Dragon over London...

[Beatrice23]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <daveh47@> wrote:
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> Dave:
> > I can't help pointing this out: When HRH are flying over London atop 
> > the Gringotts dragon, you can catch a brief glimpse of the London 
> > Eye.  But according to Wikipedia, construction on the London Eye did 
> > not complete until 1999, a year after LV's defeat.
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> > Would you all agree this is an anachronism?  (It's a teeny tiny 
> > detail, I know, but I'm just curious...)
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> Geoff:
> Yes, it was a Millennium thing actually opened in 2000, and there were the 
> Dome and the Bridge - the latter of these  I am suddenly reminded features 
> in HBP.
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> The other silly thing about the films is that they always use the exterior of St. 
> Pancras railway station for the Hogwarts Express scenes but use Kings Cross 
> itself for the interior shots. The two stations are about 100 yards apart, having 
> been built by different railway companies (the Midland and the Great Northern) 
> in the 19th century.
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Just  had to add my 2cents on the London eye.  I was in London in the summer of 1997 and I have pictures of the London eye.  I can't say if it was or was not operational at the time, but it does look complete.