[HPFGU-Movie] Streaking Draco?

artsylynda at aol.com artsylynda at aol.com
Wed Jul 21 15:08:49 UTC 2004


 
 
In a message dated 7/21/2004 9:45:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

Since  there are still a lot of parents who would
not want their kids to see  someone streaking, which might be quite a bit
different than seeing someone  in a bath or shower--implications and all
that--I'd hate to see this happen  in the movies and have kids miss out on
the experience of seeing the  movie.

Sherry



I think, given the tone of books 4 and beyond, WB is going to have  to go for 
a PG-13 to R rating to capture the story.  These "older" books  aren't meant 
for little kids.  JKR is writing for herself, so she's  said.  That's one of 
the reasons the books have such wide appeal, because  she's not writing them 
like books for kids -- they have depth and layers of  meaning and big, long, 
hard words (and concepts and experiences!) that are  beyond anything MY kids were 
exposed to, and both of them have wonderfully  complex vocabularies (they're 
both in their 20's now).  Maybe those with  little kids can watch the "edited 
for TV" versions of the later movies.  If  the movies want to draw a seriously 
"deep" (broad age range, good INCOME $$$$$)  audience, they will gear the 
movies toward the teen and young adult audience,  especially since Dan and Emma 
have already (at the young age of 14) reached  "heart throb" status (according 
to the media).  WB would be stupid to  pass up such an economic opportunity, 
and they'd be being true to the books as  well, to gear films 4-7 to teens and 
adults.  That's the target audience of  those books.  I know adults who read 
the HP books to their little kids who  have to skip sections they consider too 
intense or whatever for their  kids.  That's wise of them, in their situation. 
 I hope WB doesn't do  the same thing.  Bring on the mature HP movies in all 
their  intensity!!!!  Bring those books to filmic life!  YEAH!
 
Oh, and for the person who mentioned transforming to an animal  making you 
lose your clothes -- that was in PoA and didn't make sense, since  Sirius didn't 
lose his clothes when he became a dog (when he was a man again, he  was fully 
clothed).  But I can see how they could come up with the idea  that Malfoy, 
after being turned back into a human, would be nude -- and it would  be very 
funny!  As for Tom being underage, that's what body suits and body  doubles are 
for.  But I suspect Tom is just teasing, anyway.  That  seems to be his way.
 
Lynda

". . .the cat's among the pixies now. . ." Mrs.  Figg, OoP



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