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Just a silly wizard show (quokk.au)
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[–] 33 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Even if it weren't for JK Rowling I just don't care about this remake. It's unnecessary why are they doing it it's just weird.

No one seems to have a compulsion to remake other early 2000 movies into TV shows I don't know why they've got to start with Harry potter of all things. I would sort of get it if they just want to do tell more stories in the same universe but they're just going to rehash what's already being done. Why?

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    The explanation is that the movies famously cut out a LOT from the books, and fans were kinda sad about it, and the show aims to restore a whole bunch of that. In a vacuum, this would be a nice thing actually, like a Lord of the Rings show that restores the full content of all of Tolkien's books properly, the people want the Bombadil cut (oh look, what's Stephen Colbert doing over there?). Fans wanted it, and a lot of people will be very happy about it as long as it doesn't bomb. It's just a shame that Rowling will also be very happy about it, couldn't even wait for her to die so that they don't have to pay her.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    You pretty much summed it up. This new TV series is aimed more towards the people who loved the books but we're disappointed by the movies. The first 3 seasons though are probably going to be pretty similar to the movies because the first 3 books were pretty short And the movies did a decent job of following them. However, the 4th movie was where they really veered away from the books in a lot of ways. Its basically the equivalent of someone remaking The Hobbit, since there's a lot of Lord of The Rings fans that hated The Hobbit movies because they added a bunch of random shit to them that weren't in the book.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I feel like it's made to keep it relevant for newer kids. Kinda like Disney and doing live action remakes but worse.

    I think it looks... fine. (It's missing color- the magic of cinema.) While I don't want it to succeed in my heart, I know waaaaay too many millennial parents that will be force feeding this to children.

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