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The Consumerist Dystopia of Harry Potter (www.youtube.com)
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[–] solrize 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I thought it was cool that Jedi were supposed to build their own lightsabers. I've been wanting to build my own mobile phone as sort of a tribute. Reasonable point about Dudley's overconsumption.

Brooms were an example of consumerism in Harry Potter called out by that video that I linked. The whole thing about the Nimbus vs the Cleansweep vs the Firebolt.

I watched that particular video all the way through a few years and remember being surprised that I found it engaging. It had lots of interesting visuals and sound effects, while the Consumerist Dystopia one was afaict just somone talking in front of a camera.

I read the first few Potter books ages ago and lost interest after a while. More recently I have found myself reading a lot of Potter fanfiction, mostly because I'm too unfamiliar with the settings of most other fanfic these days. I have generally found the Potter fanfiction to be better than Rowling's originals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Brooms were an example of consumerism in Harry Potter called out by that video that I linked. The whole thing about the Nimbus vs the Cleansweep vs the Firebolt.

Yes, also Hagrid buys him Hedwig because owls are trendy. The whole shopping aspect from the story is what replicated to the amusement parks nowadays, most of the experience is shopping.

It had lots of interesting visuals and sound effects, while the Consumerist Dystopia one was afaict just somone talking in front of a camera.

This changes after the intro, lots of illustrations of what they're saying. No sound effects though.

I have generally found the Potter fanfiction to be better than Rowling’s originals.

Some fanfic are very well written. Rowling's books tend to lose track of Harry's Hero's Journey in 6 and 7 compared to his progression up to book 5