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[QUOTE=biografiend]I finished the new Harry Potter, it was sortof mediocre. I totally knew who was going to die.[/QUOTE]
The death was totally obvious. I guessed it as soon as she announced someone would die.

What was bad about it for me was that JK Rowling totally ruined the plot of the 7th book by bringing Horcruxes into it. Could it BE more blatant that Harry is the 7th Horcrux?

[QUOTE=Iai]How many negative ratings do you think I'll get if I absolutely TRASH Plastic Ono Band on Sputnik?[/QUOTE]

It'll be funny. Look at my Coldplay review...I didn't even say it was bad and I got all that. So it should be great.

Hey, you hit 10K. Nice.

[QUOTE=Iai]The death was totally obvious. I guessed it as soon as she announced someone would die.

What was bad about it for me was that JK Rowling totally ruined the plot of the 7th book by bringing Horcruxes into it. Could it BE more blatant that Harry is the 7th Horcrux?[/QUOTE]
I didn't know anyone was going to die, so it was a surprise for me. I liked it. It does seem kinda obvious for Harry to be the 7th Horcrux, but you just never know. When would Voldemort have had the chance to make Harry a Horcrux anyway?

He does it every time he kills. Did he not kill Harry's parents while in his presense?

Yeah, true. But he has to consciously choose the object he wants to make the Horcrux, and why would he choose Harry, then try to kill him?

Maybe he consciously chose afterwards.

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Good review too, very interesting read.

I wouldn't have thought he'd have been able to consciously choose afterwards, what with being reduced to "less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost" after trying to kill Harry.

I suppose she could try and say that the effect of him surviving the attack could have bent the general Horcrux rule..but then I'd say she was stretching it a bit.

[QUOTE=Bartender]I wouldn't have thought he'd have been able to consciously choose afterwards, what with being reduced to "less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost" after trying to kill Harry.[/QUOTE]
That's exactly what I was thinking. I just don't see it happening.

[QUOTE=Bartender]I wouldn't have thought he'd have been able to consciously choose afterwards, what with being reduced to "less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost" after trying to kill Harry.

I suppose she could try and say that the effect of him surviving the attack could have bent the general Horcrux rule..but then I'd say she was stretching it a bit.[/QUOTE]

Hey Bartender do you like my user title now? :) :)

[QUOTE=Bartender]I wouldn't have thought he'd have been able to consciously choose afterwards, what with being reduced to "less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost" after trying to kill Harry.

I suppose she could try and say that the effect of him surviving the attack could have bent the general Horcrux rule..but then I'd say she was stretching it a bit.[/QUOTE]
That could always be a further significance to 'the magical properties of the number 7', which, as far as I remember, has no other significance to any of the Harry Potter storylines. She did make a pretty big point of letting the reader know that, which she wouldn't do if it wasn't important. She may also use that to explain why Harry didn't die.

It would certainly explain Harry's psychological link to Voldemort, anyway, which hasn't been explained yet.

I think I'd prefer if that remained unexplained, though. There's never been a survivor of the curse before, so why should it be?

I think that was one thing I didn't like about the new book, actually. Now that Horcruxes have been introduced, it feels like everything's getting explained too much, if you see what I mean. I preferred it when all we had to go on was that he "was reduced to less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost", and there was something of a bit of mystery around it all. I imagine what she's doing is part of the conscious effort to make the storylines "grow up" along with the children that are reading them, but I think that in trying to make it more grown up, she's made the classic child's mistake (the flaw I know my, for one, writing as a child always suffered from) in leaving nothing to the reader's imagination.

I just hope she doesn't take it too far in the next book.

I'll be quiet now.

[QUOTE=YDload]Hey Bartender do you like my user title now? :) :)[/QUOTE]

Well, "like" is such a strong word. More than I did the last one, to be sure.

[QUOTE=Bartender]Well, "like" is such a strong word. More than I did the last one, to be sure.[/QUOTE]

Okay, well I forgot how much people in England like Harry Potter. In America it's just for little kids and it seems creepy for older people to like it.

[QUOTE=Bartender]I think I'd prefer if that remained unexplained, though. There's never been a survivor of the curse before, so why should it be?

I think that was one thing I didn't like about the new book, actually. Now that Horcruxes have been introduced, it feels like everything's getting explained too much, if you see what I mean. I preferred it when all we had to go on was that he "was reduced to less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost", and there was something of a bit of mystery around it all. I imagine what she's doing is part of the conscious effort to make the storylines "grow up" along with the children that are reading them, but I think that in trying to make it more grown up, she's made the classic child's mistake (the flaw I know my, for one, writing as a child always suffered from) in leaving nothing to the reader's imagination.

I just hope she doesn't take it too far in the next book.

I'll be quiet now.[/QUOTE]
No, you're exactly right. It's how I felt too.

[QUOTE=YDload]Okay, well I forgot how much people in England like Harry Potter. In America it's just for little kids and it seems creepy for older people to like it.[/QUOTE]
Seriously? It almost seems to be more of an adult thing here. At least amongst the people I know, anyway.

[QUOTE=YDload]Okay, well I forgot how much people in England like Harry Potter. In America it's just for little kids and it seems creepy for older people to like it.[/QUOTE]

Well that aside (can't be bothered going into some kind of cross-cultural analysis), giving away important plot points in [i]any[/i] book is just a really crappy thing to do.

I'm not planning on banning you any more, though. And my previous reply seemed a bit harsh; I was just being flippant. I don't mind it at all.

I was gonna make a thread in the other forum called 'Harry Potter Dies In The Next Harry Potter Book', then I realised it wasn't funny and Eccles would shout at me. :(

[QUOTE=Iai]I was gonna make a thread in the other forum called 'Harry Potter Dies In The Next Harry Potter Book', then I realised it wasn't funny and Eccles would shout at me. :([/QUOTE]

I read the spoiler on Something Awful (they renamed one of their forums to the spoiler just for a few days) and checked my little brother's copy of the book to see if it was true.

:(

Heheh.

I saw their thread that had Hermione Dies in the title. That got me a little confused after reading the real spoiler so many times.

[QUOTE=Iai]Seriously? It almost seems to be more of an adult thing here. At least amongst the people I know, anyway.[/QUOTE]
I'm from Canada. And man, that is creepy. It's a childrens book... I read the first one when I was in the 7th grade. By the time I hit 8th I had grown out of Harry Potter.

[QUOTE=IhateUsernames]I'm from Canada. And man, that is creepy. It's a childrens book... I read the first one when I was in the 7th grade. By the time I hit 8th I had grown out of Harry Potter.[/QUOTE]

Same here. It's creepy seeing the little eight-year-olds in their wizard hats and glasses...and the comic-book-guy-esque characters doing the same.

Dressing up and camping out for Star Wars... Halo 2 release date biggest sick day in history...

Some people really need to grow up.

[QUOTE=IhateUsernames]Halo 2 release date biggest sick day in history...
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If thats true, Thats Awesome. I never knew that.

[QUOTE=Canadian_Guy]Same here. It's creepy seeing the little eight-year-olds in their wizard hats and glasses...and the comic-book-guy-esque characters doing the same.[/QUOTE]

[url=http://us.tv1.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/tv_pix/fox/the_simpsons/hank_azaria/char_comicbook.jpg]Like so?[/url]

[QUOTE=Slug][url=http://us.tv1.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/tv_pix/fox/the_simpsons/hank_azaria/char_comicbook.jpg]Like so?[/url][/QUOTE]

Pretty much.

And that thing about Halo is ridiculous.

[QUOTE=Iai]Hey, you hit 10K. Nice.[/QUOTE]

See my pitchfork thread :p

What a brilliant 10000th post :rolleyes:

My brother bought Harry Potter yesterday, which sucks because I have to wait until he's finished. It sucks knowing what happens without knowing what actually happens, if you get what I mean.

I had a drama excursion today and it was an excellent play that we saw...called "The Memory of Water". Except for the middle aged women stripping down to their underwear. Other than that it was excellent.

I just shaved half my face.

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You and your wierd hair