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06-04-2005, 12:36 PM
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Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire
Found this trailer, looks like going to be another great movie!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/har...ire/large.html
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06-04-2005, 12:48 PM
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nnnooooooo..........
 yeah, i'm not a huge fan of harry potter. i really don't think the books are that creative or well written, and i'm absolutely sick and tired of all the merchandizing......
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06-04-2005, 01:49 PM
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Harry Potter!!!!! I'm so excited!!! Is it November yet? Why do I have to wait that long?
More importantly, is it July yet? I think Half-Blood Prince will be able to sufficiently distract me for awhile. Yeah, so I'm a little addicted. Must..have..more..Snape.... Celeste, which books have you read? |
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06-04-2005, 02:12 PM
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lol celeste, u strike me as the rebelous against good things happening kinda thing? lol or your really into religion more of feeling i believe...just curoius, i know couple others not into it more based on cuz they dont care for witches and stuff.
Imbrium, i am with you on that one! am not an all out freak but i just enjoy the movie on HDTV and 5.1 surround sound lol
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06-04-2005, 02:19 PM
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I'll admit it, I'm an all out freak. I'm learning to knit, so I can knit a scarf to wear when the movie comes out. It's gonna be Hufflepuff colors!
My name is Imbrium, and I'm a Harry Potterholic. 
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06-04-2005, 06:18 PM
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i write fantasy stories myself with wizards and magic and whatnot. i just hate the fact that harry potter is getting so much recognition when it's a mediocre series of books at best. there are so many other books out there that are so much more well written and so much more deserving of that kind of recognition that no one has heard of.
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06-05-2005, 12:21 PM
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Celeste, which of the books have you read? You have to remember these are children's books. I don't believe anyone thinks they are the greatest books ever written or anything.
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06-05-2005, 06:18 PM
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ah i c, weird but guess it's all comes down to who's the marketing genus really, they were very well marketed, am sure there are other good books out there i used to read all the goosebumps and fear street books when i had time on my hands lol.
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06-06-2005, 08:44 AM
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I think the Harry Potter books are fabulous, I cannot wait until Half Blood Prince comes out! I'm completely addicted. And I do not think that they are merely children's books, I think they apply to any age. The themes, especially in the latter books, are much deeper and darker. I rank them right up there with the Chronicles of Narnia.
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06-06-2005, 08:52 AM
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i read the first two. i refuse to read any others. and you've got to be kidding me. narnia? well........actually, i might agree....i hated all the narnia books except the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.
my favorite authors include Mercedes Lackey, Daniel Hood, Irene Radford, Steven Brust, and Tamora Pierce.
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06-06-2005, 10:19 AM
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Narnia is a fullblown classic in my opinion, all 7 of them.
While the 1st two Harry Potter books are important in the series, they don't really start getting good and wise beyond a children-age series until the 3rd book. |
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06-06-2005, 10:21 AM
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the chronicles of narnia are awesome!!!!! |
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06-06-2005, 10:51 AM
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It's funny...I was a D&D player for over 25 years, and even have a website devoted to Killer DM tricks, but I loathe fantasy type books. Isn't that odd? Narnia, Harry Potter, Oberon, Weis & Hickman stuff... I hate it all and I don't know why. Other people seem to like it, so it must be okay, but it just doesn't appeal to me.
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06-06-2005, 11:46 AM
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The Harry Potter books/movies have a wide targetted audience. Adults enjoy the books and movies as well as kids. The advertising targets children and young teens - and then it spreads like a plague.
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06-06-2005, 12:28 PM
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I've also been a gamer for many years! Although I do more Larping (Live Action Role Playing, with padded swords and whatnot) than tabletop games.
Here are a few of my favorite authors... George R. R. Martin Guy Gavriel Kay Steven Brust Those are my favorite fantasy authors... I also like the mainstream stuff like Tom Clancy. I'll read damn near anything...  I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan, although I've read the books and seen the movies. |
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06-06-2005, 05:52 PM
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i play Belegarth. we're not your standard LARP. we're all about the fighting, there's no story line, none of that. you have a made up name, and some people come up with histories, but it's not necessary. there's lot of rules on armor. armor isn't required, but if you DO wear armor, it has to be REAL armor to get the extra hit bonus of armor (leather armor has to be 12 oz. or heavier, metal has to be 16 guage or heavier) we even have a weight minimum on our weapons now. 12 oz. for 24" long or shorter weapons. it's a full contact sport, we beat on each other full force, it's not light touch. there's no magic, it's all about the hardcore beating each other down.
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06-06-2005, 09:48 PM
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I've played NERO and some other Larps a few times, but I can't stand hit point systems anymore... I play Chimera Interactive games now, King's Gate and the Shattered Isles. They're the best blend of roleplaying and combat that I've found, and no other Larps have even come close.
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06-06-2005, 10:54 PM
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play d&d miniatures, nothing close to the real thing, instead of larps, im into airsoft guns, lol you get a sense of joy knowing your shooting 10bb's a second at your friends
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06-06-2005, 11:17 PM
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HAHAHHA!!!
I used to play a game called Sabratact, which sounds very much like the one Celeste described. We wore 10 little chalk disks attached to ourselves in strategic areas. These were our hit points. The idea, of course, was to beat the crap out of each other with sticks in an attempt to smash the other guy's 10 disks while protecting your own disks. The loser of course was the first to run out of disks. I've invented quite a number of games, rpg and board, over the years, and a lot of them are a load of fun. I wish I could figure out how to publish them, because some are really that good. If you'd like a taste of some of the stuff my players were subjected to in my games, and see my more whimsically sadistic side, you can check out my website at http://www.angelfire.com/ky/toweroftelustis/index.html Heh heh. Feel free to make some submissions. Wow. We really went off topic here, didn't we? |
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06-06-2005, 11:43 PM
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I think the movies are a little overrated, but the books deserve all the recognition. The books were originally made primarily for children, but adults liked them also, so they started getting slightly darker by number 3.
Other good fantasy series: The Chronicles of Narnia Lord of the Rings The Chronicles of Prydain The Lost Years of Merlin ... Also, has anyone read Eragon?
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