moving staircase (not only MOVIE)

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 21594

I wrote:

> > I've been waiting since book 1 for the moving staircases to be a 
> plot 
> > point.  

Lisa asked:

> Does the trick step in "The Egg and the Eye" chapter of GoF count?

Not quite, but it's just the kind of thing I mean.  She tells us 
about the trick step in PS/SS, IIRC, reminds us of it at the start of 
the school year in GF by having Neville get stuck in it (I love the 
laughing armor and Ron's response to it), and then voila, it becomes 
a really important device.  I'm wondering if the moving staircases 
will be used in a similar way.  BTW, on a tangent, I just noticed the 
apparent throwaway line "Harry was getting very good at 
[Expelliarmus]" on the train home in CoS.  Not at all a throwaway, as 
it turns out, but an Important Fact to Keep in Mind Two Books Hence.

Joywitch, I can't properly judge the movie stairs's cheese factor 
because this bit is very rough on the only trailer version I've been 
able to get, but they did look pretty cheesy from what I could see.

Amy Z