So they couldn’t even have fixed it with CG during the grading process, or just given the actress playing his mother contacts that matched Dan’s (thereby retconning whatever colour Rowling said they should be)* ??? With all the SFX in those films you’d think it’d be a pretty easy thing to do.
Heck, just hack some photo editing software that does auto red eye removal…
*protip: i neither know nor care what that colour is
That’s like saying Mozart and the homeless guy down the street playing butt kazoo are both composers. Sure they are, but there’s some rather obvious differences that people who aren’t mental munchkins can see.
Harry wasn’t in high school for 8 years. Hogwarts is the equivalent of a private school which combined middle and high school into one building. Also, he was only there for 7 years.
Technically, not even that. Hogwarts is a 7 year school, but he didn’t attend his last year. He dropped out to save the world. (Attending his final year wouldn’t have made much of a difference anyway, considering the school had been taken over.)
In the UK there is primary school (Reception followed by grades 1 – 6) then secondary school of which grades 7-11 are compulsory, and there are an optional 2 years after that for people who want to take A-levels (similar to NEWTs in HP) which you need to get into University.
England High schools are 5-7 Years… mostly 7 then schools with 5 years are normally in the same area and have a college near them where students go to for 2 years
(It’s set in the UK) the Castle maybe based in Scotland but its based around the English school system
Stephen King did say: “Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a damn. She’s not very good.”
I think it was several years ago around the time of the 7th book’s release, there was a combined Harry and King day or something going on and he was asked about Twilight.
lmao apparently these girls dont know anything about Harry Potter or Twilight. If you’re going to make fun of something, at least get you’re facts right. Smh..Children.
You cant make fun of something you know nothing about. It wont make any sense and people will just make fun of you for trying. That was my point and logic thanks.
Calling either of them “Children’s Books” is more than a bit of a stretch. Both of them are Teen/Young Adult reading level.
HP is a fairly generic fantasy novel, with the usual themes of good vs. evil and aimed at a teenage audience.
Twilight is a romance series featuring an underage girl who has to decide whether to commit Beastiality or Necrophilia, and is eventually seduced by an 80 year old Pedophile. And it is aimed at the middle-aged housewife demographic.
Saying Harry Potter is better than Twilight is like saying a kick in the balls is better than a punch in the face. It might be true, but they’re both awful and only an idiot would enjoy either of them.
I, honestly, am not a humongous fan of Harry Potter, not even a small fan.
People revel in its “glory”, when there have been plenty of other books with similar story lines of fantasy and whatnot that were created waaaaaaaaay before HP.
That being said, I avoid Twilight like the plague, but I don’t think HP is a million times better.
Hogwarts is based on the British School system of secondary school, five compulsary years (years 1-5/years7-11) with exams at the end (O.W.Ls/GCSEs), then two optional years with exams at the end(N.E.W.Ts/A-levels)
If Harry was in the one school for seven years, then his secondary education fairly closely matched my own. Just with, like, magic and stuff. And girls before the last 2 years :-/
British system does still have some “middle” schools, but the usual setup is Primary covers you from about ages 4 to 11 (nursery before that), and Secondary from 11 to 16, or 18 if you do A-Levels. University from 18 onwards.
Twilight is awful no matter how you rate kids’ books. Harry Potter is about average from what I can tell despite its absurd popularity.
Still no Piers Anthony by a long shot.
I’m not a big fan of the last few Harry Potter books. I thought the first four were excellent. It was on book five that things started to get a little….off. By book seven, I almost got the impression that she just wanted to be done with the whole thing and a lot of it (especially the climax) just felt wholeheartedly rushed. The movie, in that respect, had a much better payoff.
However, that doesn’t change the fact it is an extremely imaginative story, set in a fully realised world with a rich mythology and entertaining concepts. Both the humour and drama is very well executed, and the characters are three dimensional. The story is well told, and the twists and turns are usually very clever.
Twilight does not meet any of the above criteria. The characters are bland, the main character is selfish and detestable, and the concepts are unoriginal (omg, Vampires vs Werewolves, that’s never been done!). In fact, there is nothing in the fictional world of Twilight that Stephanie Mayer actually created herself. Everything there was simply lifted from existing fiction and (poorly) crafted onto her own story. The only thing she managed to create for herself was the ridiculously overpowered nature of her vampires, immedietly transporting all of them into the realms of Mary Sue, yet at the same time contradicting the exact limits of their powers with every second breath.
“Only the supreme Vampire council know how to kill a Vampire, there’s no other way to do it….except we totally killed that one Vampire at the end of the first book.”
Harry eyes are not like his mother’s in the film
true.
and hogwarts is a 7-year school. what did you expect?
also, neville longbottom in the final film: BADAAS!
The film sucked so bad I could only watch half of the first one XD I don’t even want to HEAR about the films anymore.
That’s because Daniel Radcliffe had an allergic reaction to the contact lenses.
So they couldn’t even have fixed it with CG during the grading process, or just given the actress playing his mother contacts that matched Dan’s (thereby retconning whatever colour Rowling said they should be)* ??? With all the SFX in those films you’d think it’d be a pretty easy thing to do.
Heck, just hack some photo editing software that does auto red eye removal…
*protip: i neither know nor care what that colour is
F:rst poll:
Shaunna or Stephanie?
My money is on Shaunna – she can wield a crowbar.
Yes.
Shaunna, even if her name IS spelled ridiculously.
Riddikulusly*
Ask again later.
Shaunna or Stephanie?
What’s this red bar under Shaunna?
Yes, probably.
Stephanie’s surname is obviously Meyer.
Shaunna all the way!!!
Did Stephanie accidentally say she wants to have sex with Harry Potter?
Oh for the love of- Harry Potter and Twilight are both FICTION. Some enjoy different types of fiction more than others.
That’s like saying Mozart and the homeless guy down the street playing butt kazoo are both composers. Sure they are, but there’s some rather obvious differences that people who aren’t mental munchkins can see.
You cannot elevate Harry Potter to a literary level equivalent to the musical level that Mozart is on.
Nor can you elevate Twilight to a literary level equivalent to the musical level that butt kazoos are on.
I wanna see that man playing the butt kazoo. What does he charge?
Thàt’s lìkè sàyìng Mòzàrt ànd thè hòmèlèss gùy dòwn thè strèèt plàyìng bùtt kàzòò àrè bòth còmpòsèrs. Sùrè thèy àrè, bùt thèrè’s sòmè ràthèr òbvìòùs dìffèrèncès thàt pèòplè whò àrèn’t mèntàl mùnchkìns càn sèè.
Your letter all have bedhair
THIS! (Worst yet, I found that actually a lot of MEN like twilight XD)
They are not men. They may have penises, but their man cards have been revoked.
THIS.
That must have been a b!tch to write.
Harry wasn’t in high school for 8 years. Hogwarts is the equivalent of a private school which combined middle and high school into one building. Also, he was only there for 7 years.
Lol, I was about to say this^, but when I refreshed the page you comment *magically* appeared. Sooooo….. this^
Technically, not even that. Hogwarts is a 7 year school, but he didn’t attend his last year. He dropped out to save the world. (Attending his final year wouldn’t have made much of a difference anyway, considering the school had been taken over.)
In the UK there is primary school (Reception followed by grades 1 – 6) then secondary school of which grades 7-11 are compulsory, and there are an optional 2 years after that for people who want to take A-levels (similar to NEWTs in HP) which you need to get into University.
^This.
So basically Hogwarts is Secondary school and College combined. Apparently even Hermione couldn’t be arsed with Uni.
Didn’t JK say that Hermione ended up going back to finish her education?
exactly!!!!! stupid twitards
England High schools are 5-7 Years… mostly 7 then schools with 5 years are normally in the same area and have a college near them where students go to for 2 years
(It’s set in the UK) the Castle maybe based in Scotland but its based around the English school system
If only Stephenie Meyer’s parents had been into conventional spelling of baby names, there would be an obvious joke to make here.
Can’t think of one.
In this context, “touché” means “I have no argument, you win”
Douché!
Please tell me King actually said that.
I’ve seen that quote in other places around the internet, always attributed to Stephen King, but I have no idea if it’s genuine or not.
The problem with quotes on the Internet is you can never be sure if they’re fabricated.
– Stephen King
I’m pretty sure that’s a quote by John Elliott.
Maybe Stephen King quoted him?
Stephen King did say: “Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a damn. She’s not very good.”
I’ve seen that one attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson. Maybe John Elliott quoted him.
I’ve seen it attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
King didn’t say it. Some blogger named Robin Browne said it.
I think it was several years ago around the time of the 7th book’s release, there was a combined Harry and King day or something going on and he was asked about Twilight.
lmao apparently these girls dont know anything about Harry Potter or Twilight. If you’re going to make fun of something, at least get you’re facts right. Smh..Children.
Yes, we should all be forced to read thousands of pages of things we don’t like just so we can make tiny little digs at them. MANDI LOGIC!
You cant make fun of something you know nothing about. It wont make any sense and people will just make fun of you for trying. That was my point and logic thanks.
*yore
obviously they haven’t watched the movies thoroughly.
Or read the books. Doing either would help.
Harry vs Edward…vs Life
No one wins in the end
*Gordon Freeman wins in the end
I hate that it always has to be Twilight vs. Harry Potter. What about the many, many people who hate them both?
What about the many, many people who don’t give a fúck?
WELL. MODERATE ME THEN. I DIDN’T REALLY WANT TO REPLY TO THIS COMMENT ANYWAY.
To be fair, Harry started “highschool” when he was 12…
Uh, no. He started when he was 11. Like everyone else in the UK.
Have you even READ the books? Or seen the movies? I’m pretty sure his 11th birthday was a plot point.
(or have I just been trolled? Please tell me I was just trolled)
Woah mean, chill out. Making a one-year mistake in age is not that big of a deal.
And by “mean” I mean “person”
Both are overrated.
Case closed.
Gordon Freeman would be proud of that original post. Crowbar is best weapon
If a vampire and a human had a baby, it would be a dhampyr.
If a referee and a vampire had a baby, it would be an umpire.
If a Caesar and a vampiress had a baby, it would be Empire.
if a Demon and a Vampire had a baby, it would be an Impire.
If a baby became the father of electrodynamics, it would be an Ampère.
If a vampire existed….
Adults arguing about which children’s books are better is a bit odd.
Besides, Dr. Seuss wins hand down.
Calling either of them “Children’s Books” is more than a bit of a stretch. Both of them are Teen/Young Adult reading level.
HP is a fairly generic fantasy novel, with the usual themes of good vs. evil and aimed at a teenage audience.
Twilight is a romance series featuring an underage girl who has to decide whether to commit Beastiality or Necrophilia, and is eventually seduced by an 80 year old Pedophile. And it is aimed at the middle-aged housewife demographic.
That is so cliché. Come back when you have something interesting to say.
Saying Harry Potter is better than Twilight is like saying a kick in the balls is better than a punch in the face. It might be true, but they’re both awful and only an idiot would enjoy either of them.
THANK YOU.
I, honestly, am not a humongous fan of Harry Potter, not even a small fan.
People revel in its “glory”, when there have been plenty of other books with similar story lines of fantasy and whatnot that were created waaaaaaaaay before HP.
That being said, I avoid Twilight like the plague, but I don’t think HP is a million times better.
Then by your own admission, you couldn’t possibly know which is better or worse, or any other qualification thereof.
This has been said before, but I will repeat it.
Hogwarts is based on the British School system of secondary school, five compulsary years (years 1-5/years7-11) with exams at the end (O.W.Ls/GCSEs), then two optional years with exams at the end(N.E.W.Ts/A-levels)
Harry was only in hogwarts for six years.
^ this.
If Harry was in the one school for seven years, then his secondary education fairly closely matched my own. Just with, like, magic and stuff. And girls before the last 2 years :-/
British system does still have some “middle” schools, but the usual setup is Primary covers you from about ages 4 to 11 (nursery before that), and Secondary from 11 to 16, or 18 if you do A-Levels. University from 18 onwards.
what is this new interface? timeline profile?
Twilight is awful no matter how you rate kids’ books. Harry Potter is about average from what I can tell despite its absurd popularity.
Still no Piers Anthony by a long shot.
Not to mention how stupid you have to be to remain in high school for 80 years.
I’m not a big fan of the last few Harry Potter books. I thought the first four were excellent. It was on book five that things started to get a little….off. By book seven, I almost got the impression that she just wanted to be done with the whole thing and a lot of it (especially the climax) just felt wholeheartedly rushed. The movie, in that respect, had a much better payoff.
However, that doesn’t change the fact it is an extremely imaginative story, set in a fully realised world with a rich mythology and entertaining concepts. Both the humour and drama is very well executed, and the characters are three dimensional. The story is well told, and the twists and turns are usually very clever.
Twilight does not meet any of the above criteria. The characters are bland, the main character is selfish and detestable, and the concepts are unoriginal (omg, Vampires vs Werewolves, that’s never been done!). In fact, there is nothing in the fictional world of Twilight that Stephanie Mayer actually created herself. Everything there was simply lifted from existing fiction and (poorly) crafted onto her own story. The only thing she managed to create for herself was the ridiculously overpowered nature of her vampires, immedietly transporting all of them into the realms of Mary Sue, yet at the same time contradicting the exact limits of their powers with every second breath.
“Only the supreme Vampire council know how to kill a Vampire, there’s no other way to do it….except we totally killed that one Vampire at the end of the first book.”
Long story short, Twilight is really, really bad.
“the main character is selfish and detestable” are you kidding me? I wanted to kill Harry so bad by the time the series was over.
I don’t think Edward was a virgin.
I like how it has all been edited in. If you tilt your screen back you can see it
3400!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!