Minerva McGonagall & The SS Movie Possible Clue? NOT a Coincidence

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 92844

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> 
>      Hi everyone!
> 
>    My apologies if this has already been mentioned, and if this 
also 
> may seem trivial.
> 
>    I know the movie versions and the book versions are quite 
> different. 
>    
>     However, J.K. DOES have quite a LARGE amount of input into the 
> movies ,the content is run by her before being filmed.
>   
> I am fairly new to this group, but I find that more attention is 
paid 
> to certain characters over other ones, the same goes for theories.
> 
>  Minerva McGonagall doesnt seem to get much credit as being a real 
> key to the whole septology, I feel that she is viewed as a "B 
LIST" 
> Character.
> 
>     Here is what I actually found while re-watching the Harry 
Potter 
> & the S.S. American Version ( Not sure if there is even a 
DIFFERENT 
> English Version of the movies?? Could someone let me know if so??)
> 
>  Anyways, if you throw in your DVD, and if your DVD Player has a 
> timer function that usually begins automatically when the movie 
> starts, well at the 100:41 position of the movie, you will reach 
the 
> scene AFTER Harry is caught flying by McGonagall, and after him 
and 
> ron walk up to Hermione where she tells harry he "Won't Mess up", 
> because Flying/Quidditch "Is in his blood".
> 
>     The specific scene is where she leads them to the trophy room, 
if 
> at exactly 100:41 you PAUSE/FREEZE the movie, and then ZOOM into 
the 
> NAMES displayed on the GRYFFINDOR QUIDDITCH TROPHY where the names 
> are written, Including "JAMES POTTER" as "Seeker", with the Year 
> marked 1970, if you ZOOM in even closer and to the right, you will 
> very visibly read:
> 
> "M.G. McGonagall" 1971 on the name plate to the right of James 
> Potter. ( To the left of James is "R.J.H. KING 1969" )
> 
> Now, I only brought this up b/c of JK's role on the content of the 
> movies, I think this might of been purposely done. But I could be 
> very wrong.
> 
> Does ANYONE have any theories on this? I dont know off the top of 
my 
> head the exact time lines as to when McGonagall went to school, 
but I 
> do remember her in POA saying how she remembered James and Sirius 
> together at school while she was teaching. 
> 
> LizVega:

I purposely left the note from the Elf, I didn't want the movies to 
be getting the attention. As for your question, it reminds me of the 
comments Jo has made regarding the teachers. In one interview, my 
apologies for not siting a source, but all of the interviews have 
kinda melted together now, someone asked Jo if any of the teachers 
were married, and she said that yes, but she couldn't give any info. 
because it would ruin a plot element. <Didn't she say yes, or is 
this just wishful thinking?> 

Regardless, when posed with the question of which teachers might've 
been, or are currently married, most HP fans lean towards Snape- 
always wanting to know more about our greasy friend- but I happen to 
agree with you on this, that Minerva doesn't get near as much 
attention as she should. My opinion of the shield in the Trophy Room 
changed after Jo said that James was indeed a chaser, not a seeker- 
hence, I completely forgot the other names listed on the shield, and 
chalked the whole thing up to movie contamination. However, as 
Minerva is 70-something years old, she couldn't have been on the 
team with James. But, perhaps one of her off-spring? (I smell a time 
turner theory forming in someone's head as they're reading that 
statement)! Also, why are the dates different, 1969,70,71? Are these 
the MVP's of the year? And, who is this R.J.H. King anyway? And, 
does this mean that none of the other marauders played Quidditch 
with James? R.J- Remus John? 

LizVega~ Counting down the minutes until Friday afternoon becomes 
Friday night!