Harry Potter DH Part 2 trailer and other stuff:

[ishtar79]

-So the official trailer is out, and I'm not sure how to feel about it.

On the one hand, I enjoyed part one, despite my feelings about the HP movies. Still, even from the trailer, I can spot the things that will bother me (ALAN FUCKING RICKMAN. Why must you ruin everything?).

And then there's the fact that this is really it, you know? I know the book series has already ended, and the movies are not new canon like the books were, but it was still something to anticipate, and the discussion/fanworks spike after each was off the good. I just hope the lack of those canon-ish injections won't slow down HP fandom to a crawl. Multifandom interests aside, HP has been part of my fannish existence for almost a decade, and to say I'm kind of attached would be an understatement. ;)

-I've added a bunch of new people since I figured that if I'm at DW most of the time these days, I might as well have something to read. It's mostly people that I meant to add for a while/found through the Network page. I should probably do a proper introductory post one of these days, but it's past 2AM here, so...*waves*.

Comments

[writerlibrarian]

Waving back. I wanted to tell you how much I've enjoyed your female character meme. It was one the post I was looking forward too each day in the last few weeks.

[miranda_skye]

I meant to comment along the way but I also enjoyed your female character meme :)

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

I'm really looking forward to seeing this last film, I think pt 1 was really well done....
and Universal built a whole huge theme park on the assumption that people aren't going to get tired of (or forget about) Harry Potter... I totally want to go to the theme park! lol

[mordyn4]

All I can say is more Draco, less Ginny. I'm a simple girl. ;)

[elanor-x.livejournal.com]

I will definitely see it too!

RE fandoms: HP was my first and I too searched for "new love" with mixed results, which are:

Watched 3 seasons of BBC Merlin tv series on YouTube. Currently season 4 is in the process of shooting. Overall Quality: Mediocre. In retrospect I wouldn't recommend watching it.

Also intend to watch "A Game of Thrones" American tv series, which "will debut on April 17, 2011. In the UK, the series will debut on Sky Atlantic on April 18, 2011". ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_(TV_series))

The trailer looks great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJYNVhGf1s
Like HP I believe there is a potential for tv series to be better than the novels.

If you would like REALLY good fanfic, the best I ever seen in any fandom, it's antepathy's Shadow Vector arc. Read all except "Dead End". Quality: Exceptionally High.
http://www.fanfiction.net/~antepathy

"Let the Right One In" or "Let Me In" by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Both the Swedish movie and the book are great, especially the book. The 1st Dark Fantasy I found (HP or Martin's SoIaF aren't really dark at all imo). Even wrote a post about it:
http://elanor-x.livejournal.com/58541.html

[ackonrad.livejournal.com]

I still haven't seen the first part of this movie. Must be my great dislike for the book.

It's so funny - HP was a big part of my online fannish experience as well, and now I'm totally over it. I'm not sorry for joining and being a part of the fandom for such a long time, but I'm sort of glad I've moved on. Objectively seen, HP is a good story, decently written, with some good, diverse characters. That's all - no more, no less.