The Balrog
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Harry Potter Cartoon style!
here is the poster
here is the poster
Harry Potter....
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Simon Darkshade
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Humph.
Prefer the real movie, and the look of Daniel Radcliffe over Eric Cartman IMHO, if you are still allowed to say that type of thing these days (I mean he looks more authentic to the role, and the Cartman thing was amusing for about a nanosecond only).
Humph.
Prefer the real movie, and the look of Daniel Radcliffe over Eric Cartman IMHO, if you are still allowed to say that type of thing these days (I mean he looks more authentic to the role, and the Cartman thing was amusing for about a nanosecond only).
Humph.
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I know.....
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Humph.
Just a bit of movie info related to corporate monopolization. Did you know Warner Bros. has signed a term contract for the next *7* sequels of Harry Potter?!
The second Harry Potter was in production the week its number one hit the theaters. THey are using the left over sets in London Pinewood studios and are planning to leave it there for the next 10 years...
They are doing so much publicity and advertisement of all sorts that the total budget of the first Harry Potter is around 400 million USD.
We'll see how that goes, in the next 20 years. Harry will be bigger than Star Wars, they say.
Just a bit of movie info related to corporate monopolization. Did you know Warner Bros. has signed a term contract for the next *7* sequels of Harry Potter?!
The second Harry Potter was in production the week its number one hit the theaters. THey are using the left over sets in London Pinewood studios and are planning to leave it there for the next 10 years...
They are doing so much publicity and advertisement of all sorts that the total budget of the first Harry Potter is around 400 million USD.
We'll see how that goes, in the next 20 years. Harry will be bigger than Star Wars, they say.
adamsj
Gaint Hobbit!
That is so sick for this great website for Civers anywhere in the world, to have A THREAD about Harry (Sick) Potter. OK! DUkE!
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
They'd hardly put out a movie that was not designed to earn money, and people aren't being forced to watch it or buy the merchandise.
Mikoyan, somehow I didn't think that this would be your cup of tea
As for it being sick to have a Harry Potter thread, you obviously haven't delved into the dark recesses of the archives. There is some very sick stuff there, that makes a harmless movie about a boy wizard seem somewhat...harmless.
Mikoyan, somehow I didn't think that this would be your cup of tea
As for it being sick to have a Harry Potter thread, you obviously haven't delved into the dark recesses of the archives. There is some very sick stuff there, that makes a harmless movie about a boy wizard seem somewhat...harmless.
duke o' york
It don't mean a thing....
What?
Hairy (sic) Potter is utterly harmless and a minor irritation to amuse all the trend-bandwagon-jumping oafs leap aboard until the release of the next Star Wars film to make them all nostalgic about times they can't possibly remember having been too young.
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Star wars = Okay, looks alright
Lord of the rings =
The movie looks Greeeaaat!
Lord of the rings =
The movie looks Greeeaaat!
Simon Darkshade
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"Lord of the rings = The movie looks Greeeaaat!"
Agreed. Saw the trailer the other day, and was quite impressed, especially with the hobbits not having broad Texan accents
Hairy Potter? Is that the version they release if Radcliffe hits puberty in the middle of shooting the next one ?(ducks to avoid the rotten eggs that accompany such a bad pun)
Agreed. Saw the trailer the other day, and was quite impressed, especially with the hobbits not having broad Texan accents
Hairy Potter? Is that the version they release if Radcliffe hits puberty in the middle of shooting the next one ?(ducks to avoid the rotten eggs that accompany such a bad pun)
Leowind
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Saw Harry Potter movie; it was very good (really looking forward to LOTR, though!). Read the first two books, will read the others eventually, if only to get my daughter off my back about them 
. You all can have a knee-jerk negative reaction to anything that catches the public attention as "popular" if you want, but the simple truth is that my daughter, and millions of kids around the world, got hooked on the "trend" of Harry Potter by reading the books. The commercialization of the movie may be getting out of hand, but that's Hollywood for you. Because its a success many have been jumping on the bandwagon, but it was a huge success before there was bandwagon to jump on. You may not like the movie, you may not even like the books, that's your prerogative. But at the root of it all is the simple truth that millions of kids are reading these rather large (for that age-group) books that are written very well, that treat kids as intelligent people, and don't patronize or candy-coat the world for them. I even know many adults (myself included) that have enjoyed reading them. The genre may not be your bag, and the movie may be over-commercialized, but don't dis the creative genius of the books themselves.
. You all can have a knee-jerk negative reaction to anything that catches the public attention as "popular" if you want, but the simple truth is that my daughter, and millions of kids around the world, got hooked on the "trend" of Harry Potter by reading the books. The commercialization of the movie may be getting out of hand, but that's Hollywood for you. Because its a success many have been jumping on the bandwagon, but it was a huge success before there was bandwagon to jump on. You may not like the movie, you may not even like the books, that's your prerogative. But at the root of it all is the simple truth that millions of kids are reading these rather large (for that age-group) books that are written very well, that treat kids as intelligent people, and don't patronize or candy-coat the world for them. I even know many adults (myself included) that have enjoyed reading them. The genre may not be your bag, and the movie may be over-commercialized, but don't dis the creative genius of the books themselves.
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If Harry can get over 100 million citizens to ignore the idiot's lantern and read a book...He gets my vote.
But Tolkien is the master.
"Nine rings for mortal men, doomed to die!"
classic stuff...
But Tolkien is the master.
"Nine rings for mortal men, doomed to die!"
classic stuff...
Tolkien rules supreme indeed! Though i still think Harry Potter is capitalistic crap!Originally posted by CurtSibling
If Harry can get over 100 million citizens to ignore the idiot's lantern and read a book...He gets my vote.
But Tolkien is the master.
"Nine rings for mortal men, doomed to die!"
classic stuff...
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I also heard that that chick Rowling ripped the Harry Potter character off from an American author!
She had to rip him off? Faugh!
I could come up with better fantasy stuff with a lobotomy!
HP is also very class orientated, public school for wizards...
Somehow I can't see Mithrandir going there...
But it gets people to read so thye might graduate onto something more mentally enriching.
PS
I am glad there is so many here who appreciate the works
of JRR Tolkien!
This place is surely the home of the CIV players with good taste!
She had to rip him off? Faugh!
I could come up with better fantasy stuff with a lobotomy!
HP is also very class orientated, public school for wizards...
Somehow I can't see Mithrandir going there...
But it gets people to read so thye might graduate onto something more mentally enriching.
PS
I am glad there is so many here who appreciate the works
of JRR Tolkien!
This place is surely the home of the CIV players with good taste!
I appreciate the works of many great authors:
Tolkien
H.P Lovecraft
Dean R. Koontz
Stephen King
Anthony Burgess
R.A Salvatore
Pat Mills
Curt Sibling (Yeah well i like your comix)
Jaime Hernandez
Heinlein
etc.
But not Rawlings! Her books suck! They forced me to read book 1 in swedish calass ant it blowed!
Tolkien
H.P Lovecraft
Dean R. Koontz
Stephen King
Anthony Burgess
R.A Salvatore
Pat Mills
Curt Sibling (Yeah well i like your comix)
Jaime Hernandez
Heinlein
etc.
But not Rawlings! Her books suck! They forced me to read book 1 in swedish calass ant it blowed!
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Mikoyan, thanks!
Hey I think you should check out the "Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan. Nice story and cool characters...
Also for more gritty fantasy try, "A Storm of Swords" by George R Martin, It's heavy hitting stuff, bloodthirsty and well written.
Imagine a fantasy world but written in a reallife adult style,
The highlight of the George R Martin series is the build-up of a huge undead invasion from the northern snowlands, but no-one in the south believes in the legends anymore! This stuff rocks!
Check it out if ya get the chance!
CurtSibling
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Originally posted by Mikoyan
That sounds really promising!
I will go downtown and check for these books in the big library.
And any donations to my comics thread would be thankable, it's dying...
I'm on it!
Achinz
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It seems some conservative Christian schools in Victoria, Australia have banned the books citing the the main objection as the possible promotion of witchcraft. :crazyeyes
Looks like the more cogent reason based on the views here would be simply non-literature.
Looks like the more cogent reason based on the views here would be simply non-literature.
