...have you heard his reading? It's so much less a dramatization, than a lovely uncle reading the story out loud. Not the same experience at ALL.
I did notice in DH that Jim Dale reused a voice from a previous book. A minor character...but with something like 143 individual representations in total, you'd expect even more difficulty in discerning from one to the other.
In this reading, he pronounced Scrimgour as Scrimjer vs. the ScrimJAW of the last book. Makes me wonder if JK gives him phonetic direction at all.
Polter-Cow - Aug 27, 2007 11:49:56 am PDT #2702 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't know how he does it, to go from Grorp's (sp? that's one problem with listening; I'm not sure how to spell some of the names)
Grawp?
lisah - Aug 27, 2007 7:10:43 pm PDT #2703 of 3301
Punishingly Intricate
Wait! Is there a Harry Potter Tarot yet?
Because my friends and I had an awesome idea for one tonight.
aurelia - Aug 27, 2007 8:37:50 pm PDT #2704 of 3301
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Is there a Harry Potter Tarot yet?
A quick google indicates yes, but I haven't gone through the links.
lisah - Aug 28, 2007 9:38:38 am PDT #2705 of 3301
Punishingly Intricate
A quick google indicates yes, but I haven't gone through the links.
hmm...well...I have no memory about what our awesome idea actually was so. Damned bourbon.
Sue - Aug 28, 2007 9:54:02 am PDT #2706 of 3301
hip deep in pie
hmm...well...I have no memory about what our awesome idea actually was so. Damned bourbon.
Let's see, the houses of Hogwarts as the suits. ETA: Slytherin - Swords, Gryffindor - Cups, Hufflepuff - Coins, Ravenclaw - Wands. (I'm not sure about Cups and Wands.)
Marjor Arcana:
The Fool - Harry?
The Magician - Dumbledore, Harry
The High Priestess - Luna Lovegood? Trelawney?
The Empress - Lily, Mrs. Weasley
The Emperor - James
The Hierophant - Dumbledore
The Lovers - Ron & Hermione/ Ginny and Harry
The Chariot - Thestrals/ Flying car
Strength - Buckbeak and Sirius/ Hagrid
The Hermit - Snape
Wheel of Fortune - Sirius?
Justice - Tonks
The Hanged Man - Sirius?
Death - Dementors
Temperance - Hermoine?
The Devil - Voldemort
The Tower - Azkaban
The Star -
The Moon - Lupin
The Sun -
Judgment -
The World -
sumi - Aug 28, 2007 9:56:14 am PDT #2707 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
Professor McGonnigle for the High Priestess?
Sue - Aug 28, 2007 9:58:26 am PDT #2708 of 3301
hip deep in pie
I just did an edit and put maybe Luna or Trelawney there. i thought of McGonnigal (sp), but I think of HP as being about intuition and the unconscious, and McGonnigal doesn't do it for me.
sumi - Aug 28, 2007 10:02:11 am PDT #2709 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
Well, clearly McGonnigal is the Queen of Gryffindor - which would be which suit?
I see Ravenclaw as Swords. . . but the rest aren't so clear.