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Post by StarOpal on Jul 14, 2007 12:10:31 GMT -5
I thought I remembered Bill Murray saying that you're not supposed to hear the line he whispers to her, that it was just something private shared between the two of them. But it's been a while since I've thought about it. I seem to remember the same thing, Al. |
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Post by DarthShady on Jul 17, 2007 12:50:33 GMT -5
Oh, and, in Harry Potter 2, how is Hermione able to fix Harry's glasses even though she's not allowed to perform magic outside of school in the summer, but they [meaning the Ministry of Magic] confuse Harry for Dobby's magicking? That's something that really bothered me about the Chamber of Secrets movie. Hermione shouldn't have been able to do that. She might have gotten away with it because it was such a small and simple spell, and it wasn't performed in front of muggles. But still, she should've at least received a warning letter about it. And then they messed up the scene with Dobby as well. If I recall correctly, in the book he used Harry's wand, and the Ministry can find out what wand performed the spell, but not who was using it. That's why Harry got in trouble. I'm not entirely sure that Dobby did use his wand, though. I misplaced my copy of Chamber years and years ago.  |
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Post by StarOpal on Jul 17, 2007 13:42:42 GMT -5
Actually Dobby didn't use a wand...
And Drew sorta has it right.
Harry is the only magic member of his household. When he gets the warning in Chamber of Secrets it says "at your residence." No one should be using magic there. So, my guess is that students that come from muggle families have their places monitored for magic use.
Whereas, say, the Weasleys wouldn't be monitored. And the train is in wizard territory.
Hermione has just figured out a loophole.
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Post by DarthShady on Jul 17, 2007 15:04:07 GMT -5
Okay, just checked chapter 17 in Half-Blood Prince anbd you are quite right; but now I wonder if the Ministry should've been able to tell that Dobby, or at least somebody had apparated into the Dursleys' home? I thought maybe they couldn't detect it since it was done without a wand, which is how I came up with that random theory. But if they could detect it, wouldn't they have figured that Harry was too young to be the perpetrator, and thus would have investigated further to find that Dobby had done all of the magic...
Or am I digging way too deep into this?
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Post by Storm_Rider on Jul 17, 2007 16:36:25 GMT -5
OK so the Ministry can detect when a spell is cast, they don't know who does it as Dumbledore explains it to Harry. So Diagon Alley is filled with wizards that CAN cast spells so Hermione's spell would have gone un-noticed of course the Hermione in the books especially in book 2 would never do something like that  As for the point DarthShady brings up about the fact that Dobby should have been detected when he Apparated: it's either a fluke like so many others in the books like the fact that JKR can't keep track of all the rooms in Hogwarts or it could be that house elves are magickal creatures and apparating is their natural way of transportation, much like a thestral's is flying, I'm pretty sure there has to be a flying spell around the Harry Potter world so I don't think the Ministry would send letters to thestrals for flying |
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Post by aargmematey on Jul 17, 2007 19:00:33 GMT -5
I thought that House Elves were more powerful than wizards, or at least that their magic was different. So that it would make sense for them to be able to apparate because they're just that much more powerful?
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Post by Storm_Rider on Jul 18, 2007 0:56:51 GMT -5
House Elves are quite powerful creatures, but it doesn't say anywhere in the books if they are more or less powerful than wizards, they could be equally powerful and the human wizards don't allow them to wield wands because you're not supposed to make the life of a pseudo-slave easy. We do know however that goblins are quite powerful and because of their uprisings now they are forbidden to wield wands.
Anyway house elves are somewhat annoying, but they are important plot points both in Chamber of Secrets, Goblet of Fire and Half-Blood Prince, and apparently Kreatcher will play an important role in the last book.
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Post by wdm0744 on Jul 19, 2007 16:48:55 GMT -5
In honor of Tuesday's dvd release, I have some questions about "The Monster Squad" that have always puzzled me. Any ideas?
1. How exactly did Van Helsing, the virgin, and the vampire hunters "blow it" in the opening scene? I mean, obviously they didn't send Dracula into limbo, but that's just because he wasn't there when the vortex opened up, right? The ceremony seemed to play out correctly, I think (except for the girl getting sucked into limbo and the skeletons). Maybe a deleted scene will explain this. That whole first scene is pretty confusing, actually.
2. Where is the majority of the movie set? I would assume it is in CA, like most Hollywood films, but the house at 666 Shadowbrook Rd. seems to be an old southern plantation style. Do they have those in CA?
3. At the end of the film, after Drac has been impailed on the fence and then grabs Sean (Shawn) from his dad, what does Drac say? My wife swears he says "Mine!" but I have always thought he said "Hi!", as in "Hello, you thought I was dead but here I am to pull you into the limbo vortex!" I don't know - I think I find that funnier than "Mine!".
4. Where did those school girls Drac turns into his brides come from? I mean they are dressed in bows and plaid skirts like something out of the 1920s or a Japanese survival horror video game, and they look like they are 30 years old.
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Post by CheshireKat on Jul 20, 2007 23:01:56 GMT -5
Remember Mal is clearly an atheist, and no one else in the main cast besides Book and Inara seem to have any religion at all, so if anything religion is under represented in the show. I, uh... wouldn't know.  I guess I'm just stuck on the notion that religious artifacts only work on the undead if the user truly believes. Like when Wolverine tried to fend off Dracula by making a cross out of two claws, but it didn't work; only when Nightcrawler did it was the vampire harmed. Likewise Kitty Pryde's Star of David. -D I remember that issue! Dracula had the hots for Storm. However, If the crucifix is powered by the faith of the wielder, then why would Spike's skin start to burn when he lay down on the cross in a church? Why would Angel have a cross burned into his neck from Buffy's necklace? I mean maybe Buffy's a Christian, but she's never mentioned it, and that wouldn't wash with all the premarital relations she keeps having with various members of the undead and guys who might as well be undead since they're so indescribably boring (*coff coff* RILEY! *coff* ). The vampire breath thing presents an interesting argument. I submit this, that since the once-human body of a vampire has ceased living, then it stands to reason that the body only functions through the magic of being inhabited by an ethereal creature (in this case, a demon). So where a vampire could breathe, smoke, eat, have sexual intercourse like a person, they couldn't transfer air to another human being via CPR, since the magic that allows them this imitation of life does not extend to outward bodies. This can also explain why, even though they function sexually, they cannot procreate. Yes, I've put more thought into this than even reasonable nerds could aspire to. Bow before me, for I have NO LIFE! |
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Post by wdm0744 on Jul 25, 2007 16:22:34 GMT -5
Okay, after watching Monster Squad last night I can now say with a reasonable amount of confidence in the closed captioner's ability, that Dracula says "Die!" in that final scene. So, my wife and I were both wrong. I also now know that Phoebe says "Boring guy, boring guy, boring guy" in reference to the newscaster on the tv in the kitchen, instead of the gibberish I always believed. And, she says "I heard he killed his dad" about Rudy. I always thought - it's stupid, I know - that she said, I heard he hugs his dad".
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Post by CheshireKat on Jul 25, 2007 21:10:17 GMT -5
The thing about kids using magic outside the school is just poorly handled by the movies. The intro to Prisoner of Azkaban ahd Harry in bed casting lumos every few seconds, which doesn't make any sence since you only have to cast it once for your wand to light up, and you'll notice, no letters. They didn't think about story consistency, just what would make a cool scene. As much as I love the movies, this just bothers me.
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Post by Grifter on Jul 26, 2007 0:29:10 GMT -5
Is there any possible way to make the end of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen make sense?
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Post by DocD83 on Aug 14, 2007 19:41:00 GMT -5
In Sin City, if Rafferty was the one who set up the truce between Old Town and the cops, why would he have thought it safe to pull a gun on a hooker? Surely he knew they'd fight back.
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Post by blinkfan on Aug 14, 2007 23:58:20 GMT -5
In Sin City, if Rafferty was the one who set up the truce between Old Town and the cops, why would he have thought it safe to pull a gun on a hooker? Surely he knew they'd fight back. He was Drunk |
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Post by DocD83 on Aug 20, 2007 19:51:09 GMT -5
That's a pretty big thing to forget, drunk or not.
Conversely, of course, why didn't the high-ranking hookers like Miho recognize him? I mean, someone must have been in on the negotiations.
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