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Watched Chamber of Secrets tonight (obligatory fuck JK, etc) and never noticed this until now:



Dude's straight up about to murder a child
 
ngower said:
Watched Chamber of Secrets tonight (obligatory fuck JK, etc) and never noticed this until now:



Dude's straight up about to murder a child
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Dude the entire series plot revolves around a really insecure all-powerful wizard straight up wanting to murder a child because for some reason the child survived. It's pretty messed up.
 
kvetcha said:
Sucks being part of a generation that's so indelibly attached to this goddamn franchise. I'm still fond of it despite J.K. being an absolute garbage human.
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The books got me into reading and I get the urge to watch the movies around the winter time. I bought or was gifted the books in adolescence and I own the movies so I'm not giving Joanne residuals or anything every time I stream as it's all disc-based. She sucks but I think there's a way folks can still hold fondness for what the series gave them.
 
Don't know that this really belongs in this thread but since others brought it up I'll offer my two cents to the conversation and say that J.K. Rowling being a transphobe has a more adverse effect on her work than the usual case of an artist being "problematic" (for lack of a better word), because part of the whole appeal of Harry Potter was the escapism aspect that could apply to any kid who felt mistreated or like an outcast in their everyday life (including LGBTQ+ people). So her actively choosing to be so close-minded and hateful to a group of individuals that would be most likely to get the most of her writing makes the meaning behind her messages ring a bit hollow for me personally.
 
gaporter said:
Don't know that this really belongs in this thread but since others brought it up I'll offer my two cents to the conversation and say that J.K. Rowling being a transphobe has a more adverse effect on her work than the usual case of an artist being "problematic" (for lack of a better word), because part of the whole appeal of Harry Potter was the escapism aspect that could apply to any kid who felt mistreated or like an outcast in their everyday life (including LGBTQ+ people). So her actively choosing to be so close-minded and hateful to a group of individuals that would be most likely to get the most of her writing makes the meaning behind her messages ring a bit hollow for me personally.
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Many of my queer friends all have gone through a similar reexamination of the HP books/franchise for us and I think we all kinda land on the same path: we don't need to blemish or reconsider what the books meant to us--she can't take that away. But that doesn't mean we are lining up to throw money at her either. So I have reverence or something like it for my history with Harry Potter, but that doesn't wash away Joanne's sins in the slightest.
 
I'm very curious to see how HP as a (sigh) property fares in a generation or so; this is purely anecdotal but for most of the kids in my life there's a distinct phase where they read the books, watch the movies, then move on. Maybe things will change with the (sigh) tv series, but it strikes me that it may not make lifelong fans in the way it did when the books were coming out.
 
Bull Shannon said:
I'm very curious to see how HP as a (sigh) property fares in a generation or so; this is purely anecdotal but for most of the kids in my life there's a distinct phase where they read the books, watch the movies, then move on. Maybe things will change with the (sigh) tv series, but it strikes me that it may not make lifelong fans in the way it did when the books were coming out.
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Just like Disney or marvel or whatever enduring brands stay around despite problematic pasts, I’m sure Harry Potter will be around for a while. We often forget what childhood wonder can feel like.
 
gaporter said:
Don't know that this really belongs in this thread but since others brought it up I'll offer my two cents to the conversation and say that J.K. Rowling being a transphobe has a more adverse effect on her work than the usual case of an artist being "problematic" (for lack of a better word), because part of the whole appeal of Harry Potter was the escapism aspect that could apply to any kid who felt mistreated or like an outcast in their everyday life (including LGBTQ+ people). So her actively choosing to be so close-minded and hateful to a group of individuals that would be most likely to get the most of her writing makes the meaning behind her messages ring a bit hollow for me personally.
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It's a bit easier for me when an artist's bastardry is either already present in their work, so you can process it along with the stuff you like about it (for example, Hitchcock's films) or when it's just not really related to their work at all (for example, I recently learned an author whose work I love said some very racist, but also sadly normal for his time period and country, things in his personal life, but these things just aren't present in his work). OR maybe it's just easier for me when the artist is dead... 🤔
 
So let me ask if it is even worth it to get a 4K blu-ray player? My projector is 4K compatible with HDR-10 but is only HDMI 2.0. I have an Oppo blu-ray that is kind of my catch all as it also plays DVD-Audio and SACDs. I don't really need anything to stream 4K movies as I have an Apple TV 4K. I don't have Dolby Atmos capability as I have a 5.1 speaker system. I mostly do Dolby True-HD, DTS, or Dolby Digital 5.1. I kinda think I'm good and don't need to get another one since I don't know how often I'll love a movie enough to get it in 4K. I mostly went back to blu-rays because the audio on streamed movies can be weirdly inconsistent app to app.
 
ngower said:
Many of my queer friends all have gone through a similar reexamination of the HP books/franchise for us and I think we all kinda land on the same path: we don't need to blemish or reconsider what the books meant to us--she can't take that away. But that doesn't mean we are lining up to throw money at her either. So I have reverence or something like it for my history with Harry Potter, but that doesn't wash away Joanne's sins in the slightest.
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Yeah beyond liking some of the movies I admit to never having the deep reverence for HP a lot of people do but I in no way judge anyone who does. I think a lot of people forget that Rowling didn't start this whole TERF tirade until pretty late into her career when she was already well established and up until that point nobody picking up her books had anyone reason to think she'd ever be a controversial figure. We form certain connections to pieces of media as we grow up and those connections are largely irrelevant to whether the creators of said media turn out to be massive pieces of shit later down the line. I'm not going to throw out my blu-ray of Coraline because of the recent news about Gaiman so I'm in no place to judge anyone for holding onto their Harry Potter memorabilia.
 
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ayayrawn said:
One of the weaker best picture lineups in recent years, but some solid movies here. I'm Still Here is a surprise! Looking forward to that and Nickel Boys.

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I’m really not a movie guy so take anything I say here as an outsider giving his opinion. Man compared to last year the is abysmal. Last year I saw 6 of the noms and I absolutely loved 5 of them. This year I’ve seen 7 of them and I only liked 2ish of them, The other ones I saw ranged from really bad to just kinda boring. The first time I even heard of I’m Still Here was yesterday so I’m going to hold off on judging that but I have no interest in Brutalist or Nickel Boys so looks like I may be done with the movies for this year

My ranking

1. Wicked
2. Substance
3. Anora (I have a lot of huge problems with this one but there is a lot of fun in it)
4. Complete Unknown
5. Dune Part II
6. Conclave
7. Emilia Perez
 
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