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Post by meh on Jun 14, 2011 12:21:23 GMT -5
I read the first three books in the series, and honestly I neither loved nor hated them. They were interesting, but they weren't something I'd rave about. Then the movies started coming up and people went NUTS over the series: "OH MY GOD HARRY POTTER! I LOVE HARRY POTTER! J.K. ROWLING IS THE BEST AUTHOR EVER! OH MY GOD! HARRY POTTER!" Major turn-off. I haven't read any books in the series since, and I don't get excited for the movies. I'll go see them, but I don't mind waiting until they've been out for awhile. In my opinion, movies make people go crazy, and that's what ruins the series for other people.
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 14, 2011 21:13:01 GMT -5
As someone who is a Potter fan, I couldn't understand how someone could dislike the books! I purposefully declined to reply to the thread when I originally read it. Since then, I can totally understand. I met a Doctor Who fan at work the other day and got stuck working with her for the entire night. When she found out I was a fan she nearly broke my hand as she high-fived it. Now, I like my Who. But there is no reason why she had to talk and geek about it the. entire. night. I am really sorry that the obsessive fans have ruined HP for some of you, and I apologize. Keep on disliking and hatin'.
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 14, 2011 21:16:07 GMT -5
As someone who is a Potter fan, I couldn't understand how someone could dislike the books! I purposefully declined to reply to the thread when I originally read it. Since then, I can totally understand. I met a Doctor Who fan at work the other day and got stuck working with her for the entire night. When she found out I was a fan she nearly broke my hand as she high-fived it. Now, I like my Who. But there is no reason why she had to talk and geek about it the. entire. night. I am really sorry that the obsessive fans have ruined HP for some of you, and I apologize. Keep on disliking and hatin'. Honestly? It wasn't the fanbase that originally made me dislike the books. It was the books. The fanbase just made it worse. |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 14, 2011 21:53:37 GMT -5
I met a Doctor Who fan at work the other day and got stuck working with her for the entire night. When she found out I was a fan she nearly broke my hand as she high-fived it. Now, I like my Who. But there is no reason why she had to talk and geek about it the. entire. night. I am really sorry that the obsessive fans have ruined HP for some of you, and I apologize. Keep on disliking and hatin'. And now you know why I can't stand mentionings of Doctor Who. |
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 14, 2011 21:58:54 GMT -5
I met a Doctor Who fan at work the other day and got stuck working with her for the entire night. When she found out I was a fan she nearly broke my hand as she high-fived it. Now, I like my Who. But there is no reason why she had to talk and geek about it the. entire. night. I am really sorry that the obsessive fans have ruined HP for some of you, and I apologize. Keep on disliking and hatin'. And now you know why I can't stand mentionings of Doctor Who. Completely. Onlyaworkingtitle -- I can see why you didn't like the books themselves. I feel that I am going to get crap for my Vonnegut thread, but not everyone likes the same thing. I respect it! |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 14, 2011 22:12:49 GMT -5
And now you know why I can't stand mentionings of Doctor Who. Completely. Onlyaworkingtitle -- I can see why you didn't like the books themselves. I feel that I am going to get crap for my Vonnegut thread, but not everyone likes the same thing. I respect it! I was supposed to read Cat's Cradle in high school... and didn't. Yeah, I'm not planning on saying that on the Vonnegut thread. |
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 15, 2011 10:04:32 GMT -5
By the way, is Doctor Who any good? Like, is it actually a good TV show (whatever that means)? House and The Big Bang Theory are the only shows I really watch on TV right now.
*waits for Lobster to yell at me for going off topic*
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 15, 2011 16:49:33 GMT -5
By the way, is Doctor Who any good? Like, is it actually a good TV show (whatever that means)? House and The Big Bang Theory are the only shows I really watch on TV right now. *waits for Lobster to yell at me for going off topic* I've only watched New Who (2005 on), but it's a pretty good show. I mean, you have to enjoy the super-cheese effect and have patience for low-budget tech (the Sonic Screwdriver is a laser-pointer that buzzes and the spaceship is a blue police call box that makes whooshing noises as it fades in or out of a destination), but it's a highly enjoyable experience with an abundance of references to joke about and a variety of loveable characters. |
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Post by tosney on Sept 25, 2011 11:03:56 GMT -5
I'd consider myself a Harry Potter fan, but one that has outgrown it. I'll still continue watching the movies and be interested in things that come out... but really? It's definitely just children's literature. It does have a lot of layers and she put a lot of effort into creating a really rich world. She uses a lot of mythology. I think it's really good for children compared to the other "children's literature" out there and helps them advance their reading skills and gain sophistication in order to jump to more adult books. The books are almost written in a way that's less condescending than other books, which allows children of all ages to enjoy it more. The fun and fantasticalness tone is nice. People goofing off about it is fun. But some grown-ups take it far too seriously.
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