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Re: Sorta-OT: Harry Potter
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Sun, 30 Dec 2001 16:11:51 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Bryan Wong writes:
> > Hi Calum, greetings from the west coast! :)
> >
> > In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
> > > So, I finally went and watched the Harry Potter film tonight and it finally
> > > made sense: Months of Lugnet posts about HP sets, the various names (Room
> > > of the Winged Keys, Diagon Alley) of the sets, I finally understood all of >them.
> >
> > Oh yeah when I watched the movie, I basically experienced the same
> > revelations as you - even though I read the book! Seeing those particular
> > scenes presented to you on screen really helps, especially if you're rushing
> > to finish the book.
> >
> > I just looked at set 4712 and the troll & bathroom would've made NO sense
> > whatsoever if I hadn't watched the movie... :)
Weird. For me the reaction was opposite. The LEGO set looks nothing like
what I imagined from the book. Although many of the other sets/scenes from
the movie seem to be well presented.
> > The question is though, what came first - the movie scenes, or the Lego sets?
The book.
As well, there is no published connection that I know of between the movie
and the LEGO sets. There is no reason that they couldn't have been
developed independently. However, while we know for a fact that Rowling
gave her o.k. on many parts of the movie, it's hard to imagine she had such
a close connection to the LEGO sets. I find the LEGO sets hard to reconcile
to the book. They look nothing like what I imagined. Unlike the movie,
which is amazingly close to the descriptions in the book.
> I'd have to say at first hand, the movie scenes....
> but some of the larger scenes, like the Hogwarts Castle, must have been in
> design, well in the development pipeline, for over a year, so too the
> Hogwarts Express, maybe some of the others in the collection.
The train is perhaps the closest to realizing what was described in the book.
> So that would make them come first....
Make them come first in what way? You lost me. :)
> I guess it would be up to the Lego Company to reveal that, and I am not sure
> they are willing to divulge that....
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> but, my best guess, is that once they found out that the movie was going
> to be filmed, they put some designs out, and lobbied for the (construction)
> toy licence for the series...err...for the first two movies,
> Philosopher Stone (Sorcerer's Stone in US) and Chamber of Secrets)
Again, I'm not sure that there was *that* much connection between the film
and the LEGO sets. If there is, then I don't think it translated very well.
Regards,
Allan B.
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| (...) I can see how the Lego doesn't look anything like what you imagine from the book-of course everyone will have a different opinion and imagination. (I haven't read the books so I had no opinion). What really got me was the narrow arches on the (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I'd have to say at first hand, the movie scenes.... but some of the larger scenes, like the Hogwarts Castle, must have been in design, well in the development pipeline, for over a year, so too the Hogwarts Express, maybe some of the others in (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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