Would the Harry Potter movies have done better as series?
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Would the Harry Potter movies have done better as series?
That didn't happen.
Among other things, what displeased me the most was the fact that so many details were changed when adapted into film. But I realized that a two-hour movie would be too little to be able to compress a whole book and all of its events into.
Also, the visual depictions of the world of wizards and wizardry was commendably done, and that got me thinking: Would the movies have been better if they were actually made a series? Because a series would definitely give room for more film time.
What do you think?
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Hmmn, it actually never occurred to me that adapting a book series into a TV series may not have been given much consideration back then.Topsey wrote: ↑28 Jun 2020, 12:28 I think that at the time it was a lot less common to make book series into tv series. They would just make them into a film franchise. Whereas nowadays lots of books are being made into tv series and Harry Potter could definitely be a great one. Maybe in ten years they’ll remake them and include all the amazing parts of the books that the films cut out.
Lool ten years, huh? I don't see that happening - but it's quite a possibility, I agree. We'll just have to see.
Thanks for that bit of insight!
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Hahahaa, even though I don't particularly love the movies, I also love those two as well! They grew with their roles and played them better with each new movie release.
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But now that it's been done, I don't think I could accept other actors. Maybe a remake when Emma Watson is old enough to play McGonagall
Alternative thought- Marauder's Story. More world building, less guidelines/canon to strictly follow, while still giving us fans the world building we desperately wanted from the movies
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Unfortunately, in too many cases, the filmmakers delete or change things that the fans actually want to see in the movie.
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1. Speaking as a potterhead, we would have more Harry potter material
and 2. The series would be able to grasp several of the amazing details that were missed out in the movies.
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The question, of course, is how well will the movies hold up? Wizard of Oz, to pick an extreme example, still holds up very well, even though it was made in the 1930s. Other movies from that era or even later seem slow or hokey. Special effects that were once considered state-of-the-art can seem laughably crude.Kei Nakagawa wrote: ↑25 Jul 2020, 00:09 While I agree that HP as a TV series would provide more details about the book, I think it would have been risky at that time and that's probably why the movies are a better option. I'm just not quite sure how they can swing making a TV series out of it in the future as the films are probably etched in the mind and hearts of the viewers of all ages. That's probably going to be another risk.
I do agree that remaking the Harry Potter series would be an expensive and risky proposition. Given how popular the movies still are, I don't see it happening any time soon.
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True. It might seem as though the movies will hold up pretty well though, especially with the addition of the Fantastic Beasts[i/] franchise. I'm hoping for a Marauders franchise as well.a_r_egerton wrote: ↑25 Jul 2020, 07:05The question, of course, is how well will the movies hold up? Wizard of Oz, to pick an extreme example, still holds up very well, even though it was made in the 1930s. Other movies from that era or even later seem slow or hokey. Special effects that were once considered state-of-the-art can seem laughably crude.Kei Nakagawa wrote: ↑25 Jul 2020, 00:09 While I agree that HP as a TV series would provide more details about the book, I think it would have been risky at that time and that's probably why the movies are a better option. I'm just not quite sure how they can swing making a TV series out of it in the future as the films are probably etched in the mind and hearts of the viewers of all ages. That's probably going to be another risk.
I do agree that remaking the Harry Potter series would be an expensive and risky proposition. Given how popular the movies still are, I don't see it happening any time soon.