Not really sure who this is even for. Most people who were excited for Harry Potter shit the first time round are in their 40s. The author has fallen into a rabbit-hole of right-wing nut-baggery. The movies did a decent job and weren't really that long ago. It's not like some 70s movie where everyone is clearly flying on strings.

It's the kind of thing I expect two seasons to be shat out on Netflix or Amazon or one of the ad funded services, and then everyone forgets about it and agrees not to do it again.

I just don't know what HBO are doing in this. I normally associate them with high quality shows and a streaming service that isn't available in the UK. It just doesn't feel like something they'd be doing. Maybe they've just fallen that far.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, I really don't understand who the target demographic is for this? It's not like they are doing anything interesting with the universe, it's just the same story again.

They could have done anything with this but they are doing this. Do a different time period or something.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's Joanne being pissed that the actors who portrayed her characters have all embraced being normal and sane human beings and refuse to have anything to do with her.

She's trying to screw them out of their royalty checks by rebooting the series.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They just know it's an easy cash grab while there are ostensibly still people obsessed with the franchise (as we know from the video game a few years ago). Adult fans in mid-careers = they have no qualms dropping $70 on a game or $12 a month on a subscription.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are a LOT of 'central' and 'right-wingers' that love her stuff all the more for her horrible worldview, and they'll spend on it.

To be fair, there are a fuck of a lot of people who despise the current government but are conflicted about the fact that they really love the HP fantasy world.

We have 1/4 of a theme park over here that is absolutely surreal with HP stuff.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

There are a LOT of ‘central’ and ‘right-wingers’ that love her stuff all the more for her horrible worldview, and they’ll spend on it.

I'm not sure what will happen this time. The comment section of the trailer is filled with racist jokes because Snape is being played by a black actor - many on the right currently view this as part of the "woke left agenda". However, as we saw with the attempted Hogwarts Legacy boycott, if a very small minority try to loudly virtue signal about this kind of topic it often backfires and turns into a viral marketing campaign instead.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

rowling is throwing money at it. that's why.