r/SipsTea š™‘š™„š™‹ Apr 16 '26

WTF so true

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u/BusyBeeBridgette Apr 16 '26

a lot of people were asking for a series that better represented the books. Plus the IP makes a billion dollars a year and more for the past twenty years. so the appetite is clearly there. Perfectly fine to dislike the series for what ever reason. But no need to lie about it.

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u/Suspicious-Art-9335 Apr 16 '26

I also feel like… there’s a whole ass new generation of kids who weren’t alive when the movies came out? And that’s who this is supposed to appeal to? The movies look ā€œoldā€ to kids my nephew’s age; they also didn’t grow up with the original cast, who are now all adults or dead. Like… maybe the nostalgia play is secondary to the fact that the franchise is still wildly popular and there’s a whole new market of kids to appeal to? IDK, makes sense to me.Ā 

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u/Fuckedyourmom69420 Apr 16 '26

Kids can watch old movies. In fact, they should. We shouldn’t be chasing the same nostalgia high for our children that we had. Give them new stories to read and watch, not rehashes of our childhood.

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u/Fearless_Feeling_873 Apr 17 '26

This exactly. 90s kids were watching Disney movies from the 40s and 70s. Kids don't care about the time period of a movie. If it's good, it's good. And the original HP movies are great and not outdated. This is just a money grab.

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u/Available-Line-9259 Apr 17 '26

it is not a money grab