On 25 March, HBO+ released their trailer for the teevee adaptation of the Harry Potter novels in conjunction with J. K. Rowling’s Bronte Studios and with the author as an Executive Producer. Within hours, the Super Carlin Brothers had a ‘scene by scene breakdown’ of the very brief trailer up on YouTube for their 2.3 million subscribers to enjoy.
Is there anything a Rowling Reader and Potter-phile has to know in this pains-taking guide? Maybe not — but it sure was fun ‘seeing’ all the detail in each scene, details that only stop-action examination under a microscope reveals. The camp Carlin Brothers schtick gets old fast, but his enthusiasm and love of the books radiates off the man. Delightful.
Which is not to mention his great vintage silk jacket that the Gryffindor baseball team’s relief pitcher would have worn in the 50s as he walked to the mound from the outfield bullpen.
What has me excited about this video is what it reflects about the Harry Potter fandom’s excitement about this new adaptation.
If the Super Carlin Brothers first video is any indication, we’re right back in the era of Potter Mania, midnight book releases, and CinePlex madness. No comments about the radioactive author’s supposed ‘transphobic’ beliefs (on a day when she is both doing a victory lap on twixter after the IOC decision to preserve women’s sports as well as cursing those who cursed her and bent the knee in 2024). No calls for a boycott because Rowling is “literally killing people.” Nothing but the joy of re-entering a beloved story in a new medium and a fresh, closer-to-the-books perspective.
Expect nine months of this kind of fandom enthusiasm with the released-at-Christmas due date causing the largest of all Advent Calendar rolling on for nine months (with the inevitable priming of the hype-pump by HBO+ in every month).
Will the Kill Joy TRAs and Gender Theory Extremists wave their torches and pitchforks? Count on it.
Will anyone outside of the Old Guard Fandom Gate Keepers care? I doubt it. We certainly won’t.
I’ll be writing a Harry Potter for Grown-Ups: Philosopher’s Stone over at the Substack site which will be sent to Paid Subscribers every month; the real codex and eBook editions will be ready for Die-Hard Generation Hex fans that grew up with the novels and now have children themselves to buy for Christmas, a text with all the things we’ve learned about Rowling since the publication of Deathly Hallows in 2007.
Accio, 25 December!
Here’s another trailer breakdown if you doubt the true fandom is thrilled about the teevee adaptation:
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