Several people have gone completely missing.

They have, as I originally suspected, been isolating themselves from the rest of the world while they jab their freakin' veins with HP crack. This book, out of no where, has descended upon the world like a giant dementor. When I breathe, I see my breath on the air. Yes, it's like that. I don't care if aliens are invading the planet, take reasonable breaks and don't become momentary a$$holes just because you've got to get through 759 pages of Hogwarts before you go back to work on Monday. That's stupid. It's the last book. Savor it. Don't gorge yourself. And for crying out loud, don't intentionally ignore incoming calls. Yes, Brian Costa, I called you 15 times in a row, on purpose, to annoy the hell out of you, because you and your Harry Potter habit (which I actually take full responsibility for, as I convinced you to read Sorcerer's Stone, initially against your own will) have totally overridden all social interaction for an entire 48 to quickly approaching 72 hours.

I'm done. For every 1 phone call I placed into you, I will intentionally ignore 2 from you. This will bring me solace. And I'm keeping track. At no point will I forget. So you'd best start placing 30 some odd calls into me so I can revel in my joy of ignoring them.

Potterheads, unite! I don't care. Say what you will. It doesn't matter. You are all under the influence, and so your posts in this thread hold no relevance. Consider your bud officially nipped. In fact, go hang out with your World of Warcraft buddies. Now that you've finished your book, I fully expect all of you to disappear for upwards of a year, writing fan fiction until your fingers bleed.

/end rant

On that note, I've seen Order of the Phoenix 3 times. Hooper did a good job, considering the crappy editing he had to work with. I'm fine with he and David Yates returning for Half-Blood Prince. Overall it's a highly entertaining flick. Right on par with, if not a little better than Azkbanana (though I should go back and watch it as I haven't seen it in a couple years).

Jeron

For the films, I really tried watching The Sorcerer's Stone and Prisoner Of Azkaban once while on TV and both times about 30 minutes into it I had to change the channel because I got so bored with the films. As far as the music, haven't really bothered with the music don't know if I ever will I might one day at least for Williams' three scores.

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Originally posted by Camillu:
I've more or less given up on the small hope that I'll manage to read to the end of the 7th book without somebody blurting out the million dollor answer about the end. Still waiting for my sister to pick up her copy and read it herself though.

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You have to completely stay away from newspapers and any internet news sites or forums, IN TOTO.

I didn't intentionally go looking, but alas, I know all the answers, and I'm not 5 chapters into it yet.

I love the way the book begins with Aesychlus' and William Penn's ruminations on death. Very mood-setting. And...

SORTA SPOILER-ISH: Ya just gotta love J.K. Rowling... 4 deaths and one mutilation in as many chapters, and I just started it!

I'm not reading anything Harry Potter this weekend. I am reading an actual classic this weekend, from over 100 years ago. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. I have the complete collection, and decided to immerse myself in the Holmesian world for a while.

To read it is "elementary" of course.

And for Jeron and the Potterheads, here's a webcomic about book seven. Don't worry, no spoilers. Well, not any REAL ones.

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Originally posted by Jeron:
I am insane.

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...because (god-willing) there will be no more Potter books. I'm sorry to those of you who enjoy them, but they are mass-market hyped young-adult books of pedestrian fantasy.

I give it a break because it got kids thinking it was cool to read, but the review in the LA Times had the audacity to call the book cycle a literary classic. I almost choked.

I just can't get over the number of adults who read these less than challenging books several times each and proclaim them the greatest stories they've ever read. I can only laugh.

Good for the Rowling the Billionnaire, but I put Potter's success right next to High School Musical and Hillary Duff...merit alone hardly warrants it.

Oh well, I'm off to read far better books by far better and less recognized authors.

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Originally posted by Jeron:
But Kirk, dude, it's fun to rag on you guys. LOL I've nothing against curling up and reading a book for a weekend or what-have-you... but wholesale going stealth, putting your phone on DND, only showering once or maybe twice... brushing your teeth a couple times... forgetting to eat... how do you explain that? Where's the justification?

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Oh god no...you just had to go ahead and post your rant HERE...but I guess I am touched that you'd make a whole thread just to find me...you really deserve some props and some pumpkin juice for that one.

And Sean, yes is the answer to your question.

But! What a book! Can't wait for the movie! And the say the last hour of the movie better HELL have some of the best music EVER...with CHORAL!!!!

Lets talk composers!

--Brian

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Originally posted by Crono/Kyp:

Lets talk composers!

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Horner, crap no...he's already got "The Spiderwick Chronicles." Williams, eh, maybe, I guess we got 3 good scores out of him for the first 3 movies, give others a chance to shine.

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Originally posted by Jeron:
but wholesale going stealth, putting your phone on DND, only showering once or maybe twice... brushing your teeth a couple times... forgetting to eat... how do you explain that? Where's the justification?

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Well I did brush my teeth, I did eat, and I answered my phone the one time it rang. But other than that, I finished the book as quickly as possible because with all those spoilers left and right, and all the people who don't realise that just because the main characters of a book are students at a school it doesn't have to suck, I wanted to read it myself before someone told me the ending.

--Brian

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Originally posted by BigT1981:
Give me Star Wars and Star Trek over Harry Potter any day of the week please.

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Originally posted by NeoVoyager:
Say what you wish about the merits of Potter vs. Star Wars, but those "little" kids on brooms certainly beat the heck out of Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, and Ewan McGregor in the acting department (this is not really a compliment, though). *shudder*

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My man Marian...whats up?

--Brian

NP: Order of the Phoenix

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Still digesting his tombstone sized book I suspect

Hiya everyone

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Originally posted by sean:
Their acting is fine, you just like little boys on brooms, it's all good.

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No, their acting is not fine. Unless, of course, you wish to ask the opinion of this modern generation that is perfectly content with the heap of mass-produced garbage being churned out of Hollywood and the TV networks at a breakneck pace, in which case I'm sure you could find innumerable lemmings in the throng who agree with you.

And I am NOT saying the Potter teens are good actors either; stop putting words in my mouth. I disliked this latest film, as I did most of them.

Rant over.

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I for one have no problems with the acting in the Prequels.

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Originally posted by NeoVoyager:

Now that's just sad.

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If you think it's sad because I like the Prequels then that is YOUR problem not mine, because I honestly don't give a damn if you think my opinion is a "sad" one.

NEO: The acting is great in the prequels, you obviously are out of your mind and need to sit down before you fall down. There's a quite a few people who like claim some sort of superiority in not liking the prequels and mull over the "bad acting" and all that jazz, but like I said it's just a superiority complex to give them some kind of sense of "sophistication": oh the love scenes are cheesey ... the acting is terrible ... yadda yadda ya.

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Originally posted by sean:
FIRST OFF: Cole, are you insane!? Star Trek less popular than Harry Potter!? That's outrageous! Yes, the last two TV shows Voyager and Enterprise were not as popular as their three heavyweights that came before them (and believe me, Harry Potter WILL NEVER earn itself 5 TV shows [3 of them being absolutely superb] and a 40th anniversary [I'm talking here mainly about the merchandising that goes along with this]! NEVER). There are NO SCENES in the Potter films that will EVER be as memorable as those like Spock's death in Star Trek II (easily the best death scene ever filmed) or the punk-on-the-bus from The Voyage Home (I could go on and on about the classic and memorable scenes and moments of that film alone) and so forth ... And the music: dude, the sheer amount of skill and power of the music from Star Trek, from the original series to the motion pictures to the continuing adventures on TV, is just overwhelming, and nothing from Potter gets even close, John Williams and all. Star Trek is Paramount's "baby" and the popularity behind it puts Harry Potter to shame, since you wanted to size them up, Cole. If you asked Paramount's studio execs. if they wanted to trade Star Trek for Harry Potter they'd give you a resounding NO in a heartbeat, even without being "familiar" with Trek it's just so obvious given the franchise's extreme monetary value and the popularity behind it all: the immense number of fans following Trek every step of the way. 'Nuff said.

NEO: The acting is great in the prequels, you obviously are out of your mind and need to sit down before you fall down. There's a quite a few people who like claim some sort of superiority in not liking the prequels and mull over the "bad acting" and all that jazz, but like I said it's just a superiority complex to give them some kind of sense of "sophistication": oh the love scenes are cheesey ... the acting is terrible ... yadda yadda ya.

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