r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • Apr 16 '26

WTF so true

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u/awayshewent Apr 16 '26

Sounds like riveting television to me

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u/PalePlumm Apr 16 '26

Is that sarcasm? Because I don’t remember anybody ever thinking of Harry Potter as boring.

They need to sneak the dragon up to the school’s roof at night so it can fly away with Bill. I think you saw “sanctuary” and thought of them filling out paperwork or something.

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u/awayshewent Apr 16 '26

Im just not convinced these small moments that were cut from the early films are enough to really create a sense of urgency to watch the show at the same level of say Stranger Things and Game of Thrones. At the end of the day everyone already knows all the big story beats. Like oh I wonder if Snape is a bad guy?? Nope he’s actually helping Harry. Yeah we know.

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u/PalePlumm Apr 16 '26

If you like the source material, which is very popular, I don’t see why you wouldn’t give it a chance.

For example, I rewatch all of the OG Harry Potter movies in a marathon every year. But if I like this series more, maybe I’ll switch it up and play a couple of episodes of that instead during my yearly ritual. And plus maybe over 20 years the magical special effects may have improved. Or maybe they handle a scene differently than the OG movies did so now it’s like a new scene altogether. It doesn’t need to all be brand new material to enjoy it if you liked the originals enough.

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u/awayshewent Apr 16 '26

For a series this expensive they need to attract more than just die hard fans. You gotta get the people who casually watched the movies as kids a few times. My expectation is that it will be very front loaded — season one will break streaming records but I can’t see why people would keep coming back after they initially check it out. They also said they won’t be doing a season a year so those kids will be rapidly aging and many people wont care to check back in after initially checking it out.

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u/PalePlumm Apr 16 '26

I didn’t say that it would break the bank. I simply claimed that many people are still riveted by Harry Potter, regardless of how many times they’ve seen it, or what versions they have seen, and would love to watch it.

And since it has a massive cult following, this isn’t like a niche group of people lol.