Dragon over London...

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Child of Midian" <md@> wrote:
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> Geoff: 
> > Intriguing why, seeing as you don't appear to be interested in
> > the relevance to the real world, you were the group member who
> > raised the question of Voldemort's death and the DH dates. 
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> Md:
> > Wasn't me: 
> >  
> > "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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> Geoff:
> True, but the following, which was the one I meant, was your post 17466:
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> "It think it's an aerial helicopter shot of London taken in either 2010 or 2011 and has no meaning whatsoever.
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> Also, why is LV's defeat 1999? Was the last book not 2007??? Did
> all the events in HP take place 10 years prior to each novel?
> 
> md"
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Steve:

The Novels didn't come out on a yearly basis, so the release of the novels in unrelated to the internal time line of the books.

In the internal time line, according to the HP Lexicon, Harry's first year at Hogwarts was 1991-1992, his last year was 1997-1998. 

As to the shot of the modern London skyline, I think that was a cinematic decision. Objects like the "London Eye" are iconic, it is probably one of the most recognized object in the London skyline, and nothing says London more.

Without this recognizable object, we could be seeing pretty much any generic city in Europe. 

They could have tried to correct the skyline digitally, and make the images conform to the implied dates, however, the movies never really mention any specific dates, though it is implied in certain minor clues. And, correcting the skyline, as implied, would have served to make London less recognizable to modern audiences. 

Little details like this are fun to notice and discuss, but I don't think they are significant to the overall enjoyment of the audience. 

Steve/bboyminn