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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] 31 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Why do we even need a remake of the old movies? The movies are still holding up very well in this day and age. Why couldn't they focus on some other story? Expand the universe a little. Hogwarts is not the only magic school that exists...

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Money.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    but that excuse doesnt hold water either, why spend money on a remake when you can make money on a quick and easy and CHEAP remaster/re-release without any effort or inevitable backlash around casting choices

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  • [+] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)
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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    The world building is weak because Rowling is a bad fantasy writer, not because it was written for grade schoolers. There are tons of series aimed at grade schoolers with incredible world building - Redwall, Warrior Cats, Earthsea, just to name a few, all have way better world building than Harry Potter.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Earthsea has some of the best world building of all time, but I'm not sure I'd say it was written for grade schoolers.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I feel like Earthsea is appropriate for middle-school-aged kids (so like 11-14ish), right? Maybe our definitions of "grade schoolers" is different, but I was trying to give examples for a wide range of ages

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