• Blaze (he/him)OP
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    23 days ago

    Well, now it’s my turn to not have the opportunity to watch a 30 minutes video he he

    About the differences, the books spend a lot of time mocking the overconsumption of the Dudleys for their son, how he’s obsessed with the number of toys he gets, how much television he watches, that kind of stuff.

    The first movie cuts that whole message.

    What they do though (and I guess that’s what your video talks about too) is emphasize on the wizard capitalism. Buying your own wand for instance seems weird. You wouldn’t imagine a Jedi buying their lightsabers

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      23 days ago

      I thought it was cool that Jedi were supposed to build their own lightsabers. I’ve been wanting to build my own mobile phone as sort of a tribute. Reasonable point about Dudley’s overconsumption.

      Brooms were an example of consumerism in Harry Potter called out by that video that I linked. The whole thing about the Nimbus vs the Cleansweep vs the Firebolt.

      I watched that particular video all the way through a few years and remember being surprised that I found it engaging. It had lots of interesting visuals and sound effects, while the Consumerist Dystopia one was afaict just somone talking in front of a camera.

      I read the first few Potter books ages ago and lost interest after a while. More recently I have found myself reading a lot of Potter fanfiction, mostly because I’m too unfamiliar with the settings of most other fanfic these days. I have generally found the Potter fanfiction to be better than Rowling’s originals.

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        Brooms were an example of consumerism in Harry Potter called out by that video that I linked. The whole thing about the Nimbus vs the Cleansweep vs the Firebolt.

        Yes, also Hagrid buys him Hedwig because owls are trendy. The whole shopping aspect from the story is what replicated to the amusement parks nowadays, most of the experience is shopping.

        It had lots of interesting visuals and sound effects, while the Consumerist Dystopia one was afaict just somone talking in front of a camera.

        This changes after the intro, lots of illustrations of what they’re saying. No sound effects though.

        I have generally found the Potter fanfiction to be better than Rowling’s originals.

        Some fanfic are very well written. Rowling’s books tend to lose track of Harry’s Hero’s Journey in 6 and 7 compared to his progression up to book 5

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      The most common type of Jedi is like a government employee, they are issued required gear. You don’t just get given one for being force sensitive.

      Those who build their own could totally be buying the crystals or something, not milling and crafting all the parts themselves.

      A wand for wizards in hp feels like a cellphone today. In general you go get your own, and you’re paying the wandmakers for their craft.

      Edit So maybe a freelance Jedi could pay a special machinist who knows how the crystals work