Revisiting The FAILURE of The Harry Potter Franchise | Video Essay

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  @FlickSh0tt · 3 years ago

  My hot take: It’s ok for franchisees to die once they’ve reached their main conclusion. Star Wars, Harry Potter, Marvel phase 4 has all been beating a dead horse to try cash in as much as possible on already established storyline / universes rather than leaving them be and building the next big franchise

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  @BigGibberHartley · 3 years ago

  Ironically Tina was an auror so was probably the most equipped to stop Grindlewald more than a teacher, baker, poltitan and a zookeeper lmao

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  @Moeller750 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I feel like there could have been an extremely sweet little movie about magic/muggle friendships in Fantasstic Beasts if Eddy Redmayne and Dan Fogler had just been allowed to do what they did best, and they had stuck to a tight and closed plot

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  @YayForBoo · 3 years ago

  I never understood why Fantastic Beast was the direction she chose. All I have ever wanted to see was the Marauders. Loony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs at school with Snape and Lily leading into Voldemort’s first rise. Why was that not the choice?

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  @CaseyP · 2 years ago

  What I thought was so strange about the fantastic beast is the fact that no one asked for it. I remember when I was a teenager going online to read fanfictions and there was thousands of them. The storie about the Marauders, the next generation or the origin of Voldemort were among the most common themes. The studio producers didn't even needed to guess which stories the people wanted to be created next, they litteraly could have gone on google to find out

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  @hongjiae · 3 years ago

  I really thought Fantastic Beasts would be a story about a man who had been outcast from society for being different, who had resigned to the love and company of magical creatures, learning to love humans again and healing from the pain that humans have inflicted on him in the past. And, in the end, even fighting to save humankind. But nope. That story about love did not happen. No character arc for Newt at all. And it could've been such a beautiful story!

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  @rafaelzamudio354 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Here&apos;s what I would have done with the franchise:<br>- Dumbledore vs Grindelwald trilogy<br>- Fantastic Beast standalone film<br>- Creation of Hogwarts<br>- Origins of Azkaban<br>- Beedle the bard&apos;s stories animated film (each story with a different animation and told by a different actor)<br>- TV show about the Marauders/First War<br>- TV show about young Voldemort

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  @ewjiml · 3 years ago

  The reason why the Harry Potter movies were so successful to me was because each successive film matured with its audience. &nbsp; By the time The Deathly Hallows came out, it had some very mature themes about life and death compared to the earlier films. &nbsp; The films were very unique in that regard. &nbsp;These newer HP films I didn’t even know were related to franchise because the films have been so synonymous with youth. &nbsp; So seeing an adult play the main character made me think it was just another film.

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  @arancienne · 3 years ago

  As an adult looking back at the series, I just have one question. Why tf weren&apos;t social services called on the Dursleys???

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  @godish_tv8623 · 2 years ago

  &quot;expanding the world by seeing the quidditch world cup&quot; we saw some tents and a stand we didn&apos;t see any of the actual match loool

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  @natanaga9892 · 3 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s such a shame because I love the first movie of Fantastic Beasts. Out of all the Harry Potter characters, I relate to Newt the most and it&apos;s so heartwarming to see his love and passion for magizoology. I would love to see just Newt going around the world with the plots revolved around him and his struggles educating the magical world at large about how misunderstood those animals were. But nooo, we need to dive around this over-complicated plot about Grindelwald while they made Newt standing around like a useless lamppost because the plot literally has nothing &nbsp;to do with him

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  @mdf5609 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Another important theme of hp was identity. Harry was discovering his family origins, and the world where he belonged. Fantastic beasts could have been about the outcasts of the magic community, the fight for animal creature rights, compassion and heart warming friendships. I always thought that placing Grindelwald on the movie was really a stretch.

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