TV show reboot

[sunnyskywalker]

They haven't even finished with the Fantastic Beasts franchise, and already the books are getting a reboot, this time as a TV series. It will supposedly be "authentic to the original books." Whatever that means. JKR will be an executive producer, so maybe "authentic to what she intended to write or imagines she wrote."

I can't help but be morbidly curious. Will the Dursleys be blond? Will the reboot stick all the adults in robes instead of vaguely bohemian but mostly normal clothes? Will the Marauders generation look their ages instead of 20-30 years older? Will we get Dudley hiding in fear behind Vernon instead of eating cake, the full story of the prank, SPEW, the full set of Pensieve memories, Marietta's scarring, and Harry gleefully hexing Filch twice while his schoolmates look on and laugh? Will we get full-on flashbacks for some of the historical scenes? Will authenticity mean putting in the bits JKR totally meant to write but didn't, like the Slytherins triumphantly returning to fight? Will we get bonus material from the "ghost plots" that didn't make it into the books, like the backstory about Dean's father?

And, of course, will Harry have his mother's eyes for real this time? Since apparently that was important enough to yap about for seven whole books/eight movies...

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[sunnyskywalker]

Technical note: I tried to create a new "TV" tag, but couldn't. It seems the permissions aren't set to allow members to create new tags.

[chantaldormand]

I imagine that Rita (and possibly Marge) will be even more demonised now that Jo came out of her TERF closet. Not that the mental image of suspiciously masculine Rita dragging Harry into a closet and trying to get him emotionally vulnerable wasn't already disgusting on Rowling's part.

But I wonder: what colour of skin will Hermione have? Will Jo stick to her "I meant her to be black!" defence of the play, or will we see another lily-white actress and the whole controversy will be swept under the rug?

[merrymelody]

TBH, the lead actors can't be worse than Radcliffe and Watson...

[nx74defiant]

It could be good - it could be awful. So hard to tell.

[with_rainfall]

I have a feeling it's going to be essentially a play-by-play of the books to appease fans who still think Harry is a good/effective hero. I suspect importance will be given to relatively minor things like Hermione's race, missing scenes from the books (like the potions riddle from PS), etc. without really addressing the deeper flaws in the series, such as Harry being so disturbingly willing to die for no reason at the age of seventeen.