Although I like the HP franchise, as with many franchises nowadays I hate all the marketing and spin-off merchandising beyond the books / films / DVDs. And now a theme park...

I suppose it'll interest and attract children, but what they can offer will only be a pale imitation of the HP universe. I can't imagine the real world version of "Every flavour beans" doing what it says on the tin (so to speak), and presumably the Quidditch sim will be a high tech variation on the "bucking bronco" ride - i.e. the "brooms" will be pneumatically controlled, surrounded with crash mats, and the walls of the enclosure will probably project appropriate scenes.

-oOo-

Then again, I've recently got immersed in the Whateley Academy series of tales, which I doubt could ever be filmed:
a) The rate at which the story's progressing, by the time the four years are up you'd probably have several dozen books worth of stories
b) Poe Cottage (need I say more?)
c) Effectively portraying all the different mutant types - and how they perceive the world (visually and mentally)
d) Super powers + hormones = recipe for chaos
e) The Chess Master makes Voldemort look like a rank amateur (compare the scale of Whateley's Halloween invasion vs. the Hogwarts invasion)
f) Sara. Merry. Heyoka. Chulthu Mythos.

 
 
--Ben

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