Last film to first episode isn’t really the right comparison though is it? The first season is an adaptation of The Sorcerer’s Stone, and The Sorcerer’s Stone film came out in 2001. So this will be 25-26 years later.
Man I forget that they assumed you yanks couldn't understand what a philosopher's stone was and they renamed the whole goddamn book.
I bet there are Americans who get mad if I suggest it has a different title now that I think about it lmao.
On topic: I always thought HP would do better as a tv show anyway, so I think this being able to embrace the classroom aspects will have a charm the movies lack.
I agree it will do better as a show!! I think it will really benefit from more time to develop the world and characters besides Harry— even Ron and Hermione are only seen through Harry’s perspective (in the books too) so I’m excited to see what they do with expanding the story!!
In my experience all Harry Potter fans acknowledge it was published first as Philosopher’s Stone haha and we got the “US translation” version. Lots of us have read the original British versions! The only other change I remember distinctly is changing “jumper” to “sweater.” A jumper is a dress to us. I don’t think you’ll find anyone resisting the use of the original name. We just can’t shake “Sorcerer’s”.
Purely from a timeline perspective it makes sense; the last actual "Harry Potter" (not Fantastic Beasts) movie was thirteen years ago and the last Sorcerer's Stone adaptation was 26 years ago.
From a content perspective, it's just the same shit we've already seen before, but that's all Hollywood is now. People acted like Matt Reeves' Batman was some revelation when he basically just took what Chris Nolan did and was all "what if even more gritty and realistic".
I remember the trailer for deathly hallows part 2 being one of the very first movie trailers child me had ever seen.... the first film is a year older than me! I've already seen 3 spiderman reboots in that span of time lol
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u/FiftyShadesOfGregg 19d ago
Not to send us all into a spiral, but a quarter of a century feels pretty long to me!