Who are you calling short?!
...That would be brilliant.
Question, though.
Who was the Minister during that war?
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Mmm...no idea who was minister during the first war with Grindlewald, but I have a vague memory that Fudge's competent predecessor was female...well, when in doubt, look it up at the Harry Potter Lexicon....
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Millicent Bagnold[1]
was minister from 1980 to 1990, so that's the first war with Voldermort. But for Grindlewald there's a blank spot, we know his war ran roughly from 39 to 45 but there's no info on who was minister from 03 to 62 (probably multiple to be honest).
edited 17th Nov '13 6:25:54 AM by Silasw
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Would that it were so simple.
The first war with Voldemort started in 1970.
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Before anyone says anything, I want to think that it will not be a bad thing.
I have faith in Jo.
Also, assuming that this 1920s Setting is "Gatsby + Harry Potter", this could be really interesting. Maybe with some Indiana Jones on the side?
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Do you think the idea is to just tell three stand-alone stories or to follow in the footsteps of The Hobbit and make it all one, continuous epic? If the former, this might actually turn out okay. If the latter... dear lord.
I could see it being, basically, Magical Indina Jones-ish. Each film is of a 'trilogy' but they're really only connected by the main character. I think Jo would be better at this than doing The Hobbit. My hopes for the film is that it will be fun, lighthearted (compared to DH parts 1 and 2 atleast), and adventure.
I mean, I'm sure it'll have the Harry Potter nature to it, but overall a very Indiana Jones-ish feel.
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Considering the writer's previous works, I think the most likely format is for each movie to tell it's own story, but with clear continuity between films
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I'd be fine with Indiana Jones-esque continuity for the movies.
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Man, I really want this to be a 3-part magical nature documentary with Morgan Freeman narrating.
I've got fanfics for Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro the Dragon.
Three films full of adventure, worldbuilding (which hopefully takes them out of Europe at least once), and new perspectives on the HP universe? Count me in.
edited 30th Mar '14 4:13:08 PM by KnownUnknown
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
So apparently, David Yates is in talks to direct Fantastic Beasts.
Dag nabbit,Yates was good for the big main story,but he doesn't seem to have much of a fantastical or whimsical mind.
This is what they should try to get Alfonso Cuaron working on,he has the perfect eye for that.
Here's hoping Quidditch Through The Ages is next on the list.
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Fantastic Beasts and Quidditch through the Ages were textbooks, which makes it funny how they're being turned into stories.
You could probably make a story about Newt Scamander and him researching magical creatures, but to make a story about Kennilworthy Whisp just watching Quidditch matches sounds...dull.
Or maybe I'm just not one for sports movies. ;p
Oh, who knows, the story about the Snitch was pretty good. But yeah, I see way more potential in Fantastic Beasts. But let's wait and see how it develops.
I dunno, that 1492 match sound pretty nasty. The one where they broke all 700+ rules of Quidditch. The one where they also introduced the Snitch/Snidget might be cool to watch.
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I could see Quidditch Through The Ages as like a Ken Burns parody, only much much shorter.
Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great
A parody of your typical sports movie, except it's about Quidditch - and specifically about the Chudley Cannons - would be pretty fun, though something tells me Hollywood would never go for it.
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Maybe if that brutal American version that was mocking American football was included?
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Maybe, but the main issue is that we're likely never going to get a Harry Potter movie that doesn't fill the fantasy-adventure genre that the franchise makes oodles of money from. Hollywood's like that with fantasy in general, too (unless it's a totally irreverent Seltzer And Friedberg type parody or something).
edited 22nd Aug '14 10:00:14 PM by KnownUnknown
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
I still find it difficult to imagine Americans playing Quodpot. Or to even name it that. It sounds so British.
Well maybe if we spelled it Quadpot. Or, I dunno, Boomball.
Americans love all sports about balls.
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Americans created Quodpot. If anything British witches and wizards are calling the sport by the wrong name.
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Knowing Americans, they probably call Quodpot Quidditch and Quidditch something else entirely.
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I kind of want to see a movie centered around the Ministry of Magic during the First War — half Government Procedural, half war story.
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