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Post by sunky on Jun 28, 2007 8:07:36 GMT 7
trying to buy tickets now!
cmon!
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Post by boelsen on Jun 29, 2007 7:28:57 GMT 7
i'm so crushed I really wanted to have a midnight session so i could be the fanboy i've always wanted to be
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Post by sunky on Jun 29, 2007 7:46:41 GMT 7
the online ticket system was screwed. the site was down, then kept crashing while i was trying to place my order ... rrr.
I didn't get tickets until the Saturday the 14th. Its alright I guess, plus they are Gold Class!
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Post by boelsen on Jul 9, 2007 17:50:17 GMT 7
i'm struggling to get in all the reading i want to! since july 1 i have read the first 4 books and am about to start the 5th, and tomorrow will be taken up by watching the first 4 movies ebfore getting up nice and early to line up for the OoTP at 8.30 at imax ;D i wanted to have it read ebfore i went to watch it.. god its gonna be gooid though
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Post by sunky on Jul 9, 2007 19:42:13 GMT 7
Scott did you see the interview JK did on some British TV show? She talks about writing the books and how one chapter made her break down and cry. Im so excited about this Saturday. We are going to get Zeitgeist, then its off to the movies to see OoTP
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Post by boelsen on Jul 11, 2007 10:20:43 GMT 7
my god i loved it The 8.30 imax session was cool.. channel 9 was there and 3d was pretty cool aswell, at the best time for it.. gonna elave in about half an hour and see it again
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Post by sunky on Jul 11, 2007 10:25:20 GMT 7
OH AWESOME! We don't see it till Saturday, 12.40 ... can't wait. Head out in the morning, pick up Zeitgeist and then see HP. ... There are so many scenes I just can't wait to see.
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Post by scotopic lux on Jul 11, 2007 14:23:58 GMT 7
we wont be able to go and see it until the weekend anyway, but i still have about 200 pages left to read of the book. I really have to finish it before the weekend, for two reasons: I want to have it read before we see the film, and i still have to read Half Blood Prince before Deathly Hallows comes out. And i still have to make my costume to wear to work on HP7 day I am so slack.
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Post by Reznor on Jul 11, 2007 17:02:16 GMT 7
Saw it this morning; it was great!! Check out my blog!!
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Post by sunky on Jul 11, 2007 21:23:50 GMT 7
So Scott how did they do the 3D part, like did something flash up on screen for you to put your glasses on? I can't wait to talk Potter once I've seen it ... thats why I put in the spoiler tag feature
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Post by boelsen on Jul 12, 2007 11:14:47 GMT 7
And i still have to make my costume to wear to work on HP7 day I am so slack. are you for real? haha, thats awesome, my brothers girlfriend got him an alivans cloak which is pretty damn awesome and yeah simon, they flashed up the green glasses sign to put them on down the bottom and red to take them off.. its so cool.. wish i could talk more though And yeah the book.. i'm about half way through OoTP and still have to read HBP aswell.. we got the game for the wii today and its so much fun trying out all the spells and just walking all over the hogwarts ground and the castle.. its awesome
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Post by scotopic lux on Jul 12, 2007 13:30:01 GMT 7
Yeah, well as i work in a book shop and we have around 500 pre-orders it is going to be HP all day, so i might as well have fun with it. We are dressing the whole shop up. My boss found this awesome HUGE round light fitting that looks like a crystal ball...soooo cool. We are going to put a light under it and sit it out the front. I will take photos on the day and show you all
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Post by Josh on Jul 12, 2007 19:24:32 GMT 7
well i just got back from seeing it, it was good entertainment, but i just went with my girl. something to do together
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Post by toolgasm on Jul 12, 2007 19:32:36 GMT 7
...so how come it wasn't released on a Thursday? I thought that's when all movies get their first showing... *scratches head* And I'm kinda contemplating getting the Harry Potter Wii game Scott... glad to hear it's cool! Although you would say that, wouldn't you... you Harry n3rd!
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Post by boelsen on Jul 13, 2007 8:46:42 GMT 7
lol, i know josh.. i would probably buy harry potter porn if it existed and i'm pretty sure it was just for bigger first week sales moving it back to a wednesday
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Post by sunky on Jul 14, 2007 19:07:12 GMT 7
ok well we went and saw it ... here is what i thought:
Wow! Loved it. How great was the fight scene at the end with all the wizards and witches - the special effect were great! (was that the 3D scene Scott?). The special effects throughout the whole movie were really the best ever. I left the movie just wanting more, I just wanted it to continue straight into HBP.
I noticed there were a few small things cut from the book, small things nothing major. I guess it has to happen when its such a long book.
I'll type more later ... still trying to take it all in. and this time next week is all about the last book!
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Post by scotopic lux on Jul 14, 2007 19:29:57 GMT 7
We saw it this morning. We were up early and went to the 9:30am session! haha. The movie was awesome, we loved it.
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Post by boelsen on Jul 15, 2007 8:46:17 GMT 7
haha, yeah that was the 3d scene simon.. how awesome is it!! And in my little fanboy way i was loving seeing ginny get jealous over harry/cho I didnt find ron as repulsive as i usually find his actor which was a big plus.. I'll be interested to see what HBP is like as it takes sucha violent.. i dunno.. harder violence? Like when harry gets his face smashed by malfoy at the start, and ginny getting called a slut etc.. And josh.. you should really just get the Order of the phoenix wii game if your a big fan of the books/movies, cos its just lots of little tasks, kinda like the old kings quest games, rather then a normal sort of game.. its just cool to be able to walk around the whole hogwarts grounds and through the school and so on..
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Post by sunky on Jul 15, 2007 10:17:06 GMT 7
Im going to get the Wii game next weekend (waiting for pay day), but looks a bit repetitive as the previous games. Either way I'll get it ... is it cool casting spells with your wii-mote?
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Post by Reznor on Jul 15, 2007 11:32:09 GMT 7
I'll bet it will be.
I used to play Chamber Of Secrets on PS2. Nothing to write home about.
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Post by scotopic lux on Jul 15, 2007 13:48:35 GMT 7
we had one of the HP games on Playstation 1. It was cute and fun.
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Post by boelsen on Jul 22, 2007 8:57:57 GMT 7
wow.. what a book.. i finished at 3am last night
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Post by sunky on Jul 22, 2007 10:02:28 GMT 7
You finished it already! Nice work.
I got it yesterday, but I some work to finish so I had to get that done. PLUS Bree surprised me with the Wii game ... so much Potter!
I started reading it this morning, kinda got a be sad thinking that once I start it, it will be the last adventure I'll go on with these characters.
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Post by boelsen on Jul 22, 2007 13:57:24 GMT 7
yeah, i know. You kinda want to read as quick as possible to find out what happens.. but you also want it to last as i dont think i'll ever get into a book like this again
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Post by scotopic lux on Jul 22, 2007 14:03:28 GMT 7
Jessy is reading it next to me right now, i am still reading the half blood prince, so although i know that no one would - can i just please ask that you clearly mark any spoilers We had such a hectic week. A few late nights at home making decorations, then a 14 hour day at work staying back to set up the displays on friday night, then i was back at work at 6:20am to open the shop at 7am, to sell the book at 8:30 am. We think our shop looked fantastic, yet i had not a single customer mention anything to me about the decorations at all. ahh, gee, it makes your feel warm and fuzzy to give to the masses. I think we sold about 150 copies by 9am. There were over 100 people lined up when the book went on sale, and over the day we sold out once and had to get more stock from another store. I think at the end of the day we had about 250 copies left, and only about 30 of those werent allocated as pre-orders. So today the guys at work would have had NO copies to sell except to those picking up their orders. oh and btw. Now i have stocktake at work tomorrow. 9am start and you go home when you are finished (usually about midnight) what a week! haha
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Post by scotopic lux on Jul 22, 2007 15:32:22 GMT 7
Ok, so i was totally not lazy this afternoon and uploaded the photos of our shop that i took at the end of the day. This is the display we set up on our pyramid out the front. My boss found this massive light fitting that looked like a Crystal ball (well kind of) so we put a light under it and a trunk in front full of books. There were also little clear xmas lights flashing all around the display but you cant see them really: and the close up: And these are the windows. I made all those Decrees that you see hanging in the window. They took hours and hours to find the fonts to try and match the ones in the movie for the header. We made up the content at work, so they werent all my idea Left window: close up: Right window: Close up: These are the candles that we hung above the candle, to kind of be like the Great Hall when the kids are all eating. Cutting out and sticking on those flames took forever (haha, feel the love we put into making these decorations!): and the close up: And finally this is me with our magical orb as we like to call it. See my new hair I was wearing black and white stripes stockings and big black boots which you cant see, so i was kinda more punk that witch but like i said - none of the customer gave a shit anyway, so it didnt matter!
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Post by boelsen on Jul 22, 2007 16:12:14 GMT 7
do you get to steal posters etc?
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Post by sunky on Jul 22, 2007 20:16:59 GMT 7
thats awesome Kerrie!!!!! We went to Borders to pick mine up and they just had the staff wearing scarfs and witches hats. Wow I would have loved to been a little kid and walked into your store.
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Post by boelsen on Jul 23, 2007 9:53:20 GMT 7
haha, i hadnt noticed the ceiling before looks tres cool with the candles up there
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Post by boelsen on Jul 23, 2007 20:55:43 GMT 7
book spoiler but i just cant not discuss.. so hurry up people! i was craving more harry/ginny throughtout the book like a drug.. but that birthday kiss was an awesome teaser.. but she just didnt build on it throughout the book
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