[HPforGrownups] Expanded Potter stories

[Karen Lewellen]

No: HPFGUIDX 193316

i can respect that perspective.
Perhaps I view screenplays differently as they are a part of my 
professional industry.
Still, I would personally love to see the evidence that Jo wrote nothing 
story   wise before the fantastic beast books became screenplays.
I ask because technically that would not be possible for Rowling, she is 
the source for  Potter in general.  She is not adapting these screenplays 
from another story, all the work is hers.
Contrast that with all 8 Potter films,  every one of those is adapted, 
often not especially  richly, from the HP  books themselves.
More than once when reading a review of  the first Fantastic beast movie 
critics commented out how much better some of the potter films would have 
been with Her words instead of what was done in those screenplays.
The screenplays are allot longer than those shorter books to be sure, but 
again I am likely more comfortable with that sort of storytelling.
there would be no Fantastic  Beast  film  series without JKR's 
screenplays.
Now one might take issue with those chosen to embody the characters on 
camera, but the words exist in printed form telling this story before 
anything  gets filmed at all.
Kare



On Wed, 1 May 2019, Sandra Lynn cresorchid at gmail.com [HPforGrownups] wrote:

> I don't dislike any of the books, but I don't think of them as full-length
> features like the 7-book series. They are very short and don't cover the
> material in the movies–at least not much of it. In fact, I liked Quidditch
> Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them–but was quite
> disappointed that they were so short.
>
> And screenplays aren't the same as stories. In fact, they seem to be
> evidence that she didn't write the story before it became a play/movie.
> Which is certainly her choice as author/owner of the series, but not as
> satisfying to me personally.
>
> Crescent
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 5:54 PM Karen Lewellen klewellen at shellworld.net
> [HPforGrownups] <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
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>> Rowling wrote the book fantastic beast and where to find them, with an
>> introduction by albus Dumbledore long before the films.
>> In fact some editions of the book, have notes from Harry Ron etc,. in
>> them.
>> The screenplays are themselves books. published to indeed enhance the
>> story she is telling. Both have Rowling's name on them, in paper form,
>> like the books themselves. I am unsure what you are expressing here.
>> I suppose you likewise dislike Quidditch through the ages and the tales
>> book as well?
>> <hopes she spelled quidditch correctly laughs!>
>>
>> Karen
>>
>> On Wed, 1 May 2019, jcutroni at yahoo.com [HPforGrownups] wrote:
>>
>>> I understand that Jo is writing the Fantastic Beast screenplays, and
>> maybe I shouldn't have phrased things as not feeling nearly as part of the
>> story...what I probably should have said was that I wish she had written a
>> book or a series of books about Fantastic Beasts before writing the
>> screenplay for movies...doing movies based on a very short story within the
>> HP story just feels forced...the Cursed Child script also felt forced and
>> quite honestly, unnecessary IMO.
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