I've really gotten annoyed at this Harry Potter ****.

[Osceola]

Yeah, it's been ... almost 10 years of this ********. .. And for all of us normal people who didnt become enslaved to it (I read Chamber of Secrets when I was about 9 or 10, thought it was alright and didnt bother reading anymore.)

It's just getting annoying. It's given rise to a whole new ****in variety of annoying ass nerd, it's made some chick into a billionaire (over a goddamn book) and it's cranking out movie after movie, alot of good actors, money, and special effects that could be better spent on better movies.

Goddammit, I hope this ****ing plague dies already. Warhammer 40k is a way better fictional universe, with way better books and way more interesting. And you know whats best of all? It's not anywhere near as annoying as the Harry Potter fanbase, or as rabid.

And the worst part of all, my girlfriend loves it. -___-

[DariusEG]

Warhammer 40k is a way better fictional universe, with way better books and way more interesting.

How many people actually know what Warhammer is? I don't know what it is. All this will do is bring out another kind of annoying ass nerd, IMO.

[Osceola]

How many people actually know what Warhammer is? I don't know what it is. All this will do is bring out another kind of annoying ass nerd, IMO.

Thats good you dont know what it is!

And it's kinda like a really M rated version of Star Wars. Apparently started as some table top game but I only like it for the video games and the books which are damn cool.

Whereas with Harry Potter everyone and their ****in' grandmothers dogs know what it is.

[iudas]

What's the problem? I like Harry Potter. It's enjoyable. Its plot is quite interesting too, for a children's book. It's no masterpiece and there's nothing profound in it (although the last book attempts it a little bit from what I've read so far ). It's just a children/teen's book which became successful mostly out of coincidence. Yes, there are better books out there which much less success, but... life sucks.

[jankren]

I like Harry Potter books because I think the imaginary magical world in them feels so vivid. However, I personally am too mature to appreciate the actions in the books.

[Lame-Name]

Yeah, it sickens me too.

[Scorch]

It's quite sickening, as LN says.

LOTR > Harry Potter.

In fact:
Dog crap scrawled over a black piece of paper wrapped in scented fish > Harry Potter

[Da Skinna]

Yay, I'd **** every character in Harry Potter!!

Or maybe not. I only read the last two books because I didn't wanna feel left out of reading the amazing Harry Potter series.

Seriously, most of the people who read it, it's the only books they've actually stayed with to try and complete. Nothing by any Warhammer or Forgotten Realms authors or Terry Pratchet. Harry Potter is where it's at.

[iudas]

I can't believe that I was the most mature one in this thread.

[Enemy of the State]

I don't hate it. I don't like it either. Ive never read 1 Harry Potter book. It just doesn't interest me. I like fantasy, but some witch school? No thanks.
Lord of The Rings, Warhammer and Warcraft for the win.

[mocker]

Some people obviously have to nothing better to do than ranting over a frickin' children's book...

For the sake of mankind, please acquire a life.

It's just a children's book.

[Sil3nce]

well personally i dont really care too much about harry potter. but i do enjoy the movies. and for my tastes id like it to be more darker or something. too childish. but just my opion but i still enjoy the movies oh and i was just recently watching the warcraft 3 cinematics, and i loved it! even though it was shorter i still loved it alot more, id really like a movie of that.

[sapi]

It's quite sickening, as LN says.

LOTR > Harry Potter.

In fact:
Dog crap scrawled over a black piece of paper wrapped in scented fish > Harry Potter

Pah.

Sure, the publicity does tend to drive things to extremes, but the HP books aren't *that* bad...

There may be better books around - none of the HP books were brilliant, though 7 came closer than before - but none have the impact that the HP series has been able to generate.

In getting the books read, JK has succeeded, and that's not a bad thing.

Seriously, this is the only book I've ever seen go mass-market, and I don't see why that's a bad thing.

Read LOTR if you want...but admit it, you'll get around to reading HP too, eventually...or at least knowing the ending

[Scorch]

Pah.

Sure, the publicity does tend to drive things to extremes, but the HP books aren't *that* bad...

There may be better books around - none of the HP books were brilliant, though 7 came closer than before - but none have the impact that the HP series has been able to generate.

In getting the books read, JK has succeeded, and that's not a bad thing.

Seriously, this is the only book I've ever seen go mass-market, and I don't see why that's a bad thing.

Read LOTR if you want...but admit it, you'll get around to reading HP too, eventually...or at least knowing the ending

In my humble opinion, the books are garbage. They're terrible. Quite honestly I liked the movie, but the books are poor, at best. Popularity is no measure of quality, it's just a measure of good marketing.

[Darkragnar]

Some people obviously have to nothing better to do than ranting over a frickin' children's book...

For the sake of mankind, please acquire a life.

It's just a children's book.

get a life would be my motto too, stop focusing so much a book.

[The Sundance Kid]

You can brand them 'poor' from your own point of view, but about a billion people say otherwise, I think. An argument that the books are of poor quality falls a little thinly when they are so well-liked -- if they were terrible, she wouldn't be a bloody millionaire, would she?

Personally, I've read every book (the new one's being delivered as I type) and I liked them. I don't rave about them, I've read much better books (Mortal Engines, read it NOW ) but they were enjoyable and a good storyline. The films are slowly getting better; one was a travesty, but I saw five the other day and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Just to go against the trend and actually support it.

[Da Skinna]

Omg, I heard Harry accidentally kills Hermione while ridding the world of Voldemort for good.. then slits his wrists in a bathtub filled with petroleum jelly and one, exactly one, British prime minister.

Anyone else hear this "rumour"?

[Sher Khan]

They aren't future entries into the Norton Anthologies, people. They're children's/young adult's books. They are quite well written, considering their demographic.

Just what is 'well-written'? Dostoevsky? Nabokov? I would hope so, seeing as they're meant for the adult literary, non-populist world.

But cross a demographic line and you start to play by a different set of rules. It's why Pokemon and YuGiOh! have made more money than some third world countries.


As for fantasy, sure, it's not as deep as Warhammer or whatever. But what does it matter? Stuffing as much lore and language and anecdotes about your fantasy world does not make a good, readable book. And when considering children, forget about it.

"Harry Potter," as a series, is popular for it's magic and wizardry. Of course, it's only natural, right? Why is it more popular than Warhammer's universe?

Those kinds of sci-fi/fantasy stories and novels tend to be just too much of everything. Too self-indulgent (and arrogant about it), and far too nerdy for most to pick up and get into. Rowling's books, however, have a balance between the absurd and the relatable.

Omg, I heard Harry accidentally kills Hermione while ridding the world of Voldemort for good.. then slits his wrists in a bathtub filled with petroleum jelly and one, exactly one, British prime minister.

Anyone else hear this "rumour"?

Well, I finished reading the Deathly Hallows last night, so no.

[Da Skinna]

If it educates and spurs the imagination of generations to come, then it's of course a plus.

LOTR on marketing steroids only known in our time.

[The Sundance Kid]

It's the only book (or series of books) I know, that in fifty-one hundred years, will be considered a 'classic'. Maybe the Da Vinci Code as well. But definitely Potter.