Kathy, in the book, the Mermaid's asleep, and most of the insinuation is 1) verbal and 2) in Harry's head. She's not very flirty at all.
I continue to not understand the single-sex schools
I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.
Xander ,'First Date'
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DebetEsse - Jan 17, 2006 12:57:18 pm PST #9891 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Kathy A - Jan 17, 2006 1:04:16 pm PST #9892 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
In the book, the "bathtub" is definitely the size of a pool--he does a few laps before trying to figure out the egg clue. I'll have to go back and reread GoF, because I think I'm getting the movie versions all mixed up with canon, and that's not a good thing!
Aims - Jan 17, 2006 1:13:33 pm PST #9893 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok - yeah. Now I remember that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 17, 2006 1:13:55 pm PST #9894 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Matt, I assume the age difference thing between the actress playing Myrtle is one of them?
Oops, make that three levels. One, that this no-boundaries ghost that could pop out of any bit of plumbing unexpectedly was perving on Harry. Two, on a meta level that someone as young as Radcliffe had to act out that scene. Due to makeup and translucent CGI, I didn't even realize at the time that, Three, the Myrtle actress is years older than I am.
Betsy HP - Jan 17, 2006 1:32:06 pm PST #9895 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
My husband said that the adult woman in pigtails trying to look young screamed "imitation teenager porn" to him, which just added to the squick.
Mr. Broom - Jan 17, 2006 1:36:23 pm PST #9896 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
To say nothing of Myrtle's voice. It helps you see her as a kid, sort of, but it also really, really enhances the creepiness. Couple that with some uncomfortable sexuality and you got the wiggins.
Steph L. - Jan 17, 2006 2:04:33 pm PST #9897 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Perhaps Mike Newell was trying too hard to be like Alfonso Cuarón....
DavidS - Jan 17, 2006 2:30:15 pm PST #9898 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That scene didn't bug me.
Except with Matt's first point where you wondered how to keep the skankier ghosts at bay.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2006 2:43:18 pm PST #9899 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What about the single sex schools (not sure why that's whitefonted) don't you understand, Debet?
DebetEsse - Jan 17, 2006 2:49:28 pm PST #9900 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Why they decided to do that. It makes no sense to have a single-sex school if its the only (or even the premiere) wizarding school in the country.
And I want there to be a justification if they're going to change something from the books. There are valid reasons to change some things (leaving out the whole Fleur's part Veela thing, for example), but I fail to see the reason for that.