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[cleolinda]

Okay, my internet went out yesterday afternoon at the worst possible time, and didn't come back until this morning (I know, because I was still up at four am. Thanks, Mountain Dew!)

Also, I just got the most baffling comment ever in my inbox. Squawkbox, unlike LJ's comment-forwarding service, does not give you a link to the blog entry where the comment was made. I cannot for the life of me find an entry with this comment on SAST or Trailer Park. I have no idea what pissed this person off so much, or how I gave the impression that I don't like Harry Potter:

You've received a comment at SquawkBox.tv from HpDefendor (imnotgivingit2u@uwish.com) ...

Comment : i am sick and tired of hearing u HP deprived, dont-know-when-to-stop, idiots complain about sumthing u dont know anything about. the Harry Potter books are wonderful and have brought many nonreaders into the wonderful world of literacy anbd just because u are too slack-jawed to be able to pick up a book and even attempt to comprehend what is being said does not give u the rights to rag on the hero of many poeple, young and old. So i suggest to think twice before speaking ur mind about a character so widely loved.

P.S. yes i realize that the first 2 movies were not very good but this next one has prooven to be well worth the lines and the entrance fee but i am not asking u too go because i would not want u to ruin the movie-going experience of a true fan of HP. and besides it would be your loss not mine. have a nice day.

Yeah, I rag on Chris Columbus a good bit (maybe that's it?), but then so do a lot of fans. I'm waiting for someone to show up and lecture me on how I should give Lord of the Rings a try. Also, God forbid that people speak thr minds!

Anyway. Now I have so much frickin' email to read. Sigh. As soon as I can wade through that, and approve everyone for dailydigest, I'll try to get some sort of Harry Potter review up. I am not going to actually say that I am working on a "Harry Potter in Fifteen Minutes," because every time I say that, I never get the damn thing finished.

ETA: Review's up. It's not the tongue-bath that Salon gave the movie, but I loved POA all the same.

Comments

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

have brought many nonreaders into the wonderful world of literacy

It seems that this individual's passport into the world of literacy did not also include working knowledge of spelling, grammar, and logic. That's the worst-stated opinion I've seen yet.

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

It seems that this individual's passport into the world of literacy did not also include working knowledge of spelling, grammar, and logic. That's the worst-stated opinion I've seen yet.


...I second that.

[rossywar.livejournal.com]

I third that.

[thursby.livejournal.com]

I fourth that.

[gniko.livejournal.com]

fifth!

I can stand alot of things, but one I can't is that stupid shortening of words that need not be shortened!

ur. sumthing. cud. wud. shud.

Rah!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

And I still don't even know what she's talking about!

[vodou-chile.livejournal.com]

It seems that this individual's passport into the world of literacy did not also include working knowledge of spelling, grammar, and logic.

Indeed.
I's a pity some people don't think before they rant.

[count-01.livejournal.com]

Count yourself lucky. I've seen far worse.

[kotszok.livejournal.com]

Maybe that person is a mind reader and knows you're gonna do a HP in 15MR... and they're too "stooped" to know that it's for fun... lol

Sorry about your net, and I hope you don't ever get any more of those dumb-ass e-mails with 15 badgillion (phonetics, here I come) grammar mistakes again.

[fba.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't need 15 minutes to cover the first movie.

Harry is special.

The End.

;-)

[ashenmote.livejournal.com]

I think the person came from the future in order to prevent that HP in 15 min will be written.

Cleo: That proves that you are eventually going to write it, or the person wouldn't be here!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Must... bear... John... Connor...

[kotszok.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahha! It's Jebediah Deberet from the year 3765!!! Oh no!! LOL

[eeyorerin]

Somehow I don't think that comment is really promoting the idea that Harry Potter fans are literate...

(Yes, I think many of them are. Yes, I'm a fan. Just talkin' bout that speaker's exemplary spelling and grammar. :)

[gypsytemptress.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* HP3 wasn't all that great... so that comment made me laugh.

[http://users.livejournal.com/caeru_/]

I find it fascinating that the flamers always go for the "OMG u suxx if u dont agree wit meeee, and your stoopid to" approach to writing. Is there like a rule about this that no one's told me about?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeee. Pretty much. *And I still don't even know what we disagreed about!*

[alitaorg.livejournal.com]

that's the best quote ever.

when you do write your 15-minute harry (why does that sound so wrong?), you could interject illegible comments from random crazed fans. ;)

[bingodoggy.livejournal.com]

If that person's the representative of "the wonderful world of literacy," I'll have none of it.

[ter369.livejournal.com]

....because i would not want u to ruin the movie-going experience of a true fan of HP.

Ah.

The "true fan" argument. That old bit.

::resumes hiding from fandom::

Good lord.

[sodafiend.livejournal.com]

Wow, there a lot of people with "cyber courage" out there.
Probably, somebody who takes 17 items to the 12 items or less checklane at the grocery store. And breaks wind in a crowded elevator.

[chelkitty.livejournal.com]

For every fandom, there are fanboys/fangirls. One out of every three fanboy/fangirl really is a moron.

That, m'dear, is evolution.

I so don't make sense right now. ...I'm not awake.
*runs off*

[pescivendolo.livejournal.com]

Do you have Charter? I just moved to Vestavia and had to get Charter, and I fear their rumored sketchiness.

I was sad you didn't get to recap Days yesterday. I caught the last half of the 6:00 rerun on Soapnet, just as CrazyJan ripped off her French Maid outfit (revealing a nightie underneath) and said "I'll trade you some bon bons for an eclair." Kid. You. Not. I thought of you first thing.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED THAT!

[useless-espers.livejournal.com]

I rag quite a bit on Columbus too but that doesn't mean I hated the movies. I just wish he dealt with the characters better.

[punkiejeannien.livejournal.com]

Yes, and obviously this person has been brought in to the world of literacy quite well... I, to (since apparently all these years of English have taught me nothing of the use of the word 'to/too'), love me some literacy...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Really, really dumb way to remember, but it's never failed me:

Where are we going to?

The Single O!

Hey, the other O wants to come too!

[punkiejeannien.livejournal.com]

the more people, the more o's!

[tecno-fairy.livejournal.com]

No wonder you don't understand! I read that twice and I'm still reeling from the sheer wierdness. What does this person think you don't like? The books? The movies? Is s/he trying to convince you through the use of bad grammer and spelling to love Harry Potter, or do they just want you to leave their beloved fandom alone? OMG won't someone please think of the wonderful world of literacy!!!eleventyone!

*runs away from HP fandom*

[kittenkatt.livejournal.com]

"The Wonderful World Of Literacy" sounds like Disney's last wish. And it's one that your little critic seems to have passed by on her way to Fantasyland. Cripes. If that's high-functioning, color me slack-jawed idiot!