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ibm_usa Special user In Your Mind, Ky, USA 722 Posts |
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On 2007-03-27 20:48, Mystician wrote: I thought you said they banned you, or did you leave and not come back? funny names by the way.
"You may think that i only talk of things from the past, you know, history, well magic is history"
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Mystician Inner circle Wallachia 3485 Posts |
No, they never banned me.. they just gave me a bunch of crap over my avatar, and then they removed it, even though I wasn't stealing bandwidth from anyone but myself, since it was coming from my own site. I did nothing wrong but was treated like it because other people "might" do that. I hate that mentality !! Punish all for the actions of a few, even when I'd proven the avatar was mine and linked to my own site.
I wasn't going to be forced to put my good avatar up on some stupid public photo sharing site, so I made a real simplistic version of it, changed the colors and all, and uploaded that instead - I like having an avatar so I can find my posts quickly and take up a thread from my last post there. and thanks.
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spidey_ak Regular user Alaska 120 Posts |
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On 2007-02-02 12:59, Mystician wrote: One of the things that might have been mentioned (I haven't read all posts yet) is that there is a great depth to a few of the stories. In England, the first book is not called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" but is instead referred to as "HP and the PHILOSOPHER'S Stone," which is a connection to ancient Alchemy. Furthermore, Nicolas Flamel was an actual person who was born in 1340 & died in 1417. While some of her works tend to pander to the modern crowd (i.e., quick, easy entertainment suitable to be a Hollywood script), there is some amazing depth to her work that will insure she is more than just a 15 minute of fame writer. I agree, the time twist was written extremely well & I loved the story. My favorite line there is Hermoine remarking, "Is that what my hair really looks like in the back?" |
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Mystician Inner circle Wallachia 3485 Posts |
The stories definitely get deeper each book in !
I've finally finished reading all 6 of the books currently published, so I'm all caught up and can talk shop with the best of 'em. There have definitely been some serious plot elements to the novels, and the vocabulary has increased, and most notably - the overall tone has darkened, with death or the threat of death permeating the atmosphere. Still, I wouldn't have minded if Rowling had made a "Grown up" version of the books from the get-go (instead of just using more adult looking book covers, lol). On the other hand, I guess I have no real complaints with the series as it is, either!
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spidey_ak Regular user Alaska 120 Posts |
Mystician,
I can totally understand that! LOL, I refused to read them for years... perhaps I just needed more of a chance to study symbology & whatnot; or, perhaps I was being obstinate! Whatever the case may be, once I got hooked, I was hooked! I read the Half-Blood Prince in about 3 hours & then re-read it again, all within 12 hours of it being released at midnight (I slept after finishing it). I'm a prolific reader, so I didn't need to read it again... I just wanted to because it was a great read =). I don't have too many complaints myself, I have already pre-ordered 2 Deathly Hallows (1 for my daughters & 1 for me & my wife) & have made plans to fly from the Arctic to Anchorage to watch the new movie. That's NOT a cheap endeavor for 3 round-trip flights, probably about $2,000 for the tickets alone... |
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Mystician Inner circle Wallachia 3485 Posts |
Yikes, that's dedication !
I got a kick out of a section in HPB, where, Herminone, worried about ancient Runes, laments that she confused Ehwaz with Eihwaz on an exam.. I had to laugh, Ms. Rowling did her research ! I'm just studying Runes now, myself.. I took a break from Latin.
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Bill Ligon Inner circle A sure sign of a misspent youth: 6437 Posts |
Yeah, I resisted the books at first, too, assuming they were concerned with the usual "magical" junk found in most children's books. I was pleasantly surprised to find such was not the case. I, too, wouldn't mind stories aimed more at the adult market, but I'll take what we have now.
Bill
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spidey_ak Regular user Alaska 120 Posts |
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On 2007-02-09 23:23, Mystician wrote: Mystician, LOL, got me thinking of when I played WoW... instead of rogue, most everybody would type "rouge" and then there is my all time favorite, makes me grind my teeth (because of WoW): rediculos (or any variant thereof). Those are right up there with "looser" |
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Eddie Garland Inner circle Hells Kitchen, New York City 4207 Posts |
New international trailer for Order of Phoenix....looks fun...last 20 minutes in 3D in select theaters.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32383 and or here http://video.aol.co.uk/video-film/1891890 |
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fishwasher Inner circle B'ham uk 1231 Posts |
So whos got their copy?
anyone finished it? I've just started reading it this morning, seems good! Aidan |
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
Half way through.
The postman came late yesterday. Tony |
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Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
I stayed up last night until 3 AM just to finish it. J.K. Rowling is one of the world's greatest magicians (in my opinion). She never bought a magic prop, doesn't perform on stage, but creates a magic in one's mind that is real and lasting, and she performed the "true miracle" of getting millions of teen-ageers to sit down are read.
Professor Spellbinder
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sibbie Special user East Coast 525 Posts |
I haven't read any of them but my wife does (I love the movies). Anyway, I preordered her copy and ended up going out at 5:00am to surprise her when she woke up. Was going to return the other copy and when we opened the package it had a misprinted cover (the red foil didn't take) so she decided to keep them both
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fishwasher Inner circle B'ham uk 1231 Posts |
2 thirds of the way through
Steve - you had me scared the! |
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fishwasher Inner circle B'ham uk 1231 Posts |
Finished
very good! I love the last sentence of chapter 35 Aidan |
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
Spoken like a true mentalist.
Tony |
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Dr Spektor Eternal Order Carcanis 10781 Posts |
Aside: Finally saw the Order of the Phoenix last night - I love Valdimort's suit at the train station - that fellow has good taste.
"They are lean and athirst!!!!"
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Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
I want to know how he blows his nose when he has a cold.
Professor Spellbinder
Professor Emeritus at the Turkey Buzzard Academy of Magik, Witchcraft and Wizardry http://www.magicnook.com Publisher of The Wizards' Journals |
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Dr Spektor Eternal Order Carcanis 10781 Posts |
Magically
"They are lean and athirst!!!!"
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Mystician Inner circle Wallachia 3485 Posts |
I saw OotP at a theatre while up in Maine on vacation.
Not bad, but it wasn't the best movie. None of them had the charm and "magic" that the first one did, frankly. That was the best - but then, it was all new, too. I think M. Gambon did a slightly better job of being Dumbledore in this movie, better than the dreadful job he did in Gof at least. On the way home from vacation Friday night, we made it home and to local Borders at 11:30pm, just in time ! Unfortunately, I hadn't expected to be home so I never reserved a copy, and they had no unreserved copies left. So no book for me Friday night. That was okay though, I just wanted my son (and myself) to see the release of the last Potter book, to be there; it was definitely historic. My son got a kick out of everyone being dressed up (including the kook dressed like a Jedi - what the hell was that about ?!). The very next day, I went back and they'd gotten more books in, so I got my copy Saturday afternoon instead, and still got the 40 percent discount, I even still got the free poster. I'm just about halfway though it now. It's a very good book, I can see why JKR liked it so much! I'm just about to head into the meat and potatoes of the story I think, I can feel it building up again, after a "slow" chapter ("The Thief".. the only chapter that's left me saying, "meh", so far, the other's were all excellent).
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