07.26.07
Potterdammerung [Mega-Spoilers]
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The best recap/spoilers EVAR.
Deathly Hallows Clue in GoF Movie?
*MILD DEATHLY HALLOWS SPOILER*
So I was watching Goblet of Fire last night. And I noticed something kind of strange. You know the scene where Harry falls into Dumbledore’s Pensieve? Well, after Dumbledore pulls him out, he and Harry are talking and Dumbledore walks away from Harry across the room. He’s now facing one of the glass cabinets in his office, still talking to Harry. Well, if you look in the cabinet, right at eye level with Dumbledore, there’s a glass pyramid. Inside that pyramid is suspended a sphere, and bisecting the sphere is a rod. In short, it looks like a 3D model of the Deathly Hallows symbol! See below (click to enlarge):
So how did the GoF people know to put that in the movie. Rowling must have told them. I wonder though, if she explained the full import of it to them, or if she just said “there’s this symbol that’ll be important later on, think you can sneak it into the movie somewhere?”. Very interesting. Now I want to watch Order again to see if there are any more clues hidden about.
07.25.07
Rowling Will Write Encyclopedia
J.K. Rowling has told the TODAY show that she likely will write an encyclopedia type book promising many more details about her characters and the fate of the wizarding world beyond the few clues provided in the seventh book’s epilogue.
The encyclopedia would include back stories of characters she has already written but had to cut for the sake of narrative arc (“I’ve said before that Dean Thomas had a much more interesting history than ever appeared in the books”), as well as details about the characters who survive Deathly Hallows. The link to the full article is here, but you are warned that it contains spoilers for Deathly Hallows. The article is very interesting, and in it Rowling reveals the identity of the “reprieved” character in Deathly Hallows. Rowling stated when she finished the writing of book 7 that one character was slated to die, but that she decided at the last moment to spare them.
I’m so excited about this. Rowling should definitely have a long and much deserved break, but I can’t wait for this new book!
07.23.07
Happy Birthday!
BloggingHarryPotter.com would like to wish actor Daniel Radcliffe a very happy 18th birthday. We hope he has a good one!
07.22.07
SPOILERS -Book 7 Discussion- SPOILERS
Ok, I’ve just finished it, ladies and gents. All 759 pages. I’ve decided to open up this post for discussions, impressions, rants, etc. on Deathly Hallows. I’ll start with my impressions; and those so desiring can leave their thoughts in the comments. My comments on the book won’t start until after the more link. So if you haven’t yet read the book and don’t want to be spoiled, under no circumstances should you click the more link (and the permalink or comments link for that matter).
07.20.07
Harry Potter Rockers
Cool story up on Salon.com about fans and their Potter-inspired music.
Vengeance of the Leaker
Are you sick of hearing about The Leak(er)?
Are you queuing up tonight for the real deal?
Here’s a little break in the case via EXIF camera data that might catch the Leaker.
Oh, and if anyone in the queue pulls a “Snape kills Dumbledore” moment of leakage on you, you have my permission to kick their ass.
Do any of our predictions matter?
According to Kevin Kelly they do.
Read his full blog post, but his thesis is that the hivemind of Harry Potter fanatics likely has discerned some modicum of truth about most of the major unresolved plot points.
So much for leaks?
Danielle Sank
That’s the name of one of the lucky fans who got her copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows early on Tuesday. There was a mix-up via DeepDiscount.com and Scholastic is taking legal action and offering those folks hush money.
The Baltimore Sun has more info.
At least none of these people are like the unscrupulous leakers. I’ll have a post on that issue later today.
07.19.07
Others’ predictions
RavenclawWit has done a great job of holding down the fort in my absence (my wife gave birth to our son on July 3) and I LOVE her predictions.
I’ll share my own tomorrow, but I wanted everyone to see the predictions of Ariel David (daughter of comic author Peter David, a personal fave) and comic author John Ostrander.
Enjoy!
Feel free to share your own predictions in the comments, sign up for an account to blog your predictions or just keep lurking until you get your grubby hands on a copy this Saturday.