I really miss all of the Marauders stuff in the movies, since that's one of my favorite aspects of the books.
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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***SPOILER ALERT***
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."
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)
Jessica - Oct 11, 2007 7:07:03 am PDT #2964 of 3301
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
I was told (by someone here) that she does pretty much exactly that.
Kathy A - Oct 11, 2007 7:07:24 am PDT #2965 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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."
Well, she did do that for the OotP movie--the screenwriter and director were going to excise Kreacher from the storyline completely, and she said that they had to keep him in for reasons to be seen in Book 7, so they gave him those two brief scenes, as well as included, if you listen very carefully, Sirius' mom.
Laga - Oct 11, 2007 10:29:16 am PDT #2966 of 3301
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
what's gonna be the impetus for Hermione to kiss Ron in the the 7th movie?
'cause he's hot!
aurelia - Oct 11, 2007 12:56:28 pm PDT #2967 of 3301
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I was told (by someone here) that she does pretty much exactly that.
She says so in an interview that is a DVD extra for one of the movies (prob. 2 or 3).
Gudanov - Oct 11, 2007 4:59:22 pm PDT #2968 of 3301
Coding and Sleeping
Normally, I wait for the full back and forth commute, but damn. Fred? That just isn't right, he's one of the twins. The Percy reunion was the setup, it wasn't supposed to be Fred. Some other stuff happened to, whatever.