I go away for awhile and.... (movie comments)

[nlpnt at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 3180

...Wind up with thousands of messages to wade through! (Seriously, I 
had trouble with egroups for a while). Anyway;

-Merchandise; right now we're just seeing the cheap-to-make stuff. 
Wait 'till the '01 holiday season when you won't be able to walk into 
Wal-Mart without seeing hundreds of HP- based action figures. The big 
chain stores killed Star Wars last year with their overly optimistic 
pre-ordering; will we see Harry gathering dust like Anakin did?

-Movie; I looked at some of the stills, and I like what I've seen of 
the movie's look so far.
 Was that a mid-to-late '90s car (the maroon one) in the background 
on Privet Drive? I'm sure they wouldn't bother "dressing" a set to 
move back in time a mere 10 years, when there's the whole wizarding 
world to blow the budget on!
 Also, thanks to the "magic" of on-set stills, we now know what 
Hogwarts students wear -under- their robes! Looks like fairy 
typical British school uniforms (are they?), but how do they get the 
house-color 
tie and sweater trim before they've been Sorted?