• The bit with the snake was funny

• I'm not a huge huge potter fan or anything but I would say it is fairly "world-building". not as much as star wars, star trek, lord of the rings, etc. but it does have a lot of side story stuff that could be fleshed out.

• I'm kinda shy that way, Wilxy. XD

• Its almost like it being orchestrated by George Lucas.

• why not use traceable poisons. You'll probably get a medal from the UN for preventing global disaster.

• Working potions book for me, please. Then I can mail an untraceable airborne poison to both Michael Bay and Warner Bros HQ, so I can stop them from making "Bayformers 36" and the American version of "Spirited Away" and "My Neighbor Totoro".

• Not gonna happen. Much like the Bayformers and Star Wars, it would remain as a part of nerd-dom forever, for better or for worse.

• Neither was the book. Seriously, what I wouldn't give for one of the characters to capture Fenrir Greyback the Pedo-tastic Wolfman, cut off his head, piss in his mouth, stuck his head on a pike, and put it up on display at the town square for all to see. I hate that fucking Pedo!

• Does this mean we get to see a scene of Harry riding a mecha and stomping on the roof of Voldemort's hideout with violent anger in the reboot?! Because that is just too AWESOME!

• Somehow, I'm reminded of that infamous "You done goofed up!" line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PuDWxgIxdc Glorious.

• Still, between "The Adventures of the Potter Kids" and "Harry Potter: Auror of Ministry of Magic", I have a feeling she might just choose the latter. For some odd reason, Rowling really shines when her work touches on darker sides. And besides, who wouldn't want to see a magical version of Sherlock Holmes or CSI? XD

• Never. From what I see over here, Rob, the Potterheads will NEVER let anything Harry Potter go. And you just watch, the publishers are going to milk this dead cow for all the "cherry milk" its got left in its rotting udders, what with the companion books like "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" reaching a "Best Seller" status. At the very least, expect more fanfictions of Harry and crew during the periods after Voldie bites the big one and the movie/book's prologue section where Harry is an Auror and pretty much plays the part of a magical Sherlock Holmes. Or perhaps a story about the Potter kids, primarily on Albus Severus Potter and Malfoy's son, Scorpius Hyperion (ugh), as they discover that their fathers' dispute are not theirs and proceeded to discover "creative" ways to utilize their "wands". Heh heh. Hail Abraxas, for that last one! XD

• Between the end of the Droids and Ewoks cartoons in the 80s and the relaunch of the toyline in the mid-90s, it was very rare to find anything Star Wars unless you found old relics in hobbie shops. I guess the books in 92 or 93 were something...but Star Wars did feel forgotten for a long time. I don't think Harry Potter fans are going to be left wanting...not when they still have an epic website and a massive theme park.

• I agree...but it'll never happen. Just look at the commercials for Avatar with the test audience saying things like, "Wow! Since when do mountains fly?" Find a way to pull someone away from their boring cop dramas and reality TV and you'll blow their mind with just about anything with sci-fi/fantasy elements.

• Exactly. Someone tried to compare it to Star Wars, and I laughed. The fandom might be similar, but "the end" is not. Once the merch from the TV movies and cartoon series ran out back in the 80s, Star Wars pretty much vanished until around 95 when Hasbro launched the new action figure line and the Special Editions hit theaters in 97. I doubt HP fans will have to go 10 years without new stuff...especially considering they've still got a major theme park, a new website with exclusive stories, and JK Rowling's lack of anything better to do.

• I don't think his issue is with the fans...it's the way Rowling and WB have milked "the end" of Harry Potter for 4 years now.

• I'm only interested in seeing the reaction of that one British chick who made these 8 minute long squee videos for every trailer and whatnot. She was creepy. I will nourish myself on her tears.

• I've bought (or had bought for me) Star Wars merchandise every single year since 1977. I don't see an end to this trend. I've every issue of Buffy Season 8 & 9. I proudly support "Browncoats: Redemption". As long as there are fans who want the discussions, news, merch, etc, it will never go away. And isn't that what all nerds truly want? Their properties to live on?

• the fat dude who got blowed up? Is that similar to 'it must have been in the one brain cell that got died'?

• No doubt. JKR's ability as an author grew considerably over the seven books, and she speaks at great lengith about protecting her intelectual property. I think that the production of new HP material will stem as much from popular demand as it will from the financial winfall that JKR will reap. I also think that it is good that she is putting some space for the franchise to breath, but its only going to build the demand for more stories.

• And it will be 1,000 times better than the used spank rag Lucas put on screen and called "The Phantom Menace"

• It will be over when JKR goes the way of Sirius Black. I have no doubt that in five or six year, she will decide she needs some extra cash to buy sometihng, like the island of Aruba, and will publish a three volume set of Harry Potter the Auror years, when he hunts down Death Eaters looking to bring back the old ways. Or even Harry's kids and the adventures of professor Longbottom. We all know its coming, there is too much money to be had.

• There was only one story anyone cared about in the Star Wars universe and that was Vader's story and they fucked that up. Sorry, I don't give a shit about the backstory behind the fat dude who got blowed up first or the jowly fucknut who kept shouting "Stay on Target" to someone about to die.

• Neon Genesis gets new swag nearly every year, along with Star Wars.

• No, because Star Wars was always world building, even from the start. Movie comes out and then BAM! Splinter of the Minds Eye! Then Holiday Special! Marvel Comics! There are a multitude of stories to be told in the Star Wars universe, while there is only one story to be told in the Harry Potter universe, and that's Harry Potter's.

• But Potter fans have emphasized the fact that this one is "the end" since 2007. It would be fine if they took it in stride and said "look at all the great stuff we have!" But no. The fans I have encountered have likened the end of the books to the end of their childhood. Then when Dobby died, their childhood died again. Then when the last movie was over their childhood died again. I think Rob is pointing out that Potter fans bemoan the ending of their franchise more than any other fandom, especially when the don't realize how good they have it, and how lucky they are that their creator isn't recalling her books and inserting another scene where Harry constructs his wand in a cave. 

• It's been done for me since the seventh book came out.

• I'd take 20 more Harry Potter books, 30 more movies, a Broadway musical, a live-action TV show, a graphic novel and 100 HP fan-fictions over one more three-second "improvement" to the Star Wars movies or one more self-serving, childhood raping excuse as to why those idiots killed the Indiana Jones franchise. Quitcherbitchin, Rob

• And yet we don't find it strange that we're still getting "new" Star Wars stuff every year?

• Star Wars.

• I don't think it will end since the end of deathly hallows part 2 was one of the most poorly handled pieces of cinema i've ever seen. I know it didn't give me closure.

• I totally expect the whole series to be re-released in theaters in 3D (thanks to Star Wars leading the way, and the Deathly Hallows having already been released that way). Their news of shutting off the DVD spigot shortly after Christmas would fit that theory very well: the sets will be back when they can be re-released concurrent with the 3D versions.

• Harry Potter is a series that consists entirely of cliches. The sooner people stop caring about it, the better.

• "At what point is Harry Potter finally going to be over?" Presumably at the point Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings is going to be over.  Which is to say, "not as long as it has fans."

• Don't forget all the books mentioned in the series have to get published in muggleform as well.

• Sounds a lot like friday night to me

• I plan to hide in my room weeping for the future and drinking copious amounts of alcohol on that day.

• yeah, screw all those fans and their wanting...to keep...liking...their franchise? i'm sorry i don't understand why it annoys you that harry potter fans want more harry potter.

• Have we seen any of the Peeves the poltergeist footage they shot for the first movie? I'd kinda like to see that.

• face rob as long as there are harrry potter fans willing to keep buying the new versions of the dvd the franchise will never end. for new generations will get introduced and caught in its web like all long going franchises. and the scary part the same thing will be done for the twilight films.

• Oh Rob, you silly goose! Of COURSE it's not the end! There's also the complete Deathly Hallows (a la Kill Bill and should show up at the same time) and the extended versions (such like Lord of the Rings) and the single solid film editing all of them together (like the Godfather trilogy), and then years from now the special editions with new scenes and special effects and raping of childhoods (like...well, you know...). No sir, this series is far from "over."

• So long as Scholastic doesn't resume their slash and burn of the fiction publishing industry I'm happy.

• sorry Rob, but I dont think thats how it works. Besides, if you think this is bad, imagine how  the twilight fans are gonna react when the last movie comes out for them.

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