Who\'s into Harry Potter? Coz I know who dies.

I don\'t even remember who that is.

this guy

me neither

[Titan]

Originally posted by videoholic
A bunch of crap if you ask me.

Who was it on these boards a couple years ago who waited in line for the midnight release and read it like the first day?

Until I found out it was ginko, I could have sweared it was sammy

I wouldn\'t mind having come up with the H.P. idea. R.K. Rowling has twice the money the English queen has. That\'s a lot of money.

I went to the midnight release of book 6 last night, and I\'m about a third of the way through at the moment.  As of reading over 200 pages, I\'m not impressed.  Meh.

On an unrelated note, go see Charlie and the Chocalate Factory.  It\'s, dare I say, better than the original.

Originally posted by GmanJoe
BWAHAHAHAAH! I wonder if I should spoil it.

I\'m curious as to how that would spoil the book?  

The fun of reading a novel, perhaps speaking only for myself, is having the story unfold and reaping the rewards at the end.  I could very well be told who dies in the end, but then I\'m left with the questions as to why/when/who/how?  The only way to reveal that information would be to read the story, and then I could understand, or interpret for myself, the significance of said event.

Out of curiousity, what satisfaction do you get out of knowing who dies in the latest Harry Potter book?  Am I right to assume that you don\'t even care for the series?

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Rikku
Am I right to assume that you don\'t even care for the series?

Ding ding! But I care enough to warn people about it. I care. I care about how you feel. I don\'t want your wrath by spoiling it for you. Hence...why I made a subtle and indirect warning. I...don\'t want to lose you.....again. I want things to be like before.

[Evi]

It\'s, dare I say, better than the original.

The original sucked because it did not follow the book, which in turn pissed off the author. Tim Burton\'s interpretation was much closer to the book than the original. And Johnny Depp\'s version of Willy Wonka is much closer to the actual character than Gene Wilder\'s version. If you read the book you\'d hate the original and like the new one.

Another point...all the lyrics from the Oompa Loompa songs are taken directly from the book, unlike the original movie. And again...the new one is based on the book, not the original pisspoor interpretation.

I found it quite humorous and enjoyable.

Originally posted by GmanJoe
Ding ding! But I care enough to warn people about it. I care. I care about how you feel. I don\'t want your wrath by spoiling it for you. Hence...why I made a subtle and indirect warning. I...don\'t want to lose you.....again. I want things to be like before.

You completely missed my point, the only way you could really spoil the book is to make a detailed run-down of the events in the book that lead to any one incident, and then explain the outcome (revealing the significance as to why it happened).  

In the case of a character dying there must be some significance to that, otherwise it shouldn\'t have happened.  I, for one, don\'t read the Harry Potter books to see who dies, and I\'d be dumbfounded to find any one person who reads them solely for that purpose.  What\'s the satisfaction in knowing that?  No, there\'s more surrounding an incident such as a character (an important one at that) dying that begs the question why?  If you can validate your so called spoiler for me, and everything else that has even the slightest significance, then perhaps you\'ll save me from having to read the next 350 pages.

[GmanJoe]

I think you took my thread waaay too seriously with that dissertation. I mean....wow! I should print it and put it on the wall or something.

You could have just replied "Eh? I don\'t care." and be back to reading your book.

I like the movies, though. It\'s got sounds and motion pikchers and they speak some of the lines outta the book! Didya know that? Oh...and it\'s Ron that dies.

Originally posted by GmanJoe
I think you took my thread waaay too seriously with that dissertation. I mean....wow! I should print it and put it on the wall or something.

I could mail you a signed copy if you like.  I\'ll have to charge you postage of course.

You could have just replied "Eh? I don\'t care." and be back to reading your book.

And miss the chance to see you stumble around as to why you even bothered acquiring the information you posted?  Where\'s the fun in that?

I like the movies, though. It\'s got sounds and motion pikchers and they speak some of the lines outta the book! Didya know that? Oh...and it\'s Ron that dies.

Okay.  Now I know why Hollywood continues to make movies to the equivalent of watching runny shit get flushed down the toilet.  Because there are people who like "sounds and motion pikchers."

[Evi]

Okay. Now I know why Hollywood continues to make movies to the equivalent of watching runny shit get flushed down the toilet. Because there are people who like "sounds and motion pikchers."

There was a hint of sarcasm in that last response of his.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Rikku

And miss the chance to see you stumble around as to why you even bothered acquiring the information you posted?  Where\'s the fun in that?

 

Actually, I did "stumble" upon it by accident. Someone just put the spoiler out in the subject title of a thread at a car forum I go to.

So...yeah...I didn\'t climb Mount Everest to get this info....but just for you, I did.

BTW...I\'m glad you find me more interesting than reading that childrens\' book. So....put the book back down and tell me more about the story while I edit a movie on my Mac.

You\'re a girl, right?

Originally posted by EviscerationX
There was a hint of sarcasm in that last response of his.

Thank you. Muh sarcasm was quite bright...I thought he\'d catch it.

Originally posted by GmanJoe
Actually, I did "stumble" upon it by accident. Someone just put the spoiler out in the subject title of a thread at a car forum I go to.

So...yeah...I didn\'t climb Mount Everest to get this info....but just for you, I did.

BTW...I\'m glad you find me more interesting than reading that childrens\' book. So....put the book back down and tell me more about the story while I edit a movie on my Mac.

You\'re a girl, right?

 

Thank you. Muh sarcasm was quite bright...I thought he\'d catch it.

You haven\'t brought anything of significance in here.  You\'ve neither harmed or helped, and this thread will no doubt sink out of view without having had any impact.

I\'ve given the book enough of my attention today, and I purposely came into your thread to play with you.  I wanted to see what you thought it was you were doing (a poor attempt at humor is all I can gather at the moment) and see if I could possibly get a rise out of you.  It seems I\'ve succeeded as you\'ve been reduced to trying to belittle me with my choice of reading with the poor comment "that children\'s book." Then I suppose you were trying to give yourself some kind of cool-guy significance by telling me you\'re editting a movie on your Mac?  Last, but not least, you ask if I\'m a girl?  That\'s neither here nor there, and if anything can be construed as a deragatory comment towards women.

Anyway, you\'re not as much fun as I thought you\'d be.

Oh, and good luck with editting that movie.  I guess it takes some amount of skill and a good eye to include only the best scenes of yourself humping the couch.