Select HP3 photos

[tarotgal]

Lots of new pics posted today! LOTS of yummy Remus/Sirius goodness! SQUEEEEEEEEEE!

Just thought I'd share... I put some of the new HP3 photos up on a page... along with some of the older ones. They're just a select mix... selected because they had Remus and Sirius, usually *G*

LOTS of SPOILERS though... so don't look if you don't want to know!
Page of some pictures

Enjoy the yummy Sirius/Remus goodness that is the restraining hug! *BEG*

Comments

*warning: negativity ahead...feel free to skip my post*

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

I love good slashy fanfic as much as the next gal, but this is one pairing I wish I'd never seen put into live-action...*sigh* I'm sorry, but seeing these guys portrayed by these actors has totally killed my ability to even remotely enjoy R/S fics anymore, even those set in the past when they were young. I reserve the right to change my mind after seeing the movie, but for now, these guys just totally turn me off, and even the sweet backstory isn't enough to get me past how creepy and un-adorable Remus looks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will be a good movie, but between these guys, and a hip, trendy Hermione wearing pink hooded jackets and rainbow belts and running around punching people, I'll be struggling to see the characters I remember reading about.

Again, I'm sorry to be so negative, especially when you're psyched about this...but maybe you might be able to help me see the good side of things, or some of your excitement might rub off on me...I can hope, can't I? :)

Re: *warning: negativity ahead...feel free to skip my post*

[tarotgal]

heehee hope is good!
Yeah... I'm honestly not thrilled at all by the trio's looks. I don't see why they have to "date" the movie with non-robe costumes and make Hermione pink and trendy and sassy, for example.

I've never had a problem with Gary... he probably isn't who I'd have chosen but he's pretty close to how I imagined him in the books. Er, minus the tattoos and American-style prison stripes.
Thewlis is indeed still creepy. I really dig the scars, though. And in profile he's MUCH less freakish to me. I really like the new, darker pics of them(especially the one with sad-looking Sirius and Remus on the right, comforting him) mainly because you can't see much of Remus. LOL
Thewlis is the sort of geeky handsome I like... and after looking at countless photos I have trained myself to see him without the creepy child-molesting-type moustache. Now when I look at the pics I see the actors... but with mental modifications to their appearances that fit with my preferences. I never thought of the modern day pups as handsome... and a lot of the qualities I have in my mind about them are in Gary and David. So I've learned to just see selectively. It's kind of funny, actually. And they're growing on me much more now because of it.

I'm still not at ALL pleased with David's voice. It still freaks me out a bit every time I hear him in the various trailers. I keep thinking of all the cratchedy, rotten characters I've seen him play and that's all I hear. There's just an ickiness in his voice, for lack of a better word. I can't really describe it... it's just not pleasant... and it's not Remus. *sigh*

But the looks are growing on me. I just see selectively now. And I think if the acting is strong enough, I'll be able to keep it up throughout the movie without any problem.

I'm sorry it's killed your love for the fics though *sniffles* That's awfully sad :-( I understand it... but it's still very sad.

I just keep reminding myself that this is just one version of things... and I can enjoy it for some things though my original vision will still be the "real" one to me. I truly believe there are NO people that perfectly match my mental images of the boys and I just let them do their thing in the movie/pictures/trailers while I picture other things in my head... does, ah, that make any sense?

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Is it just me or does it look like there's an overhead projector screen thingie in the first pic you posted (the thing with the-what is it-Egyptian disk thing on it)? I could just be me...Do they even have those types of things in the Harry Potter world? LOL.

[tarotgal]

Yes, in the trailer... whoops, that you haven't seen, right? It's in the trailer.

When Snape is teaching DADA in Lupin's place, he storms into the classroom shutting all the blinds with a flick of his wand. He tells the class to open to page... um, 496 or something... then stands in front of the screen and starts the projector. He's teaching about the horrible, dangerous werewolves, you see. That's the picture being projected- Ancient Egyptian representation of a werewolf :-)
So, yep, that's exactly what you're seeing in that picture. It'd make more sense once you see the trailer, I think.

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. It still seems kinda funny though that they would use just a plain old projector. Almost as if they couldn't come up with some kind of "magic" projector or something they could have them use.

[tarotgal]

Well, if you look at the left side of that picture, you'll see a giantic, strange-looking projector with a weird shape. I'm sure it's a special magical projector of some sort. There are a couple pics of Snape floating around that I didn't put on that page that has him standing next to it(and you can see the light coming from it in several places, not just one)
They probably just wanted something visual and impressive as they've done lessons in other movies without many visual aids (like Snape's potions class) and that was the easiest way to do it :-)

[tarotgal]

Actually, if you look at the project, it seems to be projecting the pages of the book rather than just slides. I'd imagine Snape can wave his wand from the front of the classroom to turn the pages.
So it's more like an overhead projector but far better quality and with a really strange look :-)

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Yes, well when you explain it like that...I guess it would have to be special like that or else be a disgrace to the whole magical world of the book/movie. LOL. ;)

[tarotgal]

Then here's hoping I'm not just reading too much into it from that picture! LOL!
But it looks like a funky thing... so I think it's at least supposed to look somewhat magical.

I don't know... how magical is a train, really? The Hogwarts Express is pretty normal and it's a machine. And Dumbledore had a lot of strange instruments in his office in movie 2. So I guess the wizarding world has some basic understanding of (muggle) machinery. Hmmm... I wonder where they draw the line? Obviously there's no electricity in Hogwarts so the machine would have to be powered some other way. Hmm. This makes me wonder...

[tarotgal]

Yeah, there were something like 50 new pictures scanned in and posted yesterday on TLC.
*snuggles the TLC LJ feed*
But glad you enjoyed some of the newer ones.

[tarotgal]

The feed? It's: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=leaky__cauldron
If you couldn't tell by my updated friends list on my user info page, feeds are my new favorite thing. LOL

[tarotgal]

Yeah... I've been following it on LJ almost since it started a year ago. It's very helpful for keeping up with all the lovely HP news very easily.