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So, this whole 'thing' is literally going to go down in history right next to The Phantom Menace. as a huge Harry Potter fan, whoa boy
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Watching authors poo poo on the diehards decades later is the best part of fandoms being a thing.
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Jun 11, 2016 08:17
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Peztopiary posted:Watching authors poo poo on the diehards decades later is the best part of fandoms being a thing. Yeah but in this case the story was loving done. It's not like Stephen King making GBS threads out a finale to Dark Tower decades later or GRRM doing whatever it is he loving does. Why'd she decide she had to go back and ruin everything?
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Jun 11, 2016 08:58
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Jun 11, 2016 11:08
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Fans of books for children upset about childish plot
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Jun 11, 2016 14:41
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Oh I was fine with a magical god child being sent to a fancy castle in the land of make believe to learn how to be a wizard and fighting an immortal demon wizard with the power of friendship but this time travel stuff is just absurd
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Jun 11, 2016 14:44
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Rowling has gone bonkers generally. She spends most of her time on twitter finding people who disagree with her (bad) political views and threatening them with lawsuits and Internet hate mobs
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Jun 11, 2016 16:44
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Going from really poor and completely unknown to mega rich and a household name based on your ability to make things up would drive most people nuts.
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Jun 11, 2016 18:10
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Also she once gave me a dirty look for eating the last bit of a steak with my hands
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Jun 11, 2016 18:22
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:Rowling has gone bonkers generally. She spends most of her time on twitter finding people who disagree with her (bad) political views and threatening them with lawsuits and Internet hate mobs What's wrong with her politics? Last I heard she was a pretty standard left liberal.
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Jun 11, 2016 18:28
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That's what's wrong.
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Jun 11, 2016 18:30
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:Rowling has gone bonkers generally. She spends most of her time on twitter finding people who disagree with her (bad) political views and threatening them with lawsuits and Internet hate mobs
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Jun 11, 2016 18:45
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:What's wrong with her politics? Last I heard she was a pretty standard left liberal. It's probably really boring to anyone not involved, but seeing a beloved children's entertainer turn into a vicious, litigious bully towards a group made up mostly of young leftists who grew up worshipping her was really weird and unpleasant.
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Jun 11, 2016 18:46
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Number Ten Cocks posted:That's what's wrong.  Anyway I think what happened was she couldn't deal with her post Harry Potter books being lousy and critically panned so she felt compelled to return back to her comfort zone despite her previous assurances that she was done with the story. She left the door open for some spinoffs but for some reason elected to make a straight sequel. It's weird, the whole situation with The Cursed Child is eerily similar to JRR Tolkien and his unfinished LoTR sequel. The stories have some of the same themes in them too. But Tolkien had the good sense to recognize that what he was writing was poo poo and binned the whole project altogether. Shimrra Jamaane fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Jun 11, 2016 |
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Jun 11, 2016 18:48
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The critics panned her Gilbraith books? Every review I glanced at after the reveal is the expected gushing praise.
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Jun 11, 2016 18:57
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Anyway I think what happened was she couldn't deal with her post Harry Potter books being lousy and critically panned None of her post-HP books were lousy nor critically panned
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Jun 11, 2016 19:12
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Well I was incorrect then. Well her reasoning must have been different but the end result remains the same.
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Jun 11, 2016 19:17
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I still don't see what is supposed to make this play worse than the books
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Jun 11, 2016 22:49
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I still don't see what is supposed to make this play worse than the books Because it takes most of the established plot and character developments from the books and tramples all over them? Maybe in a vacuum the story isn't so bad. Well, I think it'd be dog poo poo either way but I digress. But for something that is being billed as the 8th story/sequel/other marketing bullshit etc of an established series of ridiculously popular books it stands to reason that it follow at least the very basic ground rules and internal logic previously presented. It's impossible to judge this story on its own due to the fact that it's directly reliant on call backs to vital plot points from the earlier series and involves the characters literally going back in time and loving with them all.
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Jun 12, 2016 00:57
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Because it takes most of the established plot and character developments from the books and tramples all over them? you care a lot about a children's book my man
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Jun 12, 2016 03:59
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Because it takes most of the established plot and character developments from the books and tramples all over them? Its a giant what-if story. That is what what-if stories are.
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Jun 12, 2016 04:11
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I'm Mel and I'm being disingenuous. Cuck
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Jun 12, 2016 05:10
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/10/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-spoilers-here-s-the-plot-of-the-play.html A full synopsis of the play in non-Tumblrite language.
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Jun 12, 2016 07:34
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Draco asks Harry to use his position as Head of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic to shut down gossip that a Time-Turner was used to allow Voldemort to impregnate Astoria, Draco’s wife, who gave birth to Scorpius. Dephie says Albus must be the one to interfere in time because the prophecy says an unseen child will act. Albus refuses but she threatens to kill Scorpius, his only friend. Craig, another student from Hogwarts, rushes up to say the whole school is looking for them. Delphie kills him instantly. Good plot points, I think
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Jun 12, 2016 08:11
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"Delphie"?
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Hedrigall posted:http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/10/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-spoilers-here-s-the-plot-of-the-play.html Parts of that were very stupid but a lot of it was also downright thrilling and had me on the edge of my seat, so it was quite the rollercoaster. Also it felt really good to be back in that world again. I'm ready to accept this as the canonical 8th episode of the series. All in all it led me to preorder the script book just now.
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Jun 12, 2016 19:35
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I like that she wrote it as a play so it cuts down the time it will take for WB to make the movie
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Jun 12, 2016 20:43
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less laughter posted:Parts of that were very stupid but a lot of it was also downright thrilling and had me on the edge of my seat, so it was quite the rollercoaster. Also it felt really good to be back in that world again. I'm ready to accept this as the canonical 8th episode of the series. A brief synopsis of a play had you on the edge of your seat?
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I've been reading Le Carre for the first time, finshed Tinker, Tailor; Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. I really liked them, what other books of his would you guys recommend?
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Jun 13, 2016 00:20
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less laughter posted:Parts of that were very stupid but a lot of it was also downright thrilling and had me on the edge of my seat, so it was quite the rollercoaster. Also it felt really good to be back in that world again. I'm ready to accept this as the canonical 8th episode of the series. The concept of canon outside of its original religious meaning is probably one of the worst things about nerd franchise fandom
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A human heart posted:The concept of canon outside of its original religious meaning is probably one of the worst things about nerd franchise fandom WHat about the Western Literary Canon
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blue squares posted:A brief synopsis of a play had you on the edge of your seat? It's not a brief synopsis, it's a full description of the plot that describes every twist and turn.
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Jun 13, 2016 05:37
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I like that she wrote it as a play so it cuts down the time it will take for WB to make the movie Why not just set up a couple cameras at the play and just release that poo poo to the movies? Or hell, live stream it to theaters across the world like they do with concerts and E3 presentations so that Harry Potter fans who aren't both rich and in London can experience it?
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CestMoi posted:WHat about the Western Literary Canon you mean the ultimate catalogue of Bible fanfic?
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Why not just set up a couple cameras at the play and just release that poo poo to the movies? Or hell, live stream it to theaters across the world like they do with concerts and E3 presentations so that Harry Potter fans who aren't both rich and in London can experience it? Like they're not going to do both.
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Jun 13, 2016 09:05
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Mr. Squishy posted:Like they're not going to do both. And THEN adapt it into four movies.
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Just had an odd thought. Harry Potter grew up in a neglectful household, had no friends, and was constantly bullied by his older brother. The few times his dad was shown, he was a bully who didn't care about rules or the feelings of others. What if Harry Potter grew up to be a psychopath instead of an upstanding guy?
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MrSlam posted:Just had an odd thought. Harry Potter grew up in a neglectful household, had no friends, and was constantly bullied by his older brother. The few times his dad was shown, he was a bully who didn't care about rules or the feelings of others. http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Tom_Riddle
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Yeah it's like MrSlam hasn't read book 6 (the best book in the series btw).
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