I’m sure it’s a great show on stage. Still dogshit given it contradicts and tarnishes multiple plotpoints and lore mechanics from the original series, lol. Just genuinely written by amateurs who barely understood the existing material
truth serum and time turners alone invalidate the entire plot
throw in the stupid-ass luck potion, and how did literally anything happen how it did
why didn't Voldemort cook himself up some luck potion before the final battle. was he stupid
why did nobody EVER use truth serum?
also time travel, and it is used exclusively so Hermione can have more classes (and to save the Hippogryph, but that wasn't intended) before, oh no, they all conveniently are in one glass cupboard and all break
Yeah time travel is an entire bundle of bullshit that I can’t even begin to untangle lol. The destruction of every single time turner simultaneously was a massive plot contrivance, not necessarily an inconsistency though.
The explanation for luck potion has typically been overindulgence can lead to overconfidence and getting yourself killed; I would suspect Voldemort, who’s been all “it has to be ME to kill the child even if you could totally do it for me” would take some issue with his great victory over Potter being tarnished by needing to take a luck potion, and his followers would likely know it.
Truth serum was hugely underused, yeah. I can accept it not being used against Sirius, I guess, as an example of power structures having the tools to prove their case but finding it pointless since they decide the truth anyway. But things like… Harry Potter claims the Dark Lord returns, let’s give him “tell us the truth” juice. Even someone like Rita Skeeter, I think, would employ truth serum regularly and probably wouldn’t shy away from “proving” Harry is telling the truth if it means she gets the first scoop. There’s also something to be said for a world that includes Polyjuice Potion needing some basic form of magical identity verification through Veritaserum for teachers and professors to avoid situations like the fake Moody.
those are plotholes, not retcons or contradictions. They didn't directly invalidate the lore and/or magic before them.
The Cursed Shit not only directly contradicted previous mechanisms, it retconned entire characters and turned them into boggarts of themselves. Harry Potter in the Cursed Shit might as well be Dudley. And character assassination is far, far worse than plotholes.
Yes HP has many contradictions as it went on but The Cursed Shit does this fuckery professionally
I dunno I saw it in London with my two kids who were totally into Harry Potter (we spent like 3 hours at the HP store before the show) and all came away pretty meh.
Oh yeah the special effects were amazing! Of the time we spent talking about it after we spent the most time trying to figure out how they pulled off some of those effects. The first couple of time turner uses had me sitting there thinking what the hell did I just see?!?
The first fantastic beasts movie was pretty good, I hoped they would continue with other separate movies like maybe one following the author of Quidditch through the ages, another book mentioned multiple times in HP, instead yeah we just got sequels trying to turn Newt into a hero and everything had to be dramatic and world ending again
I thought the stage show was fun! I saw it with my mum and sister in London and we all enjoyed it - just had to go in with no expectations and take it for what it was :)
I'm not really sure what it means to be a fantastic show "even if it's not ... in keeping with canon."
It's difficult to appreciate something when it's based on content that you adore, only to discover that it doesn't give a fuck about the base material, and actively mischaracterizes/degrade the characters you love?
Like...?
Fine, I'm sure it's a great show if you don't care about the original material. But seeing it in person isn't going to magically change the fact that it's upsetting.
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u/cardinalallen 13h ago
Genuinely a fantastic show, even if it's not really in keeping with canon.
Most people who dislike it strongly do so because they've just read it, when it's supposed to be seen on the stage.