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while I'm not paying money to see crap (I'll wait for the DVD), I'll going to pre-order some sort of happy-making hex (or mind-erasing. Mind-erasing will do) to blank HBP's horror when I do see it.

What a bizarre request.

I'll throw in my two pence. ... or I would if I could think of the one I just thought of and then forgot.

Let's chuck out random words in the hopes that I'll remember it: Sushi, Nausea, Penguin, Hippopotamus (*going on animals now*), Aardvark, Scarab, Liplurodon (an awful approxamation of a sea-dwelling dino that I can't spell right now).

While I can't remember what the name I wanted was, I vote for Aardvark now. Mainly because Mass Effect has weird alien creatures on one planet that I've named Aardvark-bat-monkeys because of what they look like. It also has Aardvark-horse-dinosaurs on another world.

On a somewhat related subject, if you have a friend called Faye who is a Star Trek fan, Private Eye's Psuedo-Names section gave her a wonderful name if she ever wants to changes. Faye Zersonn-Stunn.

"...Am not. Who do you think I am, Jay Thorntree?" Win. Win with a side of awesome and lots of epic on top.

Have a teasaber. It's a mutant hybrid of a teacup and a lightsaber. ...Don't ask.

Welcome to the Board. Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You shan't be needing it here. Also, have one aerosol canister of Snark-in-a-bottle(TM). Enjoy.

http://community.livejournal.com/kitnminty/5581.html

In accordance with the unlucky number of this chapter, we've both been overwhelmed with real life so it took ages to get it done. But it's up now. Hope you enjoy.

None whatsoever.

Here's a wrackblade. Use it well.

Welcome to the PPC! Here's some bleepto-dismol (for badfic-induced headaches) and a helm from the Raven Armory.

Have some Anti-Lustin Kunai!

Your agents are unusual, but unusual = normal in the PPC. I think they're funny. I feel bad for the newbie, though.

I found myself sort of indifferent, actually - possibly because it's now been so long since either a book or movie came out and I've moved my fannish madness to other fandoms. There were moments I liked (Draco was very well done), things I really got sick of seeing (Ginny was an utter disappointment), and some "Why?" moments (The Burrow attack, mainly), but...

I guess I just didn't have the energy to be angry at all they left out. Actually, what I most wanted to see was Merope, but I never expected them to manage that in the first place.

You obviously don't need the guided tour or the usual warnings, so I'll just give you a Capillary Towel and snitch a drink. Thanks! :)

*poke*

It's traditional. *g*

~Neshomeh

Greetings PPC,

I am Barid. I have been following the board for quite a while, but didn't have anything to add until the Half-blood Prince thread.

Also, I am Neshomeh's fiance.

There are refreshments in the corner. Help yourselves.

The attack on the Burrow was probably transposed here from Deathly Hallows, as in that book it was heavily dependent on a plot point (Bill and Fleur being engaged) that doesn't seem to be in the movies.

That said, I liked it a lot. It was a shorter book, which means more stuff could be left it (though I wonder how they'll explain the cup) and it definitely looked great. Also, I'm so much of a geek, I could tell which Death Eater was which on the tower, even though they're only named in the book. Bella continues to amuse, Aragog's funeral actually was rather sad, and Slughorn was spot-on even without his mustache. The interaction between Harry and Ron was fantastic. Also, I think this director ships Harry/Luna.

You forgot one of the most important scenes in the book. Dumbledore's Funeral.

I was enraged by the fact that they cut the funeral out of the movie. Seriously, what were they thinking? That would have been the most powerful scene in the movie, easily. I might have even been able to forgive the fact that they cut a lot of characters and side-stories if they had kept the funeral.

Also, Snape saw Harry in the Astronomy Tower, gave him the sign to keep quiet, went upstairs, killed Dumbledore and Harry did nothing? He doesn't trust Snape, and yet he lets him go right past him. Totally out of character.

I switched Tangled Webs over to CSS in the last few days. It runs fine on IE and Chrome, but that's all I've tested it on (and there were some issues that only showed up on IE, so). I'll see if I can spot something that might be doing it.

hS

I wondered when this thread would happen.

The movie got mixed reviews from me and my fiance. I like it very much from an artistic standpoint. The balance between plot and fluff was quite good, I thought, and they did some wonderful things with the camera.

However, as usual, they did some fairly unforgivable things to the story. I don't remember personally, since it's been a long time since I read the book, but my man assures me that the attack on the Burrow did not happen and was a waste of film time that could have been used for other things, like showing more of the collection of Voldemort memories. Also, the rule about no Apparating in or out of Hogwarts applies equally to everyone, including Dumbledore. He was very disappointed that they didn't include the remnants of Dumbledore's Army and the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. Also the lack of the Order of the Phoenix doing anything at all. I was personally annoyed that they didn't give Snape his line at the end. "Don't call me coward!" Very important character moment.

On the other hand, I thought the scene at the underground lake was very well done. I cried the first time, especially when Dumbledore got up and torched all the Inferi. It was so awesome and so awful, knowing he was going to die soon. {= (

~Neshomeh

They changed some bitz. I WANT THE BAT BOGEY HEX!

(Not on me personally, of course...)