HBO: Unnamed Harry Potter Series

[E.H. Ruddock]

Man, people are losing their shit online about snape being black and about the skin tone of the actress playing hermione. It sucks but i wouldn’t subject my kid to that if she was my kid. Look what happened to Bella Ramsey. People fucking suck

[VinylGuy]

yeah it sucks hard but someone has to do it i guess? i hope they pay them tons of money and their families are protecting them from the internet.

[Bi_3]

Man, people are losing their shit online about snape being black and about the skin tone of the actress playing hermione. It sucks but i wouldn’t subject my kid to that if she was my kid. Look what happened to Bella Ramsey. People fucking suck

The issue with Snape's casting is that has the feel of an attempt to force modern American racial dynamics into the story that were largely absent from the books/movies. Snape is in love with Harry's mom and abused and bullied by Harry's dad. Ostracized and distrusted by everyone. These are defining plot points in the story and there is no way that today's audiences will not see racial undertones there if Snape is black, which means it was a conscious decision to insert them. Sometimes that works out like in Watchmen and other times not so much. It won't stop me from watching, but it's disappointing to think that the producers felt it was a good idea to change things up in that way and does not bode well for what else they might think needs updating... like I would guess Dumbledore's sexuality will be an explicit plot point as well.

[dimejinky99]

Man, people are losing their shit online about snape being black and about the skin tone of the actress playing hermione. It sucks but i wouldn’t subject my kid to that if she was my kid. Look what happened to Bella Ramsey. People fucking suck

The issue with Snape's casting is that has the feel of an attempt to force modern American racial dynamics into the story that were largely absent from the books/movies. Snape is in love with Harry's mom and abused and bullied by Harry's dad. Ostracized and distrusted by everyone. These are defining plot points in the story and there is no way that today's audiences will not see racial undertones there if Snape is black, which means it was a conscious decision to insert them. Sometimes that works out like in Watchmen and other times not so much. It won't stop me from watching, but it's disappointing to think that the producers felt it was a good idea to change things up in that way and does not bode well for what else they might think needs updating... like I would guess Dumbledore's sexuality will be an explicit plot point as well.

^^ the very people that will make those kids lives hell and all the cast if they happen to be brown, just entered the chat

[BurtReynolds]

One can't help but weep bitter tears over the unspeakable hell they endure at every waking moment, as they undoubtedly have people on the internet saying how punchable their faces are.

[dimejinky99]

They’re advocating for hitting children now.
They want to punch kids. Their words.
Didn’t take long did it?

[BurtReynolds]

Your mental decline is accelerating.

[epilogue]

We definitely should not be punching any children, regardless of how punchable their faces may be!

[dimejinky99]

Your mental decline is accelerating.

Second only to your personality and hate fuck agenda

[BurtReynolds]

I'd say they'll be fine regardless of a few mean posts on the internet, but child stars don't exactly have a stellar track record of becoming functioning adults. But that's due more to actual real things, like having shitty parents, running into sex predators in Hollywood, or drugs and alcohol.

[epilogue]

Very true.

Daniel Radcliffe ended up totally fine and thriving. So, maybe this new kid has a shot, too.

[dimejinky99]

Burt what have you done now

Just in: Texas' former solicitor general has left the AG's office amid sex misconduct allegations and a lawsuit outlining his apparent, months of detailed disclosures to colleagues about his sexual obsession with watching an asteroid anally rape the agency's No. 2 attorney in front of his kids.

[Jorge]

Pretty sure exposure to massive amounts of public discourse about you is an actual real thing and it can lead to some of the other things you mentioned like drugs and alcohol. Many public figures (and former public figures) who started young have talked about the toll it takes. It seems to be getting worse and worse now.

[BurtReynolds]

They should replace the children with CG, like they do with animals now.

[Jorge]

Doesn't have to be a fully CGI kid. They could perfect de-aging technology to the point where you could hire a grownup to believably portray a child

[epilogue]

Seems like the Brits handle fame and exposure way better than Americans. Being an actor specifically (and the culture around fame) is so different there than here. Or at least that's how it SEEMS to me. Maybe that's not true at all.

[Bi_3]

Yeah, I mean look at what Bella R. has suffered from Last of Us. The dislike is not just present, but celebrated. Makes me root for her.

[Jorge]

Seems like the Brits handle fame and exposure way better than Americans. Being an actor specifically (and the culture around fame) is so different there than here. Or at least that's how it SEEMS to me. Maybe that's not true at all.

Could be. But I do know British tabloids are the scum of the Earth. Vicious and cruel in a way their American counterparts could only aspire to be

[BurtReynolds]

Doesn't have to be a fully CGI kid. They could perfect de-aging technology to the point where you could hire a grownup to believably portray a child

We can have Harrison Ford play all the roles.

[epilogue]

Seems like the Brits handle fame and exposure way better than Americans. Being an actor specifically (and the culture around fame) is so different there than here. Or at least that's how it SEEMS to me. Maybe that's not true at all.

Could be. But I do know British tabloids are the scum of the Earth. Vicious and cruel in a way their American counterparts could only aspire to be

Oh yeah, that shit is vile .