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[sugarandspice]

2 shay................u jackass.

 

[sugarandspice]

Gonna have to shut you down for the day Sugar. Your post count is moving up for the day and that usually means dementia will set in soon. At that point we can't be held accountable for the random musings, illegible statements and the runny, chunky diarrhea that will spill from your mouth. Good night Sugar. See you tomorrow.

 

[tsptalk]

Wow! Attention whoring has resurrected it's presence here again.

That's funny.

 

[Griffin]

I got a Harry Potter question for you - about the movie, I never read for pleasure anymore, at the end of the prisoner of azkaban movie (it was on last night) - Harry Potter see's a deer made of white light fire off a spell to drive away the dementors and he thinks he is seeing his father - what is the symbolism behind the deer? (it is a deer right? last night was the first time I saw it on the living room big screen. In the past I thought it was, but later concluded my eyes were tricking me like one of those ink blot mental health tests. I chalked it up to six pack of Molson and the little screen I have hanging over the hot tub :laugh: , but last night I was convinced - it really is a deer).

 

[BigJohn]

Griffin,

It was a stag...the animal takes the form depending on the wizard or witch that is casting the spell...see the following blurb from the Harry Potter Website...


A Patronus, from what we've been told (and reinforced in the clue) is an animal shape that reflects one's personality -- and you don't get to choose what it will be (the same is true of one's Animagus form). We should be able to get insights into people's personalities by observing their Patronus forms. Hermione has an otter, but JKR has said in interviews that the otter is her favorite animal...

 

[malyla]

Harry Potter see's a deer made of white light fire off a spell to drive away the dementors and he thinks he is seeing his father - what is the symbolism behind the deer?

if i may be so bold as to answer this question (ee in every geek - can't help myself )

Harry's father could manifest himself as a male deer (hence, the nickname Pronghorn on the Map). For some reason, when Harry called the pertroinus charm, the happy thoughts of his mother and father called the symbol of his father (the deer) to scare away the dementors.

The map that Harry has was written (spelled) by Mrsers Moony(Lupin), Padfoot(Serius), Pronghorn(Harry's father), and Wormtail(Peter Pettygrew).
Somewhere in the books, Harry is given the info that his father could manifest himself as a deer.

m.

 

[sugarandspice]

Ok here goes....The deer is actually referred to in the books as a stag. Potter can conjure up the stag by casting a spell known has "expecto patronum." The animal conjured is known has a Patronus. Each wizard has a patronus but younger wizards can't quite use it yet. The next movie will have Potter reaching other students to summon it. The significance of Harry's patronus(stag) is that Harry's father was an animagus(someone who can take on a specific animal form) and his animal form was a stag. There are only a few known animagi so far. Lupin(werewolf), Sirius Black(dog), Potter's dad(stag), Peter Pettigrew(rat), Prof Mcgonagle(cat), And Rita Skeeter(mosquito or some flying bug). Sorry Grif..once I started I couldn't stop.

 

[sugarandspice]

SWEET! Potter geeks! I love it!

 

[Griffin]

Folks,

Thanks for the info. You really miss the subtle things about good stories when they go from books to movies.

 

[ChemEng]

Folks,

Thanks for the info. You really miss the subtle things about good stories when they go from books to movies.

Im like you Griffin. Seen all the movies, never read one of the books. The wife on the other hand... She takes it on herself to be a wealth of information concerning what was not included in the movies--while the movie is showing of course.

Regardless, we got tickets to see the movie in IMAX this weekend in Louisville. Cant wait!

(I highly recommend seeing the film in IMAX if you got a local theater that carries the format. Its well worth the extra $2/ticket our theater charges to have the supercomfy chairs, assigned seating, usher delivered food orders, no cell phone distractions, and an awesome visual and sound experience.)

 

[Griffin]

I've never been to an Imax - sounds like a sweet deal. Talking while the movie is on: yeah, I know that one, my wife does the same thing, and since she's a school teacher (she got me into Harry Potter), it becomes a lecture in which she never quite answers my question. Just like my teachers in school....I've learned to tune her out .

The last time I let my wife hound me into reading a book - it was the Anne Rice vampire series - good stories, but I can't stand the endless stream of minutia that Anne Rice puts into her writing - the first movie was actually better then the book. It's a shame they let the sequels slip into the b-movie category. Anne Rice would be a billionaire like JK Rowling if she hadn't been such a pain in the a** to work with.

Im like you Griffin. Seen all the movies, never read one of the books. The wife on the other hand... She takes it on herself to be a wealth of information concerning what was not included in the movies--while the movie is showing of course.

Regardless, we got tickets to see the movie in IMAX this weekend in Louisville. Cant wait!

(I highly recommend seeing the film in IMAX if you got a local theater that carries the format. Its well worth the extra $2/ticket our theater charges to have the supercomfy chairs, assigned seating, usher delivered food orders, no cell phone distractions, and an awesome visual and sound experience.)

 

[ChemEng]

I've never been to an Imax - sounds like a sweet deal.

If you are interested in seeing it, here is a listing of IMAX theatres across the country.

My wife is a middle school teacher, so we definately share a common pain there.

 

[sugarandspice]

Im like you Griffin. Seen all the movies, never read one of the books.

Depending on your driving time to work and back, the book on cd series for Harry Potter is OUTSTANDING. Actor Jim Dale does all the character voices and narratives in the entire series. Very convincing job. An excellent way to get all the details the movies leave out if you're interested.

P.S. Chem and Grif...........SCHOOLTEACHERS RULE!

 

[Griffin]

P.S. Chem and Grif...........SCHOOLTEACHERS RULE!

I don't think we would have married them if we disagreed :nuts:.

 

[sugarandspice]

I don't think we would have married them if we disagreed :nuts:.

I know you were'nt dissin' them. Just putting my 2 cents in for an under appreciated and under paid and under valued life choice that gets taken for granted by so many parents and school districts. That is one profession that still has a stigma from the 50's and 60's stuck to it.

 

[Griffin]

Just putting my 2 cents in for an under appreciated and under paid and under valued life choice that gets taken for granted by so many parents

You are absolutely correct on that one - most problem kids are first and foremost "parently challenged" and the parents blame the school system for not raising their kids better :notrust:.

 

[Callme_CO]

TV's and XBOX's make good baby-sitters!!!:worried:

 

[sugarandspice]

TV's make good baby-sitters!!!:worried:

When I was young I thought Rod Serling and "The Voice" were my parents.(Twilight Zone, Night Gallery and Outer Limits)......and I don't need the comments about how "that would explain alot."

 

[Griffin]

TV's and XBOX's make good baby-sitters!!!:worried:

Probably, better then the internet though :blink: - but that's small stuff. My wife is an endless stream off stories about parents forgetting conferences becasue they are drunk or stoned, the kids don't have winter clothes, the homes don't have food or heat or electricty, jailhouse dad's, hooker mom's etc.... and she works in a low income suburbia district...not the inner city - as S&S said, it is a thankless, demanding job.

 

[nnuut]

AND, that's what kids are for!!!!!