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Petty guardian bollox about the new Harry Potter series...

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mids2019 · 25/04/2025 16:58

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/25/may-the-force-be-with-you-how-to-save-every-tired-tv-superfranchise-from-star-wars-to-game-of-thrones

So Guardian a new Harry Potter series will be the first reboot of Harry Potter for 20 years for a new potential generation of Potter fans. Star Wars has had a vastly successful reboot in the 2000s despite the initial trilogy starting in the 70s. Star Trek has had numerous reboots alongside Marvel....all vastly successful franchises generating ££££s.

I think the new Harry Potter franchise is going to be an immense success bringing a new generation of young children into the fold with the CGI of the originals becomiǹg tired.

So this is just a petty dig from the Guardian despite a number of new actors being brought to the fore. Sad journalism feeling of the stench of sour grapes including the side bursting line...JKR now slytherin....oh the humour......

May the force be with you! How to save every tired TV superfranchise, from Star Wars to Game of Thrones

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/25/may-the-force-be-with-you-how-to-save-every-tired-tv-superfranchise-from-star-wars-to-game-of-thrones

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Signalbox · 25/04/2025 21:39

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 25/04/2025 21:17

I hope it is a huge success.

What are people's thoughts on the casting of Paapa Essiedu as Snape?

My gut reaction was not to care, JKR herself appears to be OK with it, and casting a black actress as Hermione in Cursed Child worked just fine.

But some people have said that if you make Snape black, it changes the dynamic of the relationship between him and James/Sirius/Lupin/Pettigrew and makes them look like racist bullies. I think they were bullies, but not racist ones. Thoughts?

I agree. Do we know who will be cast as James / Lupin / Sirius? Perhaps they will get around it by casting that group as ethnically diverse and it will revert back to being just plain bullying rather than extreme racist bullying. Or perhaps they are just going to plonk a clunky race narrative in where it doesn't belong. He'd have been better cast as Sirius or Lupin. I can't imagine how they are going to make him look Snape-like?

FlowchartRequired · 25/04/2025 21:28

Paapa Essiedu is far too handsome. I hope they don't uglify him in a really fake way though (anyone remember the fuss over Nicole Kidman's nose prosthetic in the Hours?).

I do think that they are going to have cast at least one (or more) black actor in the group that bullies Snape, or it absolutely will just look horrifically racist when he is hung upside down in the tree.

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 25/04/2025 21:17

I hope it is a huge success.

What are people's thoughts on the casting of Paapa Essiedu as Snape?

My gut reaction was not to care, JKR herself appears to be OK with it, and casting a black actress as Hermione in Cursed Child worked just fine.

But some people have said that if you make Snape black, it changes the dynamic of the relationship between him and James/Sirius/Lupin/Pettigrew and makes them look like racist bullies. I think they were bullies, but not racist ones. Thoughts?

FlowchartRequired · 25/04/2025 21:12

DW is not mentioned. I don't know if that is becuse it is perfect in the eyes of Luke, or if he considers that it is beyond saving.

Archive version. https://archive.ph/yjTMp

SnoopyPajamas · 25/04/2025 20:34

What was his advice on how to save Doctor Who?

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mids2019 · 25/04/2025 17:35

I agree. As JKR wrote the original lore there may be ideas she hasn't put into the public domain that any add to the stories in general. It is much more difficult with Tolkien for instance when the author has passed.

It's a good chance to introduce a new skilled set of actors into the public imagination as I don't think the original cast were in reality that talented.

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FlowchartRequired · 25/04/2025 17:27

Well Luke Holland has missed what I think are all the good ways of improving those shows.

  1. Don't piss on the original lore.
  2. Concentrate on good stories and proper character development.
  3. Don't use TV shows as an opportunity to preach your politics at the audience. No-one like being lectured at.
  4. Don't call the audience racist or bigoted when your poorly written, lore breaking, lecturing TV show isn't popular.