• "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" now looking to be a series of FIVE films instead of three
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[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;51200632]Oh boy, I can't wait for five films that are just hipster-y tumblr GIF bait flicks.[/QUOTE] You've clearly not watched or read Harry Potter
[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51199847]Why cant they report sequels AFTER the movies have been shown?[/QUOTE] If they have a lot of strong ideas which would require a lot of sequels, why not tell the audience right away?
[QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;51200044]Putting all your eggs in one franchise basket is a great way to risk enormous amounts of money, just look at Ghostbusters reboot[/QUOTE] This is a dumb mistake they keep making, over-budgeted sequels breaking the bank have caused one of the worst loses for Hollywood this year in recent times, and the lack of originality. Like Independence day 2 was a box office disappointment, what did they do? Plan more sequels.
[QUOTE=Murkrow;51199819]Will it turn out like The Hobbit?[/QUOTE] Probably not. They don't have any base material so they can freely go into every direction they want with it. They don't need to stretch anything because they can build a huge story in the first place. Also no production issues so far. [QUOTE=MenteR;51199968]alright so i might be spewing shit, but hear me up. i know this movie hasn't come out but what kind of bothers me is that the trailers have shown a LOT of stuff. [/QUOTE] Yeah I get what you are saying but this is an apparent problem with marketing divisions nowadays. They just put way too much stuff into trailers that shouldn't be. Only solution is to only watch the announcement trailer and then going rather blind into the movie itself.
[QUOTE=MenteR;51199999]fantastic breasts and where to milk them[/QUOTE] kek [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Meme shit" - Novangel))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Solomon;51199871]We gonna get any WW2 wizarding magicks in one of these?[/QUOTE] That's complicated. There's a lot of fanon that ties Grindlewald (the big, evil wizard that Dumbledore vanquished and some other stuff) to the Nazis and WW2, likely using muggles as a resource for ~evil magics.~ So far, the people Rowling has entrusted the Harry Potter stuff to (while she has creative control, it's clear she's far from the helm for the recent projects) have been pretty liberal about borrowing from fan theories and such for their own use, in the same way that Disney blew up the Starwars Extended Universe just to remake it with their own stamp on it. The problem is that Harry Potter as a franchise walks a fine line between "kid-friendly" and "young adult," so if you're going to pull in European wizards and Nazis and human sacrifice, that's either got to be handled very carefully or not at all. Given how... strangely? Rowling decided to handle the Wizarding World of America (there are only three schools for the entire country, there's a big centralized bureau of magic just like in England, there's all the same wizard-muggle-mudblood stuff going on, and fundamentally no other readily apparent differences) the film series is probably not going to be quite so ambitious as to do something like Wizarding WW2, and instead take us on a tour of Wizarding America, particularly since a big hook from the trailer is, "Oh no, America doesn't have any magical creatures and you just brought them [I]ALL[/I] here! [I]AND[/I] showed them to a non-magical person!" While of course trying to thwart some weird aristocratic dark magic plot or something that would otherwise take place before WW2.
[QUOTE=Murkrow;51199819]Will it turn out like The Hobbit?[/QUOTE] worse you would have to be a delusional fanboy to think otherwise
I thought it would be just 1 movie?
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;51202139]worse you would have to be a delusional fanboy to think otherwise[/QUOTE] Uhhh no? This is completely different to The Hobbit because Jackson was forced to split the tiny book into three movies. Rowling here has all the freedom she wants because she is not bound to anything. She can take the story into any direction she wants. She can freely create everything she wants with these movies now.
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;51202139]worse you would have to be a delusional fanboy to think otherwise[/QUOTE] How can you be a fanboy about a series that [i]doesn't even exist yet?[/i] Also I don't know how you think it will be worse than the hobbit when that was 1 book stretched over 3 movies and this is an original piece of work written to be 5 films.
[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;51200759]You've clearly not watched or read Harry Potter[/QUOTE] I have. The world around the characters is mostly interesting, but Harry's characterization (or lack thereof) can really just be described as a Mary Sue at best. Barely any faults, revered by most people in the world around him, and a generic troubled upbringing. It's a standard Young Adult series that's mostly notable due to the concept behind it and how accessible it is. It's not thought-provoking or profound, and the main reason it still has such a huge following is because the movies reached an incredibly wide audience. And my post wasn't about Harry Potter explicitly. It was more about basically every film distributor trying to establish franchises and shared universes while pandering to the lowest common denominator. It's milking at its finest.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;51200015]Now, thats a movie worth watching[/QUOTE] Wouldn't surprise me, if it already exists.
[QUOTE=Crazy Ivan;51201822]That's complicated. There's a lot of fanon that ties Grindlewald (the big, evil wizard that Dumbledore vanquished and some other stuff) to the Nazis and WW2, likely using muggles as a resource for ~evil magics.~ So far, the people Rowling has entrusted the Harry Potter stuff to (while she has creative control, it's clear she's far from the helm for the recent projects) have been pretty liberal about borrowing from fan theories and such for their own use, in the same way that Disney blew up the Starwars Extended Universe just to remake it with their own stamp on it. The problem is that Harry Potter as a franchise walks a fine line between "kid-friendly" and "young adult," so if you're going to pull in European wizards and Nazis and human sacrifice, that's either got to be handled very carefully or not at all. Given how... strangely? Rowling decided to handle the Wizarding World of America (there are only three schools for the entire country, there's a big centralized bureau of magic just like in England, there's all the same wizard-muggle-mudblood stuff going on, and fundamentally no other readily apparent differences) the film series is probably not going to be quite so ambitious as to do something like Wizarding WW2, and instead take us on a tour of Wizarding America, particularly since a big hook from the trailer is, "Oh no, America doesn't have any magical creatures and you just brought them [I]ALL[/I] here! [I]AND[/I] showed them to a non-magical person!" While of course trying to thwart some weird aristocratic dark magic plot or something that would otherwise take place before WW2.[/QUOTE] I'd expect Harry Potter WW2 to be like classic Wolfenstien tbh, Nazi Occult stuff and the like
I was excited about this when I thought it was going to be one movie. But, then I see this headline. Not only were they wanting it to be 3 movies, but now they want it to be 5? Like fuck right off, what is with the industry drawing out movies so much? The original book was a bloody pamphlet for gods sake.
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;51204823]I was excited about this when I thought it was going to be one movie. But, then I see this headline. Not only were they wanting it to be 3 movies, but now they want it to be 5? Like fuck right off, what is with the industry drawing out movies so much? The original book was a bloody pamphlet for gods sake.[/QUOTE] The only thing relating to the book is the title and the author
All I can say is cautious optimism. I'm not familiar at all with the book, so hopefully they can manage to find legitimately good reasons to expand on it.
[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;51203351]I have. The world around the characters is mostly interesting, but Harry's characterization (or lack thereof) can really just be described as a Mary Sue at best. Barely any faults, revered by most people in the world around him, and a generic troubled upbringing. It's a standard Young Adult series that's mostly notable due to the concept behind it and how accessible it is. It's not thought-provoking or profound, and the main reason it still has such a huge following is because the movies reached an incredibly wide audience. And my post wasn't about Harry Potter explicitly. It was more about basically every film distributor trying to establish franchises and shared universes while pandering to the lowest common denominator. It's milking at its finest.[/QUOTE] Did you read the same books as me? He's hardly a Mary Sue. He has faults, he's not the best at school, is kind of strong headed and stubborn, and doesn't really think things through, especially when it concerns other people and how they feel. Do you remember book 2, 4, and 5? People hated him during them. Whether it be for Parseltounge, getting into the Triwizard Tournament, and saying that Voldermort is back. Generic troubled upbringing can be concerning, but it gets fleshed out completely as the series goes on. The dynamics between Harry and the Dursleys are always changing, and are pretty entertaining too.
[QUOTE=Water-Marine;51205300]All I can say is cautious optimism. I'm not familiar at all with the book, so hopefully they can manage to find legitimately good reasons to expand on it.[/QUOTE] The book isn't a narrative, it's a bunch of entries describing magical beasts and is supposed to exist within the Harry Potter universe. Newt Scamander is the fictional author of the book, the movie is just about him. There is nothing to expand on, it's a completely new story. If she'd said that she was going to write a 5 book series about his adventures, no one would bat an eye, why is it so different for films?
Harry is anything but a Mary Sue. Most of the time he's a completely nervous wreck that doesn't believe in himself at all. The evolution of his introverted and insecure character is part of why I love the series so much. Regardless, I've been interested in reading this book for a while now, but it's really hard to find the time. Hope the movies will do it justice.
I've only ever watched these movies for the magic, special effects, and cool monsters. So if they can give me those things and make it exciting each time I don't care how many movies they make for it.
[QUOTE=IceWarrior98;51218363]I've only ever watched these movies for the magic, special effects, and cool monsters. So if they can give me those things and make it exciting each time I don't care how many movies they make for it.[/QUOTE] You're why every Transformer movie still makes Large x Huge amounts of money. I mean, good for you and the companies wallets I guess.
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;51219200]You're why every Transformer movie still makes Large x Huge amounts of money. I mean, good for you and the companies wallets I guess.[/QUOTE] How's the weather up there on your high horse, bud?
saw a trailer at the movies yesterday. cutsey twink wizard boy gives a man a helmet. the man asks what it's for. gayboi responds "because your head is susceptible to breakage under immense force." fuck off why does jk rowling have to make everything irritatingly quirky
[QUOTE=SoaringScout;51231290]saw a trailer at the movies yesterday. cutsey twink wizard boy gives a man a helmet. the man asks what it's for. gayboi responds "because your head is susceptible to breakage under immense force." fuck off why does jk rowling have to make everything irritatingly quirky[/QUOTE] what
[QUOTE=Solomon;51199871]We gonna get any WW2 wizarding magicks in one of these?[/QUOTE] Someone's been watching Izetta
[QUOTE=MenteR;51199968]long[/QUOTE] tbh this is actually an insanely well thought out point and I'm actually really concerned this may happen now I ONLY STARTED "Legends of tomorrow" and I'm already burnt out 4 episodes in because theres so much clutter I have no idea what the fuck is going on, despite how unbelievably simple the story is. Like, I do not give any fucks about a single character. No one has a story that I care about. Any character could just die and I'd not care.
[QUOTE=Solomon;51231315]what[/QUOTE] it was a ridiculously roundabout and "silly" way of saying "to protect your head"
[QUOTE=SoaringScout;51231426]it was a ridiculously roundabout and "silly" way of saying "to protect your head"[/QUOTE] And it suits the universe and its characters, which if you have seen the other movies or read the books are meant to be quirky at times.
[QUOTE=SoaringScout;51231290]saw a trailer at the movies yesterday. [B]cutsey twink wizard boy gives a man a helmet[/B]. the man asks what it's for. gayboi responds "because your head is susceptible to breakage under immense force." fuck off why does jk rowling have to make everything irritatingly quirky[/QUOTE] What kind of porn is this?
Poor decision. Would of rather had many different stories from the wizarding world. 5+ years of this crew? ehhh.. Initial impact better be solid.
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