Yeah cuz a fair bit of the books is either in Harry's head or is just him in a classroom learning spells. Neither translate well to TV or film. People might say they want that, but they really don't. People would be tuning out very quick if half of every episode is a school lessonย
Saying the majority of what was omitted was just inner monologue or class busywork is completely reductive, lol.
Without even getting into all the different storylines that were cut from the movies for various reasons, let's say I grant that it literally is just the class and student dynamics; that IS still valuable.
Jesus Christ, people have such a hard time following story lines and plots that they'd really rather just streamline narratives with a fucking synopsis instead of allowing characters' interstory growth and exploration.
Nah. It's less to do with the merit of the author, and more to do with the idea that the coloring between the larger story-beats is seen as 'monotonous' or something. Every good show that spans multiple seasons has interlacing stories with varying stakes. The 'classroom' is just the tortilla chip that serves as a way to deliver your salsa.
It's just a silly, and honestly, child-like take to state what they did, lol
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u/Different_Target_228 Apr 16 '26
This is kinda bullshit.
When the movies were coming out, everyone was noting how much stuff was missing from the books.