Dragon over London...

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

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. 

Geoff:
I did post a timeline for Harry and for the publication of the books in 
post 17467.

Steve, as someone who lived in London for over 40 years, your last 
sentence left me undecided whether to be laughing out loud or 
hopping mad!

What about Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben,The Tower of 
London to mention but a few and which have all been there much 
longer than the Eye? Which other city could claim these as
generic?

Tower Bridge did occur, for example, in OOTP when the group are 
flying from Privet Drive to Grimmauld Place.