The Power of Potter

Only the most extraordinary events can keep our old foil Harold Potter from being the most blogged-about person on the Internet — Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath would seem to qualify. But Potter is nonetheless the second most blogged-about person, and as opposed to the usual chatter, today's there's actually a reason: Fans are excited about the new trailer for his movie that came out yesterday. (The link actually appears twice in our top links today.) Reactions? Here's a blogger who prefaced this passage with the phrase "OMG" and indicated she had died: "It looks...so good. And I shouldn't get my hopes up, because the last one looked good as well — but I hate hate hated it compared to the first two." That's three hates, if you're keeping score at home. Other thoughts? This blog geeks itself into a stupor dissecting each shot of that trailer; perhaps it misses the irony when it writes "...and can I just say, "CREEPY!" Oh yes. More nitpickery here, this time with respect to the (mis)pronounciation of a made-up thing, and this blog probably represents the typical response across the web. Somewhere a guy dressed up like Comdr. Riker started to feel just like The Fonz.

Posted by Philip Ewing at September 16, 2005 01:38 PM

Category: Moving Pictures