QuickTime problem solved; Great Hall & Students; Other Thoughts

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 13375

Hi --

Thanks to Jim Ferer who wrote me offline and to Nick, who both suggested
downloading a newer version of QuickTime.  That is all it took -- easy
to download all this stuff with my beloved DSL connection!

Amy Z wrote:

> This Quicktime stuff is going to drive me bats.  I just spent an hour
> and a half downloading the hi-res version, or so I thought.  It is
> worse quality than the lo-res (although overall focus is better, so
> here and there I can see things I couldn't catch before), and not only
> that, it didn't really download as a permanent file.  It's just within
> Netscape, and I have the horrible feeling it'll vanish for good once I
> log off.
>
Amy -- you can save it to your hard drive via Netscape.  That's what I
use too.  You've downloaded it, so now hit File-Save As on your Netscape
browser.  Then, put it wherever you want on your hard drive.  It saved
automatically as a quicktime format name for me.  I didn't have any
trouble with that aspect of it.  Then open QuickTime & open the movie
itself.  This *should* work!  Good luck.

You can enlarge the screen too, by hitting Movie in QuickTime & then
selecting double size version.

Steve Vander Ark wrote:

> I did do a count as best I could, and I count about 120 kids at each
> table, which would give us a student count of about 500.

Actually, I slowed it down in QuickTime last night & could clearly count
15 plates with my mouse up to about the mid-point of each table when
things got fuzzy.  So, I would actually place it at half that number: 30
on each side of the table -- 60 kids at each table for a total of 240,
plus the 40 first years, yielding *exactly* the 280 students number I'm
so sold on.  <g>  Even if my judgment of the mid-point is a bit off, I
still think we're looking at 280-350 *tops*!  :--)

> And that "looks" right to me, that size crowd.

It looks exactly right to me too -- I'm just disagreeing with the count.

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT -- It was not on ET last night here, but my
husband thinks that it may be day delay in broadcasting for whatever
reason.  We'll be out, but I'll tape the whole episode tonight just in
case.  For others who might have missed the news, this may be true where
you are too (the delayed broadcast that is).

Amy Z again:

> Hermione's hair here is not what I think of as "bushy."  It's
> frizzy, but I pictured it more like a medium-length, tighter-curled
> version of Roseanne Roseannadanna.  But I am happy because I have a
> very vivid image of Hermione's *features* (more so than any other
> character's) and when I first saw Emma Watson's photo I almost
> fainted.  It was as if someone had taken a picture from inside my
> brain.
>
I don't picture her with tight curls at all -- the bushiness factor is
about right as far as I'm concerned.  I do picture darker brown hair.
But, overall, I share Amy's view that Emma Watson is spot-on as far as
features, expression, etc.  I too thought she was a perfect casting
choice.  Her expression with that feather is *perfect*!!  <huge smile
from the Hermione fan>

Harry's appearance -- I still don't understand why they don't dye his
hair a bit darker, spike it up a bit and give him some green contacts.
But, he's still cute as can be and I think he looks great in this role
so far!  :--)

All in all, I thought the trailer was fabulous, and like Neil, I
absolutely cannot wait!!

Penny





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