Digest Number 1209

[cubfanbudwoman]

Valerie: 
> I missed the beginning of last week¹s Chamber of Secrets showing on 
> ABC. Did the trio open it up with commentary? Because there were 
> only snippets here and there of scenes from GOF. Is it just me or 
> was there a lot more footage of the trio on the TV showing of 
> Sorcerer¹s Stone? The deleted scene that I found interesting (was 
> in book, but really is a side story) was when Filch-the-Squib 
> dropped his magic book on the floor and Ron/Harry saw it.


SSSusan:
They did do a brief intro, Valerie.  IIRC, that's where they showed a 
snippet of each of them from movie 1, movie 2, movie 3, and then now 
(which is especially stunning with Rupert, who's changed 
tremendously).  Then they basically just said, "Enjoy the show."

If you go to The Leaky Cauldron or Mugglenet, you can probably scroll 
back a few days and find links to screencaps from that opening 
sequence.

I liked that Filch & the Kwikspell scene, too.  The stuff which 
always surprises me that they deleted were the really brief mentions 
of Justin F-F and Colin C. as being Muggleborns.  That's a fairly big 
point to the story, I think, and in the version which was released in 
theaters, those bits were cut.  I also appreciate seeing Harry 
wrestle a little with "Who *am* I? Could I really be the Heir of 
Slytherin?" in the extended version.
 
Siriusly Snapey Susan