See your heart beat

[5500]

¶ I just finished HP&TDH, and my primary sense is relief that it's over. One has to give props to to JKR for planning it all out, but now and again it's hard to avoid the sense she was taking the Fred Weasley approach -- i.e., making it up as she went along. Back at the series' start, you could buy into the magic stuff because there was an apparent

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[5500]

Torchwood is perhaps the worst show I have ever invested 10 hours in. Well, actually, not perhaps -- definitely.

[matthew_matins]

The Captain Jack in Doctor Who (at least in S1) is much more fun than Captain Jack in Torchwood.

[vintagelife]

Such a disappointment! I haven't seen Torchwood yet, but he was the main reason I wanted too! That sucks.

[muddyslush]

That whole album is pretty amazing. But yeah, that song... "He thinks I just became famous and that's what messed me up"

HP&TDH

[ext_26965]

I enjoyed ti, as always, but found all that Deathly Hallows business very confusing and, ultimately, pointless. Then a friend pointed out that it's just her way of padding it all out - "in the first couple of books, she would have just stuck in one of those Quidditch mqtches" - THEN it all made sense. But yes, always good to finish it and move on (while awaiting "Hogwarts - the Next Generation")

Re: HP&TDH

[5500]

I dunno: it does seem like every book has to focus on an entirely new mythology, each time a bit more involved, and that story served the purpose this go. I didn't have a problem with that so much (although I felt like the name was a strange choice), as it worked as yet another prophecy of sorts that HP could fulfil. It may be a bit portentous, but that's his job, so fine.
Although, to be honest, I wouldn't have minded a Quidditch match.

As for H-TNG, if that epilogue is anything to base one's opinion on, I'm not interested. Dreadful stuff.

[bruisemobile]

how could i possibly know what i want when i was only 21?

[science_type]

You *have* read the His Dark Materials series, YES?

HP&TDH was a pretty big letdown, when we took a step backwards. My biggest feeling was that she no longer was writing just for kids or just for adults, so instead we got this horrible mishmash of emotional maturity and morality.

The Sunday Times Book Review has a good bit about it, this past week. Not sure if it's online, but it's a good read.

[5500]

Yes, I have, and they're in a different world, of course.

I read the Hitchens piece just now, and I agreed with it in the main. It's rare I agree with him these days, so that seems like something in itself...