Could Harry Potter do with a rest

[MeinKraft]

I love Harry Potter and JKR as much as the next person, I was 11 when the first book was released so like many of us grew up with the books and films.

That was over 20 years ago and Harry Potter is still ubiquitous. Lots of shops (Primark etc) still have HP merchandise, there are adverts all the time for the studio tour, new books and computer games are still released every now and then, the films are regularly on TV and now there's going to be a remake of them.

I sometimes think they should give the marketing a rest for a year or two before the tv show is released to let us get excited about it again. Then again you have to make money while the sun shines I suppose. Will we ever reach full Harry Potter saturation?

I agree with this.

And also the posters who point out each generation discovers HP anew because it's a true classic.

I think they’re striking whilst the iron is hot.

Its going to come a time when it’s not as popular and then they will have a break and then a few years later bring it back out.

But if people are still buying now, why would they stop.

I love HP but I’m not a huge fan and buy all of the gear but I bought Hogwarts the PlayStation game and I thinking about how well they are marketing.

Oh yeah I do understand that but you'd think at some point modern kids would find it a bit old fashioned. Although maybe that's part of the appeal, a place where they can escape WhatsApp and modern technology. I watch Downton Abbey I suppose!

I went to a Famous Five exhibition with my mum (born 1945) and my DD's who are now teenagers and all three generations had read and enjoyed the famous five books.

Something set completely outside our world is timeless. It doesn’t date. Are you saying that modern wizards do things so differently now that they can’t relate to Harry and the others?

The problem isn't Harry Potter. It's the consumerism and advertising everywhere, a much broader problem.

But Harry got children reading when some hadn't ever done so before. HP is much bigger than capitalism!

I like and admire JK Rowling because of her political stance agains Stonewall. But I never could stand the Potter books. Too wordy and heavy. Much preferred Enid Blyton 😀

See I think it's already on the way out. I'm an English teacher.

Ten years ago when I wanted to relate a structural device or something quick to a book or film I knew most of the kids would know, I could use Harry Potter. That isn't the case now.

It's something they know of- but it's from the olden days. Their parents' generation.

I don't find more than 5 or so a class are familiar with them.

No, never!!