it would be really funny if the second Harry gets to Hogwarts she learns that transitioning is just a potion away and does it and everyone supports her and then everything else happens exactly the same just with a female protagonist.
Harriet Potter
Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus, by Chuck Tingle
They also eat Chik Fila
I’m predicting this now: the series will flop like nutrek
All the replies are like “but everyone provably loves pre-existing franchise/IP slop!!” and I agree with them all but I do think there’s a chance the vibes on this end up being so off that they end up not finishing out the series. Especially if there’s another corporate shuffle over the course of that time.
Bold of you to predict that slop-loving Millennials won’t absolutely love a 1-for-1 recreation of something they have already seen. The live-action Lion King movie was literally the highest-grossing animated movie of all time when it came out. Plus this new series is now a period piece, taking place in the 1990s with 1990s fashion, so it’s hitting the same nostalgia-dopamine centers as Stranger Things did for the 1980s.
Sorry for spoilers but…
About the Lion King
It wasn’t “live action” just animated different.
Honestly could see it flopping because it’s a PG13 show at best and that just isn’t HBO’s brand
When I think HBO I think Sopranos or Game of Thrones and there’s no way this shit doesn’t look weak compared to the classic HBO lineup
Even if we didn’t know exactly what happens the stakes are so low
Seeing how well Hogwarts Legacy did even though most people seem to consider it mediocre, I unfortunately believe it will do quite well.
Did it do well? They sold it 80% off months after release?
Steamcharts says peak playerbase was half a million on steam alone at launch. Elden Ring had 950k all-time. I’d say that’s pretty good for a middling open world.
Unfortunately, it did incredibly well. It made over $1 billion in revenue and is considered one of the best-selling video games of all time.
The generous sales seem to be just how WB Games does things. Batman, Lord of the Rings, etc. games from them were also like $5 barely a year after they came out.
I think, at best, the first couple of episodes will do well, then the viewership will take a nosedive.
We’re at the point where millions of people think if it’s on TV it must be good, what it is doesn’t matter. They’re illiterate, it’s just pictures and sounds on screen
Not convinced, but I do think the trend for this franchise was set in motion when the game released and people’s attitudes towards the franchise have been getting worse ever since.
Remind me if it does. I’ll love it
It’s moment may have finally ended
separate art from the artists libs when they pay money for the artist-lead hate campaigns
same goes for leftists paying to see dicaprio btw
How many actually want to see it though? Fans of the movies and series are nostalgic for those actors and I’m not sure how many will be won over by an obvious nostalgia cash grab.
It might actually do well in the global south where kids are given Harry Potter to learn English and are the new nostalgic demographic for something like this.
I feel like HP fans are like Pokemon fans, they consume everything, no matter how shit it is.
The game was one of the best selling of the year. There are people who will mindlessly buy into anything because it’s Harry Potter the same way there are people who will mindlessly buy into anything because it’s Star Wars or Marvel.
I really want to believe it will be a flop, but while it definitely won’t do as well as the movies, I’m not putting too much stock into consoomers having a backbone.
I pirated the game and I get the appeal. The mechanics are fun and all. Although there is no Fucking way JK Rowling is getting my money.
Mechanically it looks OK but deeply confused
Like it was a soulslike for people who suck at actual souls games but with ubisoft open world shit and it was marketed as if it was an MMO despite being single player only
Really don’t see much appeal
I can’t even bring myself to pirate it tbh. I used to like Harry Potter, but it’s been completely contaminated by Rowling’s bigotry (and realising just how problematic the books are)
Yeah I don’t think it’ll flop unless it’s genuinely bad. Maybe ina few seasons it’ll lose viewership if it’s mid but otherwise it’s probably guaranteed a win for HBO.
Really wish that money was spent adapting other fantasy fiction though
sadly, the game did pretty well afaik and the franchise still prints money, it’s the meat-eating of literature
I’m hyped, but im a sicko for bad media with shitty politics
Damn I can’t wait to not watch this show
