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so in short, voldermort dies and harry marries hermony

also dumborodor dies too

Alright, nerd time:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

Why don't the people in HP just does guns to kill Voldemort? I mean it takes way less time to shoot a gun than cast a spell. What should have happened was Tony Blair calls in an SAS sniper the pop a cap in Voldemort and his niggaz.

Come to think of it, most of the magic in HP is either obsolete given modern tech (flashlight > light spell, forklift > light spell, TASER > stun spell) or just useless (the transform spells have no practical usage IRL). So why don't all the magic-fags just embrace modern tech?

1) Guns could be disarmed or cursed with a variety of backfire spells. I'm willing to bet that wands would be a bit more difficult to tamper with.
2) Little kid wizards can make objects fly just by pointing a stick at them. Ron's dad makes a car fly with magic. Flying car > helicopter research. Portkeys > transportation research. Killing curse > body armor. Automated household procedures are put into action (dishwashing) with casual gestures with no provisions from the local power plant, and you can hide your house between dimensions.
3) "(the transform spells have no practical usage IRL)" You've gotta be shitting me. Do you know what NASA would give to get their hands on that? Do you think the CIA wouldn't want an agent that could transform himself into an innocuous animal? Wouldn't you like to transmogrify dandelions into grass? Dog crap into dirt?
4) They probably wouldn't embrace tech for the same reason that Christians wouldn't embrace magic (unless it comes from Jesus, but then it's grace, I guess).

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

The books got worse as I got older. I don't know if that was changing taste or quality decline.

Don't like the movies at all.

With me, I saw the movie first, then read all books available. After that, it was whichever came first: next book or next movie. I don't think they are by any stretch of the imagination the best thing ever, but they're fun enough, and certainly more enjoyable for me than the endless gutbusting Clancy clones and uninspired films out there

TheAussieReaper wrote:

Are they still trying to pass the actors off as little kids?

/picard foreheadslap

...because seven years of wizard school took place in one year. Of course year six needs little kids to play Harry & pals!

...

The first movie was released in 2001. It's now 2008. They haven't grown a third eye, so there's no reason for people to stress about someone trying to act a couple years younger. The film content keeps up nicely with their age, which wouldn't blend well with the atmosphere of the first two.

People seriously need to get off of the Charlie Brown/Calvin & Hobbes/Bart Simpson assumption that all little kid characters' ages must remain static.

In short, the answer to your question is NO.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2008-07-31 06:33:59)

FFLink13 wrote:

Acreta wrote:

so in short, voldermort dies and harry marries hermony

also dumborodor dies too

I'm sure he marries Ron's sister.

And Ron is with 'hermony'

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Alright, nerd time:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

Why don't the people in HP just does guns to kill Voldemort? I mean it takes way less time to shoot a gun than cast a spell. What should have happened was Tony Blair calls in an SAS sniper the pop a cap in Voldemort and his niggaz.

Come to think of it, most of the magic in HP is either obsolete given modern tech (flashlight > light spell, forklift > light spell, TASER > stun spell) or just useless (the transform spells have no practical usage IRL). So why don't all the magic-fags just embrace modern tech?

1) Guns could be disarmed or cursed with a variety of backfire spells. I'm willing to bet that wands would be a bit more difficult to tamper with.
2) Little kid wizards can make objects fly just by pointing a stick at them. Ron's dad makes a car fly with magic. Flying car > helicopter research. Portkeys > transportation research. Killing curse > body armor. Automated household procedures are put into action (dishwashing) with casual gestures with no provisions from the local power plant, and you can hide your house between dimensions.
3) "(the transform spells have no practical usage IRL)" You've gotta be shitting me. Do you know what NASA would give to get their hands on that? Do you think the CIA wouldn't want an agent that could transform himself into an innocuous animal? Wouldn't you like to transmogrify dandelions into grass? Dog crap into dirt?
4) They probably wouldn't embrace tech for the same reason that Christians wouldn't embrace magic (unless it comes from Jesus, but then it's grace, I guess).

Yeah but you can only disarm the gun if you see it, and by then you'll be dead. The SAS are pretty much ninjas so Voldemort would not be able to see them and thus not be able to detect them. Also the SAS can accurately kill Voldemort from half a mile away. And if all that fail then why not mortar his ass? Modern weapons systems are much more effective at killing than magic is.

As for ease of use of spells versus tech, while yeah maybe some magic is better than tech, but the wizards have a complete disregard for all modern tech, even if it is easier to use than magic. Why do the wizards damn themselves to only use magic when they can just as easily use magic and modern tech? They stay only in the magic world and don't touch anything electric, mechanical or computer.

Well that might help the spies and stuff but will the average Mr. Merlin ever need to transform into a dog? Unless he's just trying to be silly, no. As for the crap < dirt, crap will eventually become dirt anyway and dandelions to grass, I'm sure it's easier to buy weed killer than to have to learn a spell that kills weeds for you.


Now I have nothing against fantasy, but I just find it HP ridiculous as it is set in a modern world yet these people still live in the dark ages.

I also really don't like how much it ripped off the plot of Star-Wars. I mean Voldemort is obviously Darth Vader, Dombledore is Obi-wan and Harry is Luke Skywalker.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

TheAussieReaper wrote:

Are they still trying to pass the actors off as little kids?

/picard foreheadslap

...because seven years of wizard school took place in one year. Of course year six needs little kids to play Harry & pals!

...

The first movie was released in 2001. It's now 2008. They haven't grown a third eye, so there's no reason for people to stress about someone trying to act a couple years younger. The film content keeps up nicely with their age, which wouldn't blend well with the atmosphere of the first two.

People seriously need to get off of the Charlie Brown/Calvin & Hobbes/Bart Simpson assumption that all little kid characters' ages must remain static.

In short, the answer to your question is NO.

So, they are still passing off these young adults as kids in the movie.

Reaper, they are supposed to be 16/17 in this film, and irl they're 19/20 I think.

The Sheriff wrote:

Reaper, they are supposed to be 16/17 in this film, and irl they're 19/20 I think.

Harry is 16 in this one. In the 7th book he looses his protection thing or something like that if I remember right. So I think your right.