Young D

1y

I feel like I’m repeating myself, but I’ll say it again anyway: The only way I see the first two books as being impossible to do in that style, is if you do it directly as they are written (as Chris Columbus did them). Which would be dumb and super boring (as Columbus’ movies were).

If you venture outside of making it from the vantage point of Harry and the kids, then it would be entirely possible.

The reason that telling it from Harry’s perspective worked in the books was that you could read Rowling’s amazing prose that brought you inside Harry’s mind and experience the world for the first time as he did. That’s not possible in a film format like it is in a book. However, film allows you to take peeks into all elements of the world as the story in the books is unfolding in a visual format. You can have vignettes about different characters and how they approached the events as we knew them. There are limitless possibilities.

Being confined to the story as it was written in the books or already told before in the movies would be the epitome of mediocre storytelling.

BlueChew Sean

1y

What broad themes are in the books that the first two movies missed? They feel like pretty faithful adaptations tbh. CoS even gets criticized for putting everything in the book in the movie and that's why it's so long

saucer

1y

i getchu bro but the series is called harry potter and the biggest attempt to do what you’re talking about flopped (and they sucked, but that’s besides the point). it’d have to be super well done and i have zero faith in modern rowling to do that anyway

also the columbus movies are fine lol

Young D

1y

I mean basically with a high level adult tone, like other HBO shows. No whimsical Christopher Columbus kid BS. No blockbuster Netflix poor writing, background ambiance BS.

Just really smart strong writing, direction that is done with care and craft, acting that is built on nuanced performances. What I’m describing could basically be comped to the first 5 seasons of GoT (minus the nudity and gore) if you want a comp.

Mac Wit Da Cheese

1y

Idk I wouldn’t mind them starting light and getting darker as they age. That’s what the tone of the books were

Warren Peace

1y

ehh

as much as the movies went out of their way to Hollywoodize the series and appeal to a broader audience, i think they brought an undeniably darker edge to the series very early on. from POA on, the aesthetic of the films was dark and dreary

i agree that they should just focus on making a legitimately prestige tv show w this adaptation instead of copying the tone of the films, but i don’t think that means turning it into a dark story from the getgo is the move

Young D

1y

That’s real. I was never of the opinion that well done = darker.

I just want nuance and depth.

Warren Peace

1y

fair.

i particularly like your idea of opening things up beyond Harry’s perspective

they did that a few times in the films and it always paid off so that being the norm in a series could be very interesting

Young D

1y

I’m also coming at this not only as a fan of prestige TV, but also a massive fan of the books (never really caring for any of the movies).

And one of my absolute favorite things to read in the books were the chapters where they weren’t from Harry’s perspective (Book 4 Ch1, Book 6 Ch1 and all the Voldemort flashbacks, and Book 7 Ch1). So much potential to broaden the world like those parts in the books did, while still staying within the bounds of the general plot.

RareRarFiles

1y

make that s*** dark fr

CKL TML

1y

Need some mike dean synths in this

Warren Peace

1y

also more time for the subplots that were in the books but cut from the films to be more fleshed out - Hagrid’s backstory; Snape vs the Marauders; Percy’s estrangement from his family; Neville’s interaction w his parents and grandmother; Lupin’s fear of becoming a father, etc.

Danny

1y

He should be the potions teacher in this

Warren Peace

1y

lot of ASSuming in that text

this is why niggas don’t get paid to think

Smacked Voodoo

1y

Not really assumptions lol it's extremely easy s*** to find with Google

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson have all publicly called out JK for her transphobic views. Radcliffe and Watson making the most scathing responses, with Grint making it a bit light but likening her to something like an old relative you still care for but don't really want to be around much because of their hateful views.

Watson has even came out and said the only way she'd ever come back for a Harry Potter project is if JK isn't involved. Radcliffe has openly said he's done with Harry Potter because he doesn't want to be known just for that, and because he's an ally and would find it wrong to be apart of something knowing how the creator feels.

CKL TML

1y

Didnt they do the reunion with her last year?

Smacked Voodoo

1y

That'd be very bizarre as Emma Watson had said she's not going to be involved in a Harry Potter project with JK Rowling involved just last year

CKL TML

1y

Nvm she wasnt involved apparently

Smacked Voodoo

1y

Not really assumptions lol it's extremely easy s*** to find with Google

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson have all publicly called out JK for her transphobic views. Radcliffe and Watson making the most scathing responses, with Grint making it a bit light but likening her to something like an old relative you still care for but don't really want to be around much because of their hateful views.

Watson has even came out and said the only way she'd ever come back for a Harry Potter project is if JK isn't involved. Radcliffe has openly said he's done with Harry Potter because he doesn't want to be known just for that, and because he's an ally and would find it wrong to be apart of something knowing how the creator feels.

Smacked Voodoo

1y

That'd be very bizarre as Emma Watson had said she's not going to be involved in a Harry Potter project with JK Rowling involved just last year