Wtf do current cinematographers make everything ultra dark and barely visible? To hide their incompetence or something? Amazing how nowadays the current trend is to make everything as shit as possible
No it is cuz poors don't have OLED TVs to appreciate the subtlties with different shades of darkness, so you guys just see a pure black screen on your shit Walmart TVs.
The shows are now designed for the rich, not poor consumption
Yeap. But everything still looks boring. It's like they just do flat lighting so they can fix it in post and then its all just desaturated to give it a dark look but they still ruin it.
You can make it dark, no problem, but making everything boring and just literally dark looking isn't a dark look. They just skip over the clothing,environment,characters,dramatic lighting,etc.
I hate saying this all the time, but it's true. Usually when shows/book/movies/games go woke,all the love goes away. It's like they want to be praised for doing the absolute minimum if not worse. All the love,details & work go out the window.
I think the only case where a little bit of a semi-beef ended up developing was with Emma Watson and JKR not accepting any of the more recent retractions/walkbacks etc., the others were just like hey we disagree but no quarrels otherwise.
She's the one who started this by retroactively deciding that Hermione was black and Dumbledore was gay. She used to be a big part of the woke crowd. It's part of the reason she gets such a massive amount of hate for relatively minor statements about trans women, they feel betrayed.
TBF the first one (which had almost nothing to do with the main series) was very enjoyable. The problem came after that when they decided to go for 'member berries like "OH MY GOD ITS MCGONAGALL!" "OH MY GOD ITS NAGINI AS A WOMAN!"
(And Andor can also be compared there, other than the likes of Mothma already appear very early on and everyone knows where the central character's gonna end up and the context of his 1st screen appearance, so it doesn't spend any long amount of time on trying to fool people into thinking it's some separated spin-off or anything of that sort; still could've easily been sth like that, a Fugitive in space plot with no particular ties to anything else)
Oooh, right right. I actually quite liked those movies for the A plot with newt. Didn't really care much for the B plot with Dumbledore and young Voldemort
It'd be particularly neat if they also did something with it, like patch up all the retcons or incongruities etc. if they're gonna do this as a "finished series from start to end".
Stream of consciousness absurdities were more acceptable while in the midst of it, but in a remake with all this hindsight it may become tedious; like going through the motions while the motions themselves are already way too questionable?
But doesn't seem like this was a driving factor here, and seems very phoned in all in all.
They're going to be "x lovers" but Snape couldn't see past blood status bigotry. Then James swooped in for scraps because even though he's pureblood the future is female or what ever.
They're making this shit to "correct" certain oversights that run contra to skydance studio directives. 110 billion dollars and David Ellison has some say on your childhood IP.
In the great hall. The other parts of the trailer do show the castle lighter once the sun is up and those giant windows. Ibdo however afree that they seem to be making the series dark from the start for some reason vs the films which as the danger was growing darkened the set.
Honestly, as a child.. when seeing the movies, I was very impressed with Harry's attitude, confidence and bravery. It's never gonna be like that again, and I don't care enough about HP to watch the new series. But I hope the new series doesn't fall prey to poor lighting and pallette choice like the DCEU
whodatboi_420@reddit
Why is everything so dark
TorfriedGiantsfraud@reddit
Makes melanin stand out less....
DarkScorpion48@reddit
Wtf do current cinematographers make everything ultra dark and barely visible? To hide their incompetence or something? Amazing how nowadays the current trend is to make everything as shit as possible
nooeh@reddit
I blame the Dark Knight (overrated movie imo)
TorfriedGiantsfraud@reddit
Nah that had plenty bright city shots, and even the interrogation scene of course (bright lights routiiiiine)
WafflesOfChaos@reddit
In all fairness, the first word of that movie was an indication.
TomatoSpecialist6879@reddit
>Goes to watch Dark Knight Rises expecting a dark knight to rise
>Gets a white guy dressed as a humanoid bat
>One guy decides to shoot up the cinema
It truly was dark after all
TorfriedGiantsfraud@reddit
On a Dark Knight Like This
the_count_of_carcosa@reddit
Makes special effects cheaper because you can't see the mistakes.
TinySmolCat@reddit
No it is cuz poors don't have OLED TVs to appreciate the subtlties with different shades of darkness, so you guys just see a pure black screen on your shit Walmart TVs.
The shows are now designed for the rich, not poor consumption
BrocoliAssassin@reddit
Yeap. But everything still looks boring. It's like they just do flat lighting so they can fix it in post and then its all just desaturated to give it a dark look but they still ruin it.
You can make it dark, no problem, but making everything boring and just literally dark looking isn't a dark look. They just skip over the clothing,environment,characters,dramatic lighting,etc.
I hate saying this all the time, but it's true. Usually when shows/book/movies/games go woke,all the love goes away. It's like they want to be praised for doing the absolute minimum if not worse. All the love,details & work go out the window.
strife696@reddit
Theyve already answered this with GOT. First, HDR. Second, because theres a preference now for “realistic” lighting.
toxyy-be@reddit
Same thing as brutalism and brezhnevka, destroy the beautiful to control the masses
TorfriedGiantsfraud@reddit
Do the masses not also get controlled by the opposite? How does all this work?
BileBlight@reddit
Gotta have that stock adobe aces tonemapper (notorious for being dark)
furrit@reddit
Seven books and eight movies and we still need a shitty cash grab TV series. Just let things end
powers293@reddit
JKR needed a way to stop the old actors from getting royalties since they all hate her lmao
TorfriedGiantsfraud@reddit
I think the only case where a little bit of a semi-beef ended up developing was with Emma Watson and JKR not accepting any of the more recent retractions/walkbacks etc., the others were just like hey we disagree but no quarrels otherwise.
TomatoSpecialist6879@reddit
JKR has no say for movie royalties, she don't own the rights to TV and movie production for Harry Potter since she sold it to WB back in early 2000s.
GandalfTheGay_69@reddit
She's the one who started this by retroactively deciding that Hermione was black and Dumbledore was gay. She used to be a big part of the woke crowd. It's part of the reason she gets such a massive amount of hate for relatively minor statements about trans women, they feel betrayed.
Triaspia2@reddit
If she only made minor statements she wouldn't get the hate shes getting.
She uses harry potter money to lobby politicians against trans people and celebrating it.
GreenPissing@reddit
Based.
pbatemanchigurh@reddit
I don't think anyone would mind TV series done right, as movies exclude a lot of content from the books
AltruisticDog8996@reddit
I would. I'd much rather see new stories set in this world than rehashed old content.
studmuffffffin@reddit
They did that and people stopped watching.
Greencheezy@reddit
Wasn't it only a stage play though? That's not exactly the most accessible medium
studmuffffffin@reddit
No, the fantastic beasts movies.
Freezinghero@reddit
TBF the first one (which had almost nothing to do with the main series) was very enjoyable. The problem came after that when they decided to go for 'member berries like "OH MY GOD ITS MCGONAGALL!" "OH MY GOD ITS NAGINI AS A WOMAN!"
TorfriedGiantsfraud@reddit
So they did like a Mandalorian thing?
(And Andor can also be compared there, other than the likes of Mothma already appear very early on and everyone knows where the central character's gonna end up and the context of his 1st screen appearance, so it doesn't spend any long amount of time on trying to fool people into thinking it's some separated spin-off or anything of that sort; still could've easily been sth like that, a Fugitive in space plot with no particular ties to anything else)
Greencheezy@reddit
Oooh, right right. I actually quite liked those movies for the A plot with newt. Didn't really care much for the B plot with Dumbledore and young Voldemort
TorfriedGiantsfraud@reddit
Why not the 2
Tast3sLikePanda@reddit
Brother will say that the order pizza for dinner 5 days in a row (no mushrooms though, hes a picky eater)
MSeager@reddit
I’d totally watch a show that followed Harry’s kids starting at Hogwarts.
wladamac@reddit
So you'd watch Harry Potter Boruto
Caesar321@reddit
Make it Harry Potter Modulo and we'll talk
superpimp2g@reddit
Oh that spinoff is coming too as long as money can be printed off the name of the franchise
catcint0s@reddit
But you would need to build new things at the theme park then...
pbatemanchigurh@reddit
You literally have thousands of those, but they are not blockbuster level so you don't notice them obviously
AltruisticDog8996@reddit
Can you give some examples? Because you're right, I'm not aware of any other movies or tv shows set in harry potter's world
pbatemanchigurh@reddit
I thought you meant IRL not HP Genz world. Ye, there's none of that, and tbh, I'm not that interested in it
Oh_yes_I_did@reddit
Fantastic beasts
AltruisticDog8996@reddit
New stories done right*
TorfriedGiantsfraud@reddit
It'd be particularly neat if they also did something with it, like patch up all the retcons or incongruities etc. if they're gonna do this as a "finished series from start to end".
Stream of consciousness absurdities were more acceptable while in the midst of it, but in a remake with all this hindsight it may become tedious; like going through the motions while the motions themselves are already way too questionable?
But doesn't seem like this was a driving factor here, and seems very phoned in all in all.
TomatoSpecialist6879@reddit
WB own the movie and TV production rights of Harry Potter franchise, of course they're milking the shit outta it to try and save their revenue.
Autumn_Fire@reddit
You just know they're planning Wicked 4 right now.
Fidel_Cashflows@reddit
Why does Hermione look like a Dickensian chimney sweep that also has a forehead you could park a hippogriff on?
TropicalBatman@reddit
Damn she's just a kid hahaha
TukTukThomas@reddit
He's criticizing the casting director, not the actress
Money_Ticket_841@reddit
“She looks like” definitely isn’t criticizing how the child looks
SapirWhorfHypothesis@reddit
🧐
Valuable-Chipmunk784@reddit
Statutory Snape
Cis4Psycho@reddit
Snape is potions master because he can make lean
-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS-@reddit
The main trio look fine imo.
Leonum@reddit
Outside a store at night type lighting. Wtf
Mrmcmonkeyman@reddit
“Wait until you see Snape” - you won’t see him in that dark background
goshtin@reddit
They got a point.. Why does it look so drab and depression
Unknown_User_66@reddit
They're going to have the same problem the live action ATLA series has where the little boy is going to be looking 30 by book 3!!!
Sillynik@reddit
Why does Harry look AI
BBWArchitect@reddit
Can't wait to see Snape get buck broken.
Purplefilth22@reddit
No way in hell that gets included.
They're going to be "x lovers" but Snape couldn't see past blood status bigotry. Then James swooped in for scraps because even though he's pureblood the future is female or what ever.
They're making this shit to "correct" certain oversights that run contra to skydance studio directives. 110 billion dollars and David Ellison has some say on your childhood IP.
TorfriedGiantsfraud@reddit
Paint Harry's dad as Pepe
NotABot420number2@reddit
oh my god they're going to turn harry potter into GOT
Possessed@reddit
Type shit!
Ainz-Ooal-Gown@reddit
While the castle makes sense in that scene its already night, they dont use electric lights but torches and candles.
The train however makes no sense being that dark.
SpiffySpacemanSpiff@reddit
Yeah but like a million magical candles
Ainz-Ooal-Gown@reddit
In the great hall. The other parts of the trailer do show the castle lighter once the sun is up and those giant windows. Ibdo however afree that they seem to be making the series dark from the start for some reason vs the films which as the danger was growing darkened the set.
Responsible-Map-4204@reddit
Kinda wished they made an animated Harry Potter series, let Ghibli make it and BOOM instant success
MetaCommando@reddit
Not pacifist or environmentalist enough
BurnTheGuzz@reddit
It's CURRENT YEAR! Let's make this series famous for its whimsy dark and ugly!
porkywood@reddit
Is that Gary Oldman in drag?
SapirWhorfHypothesis@reddit
They used up their forehead budget on Hermione and had nothing left for the other two 😣
mushinruums@reddit
Why is it so dark?
Alukrad@reddit
I hope the new actors do a behind the scenes and actually say "type shit".
WafflesOfChaos@reddit
Don't listen to Snape, he just moved here from Atlanta.
OMGoose@reddit
Please Sir, May I have some less?
clayticus@reddit
Original Harry is such a chad compared to the new one
mythicallizardmusic@reddit
Honestly, as a child.. when seeing the movies, I was very impressed with Harry's attitude, confidence and bravery. It's never gonna be like that again, and I don't care enough about HP to watch the new series. But I hope the new series doesn't fall prey to poor lighting and pallette choice like the DCEU
kojimbob@reddit
Negerus Mbape