505thAirborne Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 When the Books & Movies weren't enough, now there's this: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/harry-potter-live-action-tv-series-in-early-development-at-hbo-max-exclusive Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that executives have had a series of meetings with writers with the goal of bringing the blockbuster franchise to television. Quote
jvmacross Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 Have to figure out a way to keep the masses coming back to Orlando's Universal Studios! Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 "Network that turned celebrated novel series A Song of Fire and Ice into a small screen pop culture phenomenon and then screwed it up so badly that all interest in the series and franchise vanished practically overnight expresses interest in adapting celebrated novel series Harry Potter for television." ... ... ... Am I the only one who looked a this and immediately thought "So THAT'S what a red flag factory looks like?". Between the cack-handed incompetence at HBO that murdered Game of Thrones in its sleep and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling having spent the last decade or coming unglued in an attempt to keep herself and her cash cow relevant via Twitter, this feels like something that can only end poorly. Especially if J.K. Rowling is allowed to have any creative control over its writers. It's one thing for Albus Dumbledore to allegedly be gay, but can you imagine the mess they'll create if they start including her Twitter comments in the series? There are a few in-jokes in the novels themselves that flew under the radar with her publisher but could cause havoc if HBO actually explored them, like the implication that Aberforth was arrested and tried for bestiality or that Professor Umbridge was raped by centaurs. Throw her comments from Twitter in the mix and we'll be hearing about how Neville had lice, how Hagrid was all about autoerotic asyphxiation, and how wizards used to just sh*t on the floor wherever they were standing and magic it away. (That last one isn't a joke, by the way... she actually said that.) Quote
TangledThorns Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 I was mentioning this to my wife who is a YUGE Harry Potter fan that WB should use the property just like Disney is doing with Star Wars because it would be a complete waste if they didn't. Quote
jvmacross Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 32 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said: There are a few in-jokes in the novels themselves that flew under the radar with her publisher but could cause havoc if HBO actually explored them, like the implication that Aberforth was arrested and tried for bestiality or that Professor Umbridge was raped by centaurs. Throw her comments from Twitter in the mix and we'll be hearing about how Neville had lice, how Hagrid was all about autoerotic asyphxiation, and how wizards used to just sh*t on the floor wherever they were standing and magic it away. (That last one isn't a joke, by the way... she actually said that.) And these were originally marketed as kids books? Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, jvmacross said: And these were originally marketed as kids books? A lot of kid's media includes some hidden-in-plain-sight humor or subtext for the benefit/enjoyment of parents. J.K. Rowling's been put on the spot a few times WRT Aberforth's arrest for "inappropriate charms on a goat" and had to check the age of the requester before answering. Edited January 25, 2021 by Seto Kaiba Quote
jvmacross Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said: A lot of kid's media includes some hidden-in-plain-sight humor or subtext for the benefit/enjoyment of parents. J.K. Rowling's been put on the spot a few times WRT Aberforth's arrest for "inappropriate charms on a goat" and had to check the age of the requester before answering. nothing humorous about bestiality..... Quote
TangledThorns Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, jvmacross said: nothing humorous about bestiality..... Nothing shocks us anime fans, lol. Quote
jvmacross Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, TangledThorns said: Nothing shocks us anime fans, lol. I like Macross but by no means would I consider myself an "anime" fan.... Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 50 minutes ago, jvmacross said: nothing humorous about bestiality..... Tell that to the English... and anyone making jokes about the American deep south. Albus Dumbledore's brother Aberforth is introduced to the reader via a hidden-in-plain-sight joke about Scotsmen and bestiality. (For bonus points, he's even depicted wearing a kilt when he appears in the movie series, in line with that old gag about how Scots wear kilts 'because zippers scare the sheep".) The thing about Umbridge and the centaurs isn't terribly subtle either. Centaurs were super rapey in classical mythology, perhaps most famously documented in the final deed of the Greek mythical hero Heracles who was killed by the blood of a centaur named Nessus after killing him for trying to rape his wife. A woman being dragged off by a centaur means one and only one thing. There are a fair few bits of other off-color humor and mature references in Harry Potter, and they're not even particularly subtle. Just imagine the outcry when the oblivious general public sees HBO adapt that stuff too. Edited January 25, 2021 by Seto Kaiba Quote
jvmacross Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said: Tell that to the English... and anyone making jokes about the American deep south. Albus Dumbledore's brother Aberforth is introduced to the reader via a hidden-in-plain-sight joke about Scotsmen and bestiality. (For bonus points, he's even depicted wearing a kilt when he appears in the movie series, in line with that old gag about how Scots wear kilts 'because zippers scare the sheep".) The thing about Umbridge and the centaurs isn't terribly subtle either. Centaurs were super rapey in classical mythology, perhaps most famously documented in the final deed of the Greek mythical hero Heracles who was killed by the blood of a centaur named Nessus after killing him for trying to rape his wife. A woman being dragged off by a centaur means one and only one thing. There are a fair few bits of other off-color humor and mature references in Harry Potter, and they're not even particularly subtle. Just imagine the outcry when the oblivious general public sees HBO adapt that stuff too. This is way more than I ever wanted to know about the Harry Potter franchise...was never a huge fan to begin with...but now, just a little bit less so...lol Quote
Thom Posted January 26, 2021 Posted January 26, 2021 15 hours ago, jvmacross said: This is way more than I ever wanted to know about the Harry Potter franchise...was never a huge fan to begin with...but now, just a little bit less so...lol Yeah, same here. Just more of reason for me to continue to simply watch a movie and just ignore the behind the scenes and tweet stuff! Quote
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