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Harry Potter Countdown Thread

Posted on 06/27/2007 1:30:44 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith

The countdown is on! We're all waiting. Let's talk about it while we're waiting.

This countdown ticks down the time to both the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film.

Countdown clocks can be found at http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#static:countdowns


TOPICS: Books/Literature; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: books; deathlyhallows; harrypotter; hogwarts; hugh; orderofthephoenix; rowling; series
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To: WV Mountain Mama; Tanniker Smith; Tax-chick; andyssister; EmilyGeiger; abner; retrokitten
Two things:

1. There's nothing in the Mugglenet book about Voldemort's wand. I read something else that speculated Wormtail had hidden it while Voldemort was gone, but I can't remember where.

2. Did anyone else watch Dan Radcliffe on Leno last night? He was soooo nervous. Strange since he paraded around naked on stage in London six times a week for the last four months. Jay showed footage of Dan, Rupert, and Emma putting their handprints and wand prints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater yesterday.

They also showed footage of the Patronus scene from the OOP movie. Ginny's patronus is a stallion. There was previously a report that it was a phoenix. Ron's is a Jack Russell terrier, Luna's is a hare and Hermione's is an otter. Neville of course only produced silver vapor.

Tomorrow night - "Order of the Phoenix" in IMAX 3-D.

361 posted on 07/10/2007 5:41:52 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?")
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To: CholeraJoe

I was reading PoA last night and got to the part where Hagrid was talking of the night Lily and James were murdered. Hagrid pulled Harry from the rubble, which I forgot. I wonder if Harry will take Hagrid back to Godric’s Hollow in DH. We could see it from Hagrid’s eyes, etc. I also wondered if the curse bouncing off Harry to Voldemort made the house blow up or if that was a clue that someone else was there with Voldemort. I just don’t believe that Voldemort could have blown up the house after getting hit with his own curse. That would also explain who had the wand...

Anyone think Draco and Harry will work together in book 7? Some of the people implied that could happen in the special the other night.


362 posted on 07/10/2007 5:51:02 AM PDT by WV Mountain Mama (Gryffindor '88 Arthur Weasley will be named the Minister of Magic...)
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To: WV Mountain Mama

Several of the commentaries I’ve read speculated that the house couldn’t have been blown up by the Killing curse rebounding. I think that’s codswallop, to quote Hagrid. In HBP, curses collapse a ceiling in Hogwarts and destroy walls.


363 posted on 07/10/2007 6:08:29 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?")
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To: WV Mountain Mama

Good point. I hope she does.


364 posted on 07/10/2007 6:11:26 AM PDT by andyssister (Accio July 21!)
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To: CholeraJoe
Dan seemed wicked nervous on Leno, but he looked really, really good!

Is there a delicate, girlie way of saying "I'd hit it?" :)

365 posted on 07/10/2007 6:17:48 AM PDT by andyssister (Accio July 21!)
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To: TightyRighty
Doesn't sound to good for Harry does it?

Depends on the question. Is it sad that Harry comes to an end, or that the telling of the story has come to an end?

366 posted on 07/10/2007 6:17:49 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: WV Mountain Mama
Yep, Firenze saved him and then gave him a ride, which infuriated Bane.

Which was funny because that didn't happen in the first movie (the ride part). So it was weird to hear the line "Here is where I leave you, Harry Potter." Suddenly it was a more figurative line.

367 posted on 07/10/2007 6:19:11 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: CholeraJoe
Did anyone else watch Dan Radcliffe on Leno last night? He was soooo nervous. Strange since he paraded around naked on stage in London six times a week for the last four months.

LOL!! I didn't see it, but it's probably on You Tube already. Sometimes we can get Leno On Demand on cable around here.

368 posted on 07/10/2007 6:19:19 AM PDT by retrokitten (I love caffeine)
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To: andyssister

Nope.

Well, maybe if you say it like, “Thou would hittist it,” so it sounds kind of Shakespearean. Not really girly, but a bit classier. ;-)


369 posted on 07/10/2007 6:21:03 AM PDT by retrokitten (I love caffeine)
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To: CholeraJoe

Oh no I missed the interview, I wonder if it is posted on You Tube.

I have been rereading the books, :)(I’m such a nerd) and caught a mistake. In the Goblet of Fire toward the end of the book, after Harry watched Cedric die, it talked about the horseless carriages taking them to the train. Well, if he had already seen Cedric die then he would have seen the thestrals.


370 posted on 07/10/2007 6:26:18 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: andyssister
Is there a delicate, girlie way of saying "I'd hit it?" :)

That would be, "He is sooooo cute!"

371 posted on 07/10/2007 6:27:56 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?")
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To: retrokitten

LMAO....thanks for the suggestion.


372 posted on 07/10/2007 6:28:57 AM PDT by andyssister (Accio July 21!)
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To: EmilyGeiger

We discussed this very matter on a thread a few months back and everyone wondered about why Harry couldn’t see the thestrals right away. My theory is that like polyjuice potion has to mature a full moon cycle, so does the ability to see thestrals. That’s why he could see them at the beginning of his fifth year, but not at the end of his fourth.


373 posted on 07/10/2007 6:32:08 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?")
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To: EmilyGeiger
Here's the interview.
374 posted on 07/10/2007 6:32:58 AM PDT by andyssister (Accio July 21!)
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To: andyssister
Is there a delicate, girlie way of saying "I'd hit it?" :)

"Oh, doesn't he look fiiiiine!" (The key is in the emphasis on "fine"!)

In Spanish, we can say, "Ay, ay, ay ... que hombre!" with a sigh on the aaaay.

375 posted on 07/10/2007 6:47:25 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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To: andyssister

I’d like to take a ride on his broomstick...


376 posted on 07/10/2007 6:52:03 AM PDT by WV Mountain Mama (Gryffindor '88 Arthur Weasley will be named the Minister of Magic...)
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To: CholeraJoe

Oh, that makes sense. :( Here I thought I caught something. :) Should have known that freepers would be way ahead of the game.


377 posted on 07/10/2007 6:52:37 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: andyssister

Thank you!!


378 posted on 07/10/2007 6:52:53 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: WV Mountain Mama; Tax-chick

You guys are cracking me up!!


379 posted on 07/10/2007 6:54:54 AM PDT by andyssister (Accio July 21!)
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To: andyssister

He’s way too young for my taste. I like men 55 and up.


380 posted on 07/10/2007 6:56:14 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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