Harry Potter [TV Show]

I saw one article (https://www.slashfilm.com/2132464/harry … -problems/) that complained (along with Chris Columbus) that it looks like a duplicate of the movies, shot for shot. Apparently, there are some scenes in the series which are in the first book, but were left out of the movies. The material in the trailer seems to edge just a bit darker than the movies.
I'll watch the first ep, then we'll see. Not sure I'll be able to suspend my knowledge of the movies to keep an open mind!

I knew about new Snape and honestly didn't care at all.

Nobody, again Nobody(!) can replace or play this role better than Alan Rickman.
So who cares which actor is "trying to play the" character - in my mind they will never be able replace the image of Hans Gruber ( ) playing Snape that I have.

We all know why by now. Virtual Signaling and diversity messaging is more important than honoring the source material.

I'm actually kinda surprised the Weasleys are gingers still, I'm not sure how they managed to avoid the ginger genocide in entertainment...good for them.

While I will probably skip it (the movies are good enough for me), I will watch with eager anticipation the absurd minefield they have created for themselves by going out of their way to race swap such a pivot character.

1. Harry's dad bullying the crap out of the black guy when they were young.
2. Harry's dad hanging the black guy from a tree as part of said bullying.
3. Harry instantly being suspicious of the only black teacher in Hogwarts for no real reason initially. It really seems like the Potters are just a family of racist bigots lol
4. The whole Snape being the "Half Blood Prince" ie: Half mudblood.

I think this is going to be very entertaining.

That is basically my point - we already had the perfect representation of Snape with Alan Rickman.
In fact, we already had the perfect depiction of the story on screen.
A remake should only be attempted if you try to make a better version of a good story which had flawed storytelling.

The Harry Potter movies had great storytelling and captured ever necessary ounce of the books.
The question is not "why is it essential for them to change it" but why do we need this TV series (apart from the obvious)?

I. did. not. even. think. about. that! 

Somehow I am happy I missed out the Harry Potter hype… not read the books, not saw the movies and give no s*** about the series.

All I saw - when I got exposed to some part of the Harry Potter universe - was some kids/teen fantasy stuff which didn’t made me the least bit interested. Funny enough, while being a huge fantasy buff.

White man bad is part of their genre, so chances are they will emphasize it. Still waiting when they will discover that white people live also outside of USA and had no plantations