Harry Potter TV series on HBO

[Anonymous]

Well, first of all, Harry Potter actors should be super hot. Choose a kid that will end up superhot tee to draw all the female teen audience in later seasons.
We watch Tv for a reason, to see hot people. They are entertainers, and nothing s more entertaining than a hot dude to teen girls.
Nobody cares if they are smart or whatnot. I did not watch Titanic 4 times cause Leo was so "Educated and smart!"

[Anonymous]

Puberty is an unpredictable beast. Who would have predicted that Neville Longbottoms actor would have turned out so good?

https://images.app.goo.gl/ojsP7YF9fRyVCEip6

[Anonymous]

What are some of Rupert Grint's best performances since HP? I'm willing to give one of his movies/shows a try. Recs?

[Anonymous]

I don't think any of the actors were good, so... I don't know about the movies beyond 4, but the first 4 the actors were so annoying I found I was trying to imagine them like I did with the books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Puberty is an unpredictable beast. Who would have predicted that Neville Longbottoms actor would have turned out so good?

https://images.app.goo.gl/ojsP7YF9fRyVCEip6

This is funny because if you watch these things enough, you realize the Neville is the unsung real hero of HP. In each critical plot point, Neville does something without which everyone would be lost. So I am team Neville all the way. He’s my favorite character.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The pity is that HBO will spend untold sums to make this series and that's money that could have gone toward something, anything, fresh and new. Supporting new writers. Directors with interesting ideas. Stories we haven't all read or seen already. They can flesh it out all they like--word is that the series will be seven seasons, one for each novel. But we still have been here before. Ah, but HBO and sad to say, Rowling, want that sure-thing payoff. And I say all this as someone who enjoyed the books and movies, with a now-adult kid who loved them.

I'm not saying the Potter franchise is stale; I'm saying it lives on in perfectly good, well-made movies, a stage play (I don't know about here on Broadway but in London the play is a long-running, huge $$ hit), more books, books about the books....This series is milking it even more, plain and simple. And they're probably banking on the idea that a younger generation will maybe be less attached to the feature films, and will be fine with a new version on streaming. And let's face it, every project now wants to be on streaming.

The contrasting situation is the upcoming Disney+ series of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." That's understandable and, for fans, greatly anticipated: Those books had two feature films that flopped, both widely panned and seriously miscast with young adults in the roles of 12-year-olds. A third film never happened (thank heaven). But now there will be a series, intended to be one book per season too, I think. Best of all the author, Rick Riordan, is taking a very active role in the series' creation, whereas for the movies, a studio just took the rights and ran with its own versions. The Percy Jackson fandom seems very excited by the casting (actual kids playing kids) and the chance to get a do-over on the awful movies that relatively few people have even seen.

THAT project I get. But the Potter series just reeks of money grab.

I’m still too mad at disney plus for cancelling mysterious Benedict. If they can’t finish that, with the phenomenal cast they had in place, I don’t trust them to do anything decent with Percy jackson (which is not nearly as clever anyway).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Puberty is an unpredictable beast. Who would have predicted that Neville Longbottoms actor would have turned out so good?

https://images.app.goo.gl/ojsP7YF9fRyVCEip6

This is funny because if you watch these things enough, you realize the Neville is the unsung real hero of HP. In each critical plot point, Neville does something without which everyone would be lost. So I am team Neville all the way. He’s my favorite character.

Same! And in a way, I think Neville and Luna are better students than Hermione is. They're neurodivergent in an environment that doesn't really support their brain wiring, but they persevere anyway and have great interest in their specific talents. Hermione is about grades, not intellectual curiosity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The pity is that HBO will spend untold sums to make this series and that's money that could have gone toward something, anything, fresh and new. Supporting new writers. Directors with interesting ideas. Stories we haven't all read or seen already. They can flesh it out all they like--word is that the series will be seven seasons, one for each novel. But we still have been here before. Ah, but HBO and sad to say, Rowling, want that sure-thing payoff. And I say all this as someone who enjoyed the books and movies, with a now-adult kid who loved them.

I'm not saying the Potter franchise is stale; I'm saying it lives on in perfectly good, well-made movies, a stage play (I don't know about here on Broadway but in London the play is a long-running, huge $$ hit), more books, books about the books....This series is milking it even more, plain and simple. And they're probably banking on the idea that a younger generation will maybe be less attached to the feature films, and will be fine with a new version on streaming. And let's face it, every project now wants to be on streaming.

The contrasting situation is the upcoming Disney+ series of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." That's understandable and, for fans, greatly anticipated: Those books had two feature films that flopped, both widely panned and seriously miscast with young adults in the roles of 12-year-olds. A third film never happened (thank heaven). But now there will be a series, intended to be one book per season too, I think. Best of all the author, Rick Riordan, is taking a very active role in the series' creation, whereas for the movies, a studio just took the rights and ran with its own versions. The Percy Jackson fandom seems very excited by the casting (actual kids playing kids) and the chance to get a do-over on the awful movies that relatively few people have even seen.

THAT project I get. But the Potter series just reeks of money grab.

I’m still too mad at disney plus for cancelling mysterious Benedict. If they can’t finish that, with the phenomenal cast they had in place, I don’t trust them to do anything decent with Percy jackson (which is not nearly as clever anyway).

Speaking just to the business side of things -- the Percy Jackson franchise, I'm guessing, is likely a better bet for drawing more viewers than Mysterious Benedict Society was. That's not at all a slam on the source material for Benedict, but just due to the fact that (I have to figure) many, many more people have read the Percy Jackson books than have read the Benedict books. Bigger built-in audience. And please note, I say that as someone who really enjoyed both book series! I can't speak to their version of Benedict Society as I haven't' seen it yet (and it sounds great), but so far the casting for Percy Jackson looks terrific and smart, and a lot of fans are very pleased that Riordan is taking a very big role in making the series.

[Anonymous]

HBO needs this show as an anchor...Imagine a built in audience for a new show. Even if it is not a hit, there will be a loyal following that will sign up to watch the show and maybe get hooked on other HBO shows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Puberty is an unpredictable beast. Who would have predicted that Neville Longbottoms actor would have turned out so good?

https://images.app.goo.gl/ojsP7YF9fRyVCEip6

This is funny because if you watch these things enough, you realize the Neville is the unsung real hero of HP. In each critical plot point, Neville does something without which everyone would be lost. So I am team Neville all the way. He’s my favorite character.

He’s the Sam (LOTR) of the series who truly saved the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Puberty is an unpredictable beast. Who would have predicted that Neville Longbottoms actor would have turned out so good?

https://images.app.goo.gl/ojsP7YF9fRyVCEip6

This is funny because if you watch these things enough, you realize the Neville is the unsung real hero of HP. In each critical plot point, Neville does something without which everyone would be lost. So I am team Neville all the way. He’s my favorite character.

Same! And in a way, I think Neville and Luna are better students than Hermione is. They're neurodivergent in an environment that doesn't really support their brain wiring, but they persevere anyway and have great interest in their specific talents. Hermione is about grades, not intellectual curiosity.

In defense of Hermione, I see her as both grade focused and intellectually curious. I do love Luna and Neville, though. Before the last books came out I was hoping that the twist would be that the prophecy was actually about Neville instead of Harry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Puberty is an unpredictable beast. Who would have predicted that Neville Longbottoms actor would have turned out so good?

https://images.app.goo.gl/ojsP7YF9fRyVCEip6

This is funny because if you watch these things enough, you realize the Neville is the unsung real hero of HP. In each critical plot point, Neville does something without which everyone would be lost. So I am team Neville all the way. He’s my favorite character.

Same! And in a way, I think Neville and Luna are better students than Hermione is. They're neurodivergent in an environment that doesn't really support their brain wiring, but they persevere anyway and have great interest in their specific talents. Hermione is about grades, not intellectual curiosity.

In defense of Hermione, I see her as both grade focused and intellectually curious. I do love Luna and Neville, though. Before the last books came out I was hoping that the twist would be that the prophecy was actually about Neville instead of Harry.

Dude, I totally agree it would've been amazing if the prophecy turned out to have been about Neville.

About Hermione...nah. She pooh-poohs Trelawney and her class because the subject isn't made for brain wiring like Hermione's. So instead of humbling herself and being willing to think outside the box, Hermione is like, f*** this class, it's all a fraud anyway and flounces off. She's proven wrong at the end of the book. I mean, her boggart is about failing a test or something, isn't it? That's a major sign that she's not genuinely here to learn, she's doing all of this to run from her fear of failure. She doesn't want to learn things unless she can use the knowledge to her advantage, including being "the best". If there's a subject she can't shine at, then she discredits it. There's a reason why Luna is in Ravenclaw but Hermione isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Puberty is an unpredictable beast. Who would have predicted that Neville Longbottoms actor would have turned out so good?

https://images.app.goo.gl/ojsP7YF9fRyVCEip6

Well they did manage to make hin look really awful!

[Anonymous]

I actually am probably the only person who loves Harry Potter but actually never really loved the movies for whatever reason!

I'm kind of excited!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Puberty is an unpredictable beast. Who would have predicted that Neville Longbottoms actor would have turned out so good?

https://images.app.goo.gl/ojsP7YF9fRyVCEip6

This is funny because if you watch these things enough, you realize the Neville is the unsung real hero of HP. In each critical plot point, Neville does something without which everyone would be lost. So I am team Neville all the way. He’s my favorite character.

He’s the Sam (LOTR) of the series who truly saved the day.

That’s me you respond to and I looooove Sam. And I think Sean Astin did such a great job in the movies that I am sad his career did not take off more. Elijah woods just looks like he has to poop for most of the movies.