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[GHERU]

Always crying in staff photos

[S.F. Jude Terror]

No, so no spoilers in here please.

Snape kills Dumbledore.

[Benderbrau]

Snape kills Dumbledore.

At the risk of sounding like DMM I still don't get the Harry Potter films. They all seemed lame expect for the one starring Gary Oldman and that's only because he's Gary fuckin' Oldman

[GHERU]

At the risk of sounding like DMM I still don't get the Harry Potter films. They all seemed lame expect for the one starring Gary Oldman and that's only because he's Gary fuckin' Oldman

IMO, it speaks to the dreams we all had when we were younger to not only have magical abilities but also be special

that hope we had that we mattered



you know, before life happened

[b.lumpkin]

At the risk of sounding like DMM I still don't get the Harry Potter films. They all seemed lame expect for the one starring Gary Oldman and that's only because he's Gary fuckin' Oldman

It's just kid stuff

[S.F. Jude Terror]

At the risk of sounding like DMM I still don't get the Harry Potter films. They all seemed lame expect for the one starring Gary Oldman and that's only because he's Gary fuckin' Oldman

Classic epic storytelling, coming of age stories with magic and fantasy and a school setting as well. The appeal is fairly universal, for humans at least. Speaking as a human... you know the rest.

[Benderbrau]

IMO, it speaks to the dreams we all had when we were younger to not only have magical abilities but also be special

that hope we had that we mattered



you know, before life happened

dreams like the possiblity that the ugly useless kid can get the girl

[GHERU]

dreams like the possiblity that the ugly useless kid can get the girl

which is why I don't understand why DMM doesn't like them

[Benderbrau]

Classic epic storytelling, coming of age stories with magic and fantasy and a school setting as well. The appeal is fairly universal, for humans at least. Speaking as a human... you know the rest.

Yeah I get that but first of all from all the new coverage it seemed like the primary audience was 20 - 30, not 10 - 15. And quality wise they just didn't seem like very good movies and were quite disjointed. My own experience was that if you didn't read the books the movies didn't make a lot of sense.

[Benderbrau]

which is why I don't understand why DMM doesn't like them

girl. Not boy. That's why

[S.F. Jude Terror]

Yeah I get that but first of all from all the new coverage it seemed like the primary audience was 20 - 30, not 10 - 15. And quality wise they just didn't seem like very good movies and were quite disjointed. My own experience was that if you didn't read the books the movies didn't make a lot of sense.

Well, lots of people read the books, but I know some people who didn't who loved the movies. My dad, for instance, who is in his fifties and has never read anything like a comic book or similar peter pan fare.

You don't need to be 10-15 to appreciate a coming of age story or a school setting because the point is that that is something everyone has experienced. In fact, I would think it has a different but perhaps more powerful appeal for people who are older because they likely remember their own experiences fondly and with nostalgia. The Harry Potter stories capture that magic in a way that makes you feel like a kid again. That's why I liked them, and why they had such universal appeal.

Add to that the elements of classic epic storytelling, ala Star Wars or something similar, and that's why they were as popular as they were.

[Benderbrau]

Well, lots of people read the books, but I know some people who didn't who loved the movies. My dad, for instance, who is in his fifties and has never read anything like a comic book or similar peter pan fare.

You don't need to be 10-15 to appreciate a coming of age story or a school setting because the point is that that is something everyone has experienced. In fact, I would think it has a different but perhaps more powerful appeal for people who are older because they likely remember their own experiences fondly and with nostalgia. The Harry Potter stories capture that magic in a way that makes you feel like a kid again. That's why I liked them, and why they had such universal appeal.

Add to that the elements of classic epic storytelling, ala Star Wars or something similar, and that's why they were as popular as they were.

Fair enough. Just wasn't my thing I guess. But then again I like Wild Wild West and Van Helsing so who am I to judge?

[GHERU]

BATMAN #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)
DEADPOOL #54
FATALE #5 (MR)
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #637
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NEW AVENGERS #26 AVX
UNCANNY X-FORCE #25
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #10 AVX
X-MEN LEGACY #266

[Mr. Poolman]

I've seen so many things.

But I never tought there would come a day when talking about the Avengers on a bar would be cool.

[GHERU]

I've seen so many things.

But I never tought there would come a day when talking about the Avengers on a bar would be cool.

indeed
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