OK, so how about those Brooms Sticks......

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 4820

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, eggplant88 at h... wrote:
> It's going to take some real creativity for the movie people to 
show 
> the game of Quidditch without looking ridiculous. I have no idea 
how 
> they'll do it, hope they find a way.

I've been thinking the same thing. I've been trying to imagine how 
they can make it look at all convincing and can't picture it. I bet 
it's giving the SFX guys major headaches. And I'll bet we'll all be 
absolutely amazed when we see it :)

And speaking as a guy, I can guarantee you that there is NO WAY I'd 
ride a broomstick unless there were some kind of charm involved to 
make it comfortable. Think about the acceleration too...nothing to 
hang onto except a slippery broom handle? There has to be some kind 
of dampening field involved, similar to the one protecting people 
aboard the starship Enterprise when it goes zooming around the galaxy 
(Trek fans will know what I mean, seriously obessive Trek fans will 
know the specs and schematics of the system and own the tech 
manual...guess which kind of fan I am?). I would expect that there is 
a protective "bubble" that holds broom and rider (and robes) together 
as a single moving object and that allows the rider to essentially 
float a bit above the handle.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
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