[HPFGU-Movie] Re: new uniforms? & new Dumbledore

LeeMunLim03 at aol.com LeeMunLim03 at aol.com
Mon May 26 16:00:19 UTC 2003


True schools do change and all but I am just worried Alfonso will put too 
much of his mark on the Prisoner of Azkaban!  I like Sophia don't want change but 
on the other hand its okay if it changes in a subtile way like for instance 
Ron, Harry or Hermione say what happened with the common room or something like 
that.

Kyle Longbottom 



In a message dated 5/26/03 11:52:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
sophiamcl at hotmail.com writes:

> 
> >Kriselda wrote:
> ><<<Oh, one thought I had about the new uniforms - it's
> >not unheard of for a school to redesign their uniforms
> 
> >And now me (Odile):
> Tom Riddle and Moaning Myrtle had
> >different style robes from the contemporary (and
> >living) students.  ^_^

> 
> Excellent points! Even so, I don't have a problem personally with continuity 
> 
> glitches--and I don't think there should necessarily have to be a "logical" 
> explanation for them. (I am talking about the visual aspect of the movies 
> now, not the scripts, which is a different story entirely). I am sure there 
> will 
> be some visual continuity-glitches, simply due to the new director. (For 
> instance, the back-drop to Hagrid's cabin ought to look quite different 
> now)I 
> rather think it would speak against Cuaron if there weren't. I don't want 
> him 
> to plod on in Columbus's footsteps. 
> I figure there will be plenty of things to recognize and feel at home with 
> as it 
> is. Many of the sets will be the same, won't they? We probably won't see a 
> new Gryffindor common room or Great Hall--so bring on the new uniforms, 
> Harry's new and improve hair-style, and, under the circumstances, the new 
> Dumbledore!
> 
> Columbus did a fantastic job of bringing Hogwarts to life on the screen and 
> make it seem real, but I'm ready for Cuaron. I WANT to see a new take on 
> Harry and his world.  Now that Columbus has broken ground, I would find it 
> enriching to see the touch of a different mind on the script, a different 
> vision. 
> Columbus's view, entchanting as it was, is only one of many exciting 
> possibilities. Cuaron's vision ought to include differences in the whole as 
> well 
> as the detail.  It'll be like comparing to artists takes on the same 
> subject. One 
> doesn't detract from the other, and there is no absolute truth in what 
> Harry's 
> world looks like. It belongs to anyone who can fashion images in her head, 
> and we're about to meet a new mind on screen. (Well, a conglomerate of 
> minds would be  more accurate) I look forward to it!!!
> 
> (Having said that, I admit, I'd have a big problem with changing the 
> trio...But 
> that's not to worry about yet, so I can afford to extol the virtues of 
> CHANGE!)
> 
> Sophia
> 



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