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    I mean, this is one where you don’t have to make up an example. The only Asian character in the books is named Cho Chang.

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      And the movie portrayal was character assassination implying she was the one who ratted out Dumbledore’s Army.

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          Order of the Phoenix is brutal but I think Half Blood Prince from a cinematography perspective is the best in the series. Prisoner of Azkaban was also really well done.

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            Oh yeah Prisoner was great.

            Going to have to disagree with you on HBP. I went through a huge Potterhead phase as a teen and I fell asleep during that movie every time I tried to watch it.

            At the time, the only other movie I had ever fallen asleep during while trying to watch was After Earth. So, admittedly, I kinda wrote the HBP movie off for that reason. But I’ve tried to go back and revisit it, and I just can’t keep my eyes open!

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    In the book snowcrash by Neil Stephenson the main character is named “Hiro Protagonist”. Yes it’s a real book, and one of my favorites, by a real author.

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      The difference is that’s trying to be stupid and funny. Rowling is just, I don’t know, lazy, or uncreative, or racist. One, or multiple, of those at least.

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      I like it, as a person who doesn’t really pay attention to most names in fiction, and primarily focuses on the story it’s trying to tell.

      Don’t make it too obvious like “Busty LoveInterest” and “Villain McMustashface”.

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        If you like techno-fantasy I highly recommend snowcrash. For years I’ve wanted a game of the first chapter, basically a guy is delivering pizza but gas is really expensive so all he has is a skateboard and a harpoon gun with an electromagnet. He basically shoots the harpoon at cars and gave them pull him towards the destination, it sounds like a cool video game like a race but you don’t control speed only which car you are connected to.

        Don’t worry that didn’t spoil anything. The book goes into a totally different direction with technology and science.

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          I’ve said that before too, like I would love a novel that’s just about the pizza delivery side of things, he crammed so much fascinating backstory into that one chapter, then the book completely changes direction and never looks back. That whole sequence with all the crazy technology and just the tone in general was just so badass.

          Don’t get me wrong, the rest of the book is pretty awesome too, but that first chapter is wild just on its own.

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            Wait, are you correcting me or giving social commentary? I thought the guy on the skateboard was delivering pizzas but it has been over a decade since I read it so I may be wrong

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              Just a slight correction that Hiro is driving the car and delivering the pizzas. He’s trying to shake the skateboarder (who is a courier) loose and deliver the pizza on time.

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              I dont remember who was delivering the pizzas but I remember Hiro was driving the car that got harpooned.