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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: Cosmos on July 29, 2007, 02:33:05 AM

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Post by: Cosmos on July 29, 2007, 02:33:05 AM: am I like the only person who bothered reading the last harry potter book and being disappointed with it..?
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Post by: Fortet on July 29, 2007, 02:52:30 AM: I read it, but wasn't completely disappointed with it.
Book 8: Harry Potter and the Midlife Crisis :D
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Post by: Cosmos on July 29, 2007, 03:00:46 AM: LOL I'd admitt it had it's highlights.. (like hermy swinging at ron) but it seemed rushed..
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Post by: Fortet on July 29, 2007, 03:28:40 AM: Yea, a bit.
Still a pretty good end to it, though :)
The movie could only be rated R if they do it right, of course.
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Post by: Cosmos on July 29, 2007, 04:21:20 AM: The very last chapter wasn't great tho. It was as though someone else wrote it. Like a fanfiction or something.. and the fight with voldermort was just.. not a fight at all..
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Post by: Shady Ultima on July 29, 2007, 04:23:22 AM: Yea, the fight with Voldemort was rather pathetic, but it was a magic duel. There only CAN be one spell, and that's it... I guess :

And I agree, the epilogue seemed a bit different from the writing style of the rest of the book, but whatever. Apparently JKR is going to write an encyclopedia about what happens with everyone after the series.
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Post by: Cosmos on July 29, 2007, 05:28:19 AM: It wasn't even a spell.. it was like.. harry goes, okay the wand's not yours, come here wand.. and boom voldermort's dead. That was so ghey..

she said she might do it. Depending on how she "feels"
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Post by: Meiscool-2 on July 29, 2007, 06:30:28 AM: On a short note that is completely unrelated to Harry Potter; I want to do Midnight in the butt.
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Post by: emiiru on July 29, 2007, 07:17:43 AM: I liked that video of people spoiling Harry Potter fans at the bookstore with the Fatman car chase... I know what happens, but I'm only sorta watch the movies, so I don't really count/care. I could say I don't understand the feelings of HP fans.

I was dissappointed with the over-seriousness of HP fans, but we all do this. We get pissed over things that aren't important; well i suppose nothing is really important in the grand scheme of things, but yeah.

And big ups to the author for raking it with 7 internationally selling books. That's also part of entertainment, money.
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Post by: Drace on July 29, 2007, 08:12:47 AM: Still gotta read all books, so yeah... Bah, I'll do it someday. Like the movies though. Seen all.
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Post by: aboutasoandthis on July 29, 2007, 12:20:39 PM: I thought the Harry Potter books were kinda boring. I could never really find the themes to them.
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Post by: Dragonium on July 29, 2007, 12:54:10 PM: I enjoyed it on the whole. I read it in about a day and a half, so I took it all in. xD

*Book 7 Spoiler Warning*

Also, who else got the significance of Snape's final words?

*Spoilers over*
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Post by: Tomi on July 29, 2007, 01:53:18 PM: I really liked it, even the epilogue. Personally I'll be looking forward to the encyclopedia thing. And just because Voldy's death wasn't like a ninja fight doesn't mean it wasn't good. I thought it was creative and well done because if you have noticed, Harry never killed anyone in all of the books, which is a strong symbol.
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Post by: Cosmos on July 29, 2007, 02:00:13 PM: He had lily's eyes, so snape wanted to see her one last time. Poor snape.
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Post by: Fortet on July 29, 2007, 02:40:51 PM: I wonder how long it took them to rebuild Hogwarts?
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Post by: Red Giant on July 29, 2007, 03:14:10 PM: SPOILER ALERT ANYONE? Damn if I hated harry potter marginally less than I do I would be pretty pissed right now!

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harry goes, okay the wand's not yours, come here wand..

lol thats pretty funny though

Best hp7 moment: Being the first to recieve a copy at the respective store I was at and leaving the store and saying loudly to the still-waiting queue "VOLDERMORT IS JESUS."
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Post by: Cosmos on July 29, 2007, 03:34:57 PM: LOL!!
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Post by: Dragonium on July 29, 2007, 05:56:26 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Midnight
He had lily's eyes, so snape wanted to see her one last time. Poor snape.

Middeth wins points. SYMBOLIC ones.
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Post by: WarxePB on July 29, 2007, 08:59:52 PM: As much as I hate the idea, I would've liked it if Potter and co. had actually gone to Hogwarts for a few months before the Ministry fell, Scrimgeour died and they came, then they would start the epic quest type thing. The section from where they started their quest to about when they found the sword was rather pointless (and unnecessary - it could've easily been trimmed down a bit).
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Post by: Phayre on July 29, 2007, 09:17:36 PM: It stunk. I expected no different. The series takes itself too seriously after the first 3, and just goes way downhill after 5. It was fun as a little magical romp, but Rowling doesn't do well with real emotions and seems to throw them in just to look cool for writing dark things. More of Hogwarts would have been nice, just for some contrast.
SPOILER

Lupin's death sucked. I don't care what she says about "realism", it was lame.

/SPOILER
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Post by: Cosmos on July 30, 2007, 12:10:15 AM: They didn't even go into his death.. it was like, he was just dead.
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Post by: Meiscool-2 on July 30, 2007, 01:05:52 AM: I liked it when Hedwig died.

Oh, spoiler warning.
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Post by: Cosmos on July 30, 2007, 01:12:45 AM: You cruel heartless bastage!! *hits*
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Post by: HackersTotalMassLaser on July 30, 2007, 01:18:33 AM: Harry dies! O wait wrong script.
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Post by: Fortet on July 30, 2007, 04:26:40 PM: Hedwig's death was kinda' funny >_>
SPOILER:

Snape's death pwn'd >:)

/SPOILER
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Post by: aboutasoandthis on July 30, 2007, 04:53:54 PM: Why do so many people die in these books?
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Post by: Cosmos on July 30, 2007, 06:53:58 PM: Why are ppl writing spoiler warnings? If we're gonna talk about something in a topic, people who haven't read it should be prepared when they enter the topic. Gawd.

I didn't like snape's death.. it was quick, too quick. I mean, Ron's dad was attacked by that snake too.. and how long did it take for him to be found..? Longer then it took for Harry to retrieve snape's memories, that's for sure. And didn't Ron's dad have more bites..? And hedwig's death was pathetic.. she didn't even get to fly.. :'(
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Post by: Phayre on July 30, 2007, 08:05:35 PM: I did because I hate when people WHINE about spoilers. *eye roll*
Many authors use death to make their stories feel grimmer and more serious. A quick death, according to Rowling, is more realistic. That's bullcrap. You want realism? DON' READ HARRY FREAKIN' POTTER.
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Post by: Red Giant on July 30, 2007, 08:43:56 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Midnight
Why are ppl writing spoiler warnings? If we're gonna talk about something in a topic, people who haven't read it should be prepared when they enter the topic. Gawd.

You should rename the topic "So like... hp7 spoiler alert... you dig, baby?"

EDIT: lolololol (http://www.radioblogclub.com/open/147657/sex_machine/James%20Brown%20-%20Sex%20Machine)
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Post by: Dragonium on July 30, 2007, 09:05:44 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Phayre
A quick death, according to Rowling, is more realistic.

Maybe so, but if you've had a character be an integral part of the story for 7 books and the readers have come to love them (Even if it is Snape, bah), said readers do not want to see that character recieve a quick death. They want a long, drawn-out, moving death sequence where everyone gets to make a tearjerking speech. You don't want "stab, blargh, dead".
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Post by: HackersTotalMassLaser on July 30, 2007, 09:51:33 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Midnight
Why are ppl writing spoiler warnings? If we're gonna talk about something in a topic, people who haven't read it should be prepared when they enter the topic. Gawd.

According to Bluhman and Meiscool its the 8th deadly sin.
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Post by: Cosmos on July 31, 2007, 09:35:10 AM: Sins are amazing.

But no seriously.. she can't expect us to believe in something realistic when the book is based on magic. They've got house elfs for crying out loud! Dobby..! :'( I liked him... poor thing.
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Post by: Razor on July 31, 2007, 10:29:41 PM: SPOILERS

He's dead now. Free, but dead.

END SPOILERS

Regarding spoilers Mid, you didn't even mention this thread was about Harry Potter 7 in the title or description. It's only decent to put spoiler tags everywhere.
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Post by: HackersTotalMassLaser on July 31, 2007, 10:45:33 PM: I am better off in the contradict yourself website.
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Post by: Cosmos on August 01, 2007, 01:12:46 AM: I hate you both.. ;.; *kicks*
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Post by: cherko on August 01, 2007, 04:31:13 PM: I kind of liked the book in general, except for the ending, which was kind of... Lousy.
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Post by: Grandy on August 06, 2007, 03:28:15 PM: So, I kinda ignored this topic up until now.

How many people died?
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Post by: Fortet on August 06, 2007, 03:39:08 PM: I can't remember, but quite a few >_>
Somebody dies in the first chapter o_O
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Post by: Grandy on August 06, 2007, 03:48:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Fortet
I can't remember, but quite a few >_>
Somebody dies in the first chapter o_O

Wall, this seems uncalled for.

Let me rephrase it: Who did NOT die in the book? Who should've died but didn't, I mean?
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Post by: Djanki on August 06, 2007, 04:44:47 PM: I bought the book during one of those 'parties' that borders held during the release, at midnight, and there was this one guy with a belt with a little message board that said 'TRUST SNAPE'. lol

I finished the book the next day after buying it, at 7:00-ish PM. I took a lot of breaks in-between. I think it was a very good endning to a great series. Best of all: No Harry/Draco. ^_^

Just one thing...SPOILER ALERT!!

A kid named Albus Severus Potter. WTF?!

SPOILER DONE.
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Post by: Phayre on August 06, 2007, 06:18:49 PM: There wasn't enough authentic development, I still say, on any of the Slytherins. I mean, really, ALL of them left to go with Voldy. Way to have individual thought processes, guys.
Rowling could have done so much better with Draco. He hardly even makes good fangirl bait.
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Post by: Cosmos on August 06, 2007, 06:35:13 PM: He was barely in the book.. :'(
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Post by: SonicChaos7 on August 07, 2007, 04:44:10 AM: Harry Potter is the same book redone 7 times with some new characters, the characters getting older, and a different twist here and there.
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Post by: Phayre on August 07, 2007, 08:41:09 AM: That's how 90% of best-selling authors work. It's called formula writing. It is the most profitable evil a writer will ever encounter. BEWARE.
Rowling picked all the lamest characters to give lame character development to. *kicks Snape* Oops. Did I do that?
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Post by: Darwin on August 07, 2007, 09:33:50 AM: The book seemed to be rushed when I read it. It held me dissapointed that it completely lacked the kind of atmosphere the other 6 books had. The ending seemed kinda lame, Voldy didn't even get to show off his skills at all. And that last chapter where they had all grown up, just plain stupid. Some of the better parts were when you found out the truth about Snape, when Mrs Weasley defeated Bellatrix, and when the house elves attacked :D