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azurelunatic) wrote2001-10-31 02:16 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2001-10-31 02:16 pm
Harry Potter ramble (from my post to Sithacademy-talk@yahoogroups.com)
I must admit I don't have high hopes for the movie, but I'm probably going to end up seeing it anyway.
...My roommate, who has an avowed general sour attitude to most fiction (she used to like it, but now she's too "real" for it) has been eyeing my Harry Potter books with increasing interest as she's hearing more and more about the movie and how awesome it's supposed to be at work.
"...where the REAL money from the movie is....Merchandising! Spaceballs the t-shirt! ....Spaceballs the FLAME THROWER!"
My ex-fiance's mother went so far as to get me a stuffed Hedwig last year (before the fiance was ex) without knowing if I liked Harry Potter or not, just knowing that the series of books was "witchy" and therefore just the thing for me... and because it was my dad who had the books in the family, and we're now living a couple thousand miles apart, I did get myself paperback copies of the first three (sadly the US version; I'd like to devour the originals; it was Palpatine who came up with "regional differences" in movies/music/books) and I have been reading them while walking home from work at nearly eleven at night. (There's just no other really good time...) Perhaps this is not such a bright idea... I live in Phoenix Arizona, and while it's not a *bad* neighborhood, it is one where my roommate recommends going armed. I was the target of a drive-by Silly Stringing last night while I was reading on my stroll home...
Then there are the people who are fanatically opposed to the series. In my brief but Sithly career as a check-out clerk, I encountered a woman buying the whole set. I made a friendly comment about those books being an excellent choice. Wrong move! That set her off...and not at me, at the world in general. Those books were evil and immoral and she was buying them so she could go through them to point out all the wicked things in them. Her son had chosen the book to do a book report on (the book had NOT been specifically assigned in school) and she'd read it and then she got irate that such materials were being made available to children.
...I got curious. Apparently Harry's being a wizard was just fine. But when *Alcohol* was being portrayed as a positive influence... oh my! The girl at the next register over mentioned that pubs seem to be popular hangout spots for all ages elsewhere in the world, and suggested that perhaps the teacher could have explained that more carefully to the students... but oh no. The pub was fine. The butterbeer was fine. But when the *dragon* had been fed on *brandy* and the *brandy* had made him *grow*... that made *alcohol* a *nourishing influence*.
Yeah. I'd like a pint of brandy with some chicken's blood, please? I'm a very dangerous and illegal Norwegian Ridgeback, and I need to grow some more.
...My roommate, who has an avowed general sour attitude to most fiction (she used to like it, but now she's too "real" for it) has been eyeing my Harry Potter books with increasing interest as she's hearing more and more about the movie and how awesome it's supposed to be at work.
"...where the REAL money from the movie is....Merchandising! Spaceballs the t-shirt! ....Spaceballs the FLAME THROWER!"
My ex-fiance's mother went so far as to get me a stuffed Hedwig last year (before the fiance was ex) without knowing if I liked Harry Potter or not, just knowing that the series of books was "witchy" and therefore just the thing for me... and because it was my dad who had the books in the family, and we're now living a couple thousand miles apart, I did get myself paperback copies of the first three (sadly the US version; I'd like to devour the originals; it was Palpatine who came up with "regional differences" in movies/music/books) and I have been reading them while walking home from work at nearly eleven at night. (There's just no other really good time...) Perhaps this is not such a bright idea... I live in Phoenix Arizona, and while it's not a *bad* neighborhood, it is one where my roommate recommends going armed. I was the target of a drive-by Silly Stringing last night while I was reading on my stroll home...
Then there are the people who are fanatically opposed to the series. In my brief but Sithly career as a check-out clerk, I encountered a woman buying the whole set. I made a friendly comment about those books being an excellent choice. Wrong move! That set her off...and not at me, at the world in general. Those books were evil and immoral and she was buying them so she could go through them to point out all the wicked things in them. Her son had chosen the book to do a book report on (the book had NOT been specifically assigned in school) and she'd read it and then she got irate that such materials were being made available to children.
...I got curious. Apparently Harry's being a wizard was just fine. But when *Alcohol* was being portrayed as a positive influence... oh my! The girl at the next register over mentioned that pubs seem to be popular hangout spots for all ages elsewhere in the world, and suggested that perhaps the teacher could have explained that more carefully to the students... but oh no. The pub was fine. The butterbeer was fine. But when the *dragon* had been fed on *brandy* and the *brandy* had made him *grow*... that made *alcohol* a *nourishing influence*.
Yeah. I'd like a pint of brandy with some chicken's blood, please? I'm a very dangerous and illegal Norwegian Ridgeback, and I need to grow some more.
People are Stupid *nod*
There was a study about wrestling.
They counted hundreds of "Drug" references that turned out to be people holding beer.
They counted thousands of sexual reference that turned out to be a female putting her hand on a male's arm.
Wizard's First Rule: People are Stupid.