Harry Potter date change: a roundup
Monday, August 18th, 2008We don’t really assign writers to specific “beats” at Cinematical, but somehow I became the guy for stories relating to the Harry Potter date change. (If you haven’t heard, the film version of “Half-Blood Prince” has been pushed back to July.) Since I know many of you are fans, I thought I’d link to the stories so far.
Here’s the original announcement about the date change. Be sure to read the mildly insane comments that people have posted.
Then there was the matter of Entertainment Weekly’s suddenly obsolete cover, which hit stands the day after the announcement.
Next, the news that with Harry Potter out of the way, “Twilight” was moving to its old slot.
Finally, a succinct debunking of several myths surrounding the Harry Potter date change, for your enlightenment.
By the way, the rivalry between Harry Potter fans and “Twilight” fans — where one group adores its franchise with all its might and can’t tolerate anything good being said about the other franchise — is stupid, to put it mildly. To put it less mildly, it’s incredibly stupid. To put it less mildly still, grow up and quit being such retards. Love, Eric.
