Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Not as bad as Voldemort making the freaky with Bellatrix and having a bastard daughter.

But yeah, I tend to agree... not in favor.

God, the actors and effect better have been good because the script was awful. Not sure why they felt the need to make the new villain Voldemort's daughter, they could have made her a devoted follower or someone completely unrelated.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by neatoman

God, the actors and effect better have been good because the script was awful. Not sure why they felt the need to make the new villain Voldemort's daughter, they could have made her a devoted follower or someone completely unrelated.

Basically, Rowling signed off on some guy's playwright fanfic because she knew it could make big bucks on Broadway. It's not actually written by Rowling, it's written with her approval. Big difference.

[AT-Man]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Nagini was an animagus all along... Not sure I like that retcon.

It's more likely that Voldemort named his snake after her..... pwetty pwease?

[AT-Man]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Basically, Rowling signed off on some guy's playwright fanfic because she knew it could make big bucks on Broadway. It's not actually written by Rowling, it's written with her approval. Big difference.

I still feel like the whole thing will be retconned at some point. It's a perfect example of why you never let fans create anything. The more diehard fan, the stupider things they come up with.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by AT-Man

I still feel like the whole thing will be retconned at some point. It's a perfect example of why you never let fans create anything. The more diehard fan, the stupider things they come up with.

Doesn't have to be retconned. Just ignore it, like a lot of people already have.

[ranger_scout]

Right now the film is tracking for an opening weekend somewhere between $65 million to $75 million. The first film opened with $74.4 million back in November 2016.

https://deadline.com/2018/10/fantast...ng-1202489566/

[ranger_scout]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Doesn't have to be retconned. Just ignore it, like a lot of people already have.

Something apparently is being retconned.

Spoiler:

A young Professor Minerva McGonagall will be appearing in the film and she will be a young woman. However, the film takes place in 1927, but she was born in 1935.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/246...y-potter-canon

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

Something apparently is being retconned.

Spoiler:

A young Professor Minerva McGonagall will be appearing in the film and she will be a young woman. However, the film takes place in 1927, but she was born in 1935.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/246...y-potter-canon

The date in question (1935) doesn't appear in the 7 canon books by Rowling, so I'm okay with it.

Authors get to tweak minor sh!t for later works.

Now, turning Nagini into a woman (who ends up trapped in snake form)? THAT I'm MUCH less happy about. That's a bridge too far.

[ranger_scout]

I thought the sequel was just all right. I was glad to see Hogwarts again, but I left the theater with lots of questions. Another problem was that this movie had too many twists happening too often. It did look great on IMAX though.

[neatoman]

This movie wasn't exactly bad but was stupid as hell, it felt like I was watching a soap opera instead of a Harry Potter prequel.

Spoiler:

Credence has a "tragic" romance with a woman destined to become a noseless weirdos milk dispenser.
Leta, Newt's crush from way back, has hooked up with his brother.
Due to a mistake in a magazine, Tina thinks Newt is with Leta and she got mad.
Queenie enchants Jacob so they can get married but they have a falling out when the enchantment is lifted.
Leta's half-brother wants to kill Credence because he thinks Credence is Leta's other half-brother.
Turns out he's not, he's actually Dumbledore's half-brother instead.

There are actually more but you get the point, it's kind of silly.

[drgon78]

I really enjoyed the movie. My only problem was a certain character who joined the villain's side, I saw it coming even at the beginning of the movie, but still didn't like it.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by neatoman

This movie wasn't exactly bad but was stupid as hell, it felt like I was watching a soap opera instead of a Harry Potter prequel.

Spoiler:

Credence has a "tragic" romance with a woman destined to become noseless weirdos milk dispenser.
Leta, Newt's crush from way back, has hooked up with his brother.
Due to a mistake in a magazine, Tina thinks Newt is with Leta and she got mad.
Queenie enchants Jacob so they can get married but they have a falling out when the enchantment is lifted.
Leta's half-brother wants to kill Credence because he thinks Credence is Leta's other half-brother.
Turns out he's not, he's actually Dumbledore's half-brother instead.

There are actually more but you get the point, it's kind of silly.

Originally Posted by drgon78

I really enjoyed the movie. My only problem was a certain character who joined the villain's side, I saw it coming even at the beginning of the movie, but still didn't like it.

Yeah, I haven't really heard ANYTHING good about the sequel. Except Jude Law... all five minutes worth.

Still gonna see it eventually, but for now, it's a nah.

[Andrew NDB]

My wife lives and breathes Harry Potter and even she has no interest in seeing it from the pretty much unanimous toxic reviews.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I rewatched the first one last night with Lady Cylons.

...

Ooooooooooooooh boy, the rose-colored glasses really came off. Bad writing, plot holes, bad characterization and choices EVERYWHERE.

If it weren't for the godsend of Jacob Kowalski, that movie would've tanked.

And seeing how all the reviews paint a gnarly picture of the characters who worked the first time (Queenie, Newt), I think this train is already coming off the rails.

Maybe a 3rd movie fixes it. Or probably it doesn't.

[ranger_scout]

Last month, it was reported that production for the next movie has been delayed till this fall.

https://deadline.com/2019/01/fantast...ll-1202537147/

Dan Folger has revealed the reason why this has happened.

Originally Posted by Dan Folger

Yeah, we start in the fall. The movie is going to be gigantic! The reason we were given is that the movie is bigger than the first two combined. They needed more time to prep and they didn’t want to rush anything so they pushed it back. I can tell you that we are going to Brazil. I don’t really know much…[laughs]. I’ll get a script closer to when we start shooting.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/246...per-dan-fogler

[ZariusTwo]

Warner Bros have told Johnny Depp his services as Gellert Grindelwald are no longer required

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/j...se-1234824564/

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Warner Bros have told Johnny Depp his services as Gellert Grindelwald are no longer required

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/j...se-1234824564/

Well damn. Are we bringing back Farrell then?

[ranger_scout]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Well damn. Are we bringing back Farrell then?

His schedule with The Batman could complicate that.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Warner Bros have told Johnny Depp his services as Gellert Grindelwald are no longer required

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/j...se-1234824564/

WB Better do the same with the crazy bitch Amber Heard on Aquaman 2

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Warner Bros have told Johnny Depp his services as Gellert Grindelwald are no longer required

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/j...se-1234824564/

This makes no sense. I don't care if he's in it or not as I probably won't even see this movie but... why would they ask this of him? Were the tapes not enough? Testimonies? Why punish him, on what grounds?