question of the weekend: Should writers be encouraged to write multivolume novels?
Just as how it’s easier to market movies that are part of a franchise or are sourced from material that audiences are already familiar with, so it is with books…
JK Rowling
question of the day: So what the heck does Harry Potter do for the rest of his life?
Maybe he’s gotten into illegal underground dragon baiting as a way to cope with the boredom?
“Vatican’s ‘Harry Potter’ criticism not batshit crazy enough” –batshit crazy fundie
Of all the jawdropping things I’ve read, this may be the jawdroppingest.
question of the day: What the heck could J.K. Rowling be up to with Pottermore.com?
Apparently it will happen tomorrow: J.K. Rowling’s new Web site Pottermore will go live with… something.
Maria Shriver leaked Arnie’s shame; Alan Rickman’s awesome open letter to J.K. Rowling; Disney abandons ‘Seal Team 6’ trademark; more: leftover links
Plus: Pirates of the Caribbean for Dummies; The Hangover and the rise of the jokeless comedy; HuffPo employees fleeing…
Sam Worthington surprised by ‘Titans’ sequel; book banning makes a comeback in the U.S.; early ‘Siskel & Ebert’ now watchable online; more: leftover links
Also: Billy Ray Cyrus wishes Hannah Montana had never happened; thoughtless tweeting brings down Nir Rosen; J.K. Rowling ticked at unauthorized biopic; more…
“That Bitch J.K. Rowling Hates That Jerk Daniel Radcliffe”
How else are we supposed to interpret “J.K. Rowling Won’t Write More Harry Potter Books to ‘Reward’ Daniel Radcliffe”? Oh, wait…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (review)
I’m almost entirely sure that no one who has not read The Deathly Hallows will be able to grasp what’s going on. The film is damn nigh impenetrable without the background of the novel, and all the previous novels in the series. It was almost impenetrable to me, who has read all the books, at least on an emotional level.
question of the day: What world mythologies do you wish were hinted at in ‘Harry Potter’?
We can extrapolate from Harry Potter that there must be schools similar to Hogwarts all over the planet. The wizard school outside Beijing would have snakelike Asian dragons in its menagerie; the wizard school outside Washington DC in the Appalachians probably has to contend with Bigfoots… or perhaps a member of the Bigfoot race teaches there. I like to think so, anyway…
the MPAA and male nudity; more battles between TV networks and cable providers; the Oscars race is on; more: leftover links
Plus: Javier Bardem to star in Chilean mine movie; Matt Damon not to star in the next Bourne movie; Napoleon Dynamite and How to Train Your Dragon going to TV; lots more…
