I remember being on the subway when this book was new and hearing someone shout at random, "What?! Snape kills Dumbledore?!" and being slightly bummed, because I greatly enjoyed the fifth book, hadn't yet read the sixth, and that took some of the wind out of my sails. It wasn't so much that I was mad at being spoiled. Rather, I was mad that someone would shout such a thing, in an obvious attempt to spoil for others.
And I loved your point about the terrible, terrifying, burned-into-my-brain early internet being comparable to network sitcoms of an earlier age. Brilliant stuff as always.
Good take on the book and yes agree to some of the WTF moments of the movie. And an interesting point about what unites different age groups (I'm an older Gen Xer).
I remember being on the subway when this book was new and hearing someone shout at random, "What?! Snape kills Dumbledore?!" and being slightly bummed, because I greatly enjoyed the fifth book, hadn't yet read the sixth, and that took some of the wind out of my sails. It wasn't so much that I was mad at being spoiled. Rather, I was mad that someone would shout such a thing, in an obvious attempt to spoil for others.
And I loved your point about the terrible, terrifying, burned-into-my-brain early internet being comparable to network sitcoms of an earlier age. Brilliant stuff as always.
Man, the internet used to be wild! Who would've thought it would become what it became
Ha, yup. I don’t know if all this has been an upgrade or a downgrade (although I know what my gut says).
Good take on the book and yes agree to some of the WTF moments of the movie. And an interesting point about what unites different age groups (I'm an older Gen Xer).