Harry Potter doesn't die

[Beermonkey]

You're going to be inadequately prepared for the zombie apocalypse.

Glad I'm not the only one to think that way. I actually want one of these for my "man room" (basement)

[Cerevant]

I appreciate the attempt at ruining the 'surprise' for all Harry Potter dorks. But this clearly doesn't need it's own topic.

Thanks, and I agree.  This thread can now be locked.

A+ for me.  C- for everyone else.

Yet still, you either read the book (very quickly), took the time to look for the spoiler, or hang out somewhere spoilers are posted.

Nerd.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

My brother-in-law looked it up on Wikipedia and volunteered the information without me having to do any research to find it.  Total nerdery!

[ice grillin you]

your nerdom was well established long ago

[Don Ho]

unfortunately the same can be said for people older than 12 who waited in line to purchase the book

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

your nerdom was well established long ago

^^real talk^^

[Cerevant]

My brother-in-law looked it up on Wikipedia and volunteered the information without me having to do any research to find it.  Total nerdery!

Yeah - you couldn't have read it, since if you did you would have found a better spoiler than that.  Having just finished it myself (best of the series, BTW) this has to be the most "meh" surprise of the book.

I'm tempted to pick one up just to see what the fuss is about.  I kind of don't get the whole phenomenon; sadly, that applies to many phenomena.

Don't forget that it is brain candy - this is not intended to be great literature.  The first three books are a bit formulaic, but the complexity and intensity rapidly ratchet up in the last 4.  As MMH points out, the last 3 are really PG-13.  One of the unique aspects of the series is that many of the fans got to grow up with the character, but now that all the books are out it will be harder to introduce the series to kids at an appropriate age without artificially dragging it out.

If you just want to find out what the fuss is about, I wouldn't bother reading all 7 - watch the first 3 movies and read the last 4 books.  The author made sure that none of the key bits of information were left out of the movies.  The 4th movie has all the necessary info, but there is some good storyline that had to be cut in the interest of time.  The last 3 movies will probably suck unless they are willing to cross the 3 hour barrier.

[Diomedes]

I'll wait until there's a paperback set of all seven, then read 'em.

[MadMarchHare]

Order of the Phoenix was painfully rushed, skipped over a ton of shtein.  It was still a reasonably good film, but man.

[Cerevant]

The first few worked better on film because they were short, and because there wasn't enough back-story for the side plots to be relevant.  The forth worked because there was so much dead weight at the beginning of the book.  I was afraid that Order would be rushed and butchered.  I'll have to re-read the 6th book, but they might be able to make the last book work by compressing the slow middle.  There was a lot of effort put into a "here we go again" set up to emphasize the moment of epiphany where Harry finally gets his head out of his ass.

[MadMarchHare]

Apparently neither does Voldemort:

[ice grillin you]

losers

[Feva]

It appears he's dead near the end of the book... but he's not.  Lame.

I avoided opening this thread until I finished the book.  Now that I have:

1. Eat a fleshpop.

2. I'm going to deck your puss next time I see you.

3. Eat a fleshpop.

[SunMo]

wow...i never would've guessed.

[Feva]

Yeah... black guys can read.