The Harry Potter Universe

Harry Potter Prequel

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Do you guys remember the Harry Potter prequel that was released in 2008. I just remembered about it today. And I was thinking, wouldn't it be awesome if JK could write an entire prequel to Harry Potter that tells the story of Harry's parents and the time they went to school. And then she can also write a prequel to that prequel, that describes the life of people like Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. This would be so awesome, and would make people love Harry Potter again, or the book, James Potter and then Albus Dumbledore. Anyway. Just some random thoughts I had, which I think I already had a few years ago, but yeah.

For those that don't remember the prequel:

The speeding motorcycle took the sharp corner so fast in the darkness that both policemen in the pursuing car shouted,”Whoa!” Sergeant Fisher slammed his large foot on the brake, thinking that the boy who was riding pillion was sure to be flung under his wheels; however, the motorbike made the turn without seating either of its riders, and with a wink of its red tail lights, vanished up the narrow side street.

“We’ve got ‘em now!” cried PC Anderson excitedly. “That’s a dead end!”

Leaning hard on the steering wheel and crashing his gears, Fisher scraped half the paint off the flank of the car as he forced it up the alleyway in pursuit.There in the headlights sat their quarry, stationary at last after a quarter of an hour’s chase. The two riders were trapped between a towering brick wall and the police car, which was now crawling towards them like some growling luminous-eyes predator.

There was so little space between the car doors and the walls of the alley that Fisher and Anderson had difficulty extricating themselves from the vehicle. It injured their dignity to have to inch, crab-like,towards the miscreants. Fisher dragged his generous belly along the wall,tearing buttons off his shirt as he went, and finally snapping off the wing mirror with his backside.

“Get off the bike!” he bellowed at the smirking youths, who sat basking in the flashing blue light as though enjoying it.

They did as they were told, finally pulling free from the broken wing mirror, Fisher glared at them. They seemed to be in their late teens. The one who had been driving had long black hair, his insolent good looks reminded Fisher unpleasantly of his daughter’s guitar-playing, layabout boyfriend. The second boy also had black hair, though his was short and stuck up in all directions; he wore glasses and a broad grin. Both were dressed in t-shirts emblazoned with a large golden bird; the emblem, no doubt, of some deafening, tuneless rock band.

“No helmet!” Fisher yelled, pointing from one uncovered head to the other. “Exceeding the speed limit by-by a considerable amount!” (In fact, the speed registered had been greater than Fisher was prepared to accept that any motorcycle could travel.) “Failure to stop for the police!”

“We’d have loved to stop for a chat,” said the boy in glasses,”only we were trying-”

“Don’t get smart-you two are in a heap of trouble!” snarled Anderson. “Names!”

“Names?” repeated the long-haired driver.”Er-Well, let’s see. There’s Wilberforce…Bathsheba…Elvendork…”

“And what’s nice about that one is, you can use it for a boy OR a girl,” said the boy in glasses.

“Oh, our names, did you mean?” asked the first, as Anderson spluttered with rage.”You should’ve said! This here is James Potter, and I’m Sirius Black!”

“Things’ll be seriously black for you in a minute, you cheek little-”

But neither James nor Sirius was paying attention. They were suddenly as alert as gundogs, staying past Fisher and Anderson, over the roof of the police car, at the dark mouth of the alley. Then, with identical, fluid movements, they reached into their back pockets.

For the space of a heartbeat both policemen imagined guns gleaming at them, but a second later they saw that the motorcyclists had drawn nothing more than-

“Drumsticks?” jeered Anderson. “Right pair of jokers, aren’t you? Right, we’re arresting you on a charge of–”

But Anderson never got to name the charge. James and Sirius had shouted something incomprehensible, and the beams from the headlights had moved.

The policemen wheeled around, then staggered backwards. Three men were flying-actually flying- up the alley on broomsticks-and at the same moment,the police car was rearing up on its back wheels.

Fisher’s knee bucked; as he sat down hard; Anderson tripped over Fisher’s legs and fell on top of him, as flump-bang-crunch- they heard the men on brooms slam into the suspended car and fall, apparently insensible, to the ground, while broken bits of broomstick clattered down around them.

The motorbike had roared into life again. His mouth hanging open, Fisher mustered the strength to look back at the two teenagers.

“Thanks very much!” called Sirius over the throb of the engine.”We owe you one!”

“Yeah, nice meeting you!” said James. “And don’t forget: Elvendork! It’s unisex!”

There was an earth-shaking crash, and Fisher and Anderson threw their arms around each other in fright; their car had just fallen back to the ground. Now it was the motorcycle’s turn to rear. Before the policemen’s disbelieving eyes, it took off into thin air: James and Sirius zoomed away into the night sky, their tail light twinkling behind them like a vanishing ruby.

From the prequel I am not working on-but that was fun!

By JK Rowling in 2008

I miss Harry Potter

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:27:00 +0000

I cannot believe I am actually admitting this, but I miss Harry Potter. Sure, the fandom has not died yet, however, the lack of new books are detrimental at best. I was talking to some of my friends about Harry Potter and how awesome it was (is), and then I realized, that there won't be any more books. I have realized this before but it didn't sink in like it did this time.

I haven't been really active on this blog lately, but to the few that do actually follow this blog, I want to share my thoughts.

When I started with Harry Potter, there was always the outlook for the continuation of the story. That is, when I finished one book, there was another one after that. Nevertheless, obviously it had to stop. This was a great shock to me, I was searching for clues that it might continue in the future. That JK was actually writing another book. But, she only worked on Pottermore, which would have been the answer all creation, that would keep fans busy for years to come and not realize that Harry Potter is actually finished. Sure, Pottermore had great intension. However, it doesn't fill that void inside of me, maybe it is because I am no longer just a child reading Harry Potter. This might be a big factor, however the magical experience offered by the Harry Potter books are lacking in Pottermore.

Some may argue that there are fanfiction and other works of art by fans, that there are Quidditch as a sport. But, does this really fill the gap. We as fans always try and fill up the gaps left inside of us. And try and put on bandages just to make it seem better. But the actual fact is that we just simply can't fill up this gap inside of us. I will never forget the joy reading Harry Potter brought me. It was so extraordinary. It sparked an imagination, that there might be something else out there, that can take me away from this world and place me into a magical world. Harry Potter was my escape from reality drug. Always longing for a letter from Hogwarts just to take me away from this place.

Now that I am technically an adult, I still long for a letter. Even though I know that I won't ever get one. This experience I got from Harry Potter is almost completely exclusive to the Harry Potter world. No other book has since created this longing. I truly hope that we as Harry Potter fans will someday move on to a new creation that provides the same level of awesomeness, like in the Harry Potter universe.

Our only hope now is that the next JK novel will be just as awesome as Harry Potter was (is). And, I hope she writes a prequel or sequel, because that is the only thing that will truly quench my desire for more Harry Potter, but in actual fact it will further spark my quench for Harry Potter. So please JK, give us more Harry Potter to keep us happy inside and give us something to escape in.

It all ends, or does it?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:41:00 +0000

Harry Potter has finally blown his last breath... We have seen him growing up and we have witnessed him fight his way through not only physical challenges but also personal. He always seemed like the one with the bad luck and yet he was always apt for overcoming these challenges.

In the midst of exams, holidays and procrastination, I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Well, what can I say? It was awesome and yet sad (not as depressing when finishing the last book), it was as if the moment we knew would come has left us in the dark, glooming for something that just was not there anymore.

The last movie was definitely one of the best, less maybe number three. However, where is part 3, why did you see it fit to remove so much background history of most of the characters, the biggest being Dumbledore. Who knows, maybe in a few years, they will remake the movies. However, then it will probably be watered-down versions of the current films, which seem the fate of most remakes.

After watching the movie, I had to fill in the blank spots for the family members that watched it with me, that did not read any book of Harry. This distressing feat is common nowadays in movies if you have read the novels. They want to make the movies accessible to the masses and not too complex. How else will everyone like the visuals if it had a profound and thorough storyline? No one would watch it, since it would bore them to death, midst they gnaw their leg off, but then the cinemas would be full of blood and legs. Who will be willing to clean up that mess?

Another thing that was shocking. Why was the resurrection stone so small? Yes, it was disguised as a ring, but still.
Moreover, this quote from Dumbledore would have made it so much clearer why Voldemort could not really harness the power of the Elder Wand.
"I was fit only to possess the meanest of them, the least extraordinary. I was fit to own the Elder Wand, and not to boast of it, and not to kill with it. I was permitted to tame and to use it, because I took it, not for gain, but to save others from it."
—Albus Dumbledore on the Deathly Hallows and the Elder Wand from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

And why oh why did he break the Elder Wand in the movie, when in the book he used it to restore his own broken wand and put it back in Dumbledore’s grave, which was clearly much more genius.

I think this is now a sufficient amount of my seething about the film.

What is next for us Harry Potter fans?

Well after seven books, seven films and countless fan memories, we want more. It seems JK Rowling heard our cries, but it is not a physical novel. No, it is a website, called Pottermore, which will contain behind the scenes information (if you can call it that), for events that occurred in the novels. More than 18 000 words, if I remember correctly.

At least it is something, but I would have opted for another novel. The good thing is, Harry Potter is here to stay for another few good years (hopefully) and the fanbase will, with a bit of luck keep on growing. Producing evermore fanfiction, fan-art and other fan made things, to keep our addiction at bay.

Technical Differences among the Harry Potter books

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 08:15:00 +0000

After making the table about the films, I thought why not make one for the books. While searching for the information, I learned a few things that I forgot about Harry Potter. If you are viewing this post inside a RSS reader it might not correctly display the table, so view it on the site instead.

As you can see below on the table, is that the characters (people, creatures) that die in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the most of any Harry Potter books.

I added the characters that die in every book. However, the characters that are already dead in the history of the story isn't included. Those are:
James Potter
Lily Potter
'Moaning' Myrtle
Tom Riddle Senior
Old Mrs. Riddle (Mary Riddle)
Mrs. Crouch
Merope Gaunt
Nearly Headless Nick
Bloody Baron
Hepzibah Smith

The table below might contain spoilers if you haven't read the particular book yet!

	Philosopher's Stone	Chamber of Secrets	Prisoner of Azkaban	Goblet of Fire
Author	J. K. Rowling	J. K. Rowling	J. K. Rowling	J. K. Rowling
Illustrators	Thomas Taylor (UK) Mary GrandPré (US)	Cliff Wright (UK) Mary GrandPré (US)	Cliff Wright (UK) Mary GrandPré (US)	Giles Greenfield (UK) Mary GrandPré (US)
Publishers	Bloomsbury (UK) Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic (US) Raincoast (Canada)	Bloomsbury (UK) Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic (US) Raincoast (Canada)	Bloomsbury (UK) Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic (US) Raincoast (Canada)	Bloomsbury (UK) Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic (US) Raincoast (Canada)
Released	30 June 1997 (UK) 1 September 1998 (US)	2 July 1998 (UK) 2 June 1999 (US)	8 July 1999 (UK) 8 September 1999 (US)	8 July 2000
Sales	Unknown	Unknown	~180 million (Worldwide)	~ 66 million (worldwide)
Story timeline	31 October 1981 22 June 1991–5 June 1992	13 June 1943 31 July 1992- 29 May 1993	31 July 1993- 12 June 1994	1942 4 August 1994–June 25, 1995
Chapters	17	18	22	37
Pages	223 (UK) 309 (US)	251 (UK) 341 (US)	317 (UK) 435 (US)	636 (UK) 734 (US)
Word count	76,944 words	85,141 words	107,253 words	190,637 words
Characters that die	Quirinus Quirrell Unicorns	Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel Basilisk	Buckbeak the hippogriff was executed, but then saved when Harry and Hermione went back in time.	Bertha Jorkins Frank Byce Barty Crouch Sr. Cedric Diggory

	Order of the Phoenix	Half-Blood Prince	Deathly Hallows
Author	J. K. Rowling	J. K. Rowling	J. K. Rowling
Illustrators	Jason Cockcroft (UK) Mary GrandPré (US)	Jason Cockcroft (UK) Mary GrandPré (US)	Jason Cockcroft (Bloomsbury) Mary GrandPré (Scholastic)
Publishers	Bloomsbury (UK) Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic (US) Raincoast (Canada)	Bloomsbury (UK) Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic (US) Raincoast (Canada)	Bloomsbury (UK) Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic (US) Raincoast (Canada)
Released	21 June 2003	16 July 2005	21 July 2007
Sales	Unknown	~ 65 million	~ 44 million (worldwide)
Story timeline	2 August 1995–June 17, 1996	1 August 1996-June 10, 1997	26 July 1997 – 2 May 1998 and 1 September 2017
Chapters	38	30	36 chapters and an epilogue
Pages	766 (UK) 870 (US)	607 (UK) 652 (US)	607 (UK) 759 (US)
Word count	257,045 words	168,923 words	198,227 words
Characters that die	Sirius Black Amelia Bones Igor Karkaroff	Aragog Albus Dumbledore Hannah Abbott's Mother Broderick Bode	Hedwig Mad-Eye Moody Rufus Scrimgeour Gregovitch Dobby Fred Weasley Gellert Grindewald Peter Pettygrew Vincent Crabbe Remus and Nymphadora Lupin Little Colin Creevey Severus Snape Nagini the Snake Bellatrix Voldemort Ted Tonks Dirk Cresswell Bathilda Bagshot Charity Burbage The section of Voldemort's soul inside Harry Potter.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Chamber_of_Secrets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Prisoner_of_Azkaban
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Goblet_of_Fire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_characters_die_throughout_the_Harry_Potter_series
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_total_word_count_for_the_'Harry_Potter'_series

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Film Overview

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:00:00 +0000

Many events have unfold these recent few weeks. Like the new trailer of part one, which many describe as epic or awesome. If you haven't seen the new trailer you can watch it below.

After watching the trailer and reading some of the comments I really wondered if it will be so epic. With a budget of US$250,000,000 for part one (Source) it isn't a factor of not having any funds to make an epic movie. However it is exactly the same budget they had for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Then why do I question if it will be epic, it will be 2 parts and 3D.

The reason can be summarized by the following points:

Most of the previous HP movies' trailers were epic, its a marketing gimmick to get more viewers.
The actual HP movies answered few questions and contained less events than the books themselves. So among the movies there were massive gaps of information that was pinnacle to the core of the canon, these were blatantly left out.
The movies sucked versus the books, like most movies that originate from books.
Watching the trailer, there are already changes to the core canon.
Every book since the 2nd one contained Dobby, its ironic that no HP movie since Chamber of the Secrets contained Dobby except the one in which he dies.

"Years ago, we briefly — and seriously — considered doing Goblet of Fire as two films. So this concept is not altogether new. As for Deathly Hallows, I intuited — almost from the first moments I began reading it and certainly once I'd finished — that to realise the story in a single film was going to be a tall order. Others in 'the group' felt similarly. So the idea of two films began to get kicked around as early as late summer of 2007. We didn't take it lightly. But ultimately everyone felt that despite the challenges it would present, it was the most sound creative decision.
I'm sure some will think we're crazy. My wife looked at me cross-eyed when I first mentioned it. But I'm really excited about it because it should allow us to stretch a bit with the characters and give them the proper send-off. The story is highly emotional and those moments deserve time to breathe. And, personally, I feel we owe it to Jo [Rowling] — in order to preserve the integrity of the work — and the fans — for their loyalty all these years — to give them the best and most complete experience possible."

-Scriptwriter Steve Kloves, on the decision to split the final Harry Potter novel into a two-part film.

Haha, so now they want to preserve the integrity by making it two parts. I wonder if that really will be the case.
Its almost as if he knows the previous films didn't preserve the integrity. Randomly replacing characters, adding new spells, etc. (see my http://thehpu.blogspot.com/2010/02/ten-reasons-why-harry-potter-and-half.html to get more glimpses of what gets changed).

And then there are these things that will have to be answered in the new films:

Who will live? Who will die?
Is Snape good or evil?
Will Hogwarts reopen?
Who ends up with whom?
Where are the Horcruxes?
Will Voldemort be defeated?
What are the Deathly Hallows?
What are Horcruxes really? (they missed that in the previous film, only gave a boring overview)

The first seven was the things Scholastic used to advertise Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, that the book contained those answers.

If these films are epic and does preserve the integrity of the HP canon, then what about the other Harry Potter films. Will we have to wait decades for a remake which will mess up the canon even more?

I really hope these films will be epic and not be like the previous films where the trailer was epic and then the movie itself is nothing compared with the books.

Technical Differences among Harry Potter films

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:00:00 +0000

I made a table of all the technical differences among Harry Potter films. What is quite shocking is the runtime, if you look at Order of the Phoenix's runtime, then it is the shortest of the lot, yet the book is the biggest. It make you wonder, doesn't it. Well enjoy.

As you can see there are a few things omitted from Deathly Hallows, because those details aren't available yet. Also, you can see that I made it in two tables, because one didn't fit. :-)

	Philosopher's Stone	Chamber of Secrets	Prisoner of Azkaban	Goblet of Fire
Directed by	Chris Columbus	Chris Columbus	Alfonso Cuarón	Mike Newell
Produced by	David Heyman	David Heyman	Chris Columbus David Heyman Mark Radcliffe	David Heyman
Screenplay	Steve Kloves	Steve Kloves	Steve Kloves	Steve Kloves
Starring	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Richard Harris Robbie Coltrane Maggie Smith Alan Rickman Ian Hart	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Richard Harris Kenneth Branagh Jason Isaacs Christian Coulson Robbie Coltrane	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Michael Gambon Gary Oldman David Thewlis Timothy Spall Emma Thompson	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Ralph Fiennes Michael Gambon Brendan Gleeson Robert Pattinson Miranda Richardson
Music by	John Williams	John Williams	John Williams	Patrick Doyle
Cinematography	John Seale	Roger Pratt	Michael Seresin	Roger Pratt
Editing by	Richard Francis-Bruce	Peter Honess	Steven Weisberg	Mick Audsley
Release date(s)	4 November 2001 (United Kingdom) 16 November 2001 (United States)	3 November 2002 (United Kingdom premiere) 15 November 2002	31 May 2004 (United Kingdom) 4 June 2004 (United States)	16 November 2005 (United Kingdom) 18 November 2005 (United States)
Running time	152 minutes	161 minutes	141 minutes	157 minutes
Budget	US$125 million	US$100 million	US$130 million	US$150 million
Gross revenue	$974,733,550	$878,643,482	$795,634,070	$895,921,036

	Order of the Phoenix	Half-Blood Prince	Deathly Hallows
Directed by	David Yates	David Yates	David Yates
Produced by	David Heyman David Barron	David Heyman David Barron	David Heyman David Barron
Screenplay	Michael Goldenberg	Steve Kloves	Steve Kloves
Starring	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Ralph Fiennes Michael Gambon Imelda Staunton Gary Oldman Helena Bonham Carter	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Michael Gambon Jim Broadbent Alan Rickman Tom Felton Helena Bonham Carter	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Ralph Fiennes
Music by	Nicholas Hooper	Nicholas Hooper	Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography	Sławomir Idziak	Bruno Delbonnel	Eduardo Serra
Editing by	Mark Day	Mark Day	Mark Day
Release date(s)	11 July 2007 (United States) 12 July 2007 (United Kingdom)	15 July 2009	Part I: 19 November 2010 Part II: 15 July 2011
Running time	138 minutes	153 minutes	Part I: 145 minutes and 53 seconds
Budget	US$150 million	US$250 million	US$250 million (Part I)
Gross revenue	$938,212,738	$933,959,197	--

*Update 29/10/2010 added the running time for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 (one).
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Chamber_of_Secrets_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Prisoner_of_Azkaban_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Goblet_of_Fire_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_(film)
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/BFF270749

Ten Reasons why the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie sucked

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:28:00 +0000

Here I will post the ten main reasons why Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the movie sucked so badly...

Omissions: This reason is most likely already evident in the fact that most fans are furious that the story in the movie versus the story in the book is completely different. They have left out lots of important parts from the development of the plot. For those who don't know what I am talking about, here are some examples to refresh your memory: 1. No introductions of the new Minister of Magic. 2. Neither Dobby nor Kreacher are present in the movie, which play a vital role in the development of the plot. 3. No funeral of Dumbledore, which is one of the most important things that was left out. 4. Many others, too many to list here...
Too few characters: The stories of some left out characters was just squeezed into the few characters that were present in the film. For example, where was Bill and the Dudleys.
Short movie: The film was nowhere near long enough to fit all the important bit and pieces together of the development in the books. So they changed and omitted many of the important parts.
Crap acting: However, the acting have improved since the first movie, it is not near good enough to be enjoyable...
Too fast paced: In order to fit the remaining parts of the story, they made everything progress too fast. It felt as if the entire movie was in fast-forward.
No epic scenes: The battles was just that, boring, it was so messed up from the book. That the only remaining bits was shot so that most of the fighting is left out and most of the characters.
Doesn't make sense: It doesn't continue where the previously movie stopped and thus left lots of questions unanswered for those who haven't read the book.
Voldemort almost not present: The parts of Voldemort are almost completely omitted from the story and the background information needed for why Malfoy is doing what he most do is completely replaced with a feeble attempt to answer it.
Not the right characters: There are parts in the movie that you know it must have been character X doing what character Y is doing now. And this changes just makes the fans furious.
Completely different story: They added things that didn't exist in the book, like the changes of what characters must do what etc.

As you can see the main problem that I cannot get enough of rambling about is the changes to the story and plot of the movie versus the book.

Tell me what you thought about the movie by leaving a comment.

Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows in 3D!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:46:00 +0000

Yes, you have read that right. It is now official that the new Harry Potter movie will be available at movies in 3D.

Both films will be screened in 3D, however the films will also screen as 2D in incompatible cinemas.

Why, well to make the film more awesome and maybe to get more money from the viewer, as the demand for 3D films have greatly increased after the pinnacle was set by Avatar.

News source: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/clash-of-the-titans-and-harry-potter-get-3-d-upgrades/

Ready, at last...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:38:00 +0000

Finally I have fixed the blog up from all the nasties. What do you think of the new theme? Have your say with a comment.

The site will hopefully now be more responsive and nicer to use.

New beginnings!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:28:00 +0000

Okay, so I have temporarily updated the theme to a new one, however in the next couple of days, I will try to find an even better one for the site.

Also, I have removed a lot of junk and nasties, even though it is not even close from done, will have to use advanced defense against the dark arts magic...

In the next couple of days I will try to resume posting blog entries. Remove all the podcast feeds at the bottom and other useless bandwidth wasting things.
Those with acute senses will already have noticed the changes in the things on the sidebar.

Please give suggestions for the site by leaving a comment.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the book of the century...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:03:00 +0000

The night that it was released I stormed to my nearest bookstore and bought the book as quickly as possible in my haste. I went back home, so that I wasn’t bothered by anyone who scream with ecstasy for getting the book. Back home I started reading the book and boy o’ boy was it a page-turner. I couldn’t stop reading the book, after hours my back started to ache and I relaxed for a while. My recession was over and I continued my journey. After a few days, unfortunately chores kept me busy for some time, I finished with one of the greatest books of our century. The only thing that bothered me was the short ending. “Ahhhh”, I exhaled, was it really over, searching the web I couldn’t find trace that it is going to continue. The JK Rowling website gave no updates on her following book. Terrified, hyperventilating, I tried to relax and found some fan fiction to settle my mind. After many days and episodes, I recollect these memories now on this blog. Still wondering after the release of the Beetle and the Bard if there are more Harry Potter-based books going to be released. Two movies for such an awesome book was also wonderful news. Still, I remember the day that this fine book was released and how many people bought it, how many people went out and celebrated the release of such a fine book.

Nevertheless, I have find some other fine books to keep me busy, apart from rereading Harry Potter, renowned of the list must be, Lord of the Rings. Which have kept me busy for some time.

But there will always be a hunger creature inside of me thirsting for more Harry Potter, for the idea will never escape me.

PS.: Sorry for the extremely late time of this post. But the memory moves ever onwards.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the movie we’re all waiting for...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:54:00 +0000

So after an infinite amount of days I return with a post that is so tedious that most of you won’t even bother to read it anyway. Well, after you have read that mind-numbing first sentence I wonder how many of you actually got to this point, because I am going to try my best to make the rest attention-grippingly awesome.

Well most of you here who actually want to read non-rubbish know about Harry Potter and what a good read it is. Therefore, after many lengthy years the movie of the sixth book is finally upon us. Many of you might have watched one the teasing, spectacular four trailers. Nevertheless, you on the other hand may have watched the interviews, photos, trailers, posters, news, etc. of the upcoming extravagant movie, which is going to show non-Harry Potter fans what they are missing.

However, after so many movies, with striped down content, it is still fascinating how many fans still go watch it. I mean, the books are awesome, but the stories in the movies are cruelly altered and doesn’t it strike you as odd that so many people like Hollywood-altered movies, nowadays no movie which comes from a book, how small, stays the same. Even the movies that are a true story, is based on a true story. Nevertheless, I love the movies but I love the books more. My family likes the movies and then I just go forward and correct them that the movies are nothing compared to the books and they should actually read the books.

Ah, with all those personal point of views I do not know why I actually bubble like that about nonsense.
Anyway, back to the new movie. I have watched some of the trailers and it looks absolutely stunning. I reread the book during the holidays and was filled with gaiety. Many of the events I have forgotten and after rereading it I felt that the new movie is going to be like the fifth. The fifth book is the longest but the movie was one of the shortest. I really hope that they are not going to make such a mess with the sixth, such as they did with the fifth. Oh, I hope they include all the magic creatures, not like in the fifth where they did not even show Dobby like in the book.

From the trailers it looks as if it is going to be one hell of a movie, just like the book. There are so many things that will happen in this upcoming movie and I really hope they don’t mess it up.

Long lost dead blog, revived again.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:11:00 +0000

Well? At last, I am posting another blog post again. It was so long since I last posted on my blog. What happened in the mean of time. Well Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie swooped past us all. I for one didn’t find the movie at ALL as good as the book. Too many things were left out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, what can I say more, what a magnificent book. The last book, was unbelievable in the sense that it’s the last one and that made (almost) all the fans questions fall in place.

People went to shops and bought all the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ stock they could find. Fans all over the world counted down in anticipation for the last and final Harry Potter book. I got my book unfortunately the day after. I rushed to the counter of the store to find that I wasn’t the first. When I had the book in my hands, I couldn’t wait to start reading it. When I got home, I started reading, reading all day, almost through the night (I would have if my eyes didn’t start to give up on me). The next day I read. When I finally finished the book, I got a shock of how crap it ends. To my disgust I read the ending repeatedly, just to make sense of it all. There was too much names and it was totally too short. Afterword I heard the ending that J.K Rowling omitted from the ending. Why did She make all that information go astray.

Since then I have gotten urges to read Harry Potter. But the only solution was to read the current books again. “Rowling write another book”, I think every day of my life. Every once and again I log on internet and check the newest Harry Potter news. The news is just the whole time, about Rowling doing this interview and that documentary etc. In addition, occasionally she releases some shocking news, for example, Dumbledore is Gay and has an affair with Grindelwald. I don’t care if he is gay or not. But an affair with Grendelwald. For Merlin’s sake what on earth was he thinking. Anyway, that is life and we can’t change such things. I guess love can make you do weird things.
Please comment on this blog post. I am so totally sorry that I took so long to make another blog post.

What is going to happen after Harry Potter

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:58:00 +0000

I was thinking the other day of what is going to happen
when all the Harry Potter books and movies have been released. So what is going
to happen to all the fans and fan sites?

I am no expert, but I think there is still going to be fan
fiction. LOL. Now you all think that I just talked on my previous post that
there will be more Harry Potter books. And now I am talking about the end of
Harry Potter. Well I don’t actually know what to say about this post but I hope
you like it. First of all I want to start with fan sites.

Harry Potter Fan sites: OK, so what is going to happen to
Harry Potter Fan sites in the future. I think it is going to be tough for the Fan
sites to get content. I mean there would be news for new Books and new Movies
of Harry Potter. They are not going to get that many visitors. Small fan sites
will go offline and the large fan sites will have to go offline sometime in the
future. I mean that they are not going to get that much money to keep all those
content on the internet. The fans are holding those fan sites together. And
with no more fans it is going to tumble into the ground.

The Trustful Fans: I mean those fans where there whole
life goes about Harry Potter. They are not going to have anything to do any
more. They are just going to fall down and die with all there merchandise of
Harry Potter. Some of the really obsessed fans are going to comet suicide (not
really, but they are going to feel that way). Sorry if I am very evil. Some
fans are going to cry and be sad for the rest of their lives. Some are going to
burn there Harry Potter books. Some are going to sue J.K Rowling for not
writing anymore. There is so many things that they are going to do.

People that think Harry Potter is a sin to read: They are
going to cheer and are going to party the whole year or week or day or hour or
minute. No sorry they are not going to care.

Bloomsbury and Scholastic: Are not going to get much
money anymore. They are just going back to their previous life before they have
even met Harry Potter.

Harry Potter Books: Some people are still going to buy
Harry Potter. And some are just going to read their own Harry Potter books over
and over and over and over again.

Fan Fiction: Nobody will want to read Fan Fiction. No
sorry did I say nobody I meant everybody. Fan Fiction sites are going to
blossom with all the traffic and stories. There must be something after Harry
Potter.

After Harry Potter: After Harry Potter there is going to
get new books out that is better than Harry Potter. Everybody is going to go
look for an Alternative for Harry Potter. I am also going to write a book that
is a mixture of Narnia, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hitchhiker’s Guide
to the Galaxy and other stories. I think that my book will be great. If you
have any tips for my book please email me at h4rrypotter@yahoo.com .

Well I think that is all I have to say for today. If you
have any tips for this blog please email me at h4rrypotter@yahoo.com .

Oh and remember to visit the Harry Potter
Search Engine

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is not the last HP book!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:58:00 +0000

Why? You all think. Why would I write a post like this? So why did I write this. First, I wrote this post because I think that there will be more than just 7 HP books. Second is because I think HP fans will enjoy this post. Third, the last one is because I love Harry Potter. So why would there be more HP books than J.K said. I think that there is going to be more HP books because there are too many unexplained things to be covered in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. J.K would have to write more that a bible to cover everything in the next book. However, J.K said, “Book 7 will not be as long as Book 5”. Moreover, Book 5 was not too long to cover all the info. In addition, in the next book there will be too many unexplained things to cover in a book shorter than OotP. Therefore, that is the first thing that makes me think that there will be more than 7 HP books. However, there must be more clues that let you think that there will be more books than just 7. Okay there was only 6 books in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (*The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy*, *The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, *Life, the Universe and Everything*, *So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish*, *Young Zaphod Plays It Safe*, *Mostly Harmless*) and there was 7 Lord of the Rings books (*The Silmarillion*, *The Hobbit*, *The Fellowship of The Ring*, *The Two Towers*, *The Return of The King*, *The Adventures Of Tom Bombadil*, *Unfinished Tales*). So all of that means that there may only be 7 books. However, how will J.K fit all of the unexplained stuff in a book shorter than OotP. Well she may put everything shorter, like example in the place of: – Dumbledore was killed by one of his most trusted friend and that trusted friend was in the Order of The Phoenix and the name of the person who killed him was Severus Snape – she can write – Dumbledore was killed by Snape -. Therefore, you see that she may fit all the things in just one more book. So maybe all this really points to the fact that there will be only seven books. Nevertheless, there is a chance that there is too many unexplained things and too many things that must happen in the 7th book to just write a book shorter than OotP. So hopefully there will be more than 7 Harry Potter books, and I surely hope there will be more. Why? Because Fanfiction is great but not as great as the real thing. Besides, I wonder how the fans will react to the fact that is not going to come out more books. Also, maybe someone will go on with the Harry Potter series. Even though if Harry Potter dies in book 7, there is always a way to make someone alive again (it is wizards and witches and not muggels you know) in the wizard world, even thought one of the professors said that you cannot bring someone that is dead back to live. Now I suddenly think that Harry Potter is going to die, but I do not, I still hope that the only ones that is going to die is the Dark Lord and his Followers. I wonder how the new Prime minister is going to bring back Azkaban now that the Dementors are in the control of the Dark Lord. Moreover, I hope that Hogwarts is going to open again and that all the small wizards and witches will have a chance to go back to school again. It is in anyway safer at Hogwarts even though Dumbledore is not there anymore, more than one wizard together is more powerful than one alone and the Death Eaters has a weaker chance to kill all of the students. Besides, with the professors and the Order of the Phoenix at Hogwarts it is going to be safer than a normal house or, two or one wizard walking by it’s own on the pavement. And the chances that one of the Death Eaters is going to get into Hogwarts this time is basically zero, because with the professors and Hagrid’s Half brother guarding the school and the ministry of magic protecting the school, will make the school even more safer and if the students go to their corridors then they will be basically untouchable. Additionally, if they guard the school also from inside then they will be even stronger, they can put up sensor charms that trigger a door or a trap. So yeah. I hope you liked this post and if you have any suggestions for the next post then please email me on hpcentaur@yahoo.com, and tell me what you like of hate about this blog and tell me what you suggest I must post. Thank You for reading this post. As you can see, there is news on the right and there is HP podcasts under the blogs.

Yes I know that this is a second copy of the same post. The first one didn't have a title.

Harry Potter is the last Horcrux

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:53:00 +0000

I just searched the web and then I saw that on www.beyondhogwarts.com there is a new topic for "Is Harry the last horcrux?" check it out.

Oh and remember to visit the Harry Potter Search Engine

More than 7 Harry Potter Books

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:38:00 +0000

Why? You all think. Why would I write a post like this? So why did I write this. First, I wrote this post because I think that there will be more than just 7 HP books. Second is because I think HP fans will enjoy this post. Third, the last one is because I love Harry Potter. So why would there be more HP books than J.K said. I think that there is going to be more HP books because there are too many unexplained things to be covered in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. J.K would have to write more that a bible to cover everything in the next book. However, J.K said, “Book 7 will not be as long as Book 5”. Moreover, Book 5 was not too long to cover all the info. In addition, in the next book there will be too many unexplained things to cover in a book shorter than OotP. Therefore, that is the first thing that makes me think that there will be more than 7 HP books. However, there must be more clues that let you think that there will be more books than just 7. Okay there was only 6 books in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (*The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy*, *The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, *Life, the Universe and Everything*, *So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish*, *Young Zaphod Plays It Safe*, *Mostly Harmless*) and there was 7 Lord of the Rings books (*The Silmarillion*, *The Hobbit*, *The Fellowship of The Ring*, *The Two Towers*, *The Return of The King*, *The Adventures Of Tom Bombadil*, *Unfinished Tales*). So all of that means that there may only be 7 books. However, how will J.K fit all of the unexplained stuff in a book shorter than OotP. Well she may put everything shorter, like example in the place of: – Dumbledore was killed by one of his most trusted friend and that trusted friend was in the Order of The Phoenix and the name of the person who killed him was Severus Snape – she can write – Dumbledore was killed by Snape -. Therefore, you see that she may fit all the things in just one more book. So maybe all this really points to the fact that there will be only seven books. Nevertheless, there is a chance that there is too many unexplained things and too many things that must happen in the 7th book to just write a book shorter than OotP. So hopefully there will be more than 7 Harry Potter books, and I surely hope there will be more. Why? Because Fanfiction is great but not as great as the real thing. Besides, I wonder how the fans will react to the fact that is not going to come out more books. Also, maybe someone will go on with the Harry Potter series. Even though if Harry Potter dies in book 7, there is always a way to make someone alive again (it is wizards and witches and not muggels you know) in the wizard world, even thought one of the professors said that you cannot bring someone that is dead back to live. Now I suddenly think that Harry Potter is going to die, but I do not, I still hope that the only ones that is going to die is the Dark Lord and his Followers. I wonder how the new Prime minister is going to bring back Azkaban now that the Dementors are in the control of the Dark Lord. Moreover, I hope that Hogwarts is going to open again and that all the small wizards and witches will have a chance to go back to school again. It is in anyway safer at Hogwarts even though Dumbledore is not there anymore, more than one wizard together is more powerful than one alone and the Death Eaters has a weaker chance to kill all of the students. Besides, with the professors and the Order of the Phoenix at Hogwarts it is going to be safer than a normal house or, two or one wizard walking by it’s own on the pavement. And the chances that one of the Death Eaters is going to get into Hogwarts this time is basically zero, because with the professors and Hagrid’s Half brother guarding the school and the ministry of magic protecting the school, will make the school even more safer and if the students go to their corridors then they will be basically untouchable. Additionally, if they guard the school also from inside then they will be even stronger, they can put up sensor charms that trigger a door or a trap. So yeah. I hope you liked this post and if you have any suggestions for the next post then please email me on h4rrypotter@yahoo.com, and tell me what you like of hate about this blog and tell me what you suggest I must post. Thank You for reading this post. As you can see, there is news on the right and there is HP podcasts under the blogs.

Who is going to die?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 14:02:00 +0000

______________________Full of Spoilers________________________

So you and me are all waiting for the next book. I have been browsing amazon.com, and then I saw that there is a book from mugglenet.com that says what is going to happen in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. So everyone is maybe buying that book. So why do I post this blog. Because below is a picture from Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them. So there you can see “you die Weasley” under the Acromantula. So Ron is the man hanging in this Hangman. And the word that is left out is Acromantula. So maybe Weasley will be killed by his greatest fear (spiders). Or maybe not. So why do I think weasley will die. First of all his father was almost killed by Voldemort, he is one of the main Characters in the books, he is weak (he isn’t so intelligent like Hermione and he isn’t so brave like Harry) and he is one of the chosen one to die (his mother and father is in the Order of the Phoenix, so if you kill one of their children then they will be too weak to carry on). Okay now you all think that I have read that book of mugglenet.com, no I have not because it is too expensive to buy for me. So maybe someone else will die. I hope it is only Voldemort and his fellow Death Eaters that dies. Harry must live, because he is the Chosen one, he is the boy who lived and he is the only one who can stop The Dark Lord. So we shall see the answer in the next book (I am not saying the last book (in the next post I am going to say why)). I hope that Dumbledore will come back just the time that Harry, Hermione and Ron is in trouble, and he will save the day, because Dumbledore is the Greatest wizard that ever lived. Visit The Harry Potter Search Engine by clicking on the link. I really hope that you like this blog. Please send me an email to h4rrypotter at yahoo dot com to tell me what you think about this blog and please give some suggestions for what I can write in the next post, Thank You.

Ps. if you change the “s” in Weasley to a “k” then you get Weakley.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:22:00 +0000

Where is it!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:55:00 +0000

I have been looking in every shop, store, etc... Everywhere I look, I see no Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVDs. What happened to it? Was it stolen or what else? I think that I read somewhere that it is also gone. However, where is it. So I thought, “ok if I can’t find GoF, then I will have to look for the other DVDs”, so I looked and no, nothing, not even one cover, absolute nothing. Therefore, where has this DVDs apparated to, are the DVDs Portkeys, or is it just something that disappears. Yeah I know you can buy the DVDs still on internet, but it is cheaper for me to buy it at a store or shop. You will see that the time that OotP’s DVDs comes out, all the DVDs will be available again. I do not worry about 1, 2 and 3. I have those, but what I need is GoF, and not just the single disk version, no, no, I need the double disk version. I have seen that some shops, etc... has the single disk version. Why do I need the double disk version, I need it because then it adds to my collection, you see, I have 1, 2 and 3 in double disk versions. Maybe you think that I am stupid, anyway, you may think it, but that is what makes us unique and special. I know that there is some people that hates Harry Potter (I know someone, who forbids their child to even watch the movies (I mean that is stupid)), but that is them, all that I know is that I love Harry Potter (or must I say obsessed with Harry Potter). Anyway back to the topic, where is it! Maybe they take it of the racks and think that they must hold it from being purchased (almost like Golem in Lord of the Rings, which always want to have his fabulous ring) by evil. I for one think it is very stupid if they do that. Now a days there is everywhere specials on that DVDs that I want, but the moment I get to the store it is gone, maybe someone took it before me, but then can someone explain why there isn’t even a picture of it. Moreover, when you ask the counter, they say it was sold out. Therefore, can someone please help me with this problem! Please help me. Ps. I am going to try to put the whole ABC Family OotP special on this blog. Oh and sorry that it took so long to put a new post on (my internet was offline (I love Internet)). I am going to try to post more stuff quicker to the future.

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.

The Poster of the Order of the Phoenix movie

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:55:00 +0000

This is the Poster.

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix Teaser Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:44:00 +0000

This is the official Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix Teaser Trailer.
It Looks super cool. The only problem is that it is so short.

Behind the Scenes: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD, Underwater

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:12:00 +0000

Behind the Scenes: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD, Stunts

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:11:00 +0000

Here is another one.

Behind the Scenes: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD, Grindylows

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:09:00 +0000

Okay so here it is. Watch it and be happy for a short moment. (There are two different tipes of formats)