TIME's Natural Disaster of the Year / movie poster / Ludo Bagman

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

Dave Frankis wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/29198 :

<< Why Mother Nature at all, but then why not Lord Voldemort
or the Flying Spaghetti Monster? >>

Because it is generally agreed that Mother Nature caused Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, and that Lord Voldemort and the Flying Spaghetti
Monster didn't.

Dina wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/29226 :

<< The international 'posters' are interesting. I recently saw some
Asian Yule Ball ones...
http://www.livejournal.com/community/hpguys_daily/324505.html
I like the Hermione/Viktor one. >>

Hermione's gown in the poster is a lovely lavender/purple. My
recollection is that in the book it was blue, so when she turned up 
in pink in the movie, I whined at Tim that the costume designer likes
pink too much. Similarly, my recollection is in the book Parvati wore
fuschia pink and Padma wore the same gown in turquoise blue, and the
movie had both Patils in pink.

Sarah wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/29244 :

<< Ludo Bagman - what WAS the point in him? >>

You mean, besides demonstrating the corrupt values and poor judgment
of the wizarding folk by the Wizengamot letting him off just because
of being a star athlete? He was a red herring, acting in a manner to
excite suspicion, which turned out to be because of his gambling
debts. The first time I read GoF, when we got LV's statement about 3
missing Death Eaters, one who has left us forever, one who is a
coward, and one who is a faithful servant at Hogwarts, when I tried to
think who was the faithful servant, I feared it was Snape, I feared it
was Karkaroff, I feared it was Bagman...