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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration  

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Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2007 5:59:29 am PDT #2954 of 3301
brillig

showing you very important things throughout the series

I've been amusing myself wondering how the moviemakers will deal with details that might not work in the movies but which are necessary for events in later books.


SuziQ - Oct 11, 2007 6:01:16 am PDT #2955 of 3301
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Well, we have movies 6 and 7 yet to go, what about things from the earlier books that have already been made into movies - what is missing from them that was later brought back in book 7? Not that they will show ALL the detail from book 7, but still.


Hil R. - Oct 11, 2007 6:08:30 am PDT #2956 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The fifth movie didn't show them finding the locket at Grimmauld Place, did it?


Aims - Oct 11, 2007 6:08:58 am PDT #2957 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.

The biggest thing - there was no SPEW. I don't even recall Hermione saying anything about Sirius's treatment of Kreacher to even hint at her not agreeing with the way other magical beings are treated. So what's gonna be the impetus for Hermione to kiss Ron in the the 7th movie?


Aims - Oct 11, 2007 6:09:16 am PDT #2958 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.

The fifth movie didn't show them finding the locket at Grimmauld Place, did it?

There's another one.


Dana - Oct 11, 2007 6:10:11 am PDT #2959 of 3301
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I really miss all of the Marauders stuff in the movies, since that's one of my favorite aspects of the books.


Aims - Oct 11, 2007 6:11:12 am PDT #2960 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Me, too. Me too, a lot.

I wish that Jo could have been standing over Steve Kloves and Michael Goldenburg's shoulders at times saying, "Nope. Gotta keep it. Gonna be important." I guess this is the problem with making the movies as the series is being written.


victor infante - Oct 11, 2007 6:19:18 am PDT #2961 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

I'm not concerned. The movies have always been "Highlights from Harry Potter" anyway. They've not shown the least bit of concern about how the things link up.


Emily - Oct 11, 2007 6:21:32 am PDT #2962 of 3301
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Well, I think she does have input. There's probably a spreadsheet somewhere linking the books together, so if they cut something they have to also figure out how to fix everything it links to.

Or not, but I'm feeling generous today. I didn't know HOW they could get around Skeeter's animagosity, but it doesn't seem to have made the slightest bit of difference. They just also cut out the using-her-for-an-interview bit in the next movie.


Vortex - Oct 11, 2007 6:29:23 am PDT #2963 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

She has a neat way of showing you very important things throughout the series, masquerading as odd bits of detail.

very Joss-like. But, then, Joss let me down in season 7 (Eye of Bojoxa, I'm looking at you)