No New Kids!

[myphilosophy2001]

Has anybody else read the article (linked by TLC) about Chris 
Columbus predicting that the current HP kids will quit after Azkaban?

I'm about ready to pitch a fit -- and just not because I absolutely 
love those kids and refuse to accept anybody else as Harry, Hermione, 
and Ron. But, honestly, the pure impact of Goblet comes from the fact 
that we've grown to know and love Harry and his friends and school 
mates. This is the book where a great deal of the emotional 
interaction between the characters really intensifies and becomes 
more apparent. Harry's fight with Ron. Ron and Hermione's (sort of) 
flirtations. We need to be able to feel comfortable with and close to 
these characters when this stuff happens. That's why GoF is so 
intense -- we feel like all of this change and strife is happening to 
people we care about. Am I really going to be upset that Harry and 
Ron aren't speaking to each other when I'm thinking "Hey, y'know 
Rupert would have said that this way" or "Gosh this new kid is 
difficult to get used to -- gimme Dan"? I think not.

And personally, I have been looking forward to seeing Rupert and Emma 
got at after the Yule Ball since I saw PS/SS.

How on earth are they going to pull of the shock and horror of what 
happens to Harry at the end of the novel if we're barely over the 
shock of Harry not looking the same?

I know these poor kids need to have a life. But I really hope they 
hang on at least through GoF. I'm not sure I'll have the heart to go 
see the movie if they don't.

-Jessica, who feels very sad now :-(