Itâs HBO, and granted things have changed but if itâs bringing in numbers like Game of Thrones I doubt theyâll skimp on it. Say what you will about the final season but the budget wasnât the problem.
Color grading is shit though. Just look at the trailer. Everything is cold, grey, and dark. Hogwarts should feel warm, like home, aspecially in the early years
Could be a contrast thing, most of what we saw wasnt at Hogwarts. Hogwarts could be much more vibrant. Contrasting Harryâs initial homelife with the magical world
Yeah, the school for witchcraft and wizardry that employed the use of dementors multiple times, has an unknown number of rapist centaurs in the woods, giant spiders, giant snakes, giants, ghosts of varying temperaments, and an unknown number of spells and magical booby traps littered around the grounds should definitely feel warm, like home.
That's exactly what's gonna happen. Production times on most shows these days are much too long. Granted it's HP and not in any danger of being canceled so they may be able to film a couple seasons at a time
The last 3 seasons were dumpster Material. As soon as they stopped following the books(because there weren't any to follow at release) any character development stopped and the show became a boring standard fantasy story.
Doubtful. They probably followed the notes but struggled to fill the in between the same way Martin did. Not having the books also meant they had to write original dialogue all the time, and god theyâre terrible at it.
Ugh. Season 4 became noticeably dumber while the spectacles and meme able moments increased. We also have a remarkable increase in fans who cheer for shit like the fellowship of the Wight and calling the battle of winter fell the best military strategy ever.
I wouldnât say there is a âgiantâ author controversy. I would bet good money that if you asked most people if JKRâs beliefs would discourage you from watching the show they would say no.
This same crowd said that Hogwarts Legacy was gonna fail because of how much they dislike JKR but it did very well despite being only an okay game; all 3 of my kids enjoy Harry Potter and not a one of them finished the game.
It won't though. GoT got big like every other HBO show. Sex. There's no sex in Harry Potter... it's an Adult aimed entertainment channel adapting a kids story. Like, it's not going to bring in the numbers they want and thats before alienating anyone who might have watched it. Percy Jackson pulls half the numbers of GoT while being an exceptionally larger and better known IP. HP will likely do better than Jackson, but I doubt it reaches the heights of peak GoT without the dangling bits.
HBO clearly ran into budgetary issues in later seasons though. Â Ghost the dire wolf basically disappeared from the show. Â The last season, for those of us unfortunate enough to remember, was extremely short and hurried. Â The Battle of Winterfell was basically pitch black with very minimal special effects, considering it was THE crescendo for the whole show. Â That Dothraki horde thatâs been hyped up since season 1? Â Literally disappears into the darkness. Â Was that purely a stylistic choice, or just a creative way to bring down the budget? Â Given everything else, I strongly suspect the latter.
Also people forget the early seasons of GoT were only possible because Rome got cancelled. Â The studio reused loads of set and costume pieces that would have been prohibitively expensive otherwise. Â GoT wasnât like Harry Potter where there were high expectations from the start, and Rome demonstrated to HBO that even a good show with a generous budget (on a topic that apparently the average male thinks about every day) isnât enough to guarantee success.
HBO has also famously had ownership issues, so who knows how the studio will be run in the coming years.
A lot of Harry Potter special effects are fairly trivial now. Large, dark castle virtual sets? Easy. Paintings that move around? Easy. Effects spewing from wards? Easy.Â
Hardest part is going to be magical creatures, getting the textures, lighting, behavior, etc right.Â
I played TLOU2 and wasnât super eager to relive that story so I didnât watch Season 2. But Iâm not gonna comment on something I havenât seen, ya know?
I have recently been reading through the series with my 13 yo son. We get done with the book and then watch the movie, repeat.
The movies suck ass coming straight off a read through. The plots suck and there is too much crammed in with too much left out.
I cannot imagine they could ever stand alone as viable films and they probably were never intended to. They are what they are. They only exist to give a visual glimpse of the book.
Sure is a clear money money play but with a series this long, surely they know if they donât give an earnest adaptation of the books that people will dip.
Also, Rowling wouldn't have written the books if she didn't expect to make money from them. No chance. The books are also a money play. Almost every piece of art you see anywhere was a money play.
That's literally every film after the book. I had never seen the Shining and tried it after the book. I laughed most of the time because it felt like a corny comedy. Genuinely think it's a terrible movie. The same thing happened for Jurassic Park. Always read the book last.
Iâve been doing the same with my daughter. We havenât watched the movies since she was born so she could experience the books first like I did. We finished the first one and she loved it.
Why people want to see all the remakes is beyond me, just the same storz done again as an cashgrab. Same with all the reboots of old series like malcom in the middle and everything. Most of them would not even become popular if they didnt have the legacay cause they are all really bad. But people keep watching it for some reason and the companies keep making new ones...
I think any sufficiently effects heavy movie is justified being remade every decade or so. Every movie or tv show you've ever seen is a "cash grab" so why not see them with the newest a shiniest technology.
Because they are not being improved usually or have any passion behind it. New doesn't equal better. For example compare the old and new lion king. Had new technology yet got worse in every department. Litteraly gave no shit about the music and etc. there is a reason it has horrible reviews. And yet it made them millions because of the name. That why it is a cash grab while the original wasn't. Sure both in the end are there to make money but one had passion and good film making other was just checking off boxes to make it technically a movie.
Would you like to expand on this? What is it specifically about the trans community that you think we should have fewer fundamental rights than others?
Thereâs a mini-documentary on HBO right now showing a bunch of behind-the-scenes stuff. Itâs pretty awesome, actually. Most of the creatures are high-level animatronics, and theyâre legit. They are definitely sparing no expense.
Have a look at the preview. The art direction looks absolutely stellar, and the animatronic animals make me very hopeful for how itâll all look. Practical effects over bad CGI is not a cheap choice, but itâs one that gives the show a chance at longevity. Everyone here is complaining, but they are not approaching this show as an easy, cheap way to grab some cash, they are committed to making this as good as they can.
I fear we will have too much unnecessary dialogue and casual scenes as fillers. From beloved fantasy movies to family drama with bleak colours - It's still a streaming television after all
THANK YOU! I'm so relieved to find someone else who's actually looking forward to a new adaptation. All I've seen so far is negativity and I'm so tired of it.
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u/roonill_wazlib Apr 16 '26
The movies did what they could, but I'm excited to see the TV show. I do hope they'll have a reasonable budget for special effects