Moore to weave his magic on next Harry Potter book

Chinaview.cn ^ | 7/2/04

[ladyesk]

 BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Sizzling in the acclaim for Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore has accepted an invitation to direct the sixth Harry Potter film, reported CRIENGLISH.com.

    Author JK Rowling has announced the title of her sixth novel in the fantasy series.

    Moore, who won an Oscar in 2003 for Bowling for Columbine, will weave his own magic on Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

    It is already being predicted to sweep the boards at the Academy Awards in 2006.

[MCH]

I can already predict the ending, wherein we all discover that the Dark Lord is actually George Bush, and the Deatheaters are all Republicans.

[Young Werther]

My family got our first TV in 1948. Mom had a difficult time with the birth of my brother and Dad brought home a Sylvania 9" {GASP} TV while my Mom recuperated from the birthing. It was esconced on our RCA Floor Model Radio.

It was a Saturday and Dad spent the whole day setting up the antenna and TV. The only thing on the box was a test pattern and a "whoooing sound"! That evening we turned on the set and saw our first Saturday night movie. Dad and Mom shreaked in delight and I couldn't figure out why. The show? "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe!"

That fall I entered kindergarten. I carried a peach pit in my pocket because it reminded me of Flash's space ship. Soon all my kndergarten friends, (the boys), were carrying peach pits and we wouldchoose up sides and decide who would be Ming, Flash et al. You know for the next year I was very popular and kids would line up to get an invite to "come see a TV program"

Tisolkovski's peach pit designs

">Burt Rutan's peach pit design

I guess you can claim to be a Space Cadet if your peach pit can reach space!!!

[KangarooJacqui]

I wonder if Michael Moore smells.

Well, he does have a nose, doesn't he? I assume it's in working order...

(sorry, couldn't resist reversing that "my dog has no nose" "How does he smell?" "terrible!" joke... my guess is, Michael Moore stinks of cheetos.)

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Well, my wit's alive and kickin', so bring it on!

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Wonderful story.

I'm the type of "space cadet" whose feet never leave the Earth's surface.

[NewRomeTacitus]

For your amusement, had J.K. Rowling used Michael Moore for her entire series it would have gone down like this:

Harry Potter and the:

Film-maker's Stoned
Chamberpot of Misery
Prisoner of Propagand
Gobbledygook Liar
Boredom of the Z-flicks

and for 2006,
Harry Potter and the Half-Truth Wince

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Oh, the possibilities!

Alas, Mr. Moore is too preoccupied grooming himself, i.e. picking fleas, lice and other parasites out of his scraggly, lame-ass excuse for a beard, and terrifying women and small children throughout the land, to concentrate on his next cinematic endeavor.

[Old Sarge]

I don't know whether to laugh, or shudder, at how much that does sound like what Riefenstahl would do.

Thankfully, there are two things to consider:

1. It's a hoax; and

2. Jo Rowling would never allow such a travesty to hit the screen.

[Happygal]

Well the little wittle lice gotta live somewheres!

I'm thinking of having Michael Moore designated as a natural habitat preserve.

Save the midges!!!

[Richard Axtell]

I heard that J.K. Rowling is sick and tired of all the success , fame, and the millions and millions the Harry Potter books have earned her. She figured that if she could totally screw up the next Potter movie, that would put the "Batman" curse on it, and bye bye bright lights. The logical choice would be Moore, since he is a heavyhanded, emptyheaded, self hating, propagandist. No way could the movie be anything but garbage.

Ask me if the above story is true, and I'll admit that it isn't, but what else would explain this looney rumor?

[nmh]

It doesn't surprise me. The LEFT sticks together.

[Young Werther]

It has to be a hoax. Remember JK Rowling would'nt let Steve Speilberg near her "baby" because in preliminary discussions Speilberg suggested that he might add his touch to the series and Rowling would have none of that.

Moore is a slub!

[Old Sarge]

Oh, I agree! I've come to know how much control Jo Rowling has over the films, and she'd NEVER allow Lumpy to get his greasy claws on it.

[Empireoftheatom48]

Hey that's a picture of Tom Corbet Space Cadet wow!

[SouthernFreebird]

Bravo...

[Young Werther]

Here's the Link to the Solar Guard site, home of Tom and his fellow cadets!

Tom Corbett

Of course, Space Cadet was a Heinlein invention, (book)

[Fedora]

Ping.

PS: After you recover from your heart attack, see Post #6 :)

[AmericanMade1776]

It is no wonder the French Love Michael Moore, they like to think that all Americans, look and dress like him.

[RightWingAtheist]

The kids would all be talking with impenetrable Scottish burrs, necessitating subtitles, that's what's wrong with it! :-)

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Oh no!

You've aroused the ire of the Scottish freepers and freepettes.!

By the way, are there any of those people here?

There gotta' be!

Now, Wales on the other hand...

Well, that's a different story entirely.