I will concede the point that for WBD, JKR is the source of the Franchise they have, rather than necessarily the Franchise they want. If the future of these entertainment companies really is tied to IP, I guess you go with what you can. And Adam is no doubt right that Potter is still popular, it’s just, I am sure it is only about half as popular as it might otherwise have been. The first Potter generation are now parents of young children, and a third to half of them would rather read those kids Mein Kampf than The Sorcerer’s Stone.
I was initially more moderate on JKR’s anti-Trans rants, and labored with my daughters to be more tolerant. I don’t think she has gender identity issues herself, rather, I think she feels herself to have been deeply traumatized by men, and is terrified that trans women are somehow a kind of Trojan Horse via which toxic men will intrude into the safe and sacred spaces women create for themselves. I still think that is what is going on, but as the cliche goes in my field, hurt people hurt people, and JKR has doubled down repeatedly on the vitriol, and now is quite as toxic to trans people, themselves the most vulnerable and abused group in the world, as men have been to women. I hope she can heal and then repair some of the damage she has done, but I’m not holding my breath. I was one who read the first Galbraith book before the code was cracked on who the author was. I like Cormoran Strike and his associate Robin, and am halfway through the most recent book on my Kindle. I have also starred, but not yet watched the streaming versions (I guess that is HBO, or Max, or whatever, too). On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 at 9:38 AM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm actually not that shocked that WB-D would go long on JKR, even with > everything that's come out about her - put bluntly, Warners doesn't have > the plethora of tentpole properties that Disney or University have. > > Or maybe a better way to say that is that they SHOULD, what with the > entirety of DC comics available to them, but they've mismanaged the IP so > badly that it's going to take James Gunn years to rebuild it into a > cohesive brand approaching anything like the MCU. The Matrix has run its > course. For whatever reason, they seem disinterested in rebuilding the > animation studio into something that even resembles its former glory, which > means Bugs, Daffy and their ilk, not to mention the Hanna-Barbara IP, sit > unused. And LEGO took their ball and went to Universal. That just leaves > the back catalog of WB classics, and the Wizarding World. So yeah, they > don't have much choice but to go all in on Potter. > > On Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 10:13:43 AM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > >> I don’t know that we have seen someone tank such a valuable brand. It >> would be as if Tolkien were alive today, and just after the films based on >> his books made hundreds of millions he started tweeting about how the >> Holocaust was not really that bad. >> >> I’m shocked Warner-Discovery is going long on her. My kids grew up on >> Potter (like, we had to be at the bookstore at Midnight to buy each book, >> and they had them finished by the next day), but they will not be reading >> the books to their kids, and will not be streaming new Potter content. >> >> On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 at 6:40 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It'll take ten years to tell all the stories from Rowling's books, and >>> stuff that was in the books but left out of the movies will likely be >>> included... the budget will be on par with *GoT* and *...Dragon*, WBD >>> said... >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-tv-series-officially-happening-at-max-1235371717/ >>> (link) >>> Buuuut there's still the belief that with ten years of *Potter* on >>> telly, comes more anti-trans b*tchin' from JKR... >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-tv-series-controversy-jk-rowling-1235372796/ >>> (link) >>> >>> B >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/10def35f-70ea-4f7e-a50f-718d2e18a562n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/10def35f-70ea-4f7e-a50f-718d2e18a562n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/36a69294-3793-4e81-81cb-0410e95123adn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/36a69294-3793-4e81-81cb-0410e95123adn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJjm%3Dtd9Vh6PGnyXGs88OY-W4hqHkeZuXiBUw_jSdB7-A%40mail.gmail.com.
